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Another round of Nintendo maintenance (“extended” this time, not “emergency”!) will be taking place on all of Nintendo’s platforms over the next few days.

The bulk of the downtime is happening today. Each one of Nintendo’s online shops will be down between 12 PM and 6 PM PT. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 will be affected at different parts of the day as well.

Tomorrow’s maintenance is much lighter – only Pokemon Black/White 1/2 will see downtime.

The full schedule is posted below.


Dan Adelman is quickly becoming a prominent figure at Nintendo. The business development manager joined the company in 2005, and has pretty much been the man in charge – behind the scenes – for Nintendo’s indie involvement and digital offerings.

Gamasutra sat down with Adelman for a chat covering various indie and eShop topics. He confirmed the removal of Nintendo’s indie developer office space requirement and WiiWare threshold for all digital platforms. Adelman also talked about how indies set their own prices, can easily update their games, puchase a dev kit for “about the price of a high-end PC”, and more.

Head past the break for all of Adelman’s comments.


This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U retail

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – €59.99 / £49.99
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U – €59.99 / £49.99

Additional Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate content – Nintendo eShop from 22/3/13

Wii U (Download) – Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Packet Relay Tools for Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 3DS (Download) – Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Data Transfer Program

Wii U VC

Punch-Out!! – €0.30 / £0.30 (runs at 60Hz)

Wii U sales

ZombiU – €34.99, was €69.99 (£29.99, was £54.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Assassin’s Creed III – €29.99, was €69.99 (£29.99, was £54.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Just Dance 4 – €24.99, was €49.99 (£19.99, was £39.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – €24.99, was €49.99 (£19.99, was £39.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Rabbids Land – €24.99, was €49.99 (£19.99, was £39.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Sports Connection – €24.99, was €49.99 (£19.99, was £39.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft) – €24.99, was €49.99 (£19.99, was £39.99) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST
Little Inferno – €4.99, was €9.99 (£4.99, was £8.99) – Until 24/3/13, 23:59 CEST

3DS sale

Pokedex 3D Pro – €11.99, was €14.99 (£10.79, was £13.49) – Until 4/4/13, 14:59 CEST

3DS retail

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – €44.99/£39.99
My Foal 3D – €29.99/£24.99

3DS demo

HarmoKnight

Video download

The Beet Party: Call Me Aneek Neek – €0.99 / £0.89

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Bloons TD4 – €4.99 / £4.49

Source: Nintendo PR


This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U retail

LEGO City: Undercover (available March 18) – $49.99
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (available March 19) – $59.99
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U (available March 19) – $59.99
The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (available March 19) – $39.99

Wii U VC

Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (available March 20) – 30 cents

Wii U demo

Chasing Aurora

3DS demo

HarmoKnight

3DS eShop sale

Ketzal’s Corridors – $4.99

3DS retail

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (available March 19) – $39.99
Rayman Origins
The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (available March 19) – $29.99

3DS VC

Mega Man 3 – $4.99

DSiWare

Forgotten Legions
Goony

3DS eShop coming soon

Flipnote Studio 3D – summer 2013 – free

Source: Nintendo PR



This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from 3D Classics: Kid Icarus (3DS, 150 coins), Starship Defense (3DS, 150 coins), Super Punch-Out!! (Wii, 150 coins), and Mario Tennis (Wii, 150 coins). These rewards will last until April 7.

Visit this page to order a downloadable game.


This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U sale

Chasing Aurora -50% until 21/3/2013 – (€5.99, was €11.99) (£5.39, was £10.79)

Wii U demo

Chasing Aurora

3DS retail

Pets Resort 3D – €29.99 / £24.99

3DS download

Viking Invasion 2 – Tower Defense – €7.99 / £6.99
Jewel Master Atlantis 3D – €4.99 / £4.49

3DS demo

Naruto Powerful Shippuden

DSiWare

Goony – €1.99 / £1.79 / 200 points

Source: Nintendo PR


Amzy made a Japanese DSiWare game called “Clash of the Elementalists” back in 2011. A couple of years later, Teyon is bringing it to North America and Europe. Clash of the Elementalists is without a release date, but we do know that it’ll cost 500 points.

A mini fact sheet with details can be found below.


Circle Entertainment has close to twenty games lined up for Nintendo’s digital services this year. Swords and Soldiers 3D and Color Commando are just a couple of games coming to the 3DS eShop/DSiWare in 2013.

Here’s the full listing:

Ah Heaven! (DSiWare, Q1)
Goony (DSiWare, Q1)
Achilles War (DSiWare, Q1)
Publisher Dream (DSiWare, Q1)
Swords and Soldiers 3D (3DS eShop, Q1)
Witch and Hero (3DS eShop, Q1)
WAKADAS (3DS eShop, Q2)
Color Commando (DSiWare, Q2)
Cafe Dream (DSiWare, Q2)
I am in the MOVIE (DSiWare, Q2)
Banking Dream (DSiWare, Q2)
Cinema Dream (3DS eShop, Q2)
Castle Conqueror: Heroes 3 (3DS eShop, Q3)
World Conquest (3DS eShop, Q3)
Rhythm Scape (3DS eShop, Q3)
Toy Defense (3DS eShop, Q3)
Sweet Memories: Poker Night (3DS eShop, Q3)
Puzzle Craft (3DS eShop, Q4)
Lair Land Story (3DS eShop, Q4)
Lair Land Story 2 (3DS eShop, Q4)

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