Category Archives: DS

Nintendo has announced that it sold 12 million total hardware units in the US during 2011, marking the fifth year in a row it has accomplished such a feat. This includes more than 4.5 million units of Wii, more than 4 million 3DS systems, and over 3.4 million units of NDS systems.

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That new Pokémon announcement which was teased in Japan dropped over the weekend, and it’s better than we could have hoped for.

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Localisation specialist publisher XSEED is throwing a massive sale, with amazing games on sale for prices so low they made my face go numb with shock.

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Media Create’s weekly release of Japanese sales figures revealed the titan that is Monster Hunter still has the power to wow, propelling the 3DS to new heights. Meanwhile, the most Western of Western RPGs won local hearts.

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Nintendo has this morning released the full release schedule for Q1 2012 for Wii, DS and 3DS. Most of the stuff had been dated already, such as The Last Story, Resident Evil: Revelations and the 3DS circle pad, although MGS3 3D: Snake Eater is confirmed for a winter 2012 release, while Pandora’s Tower is down for Q2 2012, meaning sometime between April and June.

Get a full list of the calendar below the break, via Eurogamer.

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According the US Club Nintendo website, members will soon be able to buy Virtual Console and 3D Classics titles with Coins earned from purchases.

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NPD’s industry report has been released for November 2011, and despite a month filled with new releases and holiday price cuts, industry sales were flat at $3 billion compared to $2.99 billion year-over-year.

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and unsurprisingly, Mario Kart 7 is king of the software chart with 423,619 units moved. It also contributed to almost a doubling of 3DS sales over the prior week.

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Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata has said the firm expects 3DS to sell 4 million units by its first anniversary on the market, as the system gets closer to the 3 million sold mark.

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Nintendo has updated its eShop, WiiWare, and DSiWare channels for the week, adding the Game Boy classic Adventure Island.

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NOA’s Reggie Fils-Aime has said 3DS has surpassed first year units sales of the original DS in the eight months since its release. The original DS moved 2.37 million units worldwide during its first year on the market.

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword topped the software chart with 194,978 units moved. The game’s debut also contributed to the doubling of Wii sales, but it still wasn’t enough to pull the console out of the number four spot.

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and Modern Warfare 3 topped the software chart, besting high-profile Japanese debuts Ni no Kuni and One Piece Gigant Battle

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Guess what happens next week? Yep. Black Friday. Lucky for us, or unlucky for us – it’s all in how you look at it – we’ll be on our second of three Thanksgiving dinners with family, and stuck inside a house full of food and spirits instead of braving the crowds stampeding for a deal. However, if you’re the brave sort, or just willing to go through anything to save a buck or twenty, Target and Sears have a few gaming-related sales going on you may be interested in, such as: new game releases for $37, console bundles, and older releases for cheap. Joystiq has the fliers and a rundown posted here and here. More Black Friday deals, specifically from Walmart, Microsoft, Best Buy, GameStop and Toys R Us, can be found through a previous post.

Valve should be getting in on the mix with a Steam sale soon, and we suggest you get your bank account padded ahead of time in preparation.

Ahead of Thanksgiving in the US next week, Toys R’ Us are holding a buy one, get 40% off deal this weekend for PS3, 360, Wii and 3DS games from today and tomorrow. As well as that, all 3DS and DS games will be buy one, get 40% off from Sunday until next Wednesday. Go nuts, Yanks.

Thanks, Joystiq.

A new report suggests casual gamers are abandoning portable gaming hardware in favour of multi-function devices.

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October 2011 saw a 1% increase in sales yoy to $1.08 billion compared to $1.07 billion the year prior, according NPD’s monthly US figures.

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Nintendo has announced that 3DS has sold 1.65 million units in the US in eight months on the market.

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Mobile analytics firm Flurry, along with NPD data suggest Apple and Android games have surpassed both Nintendo and Sony in the gaming on the go market.

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Media Create has released its unit sales chart for the week of October 31 through November 6, and of the nine title debuts this week, Super Mario 3D Land took the top spot, besting Uncharted 3 by 218,493 units.

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