[Multi] Capcom Online Games will announce 13 new titles on August 1 in a live-stream

[Multi] Capcom Online Games will announce 13 new titles on August 1 in a live-stream
Do you like social, mobile, and online titles? If so, then you'll want to tune into a special live-stream being broadcast by Capcom Online Games.
That's right, Capcom Online Games has revealed that they'll be revealing 13 new social, mobile, and online titles on August 1st during a special Japanese conference. The conference will be streamed as well, so we'll be sure to find out if we can embed it in the portal for your viewing ease.

A GAFm thread has already surfaced and has started chipping away at the post on the Japanese Capcom Online Games blog. They've already uncovered that updates for both Monster Hunter Frontier G and Onimusha Souls will be talked about during the stream.

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How Many Multi-Platform Titles are Skipping Wii U?

While many have expressed their frustration with the lack of third-party support on Wii U, Andrew Eisen takes it a step further by listing a ton of them… 48 to be exact.

What do you think about this list? More importantly, what do you think about how Nintendo’s newest console has been treated, in terms of third-party games? Who would you say is to blame? Let us know your thoughts either in the comments or in our forums.

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Upcoming Nintendo eShop Content Includes Ketzal’s Corridors, Colors! 3D and Classic SEGA Game Gear Titles

Nintendo News: Upcoming Nintendo eShop Content Includes Ketzal’s Corridors, Colors! 3D and Classic SEGA Game Gear Titles

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The diverse lineup of downloadable games for the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system keeps on growing. With more than 500 pieces of content currently available on the Nintendo eShop and new additions made every week, players have some exciting titles to look forward to this season. Soon, players can experience Ketzal’s Corridors™, a fast-paced, Aztec-themed action-puzzle game with brilliant 3D graphics and head-to-head multiplayer options. The game lets players race against the clock in 96 shape-matching missions and three multiplayer modes. On March 15, Nintendo 3DS owners can download a variety of classic games as the SEGA Game Gear™ system makes its debut on the Nintendo eShop with Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble™, Shinobi™, and Dragon Crystal™. Coming in April, Colors! 3D from Collecting Smiles lets Nintendo 3DS users of any artistic skill level create and share 3D drawings and digital sketches.

Other new and upcoming Nintendo eShop game releases include the following (dates subject to change):

The Nintendo eShop is a service featuring games, applications and videos in both 2D and 3D. Users can add money to their virtual wallets using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. New content is added to the Nintendo eShop every Thursday.

For more information about the Nintendo eShop, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/downloads.

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Nintendo teases new Rhythm Heaven, Mario Party 9, Kirby titles

by Justin McElroy on Jun 7th 2011 2:52PM

Though Nintendo didn't do its traditional "Here are a bunch of logos of games we're making," it couldn't resist a little info dump at the end of the company's press conference. Shown on a screen as attendees exited were logos for [deep breath] The Rolling Western, Paper Mario, Super Fossil Fighters, Rhythm Heaven, Fortune Street, Kirby Mash Attack, Kirby Wii and Mario Party 9.

What systems are these games for? Who's making them? We have no idea. Have a nice day!

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Ubisoft developing 'hardcore FPS' exclusively for Wii U, four other titles revealed

by Ben Gilbert on Jun 7th 2011 1:44PM

Beyond the news today that Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed to Nintendo's Wii U, the French publisher also announced a handful of other titles currently in development for next year's console. Among the list of established IPs -- Assassin's Creed, Rabbids, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online -- Ubisoft also announced a "revolutionary first-person shooter for the hardcore audience."

Moreover, the shooter is being developed "exclusively" for the Wii U. Perhaps you're not too into shooters? The company is also working on a "multi-sports game" with family applications. A ... awesome? Anyway, while none of the games will be playable at E3 this year, Ghost Recon Online will be shown off on the show floor, so we'll be sure to take a peek at our earliest convenience.

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[Wii] 'Nintendo Selects' Line Will Offer Big Wii Titles for $20

[Wii] 'Nintendo Selects' Line Will Offer Big Wii Titles for $20

You may remember Nintendo's "Player's Choice" library of software on previous Nintendo consoles spanning from the GameCube all the way back to the Super NES, offering some of each system's best games at a reduced price. Microsoft and Sony currently run similar programs with the "Platinum Hits" collection for the Xbox 360 and "Greatest Hits" for the PlayStation 3. Oddly enough, until now Nintendo has not initiated this type of program for its extremely successful Wii console.

