Famitsu, a weekly Japanese gaming magazine (via the message board NeoGAF), revealed the 100 best-selling physical games of 2013 in Japan. Nintendo had a strong showing, with the 3DS handheld dominating the chart. The Wii U performed also performed well.
The team at Eidos Montreal are taking influence not just from past games in the franchise but some of modern cinema's most aesthetically distinct directors.
Nintendo claims that Nikkei misunderstood a statement from Satoru Iwata about using smartphones to promote its current products with apps that aren't games.