Nintendo has revealed details of Wii U social integration with Animal Crossing: New Leaf, including a new Miiverse Community and Animal Crossing Plaza.
People were surprised to see Wii Fit Trainer and the Animal Crossing Villager as new characters in the next Smash Bros. game, and the cynical part of me wondered, "Maybe this is just to generate shock value?" It did get people talking, at least. But Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the game, has said that [...]
Global success of Animal Crossing helps boosts shares of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U to 14,050 yen.
Nintendo's share price has hit a two-year high, , with stock at the Japanese publisher jumping four per cent today.
Stock for Nintendo closed at ¥14,050 (approximately $141/£92) a share in the Tokyo stock exchange, the highest for the company since July 2011.
Analysts said that .
Animal Crossing: New Leaf finished second in June's NPD charts, . The game was Nintendo's third-biggest 3DS launch in the US, behind Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land.
