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Animal Crossing: New Leaf has sold over 6 million copies
During Nintendo’s investor’s meeting this week, the company announced that the critically-acclaimed 3DS title, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, has reached a lifetime sales mark of 6.35 million copies sold worldwide. From April to September, New Leaf sold to around 2.49 million copies highlighting one of the 3DS’ biggest sellers to date. Other notable titles that sold extremely well in...
Luminose City Patch Available for Pokemon X/Y
Nintendo just released a patch for Luminose City’s save bug. You see, some players found that saving the game in certain areas within Luminose City made them lose their progress. Players could not open their game save, which forced players to start a new playthrough. Nintendo worked fast to provide a fix and announced a patch. The patch restores the corrupted game saves. Did you encou...
Gaze at Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
[youtube]http://youtu.be/4gOhbzFLg0U[/youtube] Nintendo demoed gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at New York Comic Con. The company showed off some of the game’s features including the new item renting system. It all looks absolutely delightful. But to be honest: I never liked handheld Zeldas. In fact, Oracle of Ages for Gameboy Color was the last — and onl...
Is Ganondorf making a return in Zelda: A Link Between Worlds?
A bevy of new artwork from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds has surfaced from Nintendo today, and one piece of art shows off what appears to be a familiar foe: Is that Ganondorf? Yes, the the headline alone for this post may sound like a “Well, duh!” type of inquiry, but it does deserve some bit of discussion. The art depicts a character that bares comparisons to the Zelda f...
No Online Play for Mario Party: Island Tour
Mario Party: Island Tour will not feature online multiplayer, according to a Nintendo representative at a recent demo event. The game, however, can be played using one card in Download Play. Island Tour is Mario Party’s début on 3DS. The title marks the series’ third portable entry, preceded by Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS. Mushroom Kingdom’s beach part...
Pokemon: Remembering the Good Times
I recall fondly my first foray into Pokémon. It began over 14 years ago with a Pokémon Blue purchase at a local Toys R Us. I still recall the game’s packaging new smell, inserting the Game Boy cartridge, booting the game, and hearing Red/Blue’s theme song. On that day, I met Professor Oak and had to choose between three Pokémon: Bulbasaur (grass/poison-type) Charmander (fire-t...
Kirby game headed to Nintendo 3DS in 2014
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTM0srjbsjI[/youtube] This morning’s Nintendo Direct ended with a teaser trailer for a new Nintendo 3DS title featuring everyone’s favorite ball of pink puff, Kirby. The trailer suggests the graphics and gameplay will closely resemble those of Kirby’s Return to Dream Land for Wii, so it’ll probably be a very traditional Kirby game. Th...
Sonic the Hedgehog returns to Super Smash Bros.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREyxpuYeGU[/youtube] Hot off the news of Toon Link being confirmed for the Super Smash Bros. roster, a new challenger appears: Sonic the Hedgehog. Announced by Satoru Iwata during today’s Nintendo Direct, Sonic the Hedgehog makes his second appearance on a Super Smash Bros. title and becomes the second third party character (Mega Man being announced a...
Toon Link returns to the Super Smash Bros. roster
Nintendo confirmed today that a returning character has been revealed for Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. The character? Toon Link. Toon Link first made his official appearance on the Smash Bros. roster in 2008’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. Link’s move-set was not detailed in any way on the official Smash Bros. website. He joins Captain Olimar and Pit as the ...
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Meets Kickstarter Target
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero met its Kickstarter funding goal. The title crossed the $400,000 mark and now makes its way to every major console platform, including Wii U. Do you want to show your support? Don’t worry; it isn’t too late to contribute. The project has several stretch goals that yield additional chapters and modes. You can expect Half Genie Hero to release around October 2014. ...
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies Release Date Announced
Capcom announced Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies launches on October 24. That’s right — the expert attorney shall trump injustice in a digital courtroom near you a week before Halloween. Remember: Dual Destinies launches as a 3DS eShop exclusive priced at $29.99 USD/$24.99 Euros. Capcom chose to release the latest Phoenix Wright digitally to cut time lag bet...
Developers Unfazed by Separate Online Accounts
If you own a 3DS and Wii U you might have realized by now your online accounts aren’t connected. Fans and, apparently Nintendo employees, have clamored for a unified experience between Wii U and 3DS accounts. Still, unification remains an unfulfilled, oft-requested feature and we have heard little about its possible implementation. However, the discussion left out important party: developer...