Category: Nintendo
Skylander Figures Top Sales in 2013
Activision announced last week that Skylanders figures outsold all action-figure properties in the U.S. and Europe so far in 2013. The property outpaced all toy properties overall in the U.K. year-to-date as of June 30, 2013 according to a release from Activision. The Skylanders franchise has generated more than $1.5 billion in worldwide retail sales […]
CHARTED: Nintendo (week ending Aug 10th)
As expected Nintendo’s Pikmin 3 debuted in North America at the number one spot with 114,828 sold in the first week. The game took home the number 2 spot in worldwide sales during the week. Over in Japan Nintendo continues to hold strong with eight of the top ten spots on Nintendo’s consoles, seven of […]
Nintendo Dates New Super Luigi U
While the Luigi DLC for New Super Mario Bros U has been available for sometime now, Nintendo is readying the stand alone retail title for purchase. New Super Luigi U will be released in stores on August 25th. The game continue’s Nintendo’s “Year of Luigi” in 2013. So far, Luigi has explored multiple haunted mansions […]
August 22nd Nintendo Download
Lots of goodies this week including a trio of Street Fighter games for the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console as well as Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos for the 3DS Virtual Console. A pair of retail releases also see their eShop release this week including Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward from Aksys […]
Ubisoft Puts Select 3DS Titles on Sale
Ubisoft has put a selection of games on the Nintendo 3DS on sale for the next week. The games are full retail titles which are also available for download in the 3DS eShop. The games are all available for the discounted price until August 27th. All six of the games regularly retail in the Nintendo […]
Three Atlus 3DS Games on Sale in eShop
Three of Atlus’ most recent games for Nintendo’s 3DS are on sale for the next two weeks. Until August 31st you can save $10 off of Code of Princess, Etrian Odyssey IV, and Soul Hackers This special sale is exclusively in the Nintendo eShop. Code of Princess – $19.99 Etrian Odyssey IV – $29.99 Soul […]
Skylanders: SWAP Force Easy Going On Collectors
The info below comes from an E3 2013 interview with Gamespot. It is assumed information from this interview alone as well as confirming that older characters do indeed work in SWAP Force as the official site notes in their FAQ. Skylanders collectors probably won’t have any issue with picking up new SWAP Force figures when […]
Nicalis to Bring JRPG to Nintendo 3DS eShop
It seems that a JRPG may be coming to the 3DS. On August 6th @nicalis hinted at something coming with the tweet “JRPG+SNES style music+3DS.” That tweet was preceded by one asking their twitter followers where they could find a good SNES style composer. Tyrone Rodriguez from Nicalis also remarked in Twitter, “I really enjoy playing […]
Disney Infinity for 3DS Not Looking Good
I can’t say for sure as far as the gameplay goes as we didn’t get our hands on a pre-release copy of Disney Infinity, but the 3DS iteration of the game isn’t looking that great. The game launches tomorrow on all major consoles including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii U and the Nintendo […]
FIFA 14 Coming to Wii?
EA Sports is bringing the next FIFA game to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month (plus the Xbox One and PS4 later in the year) but there is no release pending for Nintendo consoles. Or maybe there is? While there is no mention of the game for Nintendo’s comsoles on EA’s website the […]
CHARTED: Nintendo (Week ending Aug 4th)
The number one game in the world this week is another 3DS game and it’s another Japanese debut. Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life from Namco Bandai Games debuted in Japan and sold fore than 114,000 copies in the first week. Animal Crossing is also doing well for Nintendo with the game still at #3 […]
August 15th Nintendo Download
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist arrives on the Nintendo Wii U next Tuesday and will be available for download in the eShop the same day. Also available for the Wii U is a new Virtual Console entry in Galaga. Plus two games have been put on sale including Trine 2: Director’s Cut. Over on the […]
CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending July 28th)
Animal Crossing continues to do well for Nintendo with the game still in the top five in North America and is just outside the top ten in Japan after nearly 40 weeks. The game has sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide so far. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies was released in Japan […]
Pokemon X & Y Features New Mega Evolutions For Some Pokemon
A few weeks ago pokemon fans the world over were wondering just what the newly announced alternate form of Mewtwo was all about. If a recently posted translation of a Japanese gaming magazine is correct than Pokemon X & Y will feature a brand new type of evolutions. The newest form of evolution is known […]
August 8th Nintendo Download
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team will hit retail stores and the 3DS eShop on Sunday August 11th but that’s not the only highlight for the 3DS. Three eShop titles hitting the digital marketplace today include Smash Bowling 3D, SteamWorld Dig and Tangram Style. Plus escapeVektor is now on sale for 50% off through August 22nd. […]