Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS & PSVita

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS

1.- THQ has announced to investors that it’s delaying Metro: Last Light for Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC to early 2013. THQ also announced that Darksiders 2 will be released during the summer for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, but wouldn’t specify exactly when we will see the game on Wii U. Darksiders 2 has already been announced as a launch title for Wii U, so expect it later this year.

More After the Break...

Nintendo Europe has announced that it’s bringing Kirby’s Block Ball to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. Kirby’s Block Ball is very similar to Breakout and will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on the 9th February. Nintendo has yet to announced pricing for the game, but expect it to retail for around £3.50.


THQ has admitted that it took a massive gamble releasing the uDraw tablet on platforms other than the Wii. CEO Brian Farrell confessed that the company sold one million uDraw tablets to retail stores, but the vast majority of the tablets remain unsold to consumers. Farrell estimates that there’s roughly 1.4 million uDraw tablets left sitting in warehouses.

“We were confident that uDraw would resonate again this holiday, given last year’s robust sell-through. Our confidence was misplaced.”
“We were looking at uDraw as a bridge to this core and digital future, and that bridge turned out to be a plank that we walked off of.”

2.- High Voltage, the development studio behind The Conduit has announced that it’s the latest developer to sign up for the Wii U. High Voltage wouldn’t reveal exactly what they’re working on, but hopefully we shall see the fruit of their endeavours at this years E3 event in Los Angeles during June.

Nintendo has revealed precisely what you can get this month with your hard-earned coins on Club Nintendo. Firstly, you can claim DSiware Art Academy: First Semester which is available for 150 Club Nintendo coins. The second reward that’s available is the Nintendo Card Case which was revealed a few months ago. The Card Case can hold up to 18 games and comes with replacement double-sided covers, and can be yours for 250 coins. Oh, and if you’re looking for Mario Party 2 then that can be yours for 150 coins.

Marvelous AQL, the developers behind the Harvest Moon franchise have revealed that Japanese model Miho Tanaka will be the image girl for the forthcoming Harvest Moon 3DS. Miho will appear on numerous television commercials and print adverts for Harvest Moon 3DS which is due for release in Japan on February 23rd.

3.- Take Two has told investors that the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V is currently making good progress. Rockstar has yet to announce which platforms the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series will be appearing on, but it’s widely speculated that it could come to Wii U given Rockstar’s previous support to Nintendo platforms.

“Grand Theft Auto V is making great process”.

” [Rockstar] promises to continue [their] incredible track record of delighting fans by raising the bar in interactive entertainment”.

- Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take Two

There are new screenshots from Mario and Sonic & at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

There are four new videos from the English version of Rhythm Thief & The Emperor’s Treasure, courtesy of IGN, that you can find after the break.

Marvelous AQL has released a few new screenshots from Harvest Moon: The Land’s Origins.

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Mister Gaga