3DS maintenance taking place on Sunday / Monday
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
The latest round of 3DS maintenance will be taking place on Sunday for users in North America, and during the early hours of the morning in Europe. Certain network services (online play) may be impacted.
The upcoming maintenance schedule for 3DS is as follows:
– 5 PM PT (July 2) – 8 PM PT (July 2)
– 8 PM ET (July 2) – 11 PM ET (July 2)
– 1 AM in the UK (July 3) – 4 AM in the UK (July 3)
– 2 AM in Europe (July 3) – 5 AM in Europe (July 3)
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MercurySteam says it’s been “an incredible honor” working with Nintendo on Metroid: Samus Returns
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MercurySteam is partnering with Nintendo for the first time on Metroid: Samus Returns. Enric Alvarez, the head of MercurySteam, only had good things to say about the relationship, telling GameReactor that it’s “been an amazing experience and an incredible honor.”
Here are some select quotes from the interview.
“It has been an amazing experience and an incredible honor. We learned a lot from the best, Nintendo. These days, we often pinch ourselves just in case we are in a dream.”
“We have been working with the best. I think this explains pretty much everything about how things went during the development. We were very impressed about the devotion, the care and the quality Nintendo treats the product, and we learned a lot from that.”
“Long time fans are going to be extremely pleased. The game is the result of both, on one hand is a Nintendo game, a Metroid game, and on the other hand, I think people will see the MercurySteam influence.”
You can hear Alvarez speaking about Metroid: Samus Returns and MercurySteam working with Nintendo towards the end of the video below.
Dragon Quest XI: Details about Martina’s & Row’s skills and the town of Grotta
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Another week, another round of Dragon Quest XI news from Weekly Jump magazine. This time, we’ve got some new infos on party members Martina and Row and what they’re capable of in combat, as well as the town of Grotta. Credit goes to Gematsu for the translation.
Grotta is a flourishing town in the northern part of Lotozetasia, and where masked fighters participate in a “Masked Fighters Tournament.” There is arena here, as well as a statue of General Greig, who won the tournament once.
Martina is a beautiful fighter with an ambiguous elegance drifting about her. She doesn’t seem to be just an ordinary person. She seems to have the intention to travel the world.
Skills she can use include:
- “Sexy Beam” – A seductive skill in which Martina strikes a sexy pose and monsters fall in love with her beautiful face.
- “Miracle Moon” – A melee skill.
- “Witch Nail” – A claw claw skill.
- “Hell Spark” – A spear skill in which hell thunder strikes down on the enemy.
Row has the appearance of a traveler, but is a man shrouded in mystery who can use advanced magic and martial arts.
Spells that he can use include:
- “Kazam”
- “Kacrackle”
- “Kazing” – A spell that revives a fallen ally.
Skills that he can use include:
- “Baptism of Zero” – An enlightenment skill that eliminates good effects on the enemy.
- “Revival Staff” – A two-handed staff skill that revives an ally.
- “Liger Slash” – A claw skill in which Row hits the enemy with strong, continuous attacks—both spells and direct attacks.
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Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns launches in Europe on October 13th
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Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns has been out in Japan and North America for a while now, whereas European fans are still waiting for the game. They only have to be patient for a little while longer now – Nintendo has announced that Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will launch in Europe on October 13th.
Details from Nintendo’s 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
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Update: Bumped to the top. All done. Some interesting responses from Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeru Miyamoto, and others. We’ve rounded everything up below.
Original: Nintendo’s 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is currently underway. We’ll be reporting on any news from the event as it happens below, courtesy of NStyles and cvxfreak.
Introduction
– Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales at 2.76 million units on Switch
– Zelda also sold 1.08 million copies on Wii U
– Total sales for Zelda at 3.84 million
– Switch sales at 2.74 million units during the most recent fiscal year
– Mario Maker and Kirby were well-received on 3DS
– Pokemon GO has helped sales of past Pokemon games; hardware sales up outside Japan
– On mobile, Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes well received
– NES/Famicom Mini also did well
– amiibo sales dropped due to lack of new games
– Assets increased by 172 billion yen
– Debt has increased by 82 billion yen, secondary assets up by 90 billion yen
– Nintendo focused on increased the populace’s access to Nintendo IP
– Working on growing game hardware & further establishing smart device biz
– Outside of games, USJ Super Nintendo World and other efforts are being made to increase appeal to past and future Nintendo fans
– 3DS sales surpassed 66 million
– 3DS software sales are on firm ground
– New 2DS XL and new games like Pokemon UltraSM/3rd party titles on the way
– Nintendo will work to continue the smart device games with new apps; Miitomo, Mario Run, FE Heroes released thus far with different concepts
– Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom out in Japan on 10/5, elsewhere in September; designs match what each region got originally
– Nintendo values creativity/originality and will release products that surprise consumers
– Nintendo Dividends: 430 yen/share
– Some talk about election/re-election of board members; Genyo Takeda is not seeking re-election
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Culdcept Revolt pushed back to October
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Update: NIS America confirmed the delay, and said it’s “to accommodate the manufacturing and production of the game.”
Original: Culdcept Revolt was originally planned to arrive in the west in a couple of months. NIS America had dated the game for August 29 in North America and September 1 in Europe. Unfortunately, it now appears to be facing a delay.
The latest Culdcept Revolt trailer issued today shows a new October 3 release date for North America. As for Europe, the new date looks to be October 6.
We’ve reached out to NIS America to officially confirm the delay.
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Culdcept Revolt – “The Way to Win” trailer
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NIS America has prepared a new trailer for Culdcept Revolt under the name “The Way to Win”. Watch the video below.
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Scans roundup – Namco Museum, The Snack World, Layton’s Mystery Journey, Splatoon 2
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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Namco Museum, The Snack World, Layton’s Mystery Journey, and Splatoon 2. Scans of all games are below.
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Game Critics Awards – “Best of E3 2017” winners announced – Super Mario Odyssey named “Best of Show”
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For the second straight year, Nintendo has taken home the top prize from Game Critics’ “Best of E3 2017” awards. Last year, it was Zelda: Breath of the Wild named “Best of Show”. The same honor was given to Super Mario Odyssey.
Super Mario Odyssey was also chosen as “Best Console Game” and “Best Action/Adventure Game”. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle also took home a couple of awards as did Metroid: Samus Returns.
Below are the full Nintendo highlights:
Media Create sales (6/19/17 – 6/25/17)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 22,361
PS4 – 19,095
New 3DS LL – 11,474
PS4 Pro – 6,585
Vita – 4,077
2DS – 2,545
New 3DS – 710
Xbox One – 265
PS3 – 201
Wii U – 150
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 37,709
PS4 – 18,251
New 3DS LL – 11,592
PS4 Pro – 5,795
Vita – 4,149
2DS – 2,655
New 3DS – 815
Xbox One – 308
PS3 – 298
Wii U – 199
And here are the software charts:
