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Monday, February 28, 2011

3DS 400,000 sold in one weekend

In the week of launch in Japan, Nintendo 3DS has exceeded 400,000 units sold. As reported by Nikkei, the first stocks have been under assault from files of consumers who in some cases have reached 750 people. Since Sunday, however, Nintendo has supplied retailers, the Japanese company expects to achieve the goal of the half million units by the end of March, reports Andriasang.

During the same period, Nintendo expects to distrubiuire to retailers around the world 3.5 million units of its new handheld console.

Guitar Hero will live on thanks to the DLC

One way to thank fans for supporting the Guitar Hero series will live on! This was confirmed by Activision, expressing its willingness to release more DLC for the series thanks to the enormous and ongoing support from fans. Same thing will happen for DJ Hero. After the announcement of the cancellation of both series, the publisher had said that the DLC for Guitar Hero due out in February would be the last.

Capybara reveals Superbrothers

According to the official website of Capybara Games, the new game developed by the authors of Critter Crunch will be called Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP and will be available in March iOS devices. The game, as stated in the product description, is "an update of the twenty-first century of the early work of pioneers such as industry Miyamoto, Mechner and Chah.

Superbrothers offer" exploration, investigation and mysterious music quiz interrupted by sporadic fighting. " After you have posted on Apple's App Store and the PlayStation Network puzzle game Critter Crunch, Capybara Games has developed Clash of Heroes: Might & Magic for Nintendo DS. The new game company could get more information from Apple's digital store on 22 March.

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Even the video for 3DS: Mii StreetPass Puzzle

All very interesting features in the coming days will be many videos online that relate to the pre-installed applications and games, Nintendo 3DS, and could not get otherwise because of the enormous success that the portable console is getting for its Japanese launch. They show us that we report below on the one hand the creation of a Mii based on the photo of the player and then display it in augmented reality, the other the cool puzzle game where you can access when you activate the system StreetPass.

Ubisoft feels "guilty" for BG & E

Ubisoft has admitted to feeling guilty about not being able to exploit Beyond Good & Evil. "Everyone knows that Beyond Good & Evil did not have the success it deserved and indeed all feel guilty for this situation in part," said a source on Videogame producer of HD remake of the game originally released in 2003.

For this reason the company decided to focus on the version coming in a few days later on PSN and XBLA, tells Wang Xu. "Since we had the goal of creating an HD remake well finished, regardless of time and resources required by the project. And it was nice to see the mobilization of society to ensure that the IP recognition it deserves" .

The HR Games Nintendo 3DS video

We increase the reality? Once removed from its packaging the Nintendo 3DS, probably the first thing you do is try the pre-installed features for augmented reality. Not only are they fun, but also impressive from a technical standpoint, and show the potential for future applications of handheld console games.

In the two movies that follow we see a player just dealing with the HR Games. Source: CVG

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Mii "world standard for avatars

Over the last episode of Iwata Asks Shigeru Miyamoto has unveiled plans for the company's Wii avatars, Miis. "Simply, the Mii spread all over the world," said Miyamoto. "Through the network or through the StreetPass, I want to implement the Miis in every way. I want to become the world standard for avatars.

"I want in the future be used even in the town hall as a document of recognition." "If he can become a universal format will be fun. I want everyone to use it in different ways."