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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has revealed a bunch of new information about the upcoming Nintendo Network, which is a completely new system for anything Nintendo online related. Its not a rebranding of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

First what we know already. The Network will offer the "Communities" feature of Mario Kart 7 which is already in use today, and the ability for developers to start offering DLC which has already started with THEATRHYTHM from Square Enix. Iwata also reiterated that Nintendo plans to offer DLC in first party games soon.



However none of that is really new. What is new is that Nintendo plans to offer personal accounts for Wii U. This means downloads and purchases will be tied to an account on your Wii U, not to the console itself. Iwata say that "the ease of using a video game system when the hardware is shared by multiple family members, which has been a challenge we needed to tackle, shall be improved". Finally Nintendo!

Source: Nintendo

Nintendo has announced at a earnings conference in Japan today that the Wii U will ship worldwide before the end of the year. Australia was specifically mentioned alongside Japan, America and Europe. Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata announced the more specific date as well the promise of more heavy hitting titles on the Nintendo 3DS for the year ahead.

Iwata also said to investors that he hopes that Nintendo will return to profitability as soon as possible. Nintendo has dropped its forecast for earnings and sales as well as shipment targets for the Wii and 3DS.

Nintendo has hinted it will show more about the Wii U before E3 but wed still expect the lions share of information to come from that event this June.

Source: Reuters

An unidentified retail source in the UK has generated rumblings that SoulCalibur V will be heading to the 3DS. Apparently the title is listed for preorder at a major store, however we havent yet heard a peep from publisher Namco Bandai regarding a 3DS release.

If youre looking for a fighting fix in the mean time, check out Dead or Alive Dimensions or Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. Do you want to see SoulCalibur V on the 3DS?

Source: Nintendo Life

Slightly Mad Studios, the team behind Need for Speed: Shift and Shift 2: Unleashed has confirmed that its latest racing project will be heading to the Wii U, alongside the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Project CARS has an unusual development approach; it is directed by feedback from gamers who can not only access regular builds of the game, but also invest in it and be rewarded with a share of profits.

Features of the game include over ten game modes, including co-op with a friend as driver/co-driver, "Pit-2-Car" radio, and dynamic and localised weather. More interesting, however, are a cloud-based social network featuring leaderboards, teams and the ability to challenge each other, and user-generated content which can be shared online for free or even sold for in-game credits or real money.

Source: Nintendo Life

Nintendo Australia has announced that The Last Story will arrive on Australian shores on February 23rd, just under a month away. This means we get the game a couple of days earlier than Europe are thanks to our placement on the Earth. Hooray for time zones.

There’s no mention of the awesome collectors edition for the game that Europe is getting, but we’ve sent a email to ask Nintendo Australia to see whats up. The RRP for the game has been set at $99.95, New Zealanders sorry no pricing for you.

The Last Story is the latest action-packed RPG to come from Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi, and will be available exclusively on Wii from 23 February 2012.

The Last Story features time-honoured RPG gameplay and story elements but also adds modern twists to the traditional RPG formula. Customise your items and character and master the innovative combat system to succeed in this epic new universe.

During The Last Story you take control of Zael and from time to time his partners, a band of mercenaries in search of their fortune. You undertake a series of missions and explore Lazulis Island and its sprawling medieval capital Lazulis City, while trying to help Zael achieve his ultimate goal of leaving his life as a mercenary behind and becoming a true knight.

The Last Story features a high level of customisation for both items and characters appearance. There are two main ways of customising your party’s equipment including visiting blacksmiths to increase their abilities and using dyes to change their colour. By visiting the various blacksmiths who are situated within Lazulis City and within some dungeons, you can upgrade your weapons and armour.

Unlike many other RPGs, The Last Story not only features a thrilling single player campaign with an engaging story, but also Online Multiplayer options including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Co-Op modes. Now you can battle against or alongside up to five other RPG fans using your own customised character from the Single Player game.

Nintendo Australia has announced that The Last Story will arrive on Australian shores on February 23rd, just under a month away. This means we get the game a couple of days earlier than Europe are thanks to our placement on the Earth. Sorry America.

There’s no mention of the awesome collectors edition for the game that Europe is getting, but we’ve sent a email to ask Nintendo Australia. They list the price as $99.95.