That will soon change, however, as a budget line of hit Wii software called "Nintendo Selects" will finally launch alongside the Wii's price drop to $150 occurring on May 15 (allegedly). So far, the only titles confirmed to be included in the program are Animal Crossing: City Folk, Super Mario Sluggers, Wii Sports, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, each of which will be available for just $19.99 USD. Since Wii Sports is being replaced by Mario Kart Wii as part of the new Wii hardware bundle, the game will now be sold separately and is included as one of the "Nintendo Selects". Super Smash Bros. Brawl is also expected to be included in the program.

The four games, excluding Wii Sports, have sold over 21 million copies combined on the Wii: 4.1M for Animal Crossing, 1.4M for Mario Sluggers, 5.8M for Twilight Princess (and another 1.6M for the GCN version), and 10.3M for SSBB.

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RE: [Wii] 'Nintendo Selects' Line Will Offer Big Wii Titles for $20
I might re-buy TP on Wii after all. Always wanted it, but not worth having same game twice if the other is at $60. At $20, it's something to consider.

And I lost WiiSports a while back. Been madly looking for it, but meh. I'd pay five dollars for it.

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Finally a price drop, hm they should get a better selection though, I already have TP and the others don't interest me.

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Nintendo: First-party titles still reign supreme

(Credit: NPD Group (via Nintendo))

Nintendo's own games continue to dominate Wii software sales, much to the chagrin of third-party developers.

Speaking during his company's earnings call on Friday, Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata unveiled the top 20 best-selling games of 2010 in the U.S. market, compiled by research firm NPD. Out of that listing, 11 of the games were available on either the Wii or the Nintendo DS. Nine out of that list were published by Nintendo. The remaining two games--Just Dance and Just Dance 2--were published by Ubisoft. No other third-party developer was able to break into the top 20 with a Wii or DS game.

For his part, Iwata seemed quite pleased with those results. "Unlike in Japan, Nintendo software titles were not the only titles for Nintendo platforms that were hits in the U.S. last year," he said.

In Japan, according to research firm MediaCreate, Nintendo's two hardware platforms secured 12 spots in the top 20 best-selling games. As Iwata pointed out, all the Wii games included in that list--seven in total--were published by Nintendo. Three of the five DS games that made it onto the list were published by Nintendo or Nintendo-owned companies, while the remaining two games were published by third-party Square Enix.

Nintendo games dominated Germany's top-selling software list too; only one title was published by a third-party. Just two third-party publishers saw strong sales on Nintendo's platforms in both France and the U.K.

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Those results stand in stark contrast to other platforms. In the U.S., only one of the top-selling Xbox 360 games--Halo: Reach--was published by Microsoft. God of War III was the only Sony-published game on the list. All the others were published by third parties.

Of course, Nintendo's troubles with third-party development are nothing new. For years, the company has been the target of concerns from publishers that their titles don't perform as well on Nintendo hardware as on other devices.

That sentiment was echoed by Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello in 2009. He told investors at the time that the "Wii platform has been a little weaker" than his company has initially estimated. He pointed out that "very, very few multiplatform titles are succeeding on the Wii so far, and collectively, Electronic Arts and Nintendo need to tackle that."

Over a year later, it was clear that Riccitiello had little success in achieving that goal.

Speaking to IndustryGamers last month, Riccitiello said that Nintendo must "promote third-party content better, as opposed to first-party content." He also said that he's becoming more frustrated by Nintendo.

"I can come up with a dozen titles in the last decade, but it's really tough to come up with a dozen great titles that have been platform-defining for them that weren't their own," Riccitiello told IndustryGamers. "I don't care whether it's 'Mario' or 'Twilight Princess' or 'GoldenEye,' it was their own content. I'm going back to [Nintendo 64], and I can go back to SNES if you want, but they've never really been a heavy third-party supporting system.

"It's not lack of trying," Riccitiello went on to say. "They start the morning thinking what's best for their own intellectual property."

Lightning Fish Games CEO Simon Prytherch wasn't so quick to only blame Nintendo. In an interview in 2009, he said that gamers "have been damaged by a lot of substandard software." That has caused consumers to "only trust big Nintendo brands," he continued.

But third-party concerns pale in comparison to the other issues Nintendo faces right now. Last week, the company announced that through the nine months ended on December 31, its profit declined by 74.3 percent, compared to the same period in 2009. It blamed "slower sales and appreciation of the yen."

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