Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 8 Comments

Nintendo has released a surprise new 3DS game on the Japanese eShop. Here’s what we know about it thus far:

– From Nintendo and Scrap Magazine
– 1,023 blocks
– Program bombs were planted around the world inside 50 million 3DSs
– Solve the mystery to prevent your 3DS from explosion
– Play online
– Can simultaneously play with other players
– There will be further stories (at a price) added at a later date
– the first full episode coming 2 September
– The first episode is indeed free from 2 – 30 September and then will cost ¥100
– The delivery dates for the other episodes (all ¥100 each or ¥450 together) are 5, 12, 19 and 26 September

And a video:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

Swords & Soldiers II has received a new update. Version 1.1 is out now, and it adds several new languages. The game now supports Dutch, French, German, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Ronimo Games tweeted out the update news just a couple of minutes ago:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

The first Japanese commercial for Monster Hunter X has gone live on Capcom’s YouTube page. Give it a watch below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

The Wii U and 3DS eShops will be undergoing a small round of maintenance later today. Both digital shops will be unavailable at the following times:

– 8 AM PT – 9 AM PT
– 11 AM ET – 12 PM ET
– 4 PM in the UK – 5 PM in the UK
– 5 PM in Europe – 6 PM in Europe

It’s a little bit of inconvenience, but luckily the downtime shouldn’t last too long.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 0 comments

Super Robot Wars BX released a ton of new screenshots from Super Robot Wars BX today. We’ve compiled the various images in the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 12 Comments

Nintendo just launched the first set of Animal Crossing amiibo cards in Japan. Primarily, these are intended for use in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, which also just released in the territory.

amiibo supply has been an issue since Nintendo began shipping figures last year. Unfortunately, these new cards appear to be running into the same type of problem. Nintendo took to its Japanese Twitter account today to apologize for the scarcity of the Animal Crossing amiibo cards in stores. More stock is expected next week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

Bandai Namco recently published another commercial for the Japanese 3DS game Go! Princess PreCure: Sugar Kingdom and the Six Princesses. View it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 0 comments

The New 3DS is getting a cover plate based on Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. Today, the above model was announced for Japan, and it’s due out on September 17 for 2,000 yen. We’ll let you know if an announcement is eventually made for Europe.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Splatoon’s latest two weapons will soon be added to the game. The Range Blaster and Inkbrush Nouveau should be available later today in North America, and tomorrow in Europe.

Here’s when they’re set to arrive:

– 7 PM PT
– 10 PM ET
– 3 AM in the UK
– 4 AM in Europe

We’ll post a reminder about these two new weapons later today.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS have received new DLC and updates. We’ll continutally collect all of the notable footage we come across in this post.

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