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Nintendo's gunning for retailers, expanding eShop offerings for Wii U, 3DS
Nintendo is going to sell its 3DS and Wii U games through the eShop as well as on the high street. Concerned about the money wasted in "inventory," the company will let consumers choose where they get their fix from. The first two games to get the treatment will be New Super Mario Bros 2 and Onitore Brain Training (working title) for the handheld, with more expected in the future. As consumers transition to downloads, the company will keep its brick-and-mortar partners on-side by allowing them to sell "activation codes" to the digital titles -- although that does mean you'll have to drive down to Gamestop and back.
Samsung M3710 to become Corby Beat, offer Bada-esque game store
It's not actually running anything approximating Bada, but Samsung's new M3710 has at least one feature that'll apparently become a staple of Bada-powered phones: a built-in Games Store that serves up Java-based apps. That's the word from omniscient industry pundit Eldar Murtazin, anyhow, who also pegs the M3710 as the Corby Beat -- a logical extension to the already-bulging Corby line, we suppose, given the similarity in appearance to some of the existing models and the presence of dedicated music keys along the bottom. As specs go, this sucker's got a 2.8-inch QVGA display, 3 megapixel camera, and WiFi; if you're noticing a striking similarity to the M5650 Lindy, that's because this seems to be exactly the same thing save for a lack of 3G and video call capability. mobile@mail.ru pegs it for a February launch for around 9,000 rubles ($304) SIM free, and realistically, odds are good you can eventually expect it in most of the same countries other Corby phones have hit so far.
