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  • Wii U News

    by Published on April 21st, 2013 22:22
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    Nintendo of America has announced via its Facebook page that the Wii U Virtual Console will launch in the US this Tuesday, April 23.
    Nintendo announced this week that a roster of classic NES and SNES titles will be available at launch on the service, including Super Mario World, F-Zero, Excitebike, Donkey Kong Jr, Super Metroid and Mega Man 1.The platform holder also revealed it is aiming to bring cult SNES RPG Earthbound to the Wii U Virtual Console in both North America and Europe by the end of the year.In addition to NES and Super NES games, titles from the Game Boy Advance and other systems will be available in the future.Each title will have an official Miiverse community and games can be paused and returned to later using Restore Points.

    http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-for-tuesday/
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    by Published on April 20th, 2013 23:03
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    Software delays on Wii U may frustrate - but Nintendo knows that its long-term success is built on game quality, not "winning" sales wars

    Nintendo

    nintendo-europe.com


    Of the many and varied approaches to PR which have been attempted by game publishers and platform holders in recent years, few have been quite so successful as Nintendo's now semi-regular "Nintendo Direct" broadcasts. Not only has the content being announced generally been of a very high standard - and particularly pleasing to the Nintendo faithful, of course - the presentation style has helped to humanise Nintendo's executives, making likeable personalities out of people in rules traditionally dismissed as "suits" at other companies. Nintendo now enjoys the unique privilege of a devoted following and guaranteed coverage for its broadcasts, along with a halo effect of likeability around the company as a whole - a superb pay-off for a clever but reasonably straightforward approach to PR.
    "The presentation style has helped to humanise Nintendo's executives, making likeable personalities out of suits

    This week's Nintendo Direct was no exception. It was light-hearted and likeable, but included plenty of impressive, crowd-pleasing news about 3DS software - most notably the announcement of a sequel to 1991's much-loved Zelda game, Link To The Past. Arriving on top of what's already an extremely impressive pile of software in the 3DS pipeline, it's hard to see how 2013 could be anything but a success for Nintendo's handheld; October's Pokemon titles alone should guarantee a Christmas bonanza for the platform, with the rest of the line-up being the icing on the cake.
    Even as the 3DS builds and builds towards a market size which many considered impossible only a couple of years ago (my own take was that 3DS would do well but wouldn't rival the ultimate success of its predecessor, the DS; I stand by that, but it looks increasingly possible that I'll be proved happily wrong), rumblings of discontent abound. Nintendo made clear in advance of this week's broadcast that it was going to be about 3DS software, yet the announcement of new titles for 3DS seemed only to deepen dissatisfaction with the slow pace of launches on the Wii U.
    This is a merry-go-round with which we're probably all familiar by now - Nintendo launches a new console, there are several months of slow software launches and title slippages, then finally things seem to get into gear and software starts to pour out of the creative floodgates in Kyoto. Apologies are profuse; next time will be better. Next time, of course, is exactly the same. Recently, Satoru Iwata has been criticised - not unfairly - on the grounds of this pattern. "We'll do better next time!" sounds a lot less credible the fourth or fifth time. For new Wii U owners wondering where Pikmin or The Wonderful 101 are, these pledges certainly sound hollow.
    While criticism of any company on the grounds of failing to live up to its promises is completely valid - and it is absolutely not the place of consumers to come up with excuses for multi-billion dollar corporate behemoths - I'm not sure that this specific criticism has legs when it comes to Nintendo, at least from a business perspective. It seems to me that it misses the point of what exactly Nintendo is; what exactly the company does, and where its value lies.
    "Nintendo would survive the failure of a console platform. It will not survive a sufficiently serious sullying of the Mario brand"

