Wii U & 3DS online services undergoing lengthy maintenance later today
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Later today, several of Nintendo’s online services will undergo maintenance. Online play and rankings of both Wii U and 3DS games will be affected. The maintenance will last about 8 hours. The exact times for various time zones are:
– 5 PM PT (November 28) – 1 AM PT (November 29)
– 8 PM ET (November 28) – 4 AM ET (November 29)
– 1 AM in the UK (November 29) – 9 AM in the UK (November 29)
– 2 AM in Europe (November 29) – 10 AM in Europe (November 29)
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Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the UK
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Pokemon Sun & Moon were finally released in the UK and in Europe last Wednesday, and it looks like the delayed release compared to the rest of the world hasn’t hurt sales of the games at all.
In fact, according to Eurogamer, Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the United Kingdom – the two games combined sold more in one day than Wii Fit did in two weeks when it launched back in 2008. To put it into perspective, that’s more than 300,000 units.
This is even more impressive considering that the UK is usually one of Nintendo’s worst markets in the UK – it’s likely that Pokemon Sun & Moon sold even better in countries where Nintendo has a stronger presence, like France and Germany. Part of this sales success can definitely be attributed to Pokemon GO; sales of Pokemon X, Y and ORAS spiked during the summer when GO was released, and it’s likely that some of that carried over to Sun & Moon.
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
3. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
8. Pokken Tournament- Nintendo
9. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
8. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016)
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
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Nintendo Download (12/01/16, Europe): Super Mario Maker for 3DS, SMT IV: Apocalypse, more
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii Download) – €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00
SHOOT THE BALL – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10
Frag doch mal…die Maus! – €9.99 / CHF 9.99
3DS Retail
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 51.90
Picross 3D: Round 2 – €34.99 / £29.99 / CHF 44.90
7th Dragon III Code: VFD – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 56.00
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 56.00
3DS Download
Mercenaries Saga 2 – €4.99
New Nintendo 3DS Download
Hyperlight EX – €5.49 / £4.99 / CHF 5.99
CUP CRITTERS – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10
3DS Demo
Mercenaries Saga 2
3DS DLC
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Earring Set – Launch sale: Free until 08.12.2016, regular price: €0.99 / £0.79 / CHF 1.40
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Fall of Tokyo Promo Video – free
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – A Godslayer Needs Levels – €2.99 / £1.99 / CHF 4.20
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Ranking Program 1 – free
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Asahi/Nozomi Set – €0.99 / £0.79 / CHF 1.40
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Green Pompadour – €0.99 / £0.79 / CHF 1.40
7th Dragon III Code: VFD Bonus Item: Nagamimi Doll – free
7th Dragon III Code: VFD Quest: Seed Outbreak! – Launch sale: Free until 08.12.2016, regular price: €1.49 / £0.99 / CHF 2.10
7th Dragon III Code: VFD Quest: Gold Rabi Outbreak! – Launch sale: Free until 08.12.2016, regular price: €1.49 / £0.99 / CHF 2.10
3DS Themes
Miffy Dreamer by Mercis – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40
Miffy’s Gifts by Mercis – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40
Christmas with Miffy by Mercis – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo overview trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 2 Comments
Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo is out in Europe today, and for that occasion, Nintendo has released an overview trailer that, well, gives an overview on everything that’s new in this update. Give it a watch:
Some Nintendo Badge Arcade badges can now be used in Swapdoodle
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Nintendo announced today that badges earned in Nintendo Badge Arcade can now be used in notes in the recently released Swapdoodle. However, not all badges can be used in Swapdoodle – only badges from the following sets are viable:
- Nintendo Badge Arcade (sales bunny)
- Nikki collection
- Splatoon
- Splatoon badges 2
- Splatoon badges 3
- Splatoon badges 4
- Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Items
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Items 2
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Characters
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Characters 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- The Legend of Zelda
- Mario Kart 8
- Mario and Friends
- Super Mario Maker badges
- Super Mario Maker badges 2
- Super Mario Bros.
- Pikmin
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Puyo Puyo Chronicle: more characters and their skills revealed
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Once again, some more characters from the upcoming Puyo Puyo Chronicle and their Auto and Special Skills have been revealed via 4Gamer (credit to Perfectly Nintendo for the translation):
Rafine
A confident and snobby girl from a wealthy family who studies at the Magic School in Primp Town. Despite that, she’s not really that good at magic – martial arts is her specialty.
Auto Skill: Filled with confidence (increases HP)
Special Skill: Etincelle (changes the color of a column of Puyo to yellow)
Yu-chan & Rei-kun
A sibling pair – and both of them are ghosts. Yu-chan is bright and intelligent, whereas Rei-kun is silent and backs her up in whatever she says and does. They like to talk in puns and riddles.
Auto Skill: Beyond the Veil (increases Recovery)
Special Skill: Silent Step (lowers the defense of all opponents)
Head past the break for more characters!
More: Japan, Puyo Puyo Chronicle, SEGA
Total software sales for 3DS reach 100 million in Japan
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
With the release of Pokemon Sun & Moon, the Nintendo 3DS has reached a pretty important milestone in Japan: on Nintendo’s home turf, 3DS software sales now top 100 million. According to Famitsu, the 3DS is only the third platform to reach that number in the last 20 years, after the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation 2.
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My Nintendo (Europe) adds Isabelle 3DS theme & launch discounts for two Atlus games
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment
Several new rewards have are now available on My Nintendo in Europe. First of all, another 3DS home menu theme is now available, depicting Isabelle from Animal Crossing. Like the others, it costs 200 Platinum Points.
Also available are launch discounts for two of Atlus’ upcoming games. For 50 Gold Points each, you can get a 10% discount on Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse and 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, which both launch in Europe on December 2nd. You can redeem these rewards on My Nintendo between December 1st and December 9th; the discount will be valid until December 15th.