It won’t be very long before you can get your hands on the New 3DS. You can get the new handheld on February 13th for $199. The only colors available will be red and black and it will not come with an AC adapter because…Nintendo. Any old 3DS adapter you have will work, unless you are a new adopter or someone that is buying a new 3DS after a few years of not having one (me), in which case, you will need to add $15 to your total.
There will be a special edition for The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask which you can find on eBay because it is already sold out and people want to use your love of a childhood memory to pay way more than you should for the handheld.
A special New 3DS will come with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate as a Gamestop exclusive as well with a copy of the game for $229.
There is a smaller New 3DS that is available worldwide. Nintendo decided not to bring it here because everything is bigger in Texas, hamburgers, Red Bull, Merica likes it big. I guess.
Well I am certainly glad I did not get a new 3DS a few weeks ago like I wanted.
Nintendo announced a new 3DS today aptly named “New 3DS”. It will come in both regular and XL models and makes use of the word “new”.
A second analog stick is the biggest addition to the system. Located on the right side above the A,B,X and Y buttons, Nintendo is calling the new analog stick the C-Stick, which is great for us Gamecube lovers. I am wondering just how the C-Stick will feel to people with large hands, or in my case, fat hands. It is more of a nub or as I am calling it: a gaming nipple.
Two new shoulder buttons (ZL and ZR) will be available also, making games that use both analog stick easier to use with more readily available buttons. The A,B,X and Y buttons have also been given a color change to resemble the Super Famicom buttons.
The bottom screen has an NFC reader in it for use with the Nintendo Amiibo figures that will be available this fall. Also, a new CPU will make for faster downloads and browsing on eShop.
Think it ends there? Nope. Nintendo is also is making the top and bottom shells removable to customize your New 3DS. Take a look at the options below.
The New 3DS will release this fall in Japan with a 2015 release here (by here I mean Merica).
Chris Evans may take a break from acting after his Marvel contract is up.
“I think when I’m done with this Marvel contract, I’ll take a little break from acting,with acting, you’re one piece in a very big puzzle. It’s like you helped buy a gift but you don’t know what the gift is, so you come back and see the movie. Sometimes it’s nice, sometimes it’s tragic. This process [directing], you’re involved in every single decision. If I hadn’t done it, I’d be really kicking myself. At the time, it was a daunting task for a number of reasons, but in hindsight it was the right move.”
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Here is a new poster with Mark Wahlberg holding either a fancy ass gun or a prop sword from the World of Warcraft movie he found laying around and decided “what the hell”.
TV
The Walking Dead
For the first time since the plodding Season 2, an episode of The Walking Dead bored me. The name of the episode should have been a warning; it was titled “Still”.
Rob Zombie
The rocker/director is developing a limited series based on the Charles Manson murders on Fox. The series will “tell converging stories of people and events leading up to and after the murders, from shifting points of view.” Everything about this seems like a win.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart are the kings of Twitter and they are now the kings of late night after taking over Late Night this past Friday.
http://youtu.be/5J_tk25AYVQ
Games
Mass Effect
Bioware has stated that they have discussed releasing a remastered Mass Effect Trilogy for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. I approve of this. If they can make it as good as the recently released Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, I will gladly play through them again.
3DS
Nintendo will release a Yoshi-themed 3DS XL on March 14th for $199.99. Yoshi can be manly. I may get it…shut the fuck up.
Toys
Superman
Sideshow Collectibles is making a Premium Format Figure featuring the once and always Superman, Christopher Reeve. Check out the sneak peek.
With tomorrow’s big release of [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] lets not forget that there is a handheld version coming to 3DS and Vita. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D game in the make of Metroid.
This ten minute video has a good look at the gameplay and how your bat-skills will be implemented on the small screen.
[amazon_link id=”B00C7103C0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
Beyond: Two Souls, the next cinematic game from Quantic Dream makes its way to PS3 this week. Starring Ellen Page and Willam Dafoe, it is the developers follow up to Heavy Rain and so far early reviews have not been too kind saying you feel more like a spectator than controlling a character. Of course, decide for yourself if you want to give it a try. Also, Pokémon is back with two new games on 3DS which I am sure will sell all too well.
October 8th
[amazon_link id=”B0050SX7BQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Beyond: Two Souls[/amazon_link] (PS3)
Two new consoles lead the way this fall and that is not even adding in the huge payload of games that will be making their ways to shelves between now and Christmas. It can get a little confusing out there when you want so many things at the same time. We here at Nerd Rating want to make it as easy as we possibly can for you with our fall game guide. Help yourself and see when your favorite games are coming out and go ahead and hit the link to pre-order them on Amazon.
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With all the excitement for [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] it is easy to forget that there is a handheld version coming out for the 3DS and Vita.
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5D adventure that will take Batman through Gotham’s maximum security prison during a breakout involving The Joker, Penguin and more. I am getting both games at release and will be interested to see how they connect together story wise as well as if the combat can be transferred over to a handheld.
Look at the new trailer below. [amazon_link id=”B00C7103C0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
Nintendo released system and game sales figures for the Wii U and 3DS and to put things bluntly, the 3DS seems to be keeping Nintendo afloat. The handheld sold over a million units this quarter and moved a staggering 11 million games.
Now onto the Wii U. This is gonna hurt.
The Wii U has sold a whopping 160,000 units…from April to the end of June…GLOBALLY.
To put this simply: that is bad.
To put it in internal Nintendo speak: Are we fu**ed? We may be fu**ed. Fu**.
Only 160,000 systems in a three month period in every territory you sell in is no laughing matter. Even the Wii managed to sell over 200,00 systems in the same period. Total sales of the Wii U are sitting at 3.6 million after almost seven months of release with two new consoles on the horizon and Nintendo showing no signs of giving the system a price drop.
This has got to change. The only reason the [amazon_link id=”B002I096AA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]3DS[/amazon_link] took off after its horrific launch was the huge price cut the system received just months after its release. Nintendo noticed that people were not going to pony up $250 for the new handheld and slash its price by $80. If the [amazon_link id=”B009AGXH64″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U[/amazon_link] is to even survive to see another console cycle then this has to be step one in its rehabilitation.
Get ready to beat the living hell out of your favorite childhood characters again. Nintendo revealed a 2014 release date for Super Smash Bros. on both 3DS and Wii U.
The usual suspects are all here. Mario, Link, Donkey Kong and will be joined by Mega Man and Villager from Animal Crossing. Past Brawl fighters have been as varied as Snake from Metal Gear and Sonic so there is no telling who else will be added to the fight list before release.
Check out the first trailer for the brawler below.
