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

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing Scott Moffitt has told Industry Gamers that Nintendo were inspired by the immensely popular Nintendo DS when the company created Wii U, though Moffit also confessed that the original Wii was another huge inspiration when creating both the console and the games.

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“A lot of creativity came out of the DS. I think it’s fair to say the inspiration came from a wide variety of sources. I think the DS is one. The original Wii also inspired us and inspired the developers. They always challenge themselves to come up with something that can make a game better.”

Scott Moffitt from Nintendo of America has reconfirmed that Nintendo will continue to support the Wii whilst the Wii U is on store shelves. Moffitt truly believes that both consoles can co-exist and states that there’s still an audience out there that haven’t purchased a Wii.

Will you keep the Wii after the Wii U comes out?

Yes. Most definitely. We sold 4 million new Wiis last year, and we think Wii still has a lot of life left in it. There’s a lot of parts of the expanded audience that still haven’t purchased one, and with the price becoming more and more accessible we think there’s a lot of runway ahead for the Wii. You made the point yourself, at least in the Western markets, when a new piece of hardware becomes available the consumers don’t all switch on day one to the new hardware. We’re still selling DSIs and DSI XLs and 3DS has been out since March. Yes, absolutely the Wii and the Wii U will both be on the market for a period of time.

2.- The Nintendo 3DS continues to set the Japanese hardware charts on fire as the console saw a 20% increase in sales in the first full week of the new year. The Nintendo 3DS sold 240,819 units which clearly propelled it above the competition. In the same week Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri 3G managed to cross the million mark in sales, becoming the third 3DS game to do so, and the first third-party 3DS game to do so.

Japanese hardware charts

• 1. 3DS: 240,819 (197,952)
• 2. PS3: 74,459 (67,199)
• 3. PSP: 71,033 (62,746)
• 4. Wii: 49,525 (33,208)
• 5. PSV: 42,915 (42,648)
• 6. DSi LL: 3,971 (3,356)
• 7. X360: 2,738 (2,453)
• 8. DSi: 3,565 (2,418)
• 9. PS2: 1,323 (1,659)

Japanese software charts

• [3DS] 01. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 157,188 (1,317,357)
• [3DS] 02. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 119,093 (1,199,285)
• [3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 98,355 (1,083,853)
• [3DS] 04. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 56,134 (325,358)
• [PS3] 05. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 42,464 (316,516)
• [WII] 06. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 37,266 (490,677)
• [PS3] 07. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 35,325 (739,561)
• [WII] 08. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 33,174 (2,256,803)
• [WII] 09. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 33,040 (570,168)
• [WII] 10. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 30,783 (833,757)

3.- Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime believes that the Wii U will continuously push boundaries with what we’ve come to expect from video games consoles and will offer consumers a full range of entertainment. Let’s hope the App Store rumour is true.

“That’s where the innovation is and we believe that not only for gaming but for a full range of entertainment it’s going to continue pushing the boundaries.”


GameSpot has published the results of a reader survey which shows consumers most requested feature from next generation consoles such as the Wii U, PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox. Surprisingly the most requested feature wasn’t graphical prowess but the ability to play your old games on your next generation consoles. Thankfully Nintendo has already stated that Wii games and peripherals will be fully backwards compatible with Wii U.

No, it wasn’t the brilliant Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword that was the best-selling game of 2011 on Wii it was actually Zumba Fitness that successfully beat off all competition. Other games in the Wii top five include Wii Sports Resort and Mario Kart Wii but the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was noticeably absent.

The Best Selling Wii Games in 20111. Zumba Fitness
2. Just Dance 3
3. Just Dance 2
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort

Nintendo has revealed the StreetPass functionality included in Capcom’s forthcomingResident Evil: Revelations for Nintendo 3DS. In the single player mode, called Campaign mode, different items will be available to collect by passing other Nintendo 3DS owners; in the co-op mode, called RAID mode, players will receive new enemies and missions via StreetPass. When a new item becomes available, players will receive a parachute icon and after clicking on this the new item can be collected.

Nintendo of America has revealed a new batch of games available to download using Club Nintendo Coins. The highlight of these games would be The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for the Wii Virtual Console which will set you back 150 Coins. The other three games that are available are Dr. Mario Online Rx for WiiWare (100 coins) Dr. Mario Express on DSiWare (150 coins) and Kirby’s Dream Land (100 coins) 3DS Virtual Console. The games are available until January 31st.

4.- CRUSH3D was scheduled to launch today in North America, but SEGA has revealed that the game won’t actually be releasing until March. No reason was given for the delay and there is no word yet on whether the game will still launch on the 13th of January in Europe.

After yesterday’s news that CRUSH3D had been delayed in North America, it was unclear whether the game would also see a delay in Europe. SEGA has confirmed though that the game will still launch on the 13th of January in Europe. There’s no word yet on whether the game will be delayed in Australia.

Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die will feature two difficulty modes. In the easy mode, the other characters will give you hints about what needs to be done in each room. The game will also have a total of twenty-four endings and you’ll be able keep your memories from a previous playthrough. There will also be a block-pushing puzzle mini-game.

5.- Sony has apparently cut the PlayStation Vita shipment in France by a whopping 50% according to French gaming publication PlayPortable-Life. Instead of shipping 80,000 units for launch Sony will instead provide 40,000 units. 75% of PlayStation Vita units will be the WiFi model and 25% will be the 3G model.

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Mister Gaga