Systems and software both tumble
While 3DS is in the ascendancy, Wii's certainly showing its age now, with sales for the year down 35% on the previous year.
Will you find it under your tree?
We already know that Nintendo will release Wii U before the year's out, but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has dropped a pretty big hint that the machine will land close to Christmas.
Wii sold more games in North America in the last quarter than 3DS has sold worldwide all FY. 3DS isn't out of the woods by a long shot.
If Nintendo keeps selling Wii games during Wii U's lifespan it could conceivably top one billion software units sold. Wowza.
Even though the 3DS has hit 15 million sales worldwide, it's not been enough to help Nintendo post a profit, with the company expecting to post an operating loss of 45,000 million Yen in this financial year.
Back on track
Nintendo has revealed it's sold over 15 million 3DS consoles around the world since it launched in February 2011.
Who could it be?
Tucked away in Develop's story about the Wii U's graphical power is this little nugget of information:Develop also understands that a prominent UK racing studio has committed to support Wii U with one project each year.We reported earlier this week that Slightly Mad Studios is working on Wii U, bringing Project CARS to the console, but it's not the only UK team renowned for its racing games.
Anonymous source speaks up
An anonymous developer speaking to Develop has claimed Wii U has twice the power of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
Confirmed
Rayman Origins on 3DS has no multiplayer modes, Ubisoft has confirmed to us. A fact sheet for the 3DS version of the game emerged the other day and didn't make any mention of multiplayer, and now we know why — there's no local or online co-op play in Rayman's 3DS outing, a shame as four-player was one of the best things about Rayman Origins on Wii. Does the lack of multiplayer put you off getting Origins on 3DS, or were you always planning on playing it alone? Let us know in the discussion below.
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