If Nintendo gave you 24 hours to make a short film about one of their games, what kind of YouTube classic would you create?
During the Nintendo 3DS’s launch week, the portable sold 371,326 units in Japan. When Nintendo slashed the priced, the portable sold 214,821 units in Japan. What about when Monster Hunter 3G was released?
Surprise! I’m guessing most of you were expecting that we’d run a Community Review on Skyward Sword this week, but I haven’t had a chance to play it yet on account of my stupid wanting to be done with Skyrim first. Super Mario 3D Land? That’s like the anti-Skyrim. A game suitable for short bursts, a game that’s as engaging for an hour as it is for one single minute. It may actually be the perfect Mario handheld game.
Nintendo is a company in love with its past, or at least the popular parts of its past. Except for Super Mario Bros. 2, a game the company doesn’t talk about much.
On Friday we broke the news that Gametraders was selling grey imported copies of Super Mario 3D Land just under a week ahead of the games official release date of November 24. Now, in a move that mirrors the Ocarina of Time 3D situation earlier this year, EB will sell the game as soon as it gets stock in this week.
In a move that echoes the strange Ocarina of Time 3D street break, we’ve just confirmed that some Gametraders stores are selling grey imported copies of Super Mario 3D Land almost a week ahead of its official release date of November 24.
