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

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Nintendo has released the official European box-art for The Last Story. You’ll be able to purchase either the standard edition of the game or the limited edition. 

More After the Break...

The limited editionversion comes with a premium steel-book, a mini art book, and a soundtrack CD consisting of 7 tracks. Both versions will be available to purchase on February 24th.


Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime appeared on Spike TV from the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to give a little insight into Nintendo’s plans for 2012. Reggie briefly spoke about the Wii U and stated that Nintendo will be providing information on the console throughout the year, meaning we won’t have to wait until E3 to hear all the juicy information about the console.

“So essentially we will be sharing information throughout the entire year. I won’t say that you’re going to have to wait until E3, but we certainly aren’t breaking new information here – no launch date, no launch price, no software line-up. But we will be sharing a lot of information all through the year on how we will be driving Wii U into households”.

2.- An investigative sleuth over at the NeoGaf forums has discovered that Retro Studios, the developer behind Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns, has hired staff from Uncharted 3 developer Naughty Dog and Darksiders staff from Vigil Games. Eric Kozlowsky formerly from Naughty Dog claims this new project could be one of his crowning achievements as an artist.

I am going to work on another project that I am super excited about. I can’t talk about it too much but if all goes well it might just be one of my crowning achievements as an artist….

- Eric Kozlowsky formerly from Naughty Dog, now at Retro.

Nintendo has announced today that the Wii Balance Board has been awarded a prestigious, new Guinness World Record for the best-selling personal weighing device.Wii Balance Boards were sold worldwide between launch and November 2010. This figure comprises 22,663,321 bundled with the original Wii Fit software and 9,451,107 bundled with Wii Fit Plus software. Since breaking the record, Nintendo has now sold over 22.67 million copies of Wii Fit and more than 19.31 million copies of Wii Fit Plus worldwide.

“The launch of Wii Fit with the Wii Balance Board revolutionised the way people got active at home, making it fun and easy to exercise in the comfort of their own living room. As the Guinness World Record shows, sales of both Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus have remained healthy since the day they first went on sale and, with Wii now having sold over 30 million units across Europe, Nintendo hopes this trend will remain strong.”

- Laurent Fischer, Managing Director of Marketing & PR of Nintendo of Europe

3.- Kid Icarus Uprising project leader Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed to the Official Nintendo Magazine that Kid Icarus Uprising will fully support the Circle Pad Pro peripheral. Sakurai told the publication that the Circle Pad Pro will be useful for left-handed players who may find it tricky to play the game with the stylus in their right hand. The game is still fully playable without the Circle Pad Pro.

“The way we are using the Circle Pad Pro in the game is to provide support for left-handed gamers. We’ve made it possible to use the right Circle Pad in place of the left one.”

Konami has finally announced the official release date for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on the Nintendo 3DS. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will be arriving in Europe on March 8th. The game was initially scheduled to be released at the Nintendo 3DS launch but has received multiple delays. It’s great to finally have a firm release date for the game.

Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater will be arriving in North America on February 21st. Konami already announced earlier today that Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater will be arriving in Europe on March 8th. The title will allow players to use the Circle Pad Pro peripheral, which will be released on February 7th as a GameStop exclusive for $19.99.

4.- A demo for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy will be launching tomorrow in Japan. Unfortunately, the demo will expire after only three plays, compared to the usual thirty plays. Hopefully the amount of content in the demo is large enough to make up for the limited amount of plays.

It’s been confirmed that Resident Evil: Revelations has an extra, unlockable difficulty mode. The mode, known as “Hell Mode” can only be unlocked by beating the game once. There is no information at the moment of what exactly changes in this mode, but it does seem like the game will pack some replay value.

Renegade Kid has released 3D screenshots of Mutant Mudds, which is coming to the 3DS via the eShop. You can click here on your 3DS to view them in 3D.

At their CES Press Conference, Sony announces that its Cloud based music service ‘Music Unlimited’ will be a Day One App for the PlayStation Vita. Sony also announced that Netflix is working hard at making their App available on launch day as well.

During Sony’s CES Press Conference on Monday evening, Sony’s Head of Consumer Products Kaz Hirai announced that Sony has managed to sell over half a million PlayStation Vita consoles since its launch on December 17. The PlayStation Vita is to launch in the West on February 22.

Peripheral manufacture Nyko has unveiled a range of accessories for your PlayStation Vita when it launches next month. The most interesting of these accessories is the ‘Power Grip’ which Nyko claims that boasts three times the battery life of Sony’s own Vita battery. This humongous monstrosity costs $24.99 but could prove to be a vital piece of equipment if you want to get more battery life out of your PlayStation Vita.

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Mister Gaga