Just as Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of America did, Nintendo of Europe released its own version of Nintendo Direct Conference, which you can check out here.
Also Nintendo of Europe has released serveral new trailers for European 3DS fans and owners to enjoy. They also gave the release dates of several upcoming 3DS and eshop games, which you can check out right here. Continue reading
On its Nintendo Direct Conference, Nintendo of America revealed a brand new trailer for 3D Classics: Kid Icarus, which you can check out embedded above.
It was also revealed that selected retailers will include a free download code for this game as part of the Kid Icarus: Uprising bundle in America.
On its Nintendo Direct Conference held a few hours ago, Nintendo of America released a couple of videos regarding Dillon’s Rolling Western, a eshop title that is available to purchase right now on the American eshop.
Following the Japanese Nintendo Direct Conference, Nintendo of America uploaded its own version of Nintendo Direct to Youtube. On this conference, you will see all the upcoming releases for both the Wii and 3DS. You can check out the full conference embedded above.
And after the break, you will find the full list of release dates given at the conference. Continue reading
Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo 3DS is the fastest selling console ever in Japan. The console sold five million units in just fifty-two weeks according to Nintendo. Sales for the Nintendo 3DS were initially a bit slow and disappointing, but as soon Nintendo slashed the recommended retail price and released big games such as Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 sales for the system experience an outstanding increase, which has led it to earn the title of “The fastest selling console ever in Japan”.
[Source: My Nintendo News]
According to gaming magazine, MCV, Dillion’s Rolling Western is scheduled to be released in Europe next Thursday. We’ve got to remember that this is a rumour.
The game was revealed at E3 2011, and was one of the first eShop games revealed by Nintendo. This rumour does have some weight to it though; Dillion’s Rolling Western is currently scheduled for a Q1 release.
[Source: Nintendo Everything]
According to Kiyoshi Shin, the Japanese branch director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) an anonymous source has tipped him off and stated that
“Major Japanese companies are canceling all projects intended for the Vita and are changing development to the 3DS.”
It’s hard to take this quite seriously, as Sony has been emphasising third-party support ever since the PlayStation Vita’s public début. But we’ve also got to consider that the PlayStation Vita has been doing really bad in Japan; some weeks its predecessor, the PlayStation Portable, has been outselling it.
So for a video game developer, it’s more attractive if the system your creating a game for is doing well in terms of sales. Personally, I feel that smaller developers (not necessarily the “major” developers) are shifting development to the Nintendo 3DS, due it being relatively cheap to develop for and having a large install base.
After the break you can find a reply from Sony’s Worldwide Studios Vice President Scott Rohde, when he had an interview with Gamesutra and discussed the rumours. Continue reading
Over a year ago, Nintendo confirmed that they would be working with British animation giant, Aardman Animation to broadcast exclusive 3D episodes of Shaun the Sheep.
Nintendo and Aardman have finally announced via a press release, that the aforementioned content is due to hit Nintendo Video on March 7th in Europe. From then on, an episode of Shaun the Sheep will be delivered to Nintendo 3DS systems on a weekly basis for 15 weeks.
[Source: Nintendo PR]
A few days ago, through a press release Nintendo stated:
“Nintendo will soon be adding a free playable demo of nintendogs + cats to the Nintendo eShop, so players can download the game and check it out at no cost.”
However, the company hasn’t provided any specific dates, or if the demo will hit the eshop worldwide.
[Source: Nintendo Everything]
Nintendo of Europe has revealed that a demo of the highly anticipated remake, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D will grace the eShop this week on Thursday and will be available to download for free. Snake Eater 3D has received mixed reception from various publications, but from the time I spent with it, it was actually a good game.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 will also be released on the eShop this Thursday and will cost €4.00 or £3.60.
[Source: Nintendo PR]