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Purple 3DS Coming May 20th!

Nintendo has announced that a purple Nintendo 3DS will hit store shelves on May 20th, the same date that Mario Tennis Open comes out. If you were in the neighborhood for a new 3DS that isn’t red, blue,black or pink, then maybe purple is the color for you. The Midnight Purple 3DS will be priced at $169.99 and launches May 20th.
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Prototype 2 launched on Tuesday in the UK (instead of a Friday, per usual) last week and leapt to the top of the charts. Despite the strong premiere, Chart-Track notes the sequel couldn't match the first week sales success of the original game. Chart-Track doesn't share raw sales numbers, but it did point out that the game had stronger sales than previous chart-toppers Kinect Star Wars and The Witcher 2. Speaking of Witcher 2, which held the crown last week, it slipped five spots into sixth place. EA continues to have a winning cluster with FIFA Street, FIFA 12 and Mass Effect 3 holding steady close to the top of the charts, with the group maintaining spots two through four, respectively.
Prototype 2 was the only new game to break the top 40 last week. Tap your tentacle past the break to check out the UK top ten.
Top 10 UK Software Sales (All Formats); week ending April 28:
Prototype 2FIFA StreetFIFA 12Mass Effect 3Kinect Star WarsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced EditionTiger Woods PGA Tour 13Battlefield 3Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic GamesSaints Row: The Third
Miyamoto interested in revisiting A Link to the Past
If you had the power to do anything with The Legend of Zelda franchise, what would you do? Remake Oracle of Ages/Seasons? Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto wouldn't mind coming back to A Link to the Past. Miyamoto said he'd be "interested in creating something new maybe based on, or starting from, A Link To The Past" in an interview with Edge. "I think it's important to bring some really new software." It shouldn't come as a surprise, since he's already said he wants to see a remake on 3DS, but there's a big hurdle in his way. With his work on an original game ongoing the impending Wii U launch, time must be a very precious commodity at Nintendo nowadays.
"To be very honest and open, it really depends on the directors that have time at the moment as well," he said. "Some directors, I can give them the title and I know they will do something great with it. Other directors I'm not so 100 percent confident [in], so they're the ones I'd rather take a more remake approach to the title. It really depends on that as well."
It seems if Miyamoto is confident in a director, he'll give them free reign to produce whatever their vision is. A remake, on the other hand, is considered more appropriate for less experienced directors – no offense to Grezzo, who did most of the work on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
[Multi] Weekly Sales Charts, Apr. 15-21: East vs West, Fire Emblem vs Witcher
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WORLDWIDE HARDWARE
Nintendo 3DS - 193,516 (17,492,498)
PlayStation 3 - 162,971 (63,818,467)
Xbox 360 - 133,847 (65,751,064)
Nintendo Wii - 73,585 (95,718,275)
PlayStation Vita - 66,677 (1,995,449)
Sony PSP - 28,622 (73,717,540)
Nintendo DS - 22,921 (151,833,398)WORLDWIDE SOFTWARE TOP 20
1) Fire Emblem: Kakusei (3DS) - 245,402 (245,402)
2) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (X360) - 224,800 (224,800)
3) Kinect Star Wars (X360) - 75,202 (617,927)
4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - 59,953 (11,664,866)
5) Mass Effect 3 (X360) - 55,967 (2,101,675)
6) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 55,588 (16,389,431)
7) Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 54,988 (8,914,421)
8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) - 54,259 (13,905,935)
9) Mario Kart 7 (3DS) - 48,105 (5,433,600)
10) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - 47,420 (5,889,053)
11) Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii) - 45,183 (1,473,655)
12) Mario Party 9 (Wii) - 43,907 (652,389)
13) Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) - 41,056 (590,723)
14) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (X360) - 40,964 (3,418,190)
15) FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3) - 39,954 (5,628,500)
16) FIFA Street (PS3) - 38,590 (575,994)
17) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3) - 36,576 (4,172,512)
18) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PS3) - 35,370 (3,305,721)
19) NBA 2K12 (X360) - 34,355 (2,110,853)
20) Zumba Fitness (Wii) - 34,135 (5,338,746) USA HARDWARE
Xbox 360 - 67,468 (33,894,634)
PlayStation 3 - 54,403 (21,188,810))
Nintendo 3DS - 45,897 (5,050,623)
Nintendo Wii - 32,346 (39,282,313)
PlayStation Vita - 26,182 (508,439)
Nintendo DS - 9,333 (50,650,282)
Sony PSP - 3,161 (19,504,315)USA SOFTWARE TOP 10
1) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (X360) - 110,255 (110,255)
2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) - 35,231 (7,954,642)
3) Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 34,197 (4,659,404)
4) Kinect Star Wars (X360) - 33,038 (360,206)
5) Mass Effect 3 (X360) - 31,491 (1,221,971)
6) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (X360) - 29,681 (1,687,000)
7) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - 28,184 (4,655,787)
8) NBA 2K12 (X360) - 27,805 (1,709,449)
9) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 26,994 (10,050,557)
10) Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii) - 24,334 (732,626) EUROPE HARDWARE
PlayStation 3 - 62,921 (24,707,264)
Xbox 360 - 47,933 (20,584,900)
Nintendo 3DS - 43,840 (4,831,567)
PlayStation Vita - 25,397 (644,343)
Nintendo Wii - 23,240 (31,369,669)
Nintendo DS - 8,734 (51,235,265)
Sony PSP - 4,928 (20,868,693)EUROPE SOFTWARE TOP 10
1) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (X360) - 81,776 (81,776)
2) Kinect Star Wars (X360) - 30,332 (159,889)
3) FIFA Street (PS3) - 26,467 (419,406)
4) FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3) - 23,812 (3,617,322)
5) FIFA Street (X360) - 20,835 (356,203)
6) Mario Party 9 (Wii) - 20,386 (299,563)
7) Kinect Adventures! (X360) - 19,775 (3,736,707)
8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) - 18,577 (4,355,417)
9) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3) - 18,259 (1,714,201)
10) Mario Kart 7 (3DS) - 16,750 (1,416,290) JAPAN HARDWARE
Nintendo 3DS - 85,298 (5,766,679)
PlayStation 3 - 16,475 (8,127,643)
Sony PSP - 11,839 (18,916,467)
PlayStation Vita - 8,160 (659,516)
Nintendo Wii - 6,992 (12,387,681)
Nintendo DS - 1,287 (33,012,534)
Xbox 360 - 1,207 (1,579,841)JAPAN SOFTWARE TOP 10
1) Fire Emblem: Kakusei (3DS) - 245,402 (245,402)
2) Code of Princess (3DS) - 18,476 (18,476)
3) Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - 14,675 (1,531,465)
4) Monster Hunter 3G (3DS) - 13,424 (1,410,886)
5) Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen (PSP) - 13,084 (310,465)
6) Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) - 11,865 (236,863)
7) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) - 11,681 (285,142)
8) Mario Kart 7 (3DS) - 10,721 (1,700,044)
9) Choricchi! Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi (3DS) - 8,583 (8,583)
10) Detective Conan: Prelude from the Past (DS) - 8,291 (8,291)
USA TOP 10 PREORDERS
1) Diablo III (PC) - 40,924 (656,069)
2) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) - 27,047 (302,671)
3) Assassin's Creed III (X360) - 17,389 (176,163)
4) Prototype 2 (X360) - 12,974 (65,742)
5) Max Payne 3 (X360) - 8,746 (122,755)
6) Prototype 2 (PS3) - 7,982 (78,720)
7) Assassin's Creed III (PS3) - 5,979 (112,135)
8) Borderlands 2 (X360) - 5,736 (127,740)
9) Max Payne 3 (PS3) - 5,044 (100,972)
10) Halo 4 (X360) - 4,854 (216,123)
Written by: Mike Glubish
NintendoFuse Podcast #76: Nintendo Direct, Wii U, $20 3DS Prepaid Card Giveaway, and MUCH MORE!
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FeaturedPodcastNintendoFuse Podcast #76: Nintendo Direct, Wii U, $20 3DS Prepaid Card Giveaway, and MUCH MORE! April 21, 2012 9:20 pm Hassan 1 comment

Well folks, it is the end of an era for the NintendoFuse Podcast… we switched to a pre-recorded format a few months back, but we decided that’s not working for us. So, this is the last episode that will be pre-recorded. We have decided to go back to doing live shows! However, we won’t resume live shows until E3, so in the meantime we wanted to thank our listeners all this time. As a token of our appreciation, we are giving away a code for a FREE $20 Nintendo 3DS eShop Prepaid Card somewhere in the podcast. So make sure to listen, as the first one to claim it gets it!
And we wanted to go out with a bang! This week’s episode is PACKED with content… we discuss Pokemon Conquest and the new Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, all the details from the recent Nintendo Direct, a rumored Wii U price point, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir impressions, Pikmin 3 and more for Wii U at E3, the Capcom/Sega/Namco Bandai crossover Project X Zone, new puzzles in the StreetPass Mii Plaza, new Nintendo trademarks, and MUCH MORE! And Nick even does a fun, special farewell segment as we go off on our break until E3. By the way, I apologize for the delay in uploading episode 75… but that is now up as well. You can listen to the new episode above, or you can download it here or on iTunes here.
We hope you enjoy it and as always, feel free to post your comments/thoughts/suggestions. The NintendoFuse Podcast will resume at E3 with live shows, so stay tuned for more of the latest and greatest from Nintendo! And don’t forget that you can also catch up on the old episodes here, or by subscribing in iTunes by searching for NintendoFuse or by clicking this link. Enjoy!
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