Animal Crossing: New Leaf at 2.3M sold in Japan, bringing in new female 3DS owners
Japanese sales of Animal Crossing: New Leaf are at around 2.3 million, with 500,000 of those coming from digital downloads alone. Those ever-storming sales, both overall and digital, are arguably not as surprising as a stat revealed to Nikkei by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. As translated by ...
3DS crosses 10 million mark in Japan
According to Enterbrain data, the 3DS has surpassed 10 million units sold in Japan, with 10,068,192 3DS and 3DS LL systems sold life-to-date as of January 6. It's taken the hardware 98 weeks to reach this milestone, putting it well behind the DS Lite, which broke 10 million after just 61 weeks. The ...
Animal Crossing: New Leaf crosses to Europe in Q2 2013
Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the 3DS rendition of Nintendo's franchise recently released in Japan, will arrive in the UK in the second quarter of 2013. The news comes via a Nintendo Direct presentation, with Nintendo Europe president Satoru Shibata noting that Nintendo was hard at work localizing the ...
Animal Crossing: New Leaf sells 600K at retail, 200K digitally
Nintendo has shipped approximately 600,000 copies of Animal Crossing: New Leaf in Japan, president Satoru Iwata revealed on the Animal Crossing Twitter account today. The game was released in Japan on November 8. Nintendo will ship an additional 200,000 to meet demand later this week. A surprising ...
Nintendo trailer round-up: Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, Professor Layton, more
The latest Nintendo Direct didn't offer much in the way of news, but we did get our hands on a bunch of new trailers. First and foremost is Fire Emblem: Awakening, which you'll find above. Be careful, it's pretty sharp. After the break, find trailers for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, ...
Animal Crossing 3DS called 'Animal Crossing: New Leaf' in North America
Animal Crossing's 3DS installment is called Animal Crossing: New Leaf in North America, as revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation. Sit back and enjoy the mellow music and the tranquil footage of your future life as mayor of lolbutts (or whatever you call your town). ...
Animal Crossing 3DS detailed in Japanese Nintendo Direct
Nintendo just cannot stop doing Nintendo Direct videos, as evidenced by this morning's Japanese presentation about the 3DS Animal Crossing: Jump Out. You can go back and watch the whole 47-minute thing here, which you should do even though it's all in Japanese because cute. NeoGAFfer Streetsahead ...
New 3DS colors & bundles in Japan, eShop gets digital re-releases
Nintendo announced three new 3DS XL bundles for Japan, with two special case designs for New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Animal Crossing 3DS. The company also announced the upcoming arrival of eight previously released 3DS games on the Japanese eShop. In an initial Nintendo Direct broadcast, Nintendo ...
Animal Crossing 3DS launches during 'first half of 2013'
Animal Crossing 3DS is poised to hit US shores during the 'first half of 2013," Nintendo of America tweets. The game features enhanced customization options and the ability to place your own head inside an Iwata frame, as seen above. The Japanese version will hit on November 8, according to the ...
Nintendo Direct video roundup: Layton, Animal Crossing, HarmoKnight, more
You didn't get up at seven this morning to watch a Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation? Why not? Possibly because you knew we would round up the videos here for you. Let's just go with that, shall we? Reliable Nintendo YouTube capturer Nintendaan has posted clips online, which we have here and ...

