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Nintendo has confirmed that it will release a selection of eight new cover plates for the New 3DS in early. April 2nd will see the release of designs featuring red and green Toad, Kirby, Pikachu, a number of alternative colours and a dot pattern. There are currently around a dozen …
Read More »US union strikes impacting New 3DS and Amiibo supplies
Nintendo says it could have sold more New 3DS XL units in the US were it not for an ongoing labour dispute that is disrupting West Coast shipping. The first [New 3DS] shipments to Europe and the United States sold most stock that made it to shelves in the first …
Read More »New 3DS enjoys bumper sales day
Nintendo has hailed the launch of its New 3DS and the success of two of its games. The New 3DS and New 3DS XL arrived last week alongside a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. The former was the best-selling single platform title …
Read More »PS4 sales to outpace Xbox One by 40 per cent through 2018, analyst predicts
PlayStation 4 will beat out Xbox One over the first five years of the current console era, market research company Strategy Analytics has predicted. Games Industry reports on the firm’s findings, which claim Sony’s hardware will outsell Microsoft’s by 40 per cent and is on path to reproduce the success …
Read More »Nintendo says Wii U is first opportunity for a ‘seamless’ open-world Zelda title
Zelda on Wii U will be as large a game as the console hardware will allow. Speaking to Gamereactor, producer Eiji Aonuma said that the power of Nintendo’s current home console relative to its predecessors has afforded it a new level of development scope. "A huge, seamlessly unfolding world is …
Read More »America’s New 3DS snub was designed to make things ‘clear for consumers’
Nintendo of America’s senior marketing and licensing manager Damon Baker has explained the decision not to release the standard New 3DS in the region. The New 3DS and New 3DS XL both arrived last week in the UK but only the larger model was released in the US. Look, the …
Read More »At least one publisher still loves Metacritic (it’s Nintendo)
Metacritic may be increasing falling out of favour, but Satoru Iwata is having none of it. The Nintendo boss dedicated a significant part of his investor briefing to talking up the reviews aggregator, highlighting the success that Nintendo is currently enjoying with the critics. Foreign website Metacritic.com is well known …
Read More »5.7m Amiibos have been shipped, with Link the most popular
Nintendo has now shipped 5.7m of its Amiibo toys worldwide since their release last year. 63 per cent of them have ended up in the US and Canada with just 23 per cent making their way to Europe. 11 per cent went to Japan and three per cent to Australia. …
Read More »New 3DS sells 335k in US/Europe in week one
Nintendo has revealed that 335k units of the new 3DS and New 3DS XL were sold in the West in the week of release. The console launched in both Europe and America last week. Of that number, 175k were sold in the US and 160k in Europe. Launch sales of …
Read More »Accessories Update: Trust GXT 315 Headset and New Nintendo 3DS Coverplates
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we listen to Trust’s Extreme Sound headset and check out Nintendo’s New 3DS coverplates GXT 315 Extreme Sound Headset Game accessories brand Trust has launched its latest headset, the GXT 315 Extreme Sound. The peripheral is …
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