    Certainly, if you look at the Wii U right now, it's not doing well. It's probably overpriced, it's certainly lacking in seriously compelling software and it's not building its installed base at the rate it needs to in order to be a sustainable platform for developers. While the 3DS is going great guns (slower in the west than in Japan, but still by no means doing badly), the Wii U is a dark spot for Nintendo - a product which shows all the hallmarks of potential market failure.
    That would be bad. Yet there's something that would be worse - much worse, in fact. Imagine a scenario in which Nintendo, shaken by slow sales of the Wii U, reacted by doing what many commentators seem to demand of them - speeding up the release schedule for Wii U software. I have no doubt that, given sufficiently aggressive management and a sufficiently devil-may-care attitude to bugs and balance issues, Nintendo could pump out a number of really big-name titles on the Wii U before the end of the year - possibly even getting all of its biggest franchises represented on the console. This is hardly blue-sky thinking; nearly every developer has experience of seeing a game they worked on being pushed out unfinished to meet a schedule.
    The reason Nintendo, thankfully, doesn't do this is because Nintendo's management understands where the value of its company lies. The "Wii U" brand, or even the "Wii" brand, has only been around for half a decade and probably won't be around for much more than another half-decade, at best. This console generation will only last five years, if things
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    by Published on April 15th, 2013 21:54
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    Analyst forecasts yet another bad month of sales in the US for Nintendo's console and says even a price cut wouldn't be enough to help

    Nintendo of America


    The NPD Group will report its US video game retail data this Thursday, and in a preview note Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter commented that he's expecting Nintendo to post yet another weak month of Wii U sales. For the Wii U's fifth month on the market, he's forecasting that Nintendo sold just 55,000 units, which would represent a 17 percent decline month-over-month. Moreover, Pachter's expecting this slide to continue for Wii U, even if Nintendo chooses to implement a price cut.
    "The only key hardware device to underperform our expectations was the Wii U," Pachter said of last month's numbers, "and its fortunes appear unlikely to improve for several months, even if Nintendo decides to drop price, as there are an insufficient number of core titles that are generating interest in the console. We think that core gamers are far more likely to turn their attention to the PS4 (due in the holiday season) and the next Xbox, which we believe will be unveiled before E3 and have a launch alongside that of the PS4, and believe that the long-term appeal of the Wii U will be severely limited by the perception that the PS4 and next Xbox will be much more powerful with greater online integration and multimedia functionality."
    And if the pricing on the PS4 and next Xbox is reasonable, it could really put Wii U in a bind, Pachter added: "Should the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft be price competitive, we think that Wii U sales may continue to stagnate." In fact, Pachter believes that next-gen consoles are likely to be subsidized and will therefore look even more affordable to consumers.
    "We think that the next-generation consoles will perform a wide range of multimedia functions. We should learn more in the coming months, but we expect the next Xbox to have an IPTV tuner that will allow an MSO to deliver services over the Internet outside of the MSO's regulated geographic boundaries. If we are right, any of Microsoft's MSO partners will have an incentive to subsidize the purchase of the next Xbox in exchange for a long-term service commitment (similar to the cell phone model). If the subsidies are steep, it is likely that the next Xbox will appear more affordable to many consumers than currently anticipated, and it may capture market share faster than many expect. We don't expect Sony to sit idly by watching, and believe that the PS4 will follow Microsoft's lead in short order, suggesting to us that next-generation consoles could have lower starting prices than any in history," he said.
    As for March retail game sales overall, Pachter expects the numbers to be up slightly (just one percent) thanks to big AAA releases like Gears of War: Judgment, Tomb Raider and BioShock Infinite.

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ont-help-wii-u

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    by Published on April 10th, 2013 02:51
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    An Amazon France listing adds further weight to the likelihood of Splinter Cell: Blacklist coming to the Wii U. While the page itself is somewhat speculative - the game is titled 'Splinter Cell 6' - the blurb matches up with the retailer'slistings for other platforms.

