Nightly News Roundup: 06.27.2012

Press forward

The following is a list of translated impressions, courtesy of My Nintendo News, of a recent 3DS XL press showing in Europe:

• Huge screen
• Better viewing angle
• 3D effect looks better/more effective/more natural
• 2D mode looks better than regular 3DS
• Image looks better/softer (they assume there might be some filter but not sure)
• The grip (round corners) fit nicely
• Unit fits better in hands (they wonder if it should have been the main design in the first place)
• Unit is lighter than they expected
• There’s a coat on the unit (not fully matte) that gives it a “deluxe plastic imitating metal” look
• Not sure of the sound as the room was quite noisy

Source: My Nintendo News via Puissance Nintendo

The return of Jafar

The good folks behind the upcoming Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion are letting you decide on the 3DS game’s final box art. If you have a Facebook account, be sure to visit them to put your vote in the box. The sole difference between the two is the inclusion of classic Disney villains behind the epic mouse.

Source: Facebook

Pikachu Double-Edges the competition

In Japan, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 electrocuted everything in its path last weekend and even went as far as easily outselling all nineteen of the other top twenty selling games for all of last week. 3DS also ruled the roost in hardware sales.

Check out the full software list below with an impressive, ten, Nintendo games in bold:

• [NDS] 01. Pokémon Black & White 2 (Pokémon, 06.23.2012): 1,561,738
• [3DS] 02. Dragon Quest Monsters Terry’s Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 05.31.2012): 58,228 (721,174)
• [PSV] 03. Persona 4 The Golden (Atlus, 06.14.2012): 29,293 (166,369)
• [PSP] 04. Kenka Bancho Bros. Tokyo Battle Royal (Spike Chunsoft, 06.21.2012): 21,797
• [PS3] 05. Tokyo Jungle (Sony, 06.07.2012): 18,715 (165,013)
• [PS3] 06. K-On After School Live!! HD Version (Sega, 06.21.2012): 13,581
• [WII] 07. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 13,339 (447,126)
• [3DS] 08. Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 13,036 (198,047)
• [PS3] 09. Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 9,162 (446,410)
• [PS3] 10. Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa, 06.14.2012): 7,898 (61,246)
• [3DS] 11. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 7,609 (1,631,358)
• [3DS] 12. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 5,091 (1,746,836)
• [PS3] 13. Akiba’s Trip Plus (Acquire, 06.14.2012): 5,034 (34,539)
• [360] 14. Steel Battalion Heavy Armor (Capcom, 06.21.2012): 4,889
• [PSP] 15. Yuureisen no Majutsushi (Comfort, 06.21.2012): 4,854
• [WII] 16. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11.10.2010): 4,287 (965,713)
• [3DS] 17. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 4,269 (1,481,643)
• [3DS] 18. Fire Emblem Awakening (Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 3,972 (417,760)
• [PSV] 19. Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai, 06.07.2012): 3,668 (52,790)
• [3DS] 20. Mario & Sonic at London Olympics (Nintendo, 03.01.2012): 2,965 (186,789)

Source: Andriasang