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  • The Nintendo Wii U Is Region Locked

    Just as I expected, the Nintendo Wii U is region locked. This shouldn’t come as a surprise since previous Nintendo consoles have been region locked as well.

    wii u region locked The Nintendo Wii U Is Region Locked

    The news comes from Japanese gaming mag Famitsu which posted the following statement (translated):

    What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played.

    We just hope Nintendo is fair to all regions this time around, you may remember the Xenoblade and The Last Story controversy where Nintendo of America refused to publish the games. Fans had to rally up and show their support for the games after which the games finally got released (Xenoblade was published by Nintendo while The Last Story was published by X-Seed).

    The Nintendo Wii U will be priced at $299 for the standard edition and $399 for the deluxe. Release dates for NA are November 18, European games will have to wait a bit longer till November 30th while Japan gets the Wii U the latest on December 8th.

  • Kingdom Hearts 3D, Darksiders 2 And New Super Mario Bros. 2 Rule August NPD

    August NPD sales are in and the industry sales figures don’t look good and retail spending is down for the 9th consecutive month. Total retail spending is down to $515.6 million down 20% year-on-year. Software sales are down 9% to 237.7 million while hardware is down a massive 39% to $150.6 million.

    Winners of the month included THQ’s Darksiders 2 (Xbox360, PS3 and PC) selling 247k units, Nintendo‘s New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) selling 240k units and Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS) which sold “well beyond 200,000.”

    List of Top 10 sellers in August is below:

    Darksiders 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
    New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop Distance (3DS)
    NCAA Football 13 (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii, Xbox 360)
    Sleeping Dogs (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PS3, Xbox 360)
    Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
    Call of Duty: Black Ops (DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
    The Amazing Spider-Man (3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

    Hopefully sales will improve when giants like Assassin’s Creed 3 and Black Ops 2 hit stores later this year.

  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance E3 2012 Trailer Released

    Loads of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance media coming in lately, today Square Enix Europe updated their official website with the game’s E3 2012 trailer. Check it out below:

    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is due for a July 20th release in Europe, 31st release in the US and is already available for sale in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

  • New Kingdom Hearts 3D Screenshots Released By Nintendo UK

    Nintendo UK has been kind enough to release 14 brand new screenshots for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, check them out below.

    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be arriving in the EU on the 20th of July, US on the 31st of July and is already available in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS.

    You may also want to check out Tetsuya Nomura’s interview with Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata.

  • Official Translation Of Iwata Asks Interview With Nomura Now Up

    Along with 14 brand new English screenshots for Kingdom Hearts 3D Nintendo has also finally released the official translation of the Iwata Asks interview with Tetsuya Nomura we first saw back in April.

    You can check out the full interview on Nintendo UK’s website.

  • Wii U Controller Reverting Back To Analog Sticks?

    The Wii U controller shown off at last year’s E3 sported circle pads but looks like Nintendo is replacing them with proper analog sticks according to their newly acquired patent.

    According to the image above the sticks have gotten a slight revamp and maybe even made cickable like the PS3′s L3 and R3 buttons. Lets hope Nintendo tells us more at E3.

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  • Check Out The Wii U In Action

    The Wii U indeed is a unique piece of hardware but how do you play it was the first question that came to our mind when Nintendo revealed it at their E3 press conference earlier today. Check our the video after the break for one of the demos on display at E3.

  • The PSP GO Gets A Price Drop!

    Well the PSP GO has been available a few times for $150 in various sales like Amazon’s Black Friday but now Sony has officially slashes $50 off the price tag so you won’t be paying a cent more anywhere. The PSP GO previously got a $50 price cut last year in October which was well received as the stupendous $250 launch price was just whack. The PSP 3000 also got a $40 price cut last week which knocked it’s price down to a meager $130. The PSP GO’s direct competitor the DSi has been just $150 for some time now and we can only wait to see how this price cut would affect the device’s sales.

  • The PSP GO Gets A Price Drop!

    Well the PSP GO has been available a few times for $150 in various sales like Amazon’s Black Friday but now Sony has officially slashes $50 off the price tag so you won’t be paying a cent more anywhere. The PSP GO previously got a $50 price cut last year in October which was well received as the stupendous $250 launch price was just whack. The PSP 3000 also got a $40 price cut last week which knocked it’s price down to a meager $130. The PSP GO’s direct competitor the DSi has been just $150 for some time now and we can only wait to see how this price cut would affect the device’s sales.

  • Flare Red Colored 3DS Coming To Japan, New Wii Packaging This Summer

    Nintendo has decided to spruce up it’s 3DS line-up with the new Flare Red 3DS. This baby will retail for ¥25,000 ($312) which is a bit of a premium against the $250 Cosmo Black and Aqua Black stock 3DS models. The Flare Red 3DS is expected to hit Japanese stores by the 14th of June. Nintendo is also planning to release a new Japan only Wii bundle which includes two Wii remote plus controllers (one in black or white and one in blue) and Wii Sports Resort. The bundle is expected to retail for ¥20,000 (around $250). Check out the press release after the break.

    Nintendo Wii controller and software bundle to add new color to its own set of 3DS body “Red Flare” Add

    Nintendo Co., Ltd. (President Iwata Satoru) is Niokimashite Japan, so we decided to add the following new color changing product specifications will be announced.

    (1) stationary game machine for home use “Wii” (released December 2006) Ni Shimashite, from June 23 this year, the body set dedicated controller “Wii Remote plus” a single, specialized software and the Wii [Sports Resort] (released June 2009) will be sold bundled with add. In addition, manufacturer’s suggested retail price of 20,000 yen (tax included) will not change.

    The addition of this time, Wii has two main sets “Wii Remote +”, so that now comes bundled with an additional “Wii Remote Plus” without your purchase, your family and friends Togo [with] you can enjoy Wii Sports Resort.

    Since the Wii is released, you feel popular with intuitive and exhilarating action, cumulative shipments of domestic sales at the end of this year, with over three million units in 1159.

    Gameplay to reflect accurately detect the hand position and movement of the player’s “Wii Remote +” while taking advantage of and enjoy the fun of Wii Sports Resort [12] resort to sell and ship the additional controller In it, a person can enjoy it, play with it more enjoyable than to tell you that the Wii’s appeal, we aim to further spread.

    (2) mobile gaming, “Nintendo 3DS” (released February 2011) Ni Shimashite, from July 14 this year, new body colors, “red flare” will be on sale. Existing color of “aqua” and “Cosmo Black” together with the body color becomes Nintendo 3DS three colors total.

    On June 16 [3D] Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Following the launch of the Company on July 14 [3D] Star Fox 64, this year is [Mirror] Shin Akira Parutena myth, [SUPER The latest series] Mario, Mario Kart] and are expected to launch latest series, the work is expected to be released from a number of software makers also fully equipped with special software we will from now until the end of So by increasing the body colors, Nintendo 3DS body aims to spread in earnest.