    The outwardly blacklisted Wii U version was spotted on two Ubisoft employees' LinkedIn profiles earlier this year. While the purported Wii U version strains to stay stealthy, Ubisoft is definitely bringing Splinter Cell: Blacklist to PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on August 20.

    http://www.amazon.fr/UBI-Soft-Splint...cell%20wii%20u
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    by Published on April 9th, 2013 11:53
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    Heres the latest WiiU Deals:

    Nintendo Wii U Deals for 04-08-2013 Price You Save Retailer Free Shipping?
    007 Legends $39.99 $20.00 (33% off) Amazon Yes
    Assassin's Creed III $29.99 $30.00 (50% off) Best Buy Yes
    Assassin's Creed III $29.99 $30.00 (50% off) Amazon Yes
    Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition $19.99 $40.00 (67% off) Best Buy Yes
    Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition $19.99 $40.00 (67% off) Amazon Yes
    Call of Duty: Black Ops II $39.99 $20.00 (33% off) Best Buy Yes
    Call of Duty: Black Ops II $39.99 $20.00 (33% off) Amazon Yes
    Darksiders II $33.67 $26.32 (44% off) Amazon Yes
    Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two $49.99 $10.00 (17% off) Best Buy Yes
    FIFA Soccer 13 $41.95 $18.04 (30% off) Amazon Yes
    Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes $39.99 $10.00 (20% off) Amazon Yes
    Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth $39.99 $10.00 (20% off) Best Buy Yes
    Mass Effect 3: Special Edition $42.29 $17.70 (30% off) Amazon Yes
    NBA 2K13 $37.09 $22.90 (38% off) Amazon Yes
    New Super Mario Bros. U $49.49 $10.50 (18% off) Amazon Yes
    Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge $48.86 $11.13 (19% off) Amazon Yes
    Nintendo Land $42.97 $17.02 (28% off) Amazon Yes
    Resident Evil: Revelations $39.99 $10.00 (20% off) Amazon Yes
    Scribblenauts Unlimited $49.99 $10.00 (17% off) Best Buy Yes
    Skylanders Giants Starter Pack $49.99 $25.00 (33% off) Amazon Yes
    Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition $47.98 $12.01 (20% off) Amazon Yes
    The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Edition $38.70 $21.29 (35% off) Amazon Yes
    The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct $39.99 $10.00 (20% off) Gamestop With $29.99 order and promo code 15FREE
    ZombiU $49.86 $10.13 (17% off) Amazon Yes
    by Published on April 9th, 2013 01:16
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    Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, the Wii U version, is $20 at Best Buy as part of its weekly deal offer. Also on sale are the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions ofFar Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 for $30, or PS3, Xbox 360 and PC editions ofBlack Ops 2 for $40 each.

    We found the Wii U version of Arkham City to have some cool features, such as the WiiPad audio function whenever Batman picks up a conversation on his earpiece. Otherwise, it's definitely not the prettiest way to play a Batman game.

    https://deals.bestbuy.com/#!/winning+home+entertainment
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    by Published on April 8th, 2013 22:07
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    The Wii U’s use of an integrated second screen poses a notable threat to Microsoft and Sony’s rival machines.
    That’s according to design legend Shigeru Miyamoto who speaking to CNN said that the Wii U’s impact will grow considerably over time.
    "The challenge that we had was if someone wanted to view television, then you couldn't play games,” he explained. “We wanted to have a second screen for Wii U that would make it possible for people to essentially play games even if something else was on the TV.
    "There was a period when we first released the Nintendo DS that people would say there's no way people can look at two screens at once.
    "I almost feel like, as people get more familiar with Wii U and these touchscreen interfaces, that there is going to come a point where they feel like 'I can't do everything I want to do if I don't have a second screen'."
    Miyamoto also believes that Wii U has another ace up its sleeve – the fact that its design affords it a purpose as a general living room device.
    "I feel a device like Wii U, with its ability to continue to offer new features and that network connection and the connection to the TV and the interface, really makes it feel that it's more than just a game machine, but something that offers a lot of practical use and practical purpose in the living room," he added.
    "I look at it as being a very useful device that can do many different things and therefore really seems to be the device that's ideal to have in the living room.
    "The other thing I think about is how do we begin getting people to understand that and convey the usefulness of Wii U to them. For me as a game developer, obviously I look at Wii U from the perspective of what games I can bring to Wii U."

    http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/miyam...r-time/0113749
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    by Published on April 6th, 2013 23:13
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    Dragon Quest X's Wii U release sold 33,302 copies at retail in its first week in Japan. Granted, that first "week" lasted two days, as Media Create's weekly ranking period ran from March 25-31, and Dragon Quest X was released on the 30th, but that's still low for a Dragon Quest game. The Wii version of the MMO, for comparison, sold over 420,000 copies at launch, and Dragon Quest IX sold over 2 million before that.

