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Nintendo Is Making A Full-Blown App Store For Wii U
News publication The Daily is reporting that Nintendo is currently hard at work creating a full-blown app store for the Wii U. Whilst there are already small applications available for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DSi the app store for the Wii U will go far beyond this offering a much wider variety of apps.
Wii U owners will be able to use apps that operate on the Wii U itself, such as MLB.TV, and others that run independently on the Wii U’s controller. Given its tablet-like design and 6.2-inch screen, it’s not hard to imagine being able to check email, browse the Web, post to social networks and even get some gaming in
- The Daily’s Matt Hickey
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii U Tagged: Nintendo, wii u, wii u app store 
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Sixteen Of Top Twenty Games During Christmas In Japan Were Either On Wii Or Nintendo 3DS
A mighty impressive sixteen out of the top twenty games in the Japanese all-formats chart were on either Wii, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo DS. The fantastic Mario Kart 7 took the number one spot but was following fairly closely by Super Mario 3D Land and Monster Hunter Tri G. Interestingly enough there wasn’t one PlayStation Vita game in the Japanese top twenty.
01./03. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011-12-01} – 260,836 / 1,050,706 (+43%)
02./00. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei Tecmo) {2011-12-22} – 200,526 / NEW
03./05. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011-11-03} – 174,566 / 1,011,709 (+55%)
04./02. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom) {2011-12-10} – 155,069 / 885,456 (-26%)
05./01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix) {2011-12-15} – 118,816 / 643,033 (-77%)
06./06. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (Nintendo) {2011-10-27} – 114,545 / 513,061 (+61%)
07./09. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo) {2011-10-13} – 96,771 / 420,064 (+120%)
08./00. [3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D (Bandai Namco) {2011-12-22} – 90,873 / NEW
09./04. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (Level 5) {2011-12-15} – 86,026 / 221,285 (-36%)
10./00. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme (Level 5) {2011-12-22} – 85,117 / NEW
11./11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010-07-08} – 71,461 / 2,200,697 (+68%)
12./00. [PSP] Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable: The Gears of Destiny (Bandai Namco) {2011-12-22} – 57,320 / NEW
13./10. [WII] PokePark 2: Beyond the World (Pokemon Co.) {2011-11-12} – 55,344 / 219,362 (+26%)
14./17. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Ketteiban (Bandai Namco) {2011-11-23} – 55,256 / 155,539 (+84%)
15./13. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2011-12-08} – 52,611 / 117,185 (+53%)
16./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition (Square Enix) {2011-12-22} – 51,156 / NEW
17./12. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: Osharena Mahoutsukai (Konami) {2011-12-10} – 50,074 / 131,184 (+43%)
18./20. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World (Bandai Namco) {2011-11-17} – 49,921 / 257,379 (+76%)
19./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010-11-11} – 48,929 / 782,975 (+59%)
20./21. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008-04-10} – 43,752 / 3,428,903
Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Sony, Wii Tagged: japan, software charts 
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Pachter Says Nintendo Needs To Bring Out The Big Guns For Nintendo 3DS In 2012 And Date Key Games
Famed Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has explained to Industry Gamers how he believes Nintendo will sustain consumers interest for the Nintendo 3DS throughout 2012. Pachter believes that Nintendo first party line-up for the console during 2012 is superb but the company desperately needs to announce a major first party retail release for February or March.
“All Nintendo has to do is provide software support. It’s already announced lineup is stellar, but we don’t have dates. It would help immensely if they would get a few out in February or March.”
Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: Nintendo, nintendo 3ds, pachter 
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Nintendo 3DS Messaging Application Letter Box Is Now Available On The 3DS eShop
Finally the Nintendo 3DS messaging service which is titled Nintendo Letter Box is now available to download for the Nintendo 3DS eShop. The messaging application allows you to stay connected with your friends via StreetPass and SpotPass. You can send them messages, 2D and 3D drawings, as well as photos and sound effects all through your Nintendo 3DS.
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You Can Now Pre-Order The Circle Pad Pro At GameStop And Nintendo
Nintendo of America has announced that you can now place your pre-orders for the Circle Pad Pro. The Circle Pad Pro is a GameStop exclusive in the United States but you can also pre-order it direct from Nintendo. The Circle Pad Pro launches February 7th in North America to coincide with the release of Resident Evil: Revelations.
Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: circle pad pro, nintendo 3ds 
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Check Out The Stunning Box Art For Kid Icarus Uprising On The Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo has revealed the official box-art for the eagerly anticipated Kid Icarus: Uprising on the Nintendo 3DS. The game has been a long time coming but North American Nintendo 3DS owners will finally be getting the game March 23rd and it should hopefully be coming to Europe around the same time.
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Nintendo 3DS and Wii Cross Major Milestones after Record-Breaking Black Friday
Nintendo 3DS and Wii Cross Major Milestones after Record-Breaking Black Friday
Strong sales on Black Friday pushed the U.S. installed base of the Wii™ system to 37.7 million units and helped the Nintendo 3DS™ system surpass the first-year totals of the Nintendo DS™ system (2.37 million) after only eight months on the market, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Other milestones reached in November include:
Software
The Super Mario 3D Land™ game for Nintendo 3DS sold more than 625,000 units and is the fastest-selling portable Super Mario™ title in U.S. history.
The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii system had the biggest first day in franchise history and sold more than 600,000 units in its first week.
Hardware
Nintendo sold more than 2 million combined hardware units in November. This includes more than 860,000 Wii systems, more than 795,000 Nintendo 3DS units and more than 350,000 units of the Nintendo DS family of systems.
Nintendo 3DS had its biggest single month of sales, representing an increase of more than 215 percent over the previous month, and has now sold nearly 2.5 million units since launch.
Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever with more than 520,000 units sold. Full-month sales increased by more than 245 percent over the previous month.
“Great software and unparalleled value drove momentum on Black Friday and through November,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Both Nintendo 3DS and Wii have already set records, and we’ve still got the bulk of the shopping season to go. People are flocking to our bundles and the fun of Mario and Zelda that can only be found on Nintendo systems.”
[PR Email from Nintendo of America]
Shigeru Miyamoto Will Reveal A Brand New Nintendo Game Within A Year
Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told Wired that he hopes to start working a brand new game in early 2012 and will show it off publicly within the year. During the same interview Miyamoto expressed his interest in working with smaller teams with younger developers, so it’s likely to be a smaller project than he is used to creating. We’ve known for quite some time that Miyamoto has wanted to create a new game.
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Nintendo Wii: The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword Has A Game Breaking Bug, Here’s How To Avoid It
Nintendo of America spokesperson Sharon Matheny has confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has as game breaking bug which currently has no fix.
“We have been made aware of the issue that results in being unable to progress in the Song of the Hero quest.”
“If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.”
So what you’re wondering now is how to avoid this game breaking bug? Well here’s what Nintendo advises you should do: avoid Golo the Goron after you obtain the Thunder Dragon’s song.
Filed under: Nintendo, Wii Tagged: Nintendo, skyward sword, Wii, zelda 
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Nintendo 3DS: Mario Kart 7 Includes Nintendo 3DS Friend List Update Distributes It Via Download Play
Mario Kart 7 includes the recent Friend List update which came with Super Mario 3D Land which enables you to join their friends directly for online Wi-Fi matches in supported games. Mario Kart 7 distributes the 3DS Friends List firmware update when playing a game over Download Play. The firmware itself must be installed to play Mario Kart 7 over Download Play.
Filed under: 3DS, Nintendo Tagged: mario kart 7, Nintendo, nintendo 3ds 
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