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Category: News
January 9th, 2012
3DS Sets New Japanese Console Sales Record
10:30 at nintendolife.com
Blazing a trail
Nintendo 3DS sold more consoles in Japan during December than any other machine on record.
Fruit Ninja Kinect Was 2011’s 4th Best Seller on XBLA
10:00 at kinectaku.com
Sweet taste of success
Halfbrick Studios' Fruit Ninja Kinect was the fourth best-selling game on Xbox Live Arcade in 2011, according to Major Nelson.
Nintendo Download: 12th January 2012 (Europe)
09:30 at nintendolife.com
Three for the choosing
Nothing unique for 3DS owners this week as 3DSWare and Virtual Console take holidays, but WiiWare and DSiWare have the centre stage.WiiWare
Bobby Carrot Forever (FDG Entertainment, 800pts) — In development for years and years, little rabbit Bobby finally left the warren in July last year and brought a pretty good game with him. Check out our Bobby Carrot Forever review for our verdict.DSiWare
Doodle Fit (Gamelion, 500pts) — A variation of Tangram puzzles, this is a good puzzler on a service riddled with them. Check out our Doodle Fit review to get the full low down.
January 6th, 2012
Icon Games: “Nintendo’s Policies Put Jobs at Risk”
19:30 at nintendolife.com
Former WiiWare dev strikes out
A few days ago, Icon Games revealed its WiiWare sales figures, showing just how its games had fared on the service, breaching Nintendo's non-disclosure agreement in the process. Nintendo responded by asking Icon to remove the WiiWare sales figures from its post, prompting Icon boss Richard Hill-Whittall to slate Nintendo's "negative, damaging" policies.
Icon Games: “Nintendo’s Policies Put Jobs at Risk”
19:30 at nintendolife.com
Former WiiWare dev strikes out
A few days ago, Icon Games revealed its WiiWare sales figures, showing just how its games had fared on the service, breaching Nintendo's non-disclosure agreement in the process. Nintendo responded by asking Icon to remove the WiiWare sales figures from its post, prompting Icon boss Richard Hill-Whittall to slate Nintendo's "negative, damaging" policies.
Aonuma: “Zelda Timeline is Less Important Than Mechanics”
17:30 at nintendolife.com
"So be quiet"
OK, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma didn't really say "so be quiet", but the series supremo's comments on the Legend of Zelda series timeline show he doesn't consider the timeline to be critically important to enjoying Link's adventures.
Rumour: Harvest Moon 3D: Tale of Two Towns Due for PALs
16:00 at nintendolife.com
Ripe for the plucking?
The Australian Classification board has turned up a rating for Harvest Moon 3D: The Tale of Two Towns.
Rayman Origins 3DS Grabs Europe by the Globox on 16th March
15:45 at nintendolife.com
Bounding in
Ubisoft has confirmed Rayman Origins for 3DS will reach Europe on Friday 16th March.
Choose How to Die in Devil Survivor 2
15:15 at nintendolife.com
Take a look inside
While you might have played Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked on 3DS, you'll need to adjust back to 2D to take on the next entry in the series, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, due out this year on DS.Items of Interest
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