Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 4 Comments

WayForward’s XtremeSports will not be available on the North American 3DS Virtual Console as originally planned. It’s coming to Europe this Thursday, but gamers in the US will need to wait a few more weeks.

WayForward wrote on Twitter:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

Yacht Club Games shared a comprehensive breakdown of Shovel Knight’s sales in a new blog post.

In its first week, the indie title managed to sell 75,000 copies (taking out Kickstarter pre-sales). Yacht Club said, “It blew our 2x-4x pre-sale expectation out of the water”.

There are a few reasons we think our preorder prediction ended up being such a conservative estimate. One is…we were a Kickstarter! That’s not quite the same thing as a preorder. People could only attain the preorder for a limited time, so the stats aren’t 100% aligned with what a preorder would do. We think due to the PC nature of Kickstarter, we saw a higher amount of sales on Nintendo’s platform when the game actually got released. Nintendo users are more inclined to buy the game day one rather than through a preorder on Kickstarter. Finally, the preorder prediction isn’t a set in stone statistic, but more like a guideline for what to expect. We had done a lot of promotion and marketing at conventions and on media sites to prove ourselves over the course of the year, and we think people responded to it in kind! Nintendo also did an amazing job supporting us through their store placement and own marketing channels.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Ancient is developing a sequel to Protect Me Knight, a Japanese indie title for the Xbox 360.

The new game features four-player local co-op, “about ten times” as much content as the original, and music from Yuzo Koshiro music. Two new characters have been shown thus far: an older knight on a toy horse and an archer.

A price point for the Protect Me Knight hasn’t been announced, though it will be “about twice” the Xbox 360 version given the large increase in content.

Protect Me Knight is heading to the Japanese 3DS eShop in September. At the moment, an international release hasn’t been decided.

Check out some footage from the original Protect Me Knight below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

The 3DS version of Dragon Fantasy: Book I was made official through an official announcement published by Muteki today.

The game will feature several additions/changes, including:

– Ogden now has allies so that he doesn’t have to grind by his lonesome
– Bottom screen gives players info such as a map, quest log, inventory screen, beastiary
– Improved inventory system with sorting and filtering
– Purchase multiple items at once
– 3D support

Random battles have also been removed from Dragon Fantasy: Book I – for the most part anyway. Battles are still random on the world map, but not in towns, caves, dungeons, or caverns. In these areas, monsters will appear on screen and will take a step each time the hero does. You can choose to face monsters on their own terms or even avoid them completely.

Dragon Fantasy: Book I is currently “in the final testing phases before submission”. You can find screenshots from the game above.

Source: Muteki PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

Arc System Works confirmed plans to bring BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma to the North American 3DS eShop well over a year ago. The good news is that the game is still coming. The bad news is there’s still no date, and a European release isn’t planned just yet.

Arc System Works told Siliconera:

“As far as I can tell you, we have just reached the stage to release it for the U.S., so we have not discussed releasing it in the EU area yet.”

Another tidbit from Arc System Works: there are no plans to localize their series of Escape Adventure 3DS games.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 9 Comments

Dan Adelman has issued his own personal response about leaving Nintendo on a website he launched today.

Adelman was the founder of Nintendo of America’s digital distribution business and remained with the company for nine years. Today, however, Adelman revealed he left the company last week and is creating his own business to help smaller developers in various ways.

In any case, here’s what Adelman had to say about Nintendo – in which he also states that the eShop “is in good hands”:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Inti Creates recently unveiled Lumen’s songs for Azure Striker Gunvolt. The first, “Beyond the Blue” can be listened to above at the start of the video. “Reincarnation” follows at around the 9-minute mark.

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QubicGames’s arcade puzzle game “Lucha Amigos” appears to be destined for Nintendo’s portable. While it’s only confirmed for mobile devices at present, the studio says it’s “likely to be in the future ported to Nintendo 3DS as well.”

Here’s an overview as to what Lucha Amigos offers:

This arcade puzzle game will take you to Mexico where the daily routine is broken by a gang of evil cacti stealing all the water!

Saloon’s glasses are dry, wells are empty, baby turtles’ armbands are useless…don’t let this tragedy happen! Team up with the lucha amigos to chase away the spiny vilains.

Lucha Amigos features a colorful atmosphere, a top-notch Mexican music inspired soundtrack and so far 100 levels and 7 turtles with unique abilities.

Lucha Amigos will be hitting iOS soon. Hopefully a 3DS version will follow soon after!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 12 Comments

Dan Adelman, one of the men in charge of leading Nintendo’s indie efforts, has left the company after nine years. Kotaku reports that Friday was his last day with the Big N.

Adelman has gone independent, and Nintendo is said to be supportive of the move.

Head past the break for some comments from Adelman on his decision to leave Nintendo and much more.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS

Rabi Laby 3 – €4.99/£4.49
Parking Star 3D Demo – Free

3DS VC

Mega Man 2 (GB VC) – €3.99/£3.59
Xtreme Sports (GBC VC) – €4.99/£4.49

3DS Special offers

Disney Planes – €14.99/£13.49 (Ends August 21)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends August 21)

Wii U VC

Mach Rider (NES VC) – €4.99/£3.49
Megaman Battle Chip Challenge (GBA VC) – €6.99/£6.29

Wii U Special offers

You must own either NES Remix or NES Remix 2 to be eligible for the following VC deals:
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels – €3.49/£2.44 (Ends August 14)
Donkey Kong Jr. – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Mario Bros. – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Kid Icarus – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
GOLF – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Baseball – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)
Tennis – €2.49/£1.74 (Ends August 14)

Disney Planes – €19.99/£17.49 (Ends August 21)
Blok Drop U – €0.99/£0.79 (Ends August 21)
Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends August 14)
Abyss – €0.49/£0.44 (If you own Unepic. Ends August 21)
Unepic  – €8.49/£7.64 (If you own Abyss. Ends August 21)
Toki Tori 2+ – €5.99/£5.00 (If EDGE, RUSH and Toki Tori have been downloaded.)

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