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Last night, the annual Super Bowl managed to capture a large audience to watch the game, but it’s also the event that many of the more important advertisers target for. Nintendo joined them this year with a 30 seconds ad that showcases Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

It seems that strategy might achieve positive results. Ace Metrix, a company dedicated to measure the impact of advertisings, has published the audience impressions from the Super Bowl ads of last night. Among the ads that were ‘new content’ for the Super Bowl Nintendo secured the 4th position, which means that it was well regarded in terms of “Attention, Likeability, Information, Change, Relevance, Desire and Watchability”:

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Plantera – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00 (free if you have downloaded the Nintendo 3DS version)

Words Up! Academy – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Maze Break – €7.00 / £6.00 / CHF 10.00

Wii U Virtual Console

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (Nintendo 64) – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

3DS Download

Plantera – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00 (free if you have downloaded the Wii U version)

New Nintendo 3DS Download

Hit Ninja – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

3DS DLC

Swapdoodle – Dollo’s Cat Doodles – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Swapdoodle – Dollo’s Dog Doodles – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Swapdoodle – Nikki’s Enchanting Fairy Tale Friends – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

3DS Video

Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime – €2.79 / £2.49 / CHF 3.90

Geronime Stilton Vol. 1 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Geronime Stilton Vol. 2 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Geronime Stilton Vol. 3 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Geronime Stilton Vol. 4 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Geronime Stilton Vol. 5 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20

3DS Themes

Hello Kitty wears Carnival dress – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty Valentine’s Day – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss in London – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Little Miss Valentine’s Day – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
5. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
8. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
9. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
4. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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All formats

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Sharena is one of the original characters of Fire Emblem Heroes – she was designed by Yusuke Kozaki, who was also responsible for the character designs of Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates. Nintendo just published a video of Yusuke Kozaki drawing Sharena on an iPad Pro. Give it a watch if you’re interested in his process:

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Maintenance has been scheduled for the Wii U and 3DS network services for the upcoming days. Some basic maintenance is schedule for two blocks, with times as follows:

– 5 PM PT (February 6) – 7 PM PT (February 6)
– 8 PM ET (February 6) – 10 PM ET (February 6)
– 1 AM in the UK (February 7) – 3 AM in the UK (February 7)
– 2 AM in Europe (February 7) – 4 AM in Europe (February 7)

– 8 PM PT (February 6) – 2 AM PT (February 7)
– 11 PM ET (February 6) – 5 AM ET (February 7)
– 4 AM in the UK (February 7) – 10 AM in the UK
– 5 AM in Europe (February 7) – 11 AM in Europe (February 7)

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The first Special Map for Fire Emblem Heroes is live, giving players a chance to earn up to six Orbs. You can see some images of the map below.

At the end of last week, Monolith Soft’s Yasuyuki Honne posted the above image on his Twitter page. He said that it’s from a “wrap up party for certain game at certain hotel in Kyoto.” Honne also mentioned how he’s glad / relieved that it’s finished.

That image is likely from the Zelda: Breath of the Wild wrap up party. We know that Monolith Soft helped out with the title, and it’s just a few weeks away from launch.

It also looks like Shigeru Miyamoto was in attendance, and he was standing next to someone wearing a Link-esque hat…


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One of settings found in Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s options menu is for the HUD mode. We now know that it can be switched between “Normal” and “Pro”.

YouTuber Gehab managed to grab a few seconds of off-screen footage showing the Pro mode in action. It disables some elements such as the mini-map and temperature meter, leaving you with just hearts on the screen. There might be times when players may find that the mode comes in handy, so it’s a nice little option.



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