3DS News: January 15, 2014

• Japanese sales data for the week ending the 12th is up. In short, everything collapsed, including 3DS sales. On the bright side, Kirby Triple Deluxe debuted at over 200,000 copies, and the 3DS continues to dominate the software charts.
• Is there still hope for The Binding of Isaac on the 3DS?
• Yoshi's New Island footage.
• Renegade Kid has regained Moon publishing rights.
• I found this cool orchestral remix of the Chrono Trigger Lavos battle. 

To be honest I doubt it has anything to do with his absense. People just love to hate really, and that's as simple as that.

Fortunately, that won't be tolerated here.

Yes, this is pretty much the case in most countries I think, bar the US. Here in the UK it is anyway, so I think it's the same in CommonWealth countries at least...

What do you guys think about the next Nintendo console being a hybrid between home console and handheld? I guess we can at least expect more interaction between the two since the departments at Nintendo has merged.

Dear goddess I'd forgotten just utterly amazing the original Prime was. Been playing Prime Trilogy, and even if it's starting to show it's age on medium/large HD TVs (there's a lot of aliasing and pixelization on my 32" 1080p TV), the game is still gorgeous and with unmatched gameplay.

I like the idea of it. It could completely get rid of any and all software droughts that Nintendo is known for and since they wouldnt have to make 2 games for each franchise it could open the door for them to make a ton of new ip and bring back old ones like Star Fox, F-Zero, etc. Basically Nintendo 1st/2nd parties could completely support themselves and would have no need for multiplats.

Don't worry, you do it the right way.

Honestly, the more I think about it, the less I like it. I just can't see it working properly and not being a thing that would end being in the middle of both worlds with the drawbacks of both of them (size, battery life, screen size, etc).

However, what I can see (at least for their next gen of handhelds and home consoles) is them using the same architecture for both devices. That would give them a lot of advantages going from using scalable engines to work on either handheld or home console games (a time and money saving feature) or just allowing the home console to run the handheld games without a problem, even upscaling them to the TV resolution with its extra power.

They could do it in two ways: 1- You have the handheld and the home console. So you sinch the handheld with the console and it lets you play your handheld games on the TV, with the console upscaling the game to your TV resolution. 2- You have the home console and want to play a handheld game (Pokemon for example) so you just buy the game either retail or download and play it on your TV with your controller.

That way, their handheld is and will still be a handheld and their home console gets a lot more games.

Its something I'm not against. It removes the need to keep developing 2 versions of all of their major franchises so they can fully utilize their catalog of IPs. I only worry because its a gamble these days to really switch up your hardware strategy. I'm sure if Nintendo were to do this, they would feel under a lot of pressure to get it right.

So, after going into 5 different tech-repair shops/ateliers, it's official. My Zelda wiimote is dead. GF left some shoddy batteries inside it that leaked acid into the circuit board, killing the +, 1 and 2 buttons.

It was also my only motion+ mote. Gonna have to shell out 45€ for a new one >_

That sucks .

The Zelda wiimote is also my only motion+ controller.

You should tell your girlfriend to buy you a new one, but not the pink one! >.>