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Nintendo recently released its financial figures, along with software charts that span the 2011 calendar year. Taking a closer look at the figures, an analyst points out that 3DS owners must have been starved for Mario, because games featuring the pudgy plumber surpassed all of the launch titles despite a much shorter sales window, creating yet another year of third-parties left in the dust.
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by Steve Watts, Sep 21, 2011 3:30pm PDT
Star Fox 64 3D has received a fairly warm reception, but one common complaint is the lack of online multiplayer. As it turns out, cost and time constraints got in the way of including the feature, which Nintendo's Yusuke Amano thinks would need some revision to make it a proper online experience.
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by Steve Watts, Aug 10, 2011 11:00pm PDT
The impending 3DS price drop isn't a healthy sign for its sales, but Nintendo executives have been surprisingly candid about their missteps with the device. Now Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is joining in acknowledging that the system simply didn't launch with enough strong software. Ambitious projections based on early excitement made the slower sales all the more surprising to the company.
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by Garnett Lee, Aug 03, 2011 5:15pm PDT
Starfox enjoys a great history with Nintendo fans. Part of its legacy comes from not only the inherent fun of the game, but its place as a title that pushes the technology of the Nintendo hardware of the time. In the Star Fox 64 3D edition of "Iwata Asks" senior members of the design team discuss what went into the newest (re)entry in the series, and reminisce about the earlier versions.
Read more: How it all began and other secrets »
by Steve Watts, Jul 20, 2011 2:15pm PDT
Get ready to man your Arwings and curse that incompetent pilot Slippy Toad, because Nintendo has announced the release date for Star Fox 64 3D. The game will hit stores on September 9, which is a Friday. This eschews the company's usual Sunday release strategy, but also avoids releasing a game about aircraft flying through cityscapes on September 11. Understandable.
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by Steve Watts, Jun 13, 2011 10:45am PDT
Fresh off the heels of E3, Nintendo has revealed several new release dates for 3DS, Wii, and DS titles. Much of Nintendo's most anticipated first-party content remains labeled "TBA" or "Holiday," but a few new release dates stand out. Star Fox 64 3D is set for September 11, while Kirby Mass Attack is now slated for the regular DS on September 19.
In third-party news, Ubisoft is set to release several 3DS casual titles on October 25, and Sega is throwing its weight behind the 3DS eShop with planned releases of Dragon Crystal, Shinobi, Sonic Drift 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble this summer. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is coming on August 30, and Rayman Origins is due March 13, 2012. Read more »
by Alice O'Connor, Jun 07, 2011 9:42am PDT
Star Fox 64 3D, the Nintendo 3DS port of Ninteno 64 classic Star Fox 64, will arrive in North America this September, Nintendo revealed during its E3 press briefing.
In multiplayer, players' faces will be snapped to display to others, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime also explained. Read more »
by Xav de Matos, Jan 20, 2011 4:00am PST
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.
Today's Filter is packed with images and footage of almost every Nintendo 3DS game we know about. We've also got media for a handful of other titles. Read more »
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