By: Jared Scott Capcom surprised Western fans this year when they announced that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate would be coming to the Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Serving as basically an HD port and localization of Monster Hunter 3G, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate promises many new levels, locations, and monsters never before seen in the West. Even though this series has been around since … Continue reading Why You Should Give Monster Hunter A Chance
By: Shawn Collier (@ShawnCollier) Back in February XSEED Games announced that they would be brining The Last Story to North America with a tentative Summer 2012 release. The publisher has now announced the finalized release date for the game alongside word of some special pre-order bonuses that will be included with the game upon release for pre-orderers. Led by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final … Continue reading XSEED Bringing The Last Story To North America In August
By: Jordan Douglas With E3 just around the corner, anticipation for the gaming industry’s biggest annual showcase is now far past the boiling point. Alongside the major announcements from Nintendo on the Wii U, and surely some big moves from Sony on Vita, the list of games for E3 2012 is, as usual, truly staggering. With that in mind, the following is a list of … Continue reading E3 2012: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games
By: Beyhan Moustafa Microsoft has revealed that there will be no news of the upcoming Xbox console at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 for short. Bloomberg News reporter Dina Bass said in a Tweet “For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360,” and Microsoft’s Dennis responded by explaining that there will be no talk/show of new Xbox at E3. Kotaku reached out to … Continue reading Next Xbox Console Won’t Be At E3 2012
By: Darryl Kaye (@DarrylGU) Nintendo has reported significant losses this past financial year of 43 billion yen (£328.7m), the first time the company has ever posted an annual loss. Last year, despite the Nintendo Wii curtailing, Nintendo still managed to post a profit of 77 billion yen (£588.6m), which was still a 66 percent decrease on the previous year. Despite this, Nintendo has continued to … Continue reading Nintendo Report Significant Losses
By: Darryl Kaye (@DarrylGU) A sequel to rather successful platformer Rayman Origins has been outed by a survey sent out by marketing firm Arkenford, on behalf of Ubisoft. The survey stated that “The sequel to Rayman Origins will feature brand new settings: legendary worlds filled with castles, vampires, ghosts, Greek gods or dragons.” In terms of the gameplay, the survey said that Rayman Origins’ multiplayer … Continue reading Rayman Origins 2 Outed By Ubisoft Survey
By: Darryl Kaye (@DarrylGU) Nintendo has announced that they will be releasing New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the Nintendo 3DS as early as August this year. The game is said to feature a host of characters, and Nintendo has claimed the objective with this version was to make a game that’s playable by people of all different skill levels. Along with the announcement of … Continue reading New Super Mario Bros. 2 Releasing This August On Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo of America has pushed through the purchase of a rather interesting new domain, SuperMario4.com. The domain has no purpose at the moment, other than to serve as a redirect through to the official Nintendo of America website, but it could be a sign of what Nintendo plan to do with the franchise in the future. As with Sonic, after Super Mario Bros. 3, Nintendo … Continue reading Super Mario 4 Domain Registered By Nintendo
Despite sales falling this week, Nintendo has continued their domination of the Japanese market, with the Nintendo 3DS selling 72,115 units this week. Sony held the next three spots, with the PS3, PSP and PS Vita selling 43,105 units combined – someway short of Nintendo’s single-platform total. The PS Vita itself is also still struggling to pick-up any momentum. The Xbox 360 was the only … Continue reading Nintendo 3DS Continues Japanese Domination
Last month we started a new feature here at GamingUnion.net featuring the latest upcoming Japanese RPGs hitting Western shores during the upcoming month. It’s that time of the month again, which means we have another new round of JRPGs to showcase for all you JRPG fans out there! And since the next few months are much more sparsely populated compared to our last feature, we’ll … Continue reading JRPG Gamer’s Guide: March 2012
