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Two new 3DS games are out today at retail: River City: Tokyo Rumble and Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. If you’re not interested in the physical versions, going digital on the eShop is an option.

River City: Tokyo Rumble takes up 1,263 blocks (157.875 MB). Meanwhile, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice requires 13,268 (1,658.5 MB) blocks.

IGN has just uploaded a video containing the first 15 minutes of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice to their YouTube channel. You can watch the video below.

GameStop stores in the United States distributed Darkrai in the Pokemon 3DS games earlier in the year. Fans now have another opportunity to obtain the Mythical Pokemon.

Through October 31, Pokemon X/X and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire players can receive Darkrai by using the code “Darkrai20”. It’s the same one that was given out at GameStop, so if you received that one, you won’t be able to get this one as well.

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ntower gives us another look at Mario Party: Star Rush with 13 minutes of footage. See their video below for more gameplay.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Monster Hunter Stories (3DS) – 9/9/8/9
BlazBlue: Centralfiction (PS4/PS3) – 9/9/8/8
Norn9: Norn + Norn9 Act Tune (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Ninja Pizza Girl (PS4/XBO) – 7/7/7/8
Kobito Game Taizen (3DS) – 7/8/7/8
Fenix Furia (PS4) – 8/7/7/7
Psychic Emotion 6 (PSV) – 7/8/7/6

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Nintendo has added even more maintenance for both Wii U and 3DS to its schedule for the week. Online play, rankings, etc. will be impacted.

Here’s the schedule:

Wii U / 3DS

– 8 AM PT (September 27) – 2:30 PM PT (September 27)
– 11 AM ET (September 27) – 5:30 PM ET (September 27)
– 4 PM in the UK (September 27) – 10:30 PM in the UK (September 27)
– 5 PM in Europe (September 27) – 11:30 PM in Europe (September 27)

Wii U

– 5:50 PM PT (September 29) – 7:30 PM PT (September 29)
– 8:50 PM ET (September 29) – 10:30 PM ET (September 29)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (September 30) – 3:30 AM in the UK (September 30)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (September 30) – 4:30 AM in Europe (September 30)

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Update: The same Volcanion has been announced for Norway as well. It will be available for download from Gamestop and Neo Tokyo stores, as well as serial codes from Gamzone and Spillsjappa, all available from October 1 through November 23.


Starting in October, Volcanion, the final Mythical Pokemon from generation 6, will be distributed in various countries. Details have now been announced for the distribution in Sweden: Gamestop, Webhallen and Spel & Sånt stores will carry codes that allow you to get Volcanion.

Interestingly, this “Swedish” Volcanion will be similar to the one distributed in Japan in that it carries the Rage Candy Bar item and knows Mist – the one that’ll be distributed in other Western countries carries an Assault Vest and knows Explosion instead.

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Nintendo AU NZ announced a Q&A via Twitter for the upcoming Pokemon games, Sun and Moon. Producer Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori will be answering select questions. Any burning questions you have? Ask away!

The highlight of this week’s Pokemon Shuffle update is the previously announced Mega Beedrill competition. Not only is this the first chance to get Beedrillite, but the stage also features a lot more items for victorious trainers. The top 13,000 in Europe, 20,000 players in North America, and 60,000 in Japan will receive the Beedrillite after the competition ends on October 4, with other prizes as follows:

  • 3 Mega Speedups and 3 Raise Max Level: Top 200 EU, 300 NA, 1,000 JP
  • 2 Mega Speedups and 2 Raise Max Level: Top 1,000 EU, 1,600 NA, 5,000 JP
  • 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Raise Max Level: Top 5,000 EU, 8,000 NA, 25,000 JP
  • Disruption Delay: 5,001-18,000 EU, 8,001-26,000 NA, 25,000-80,000 JP
  • Attack Power: Any players who didn’t earn the Beedrillite
  • Besides the competition, there is a new stage for Slaking and repeat runs of Keldeo Resolute Form and Mewtwo. Slaking and Keldeo’s stages will run until October 11, while Mewtwo runs until October 4.

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    Natsume is bringing out River City: Tokyo Rumble as a physical title in North America tomorrow. Over on Amazon, you can now purchase the game with a limited edition keychain. Note that this is the only retailer where the bonus will be available, and there’s a chance that it will sell out at some point.


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