The Last Story is the latest action-packed RPG to come from Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi, and will be available exclusively on Wii from 23 February 2012.
The Last Story features time-honoured RPG gameplay and story elements but also adds modern twists to the traditional RPG formula. Customise your items and character and master the innovative combat system to succeed in this epic new universe.
During The Last Story you take control of Zael and from time to time his partners, a band of mercenaries in search of their fortune. You undertake a series of missions and explore Lazulis Island and its sprawling medieval capital Lazulis City, while trying to help Zael achieve his ultimate goal of leaving his life as a mercenary behind and becoming a true knight.
The Last Story features a high level of customisation for both items and characters appearance. There are two main ways of customising your party’s equipment including visiting blacksmiths to increase their abilities and using dyes to change their colour. By visiting the various blacksmiths who are situated within Lazulis City and within some dungeons, you can upgrade your weapons and armour.
Unlike many other RPGs, The Last Story not only features a thrilling single player campaign with an engaging story, but also Online Multiplayer options including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Co-Op modes. Now you can battle against or alongside up to five other RPG fans using your own customised character from the Single Player game.

The impact of Megaupload's shutdown on other file hosting sites is spreading. Just as FileSonic recently disabled file sharing, presumably to avoid prosecution for enabling illegal distribution of copyrighted material, the site FileServe has now done the same.

A reddit user pointed out the change earlier today. Attempting to download a file uploaded by another FileServe user results in a message that reads, "FileServe can only be used to download and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally. If this file belongs to you, please login to download it directly from your file manager."

While RapidShare claims not to be concerned about prosecution, as it has procedures in place to take down infringing content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the actions of FileSonic and FileServe suggest the sites' makers aren't as confident in their own legal compliance. Fortunately, both sites are allowing users to continue downloading their own content. With Megaupload, even people who used the service to store and distribute content they created themselves have lost access to their files due to the criminal case and takedown of the entire site.

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Nintendo has announced today that Nobuo Nagai, Senior Managing Director and Representative Director at Nintendo Japan has passed away. Up until the time of his death which was yesterday, he was the Senior Managing Director and Representative Director at Nintendo Japan.

Mr Nagai had been working at Nintendo since 1976, just short of 36 years, an amazing feat for anyone. In 2000 he become a Director at the company, and then a Managing Director in 2002. Just two years later he moved to Senior Managing Director and Representative Director roles. The names of the roles are very vague, however it means he was in charge of the division that develops handhelds. The Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi and 3DS—he would have been the man in charge of all of them.

There isnt too much press about Mr Nagai; he seemed to be a shy person with his name only mentioned by President Satoru Iwata a few times. It really isnt too shocking; not every director of every company is in the spotlight.

Nobuo Nagai passed away aged 66. Its sad to say we dont know much about his work, but if he was in charge of the handheld division then we kind of know what his work resulted in and thats some good work.

After being simply forgotten last week with a grand total of 0 titles, Nintendo is back on board with not only some new things for the 3DS but something for the Wii Virtual Console. Remember when that was a thing?

Wii Virtual Console

Prince of Persia (SNES, Ubisoft, 800 points) - Someone should have told someone at Nintendo that normal human reproduction cycles dont apply to retro games on the Wii. It shouldnt take 9 months for the Wii to get another Virtual Console title. At least this ones a good one.

3DS Virtual Console

Prince of Persia (Game Boy Color, Ubisoft, $7.50) - No, not a typo but yet another Prince of Persia game for your consumption. Ubisoft have not only broken the drought on the Wii but brought a third party Game Boy Color game to the eShop.

3DS Demos

Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom, Free) - A brand new demo for your consumption and for the right price. Will make that wait just that little bit shorter. Thats until the 30 play limit is up.

Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic (Majesco) - No need to joke, Im sure someone out there wants to play this one.

Nintendo Europe has been on an announcement spree this morning, this time Wii owners get some of the fun. The Last Story which is due out on February 24th will also come in a special edition. The special edition will come with a steel book case, a CD soundtrack (it only has seven tracks however) and an art book all wrapped up in a nice shiny box.

So the next question you just asked yourself, is this coming to Australia? While we believe we’re getting the game (its been classified) there’s no word from Nintendo Australia officially. So if we are this special edition or something like it might be a possibility. Stay tuned.