After about a week without maintenance, Nintendo is going back to work next week. The Wii U and 3DS eShops, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi Shop will be down for four hours on Monday / Tuesday.

The full maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 1 PM PT (February 20) – 5 PM PT (February 20)
– 4 PM ET (February 20) – 8 PM ET (February 20)
– 9 PM in the UK (February 20) – 1 AM in the UK (February 21)
– 10 PM in Europe (February 20) – 2 AM in Europe (February 21)

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Ice Station Z version 1.2 out on March 1, patch notes and trailer

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Wobbly Tooth has wrapped up an update for Ice Station Z. After applying version 1.2, players will have access to new weapons, locations, vehicles and passengers, and more. Improvements and bug fixes are implemented as well.

Wobbly Tooth says the update will be ready on March 1. The full patch notes and trailer can be found below.

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Cursed Castilla heading to 3DS

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

Originally released last year, Cursed Castilla is now on the way to 3DS. Here’s a brief overview of the well-received action-platformer:

“In Cursed Castilla you become Don Ramiro in order to fight the evil invading the lands of Tolomera, following the orders of the king Alfonso VI of Castilla. The action takes place in the Kingdom of Castilla (a medieval kingdom in what is today Spain), and thus you won’t face the typical, well, ghosts and goblins: your enemies will be creatures such as mouras, ojáncanos and nuberus, monsters from the European folklore, legends and chivalric romances. “

Cursed Castilla was originally created with the GameMaker Engine. This is unfortunately not supported on 3DS, so Abylight implemented its own engine VEGA in order to adapt the game on Nintendo’s handheld. Abylight also says “the development team has included a few traits for the player to enjoy in this Nintendo 3DS version, such as a new coin-op mode to revive the glory of the arcade times, and an astounding stereoscopic 3D effect.”

You can expect the following features from Cursed Castilla:

– New coin-op mode
– Stereoscopic 3D effect
– Restless action through 8 game stages
– Fight against +48 types of enemies and 19 final bosses
– Find the secrets that will lead you up to 4 different engines
– Illustrated bestiary with unlockable information about the legends featured in the game
– Brag about your combat skills with 16 unlockable achievements
– Let out your battle cry with songs from the original soundtrack and the remastered audio

You can find a trailer for Cursed Castilla below.

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Tank Troopers trailers

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 1 Comment

Nintendo has published a couple of new Tank Troopers trailers, showing off the gameplay and characters. Both are attached below.

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Japanese Parascientific Escape: Story Gear Detective trailer

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 0 comments

Parascientific Escape: Story Gear Detective is making its way to the Japanese 3DS eShop next week. Check out a trailer for the game below.

Parascientific Escape: Story Gear Detective isn’t confirmed for the west just yet. But since Circle has been localizing the series, they’ll probably pick this one up as well.

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Upcoming Japanese eShop releases (2/22/17)

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

One new title is coming to the Japanese eShop on February 22. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:

Wii U Download

Pirate Pop Plus – 500 yen

3DS Download

Chou Kagaku Dasshutsu: Saihate no Cross Eyes – 500 yen

New 3DS Download

Pirate Pop Plus – 500 yen

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Trio of Final Fantasy games discounted on the eShop for the series’ 30th anniversary

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 22 Comments

Square Enix is holding a small sale on the North American eShop to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary.

On Wii U, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is down from $7.99 to $5.59. The 3DS games Final Fantasy Explorers and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call were previously $39.99, but are now $19.99.

All of these discounts are valid until February 21.

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Famitsu review scores (2/14/17)

Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Dragon Sinker (3DS) – 8/7/8/7
Island (PS Vita) – 8/8/8/8
NieR: Automata (PS4) – 10/10/9/10
Plantera Garden Life (Wii U) – 7/8/8/7
Plantera Garden Life (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
Ride 2 (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
Super Robot Wars V (PS4) – 9/8/8/9
Super Robot Wars V (PS Vita) – 9/8/8/9
Timepiece Ensemble (PS Vita) – 7/7/6/6
The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 (PS4) – 8/8/8/9
Yoiyami Dreamer (PS4) – 7/8/8/8

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Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D finally launching within the next few weeks

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

It’s been a five-year wait for Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D, but the game is nearly here. Circle Entertainment shared some news on Twitter today that the downloadable 3DS game will arrive between February and March.

You can access the official site here. We’ll let you know as soon as we have a release date.

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