    Not only is that low for a Dragon Quest game, it's not exactly the boost the Wii U hardware so desperately needed. The Wii U only sold 22,829 units last week, behind both versions of the ever-popular 3DS (Luigi's Mansion 2 was the best selling game, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf is at #3, approaching 3 million copies life-to-date), and behind even the Vita, which is experiencing something of a resurgence.

    The sales situation for Dragon Quest X is more complicated than it may seem. While the retail sales were disappointing, there's likely a significant number of digital sales, which wouldn't show up on Media Create's charts – and which we'll never know about unless Square Enix or Nintendo decides to tell us. Square Enix offers half-price downloads of the Wii U version to anyone who owns the Wii version, so it's safe to assume at least some of the Wii buyers took advantage of that offer.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/04/dr...panese-retail/
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    by Published on April 2nd, 2013 12:43
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    Wii U sales are up by almost 125 per cent last week, retail sources have told MCV.
    The rise in sales was due to the launch of Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate, plus HMV cutting the price of the Premium console by £140.
    Monster Hunter accounted for almost half of the revenue generated by Wii U software during that week.
    The following week (last week) saw the launch of LEGO City Undercover for Nintendo's platform, and although that has had little impact on Wii U hardware sales, Wii U software sales has increased significantly.
    The improved performance follows criticism from retail over the console’s poor performance, with stores threatening to reduce store space. Nintendo has since promised to speak to concerned retailers and reveal their plans to 'build momentum' for the console.
    Despite the sales spike, Wii U still lags behind PS3 and 360.

    http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u...the-uk/0113425
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    by Published on March 29th, 2013 00:08
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    GameStop saw revenue drop 7% last year, projects flat revenue for 2013 in best case

    GameStop

    gamestop.com


    GameStop reported its earnings for the holiday quarter, and the results were mixed - which investors interpreted as good in a year when retail game sales were down by double digits overall. On the earnings call, CEO J. Paul Raines tried to put the news in the best light possible, of course. Raines had to admit, though, that last year was tough, citing a 21 drop in software sales and a 25 percent decline for hardware from NPD numbers. Of course, Raines was careful to point out that GameStop outperformed against that backdrop. Investors apparently liked what they heard, because GameStop shares were up over 7 percent after the earnings call.
    Raines noted that GameStop has over 30 percent software market share in most of the markets, and the company grew its margins by 400 basis points. Outside of the classic physical business, Kongregate grew 48 percent during 2012, and GameStop's mobile division reported $184 million in sales. "We are going to be a strong player in launches of new tablets and devices," Raines claimed.
    "We expect the first half of the year to be very difficult as we wait for new consoles"
    Rob Lloyd

    CFO Rob Lloyd added some detail to the numbers, noting comparable sales for the last quarter were down 4.6 percent when you took into account that the quarter had an extra week. The Wii U launch helped keep the quarter from looking even worse. Overall, the picture for the year wasn't great: A 7 percent sales decline for the year, and business in comparable stores was down 8.7 percent in US. GameStop was able to increase its earnings per share by 10.5 percent despite the grim retail sales picture. The essential question for GameStop's future is this: Will new consoles offset the decline in current generation console sales?
    The guidance given for 2013 wasn't rosy. "We expect the first half of the year to be very difficult as we wait for new consoles," Lloyd said. "We expect to return for growth in the back half of the year." Putting numbers on that, Lloyd said that the full year would be down 8 percent to flat, with full year net income declining from 7 to 18 percent. According to Lloyd, the guidance at the high end reflects the possibility of a second new console launch in the fourth quarter other than Sony's PS4. Paging Microsoft; situation desperate, send new console.

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ting-this-year

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