3DS eShop

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

The 3DS game collection Guild 01 had three of its four games released as separate 3DS eShop downloads just this past year, and the sequel– aptly named Guild 02— will skip the retail release entirely and release each of its three games on the eShop for a price of around $8 a piece, all on separate days. Here’s the breakdown, plus some details on each game:

Monsters Come Out on Friday
– Designed by Kazu Ayashi (My Summer Vacation)
– Releases March 13th, 2013 (Japan)
– An odd rural town has a problem: Monsters keep coming out on Friday
– No reason initially given for why monsters come out on Friday
– Called a “heartwarming drama”

Insect Tank
– Designed by Keiji Inafune’s studio, Comcept
– Releases March 19th, 2013 (Japan)
– Fight ants in a tiny tank, customizable to your liking
– Supports four player local multiplayer

Spaceship Damrey
– Designed by Kazuya Asano (Dragon Quest programmer, True Night of the Kamaitachi designer)
– Releases Marth 27th, 2013 (Japan)
– Suspense/adventure game that starts with a crash of some sort
– Set on a spaceship, players have to search for a way to escape
– No details to be given about how to play so players will have a “mental blank slate”

Via Siliconera

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Shin’en has provided updates about two of its upcoming 3DS eShop titles.

First, Nano Assault EX has been approved for the North American store. Shin’en is currently waiting on release date information from Nintendo. EX has almost been approved in Japan as well.

Shin’en is continuing to work on Jett Rocket 2: The Wrath of Taikai. The team spent a week “to spice up our 3DS rendering tech to have constant 60fps”. Jett Rocket 2 will run at 60 frames-per-second even with 3D turned on. Fans of the first Jett Rocket can look forward to a slightly more challenging experience with the sequel.

Source 1, Source 2

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Homebrew has always been a thorn in Nintendo’s side from their perspective, but a lot of people use the “hack”– including myself at one point– to run goofy indie games, fun applications, and to expand the functionality of their console. One of the lesser-used features of homebrew is open game development. A lot of people can’t get 3DS dev kits for various reasons, so they resort to hacking the console, making “homebrew” games, and releasing them to the homebrew community. The inevitable consequence of this is that people mis-use the hacks and pirate games that people worked hard on.

Goodbye Galaxy Games is working on a potential fix, however, that lets you create and test your homebrew games with nothing more than free PC software and a small 3DS app– all without having to hack the console, and they say that the games can exist without the piracy.

The real question for them is whether Nintendo would allow them to release this piracy-free development software on the eShop like they’d like to. I would doubt it, but maybe the Big N is feeling humbled considering the sales of Wii U lately!

Via Goodbye Galaxy Games Blog

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If you boot up the Zelda community on Miiverse today, you’ll notice that there’s a new message from series producer Eiji Aonuma.

Aonuma touched on the news that Japan will be receiving The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages on the 3DS eShop next week. He confirmed that a North American release is planned, though “it’ll be a little while longer till they’re out in other territories.” Aonuma asked fans for their patience.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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

Wii U demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Trine 2: Director’s Cut

Wii U Virtual Console

F-Zero – 30 cents

3DS demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

3DS Virtual Console

Yoshi – $4.99

3DS retail

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan – $39.99

3DS Download

Picdun 2: Witch’s Curse – $4.99
Viking Invasion 2 – Tower Defense – $7.99

Source: Nintendo PR

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During today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct, Satoru Iwata announced that The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons will be released on the 3DS eShop next Thursday. Both games will cost 600 yen each. Through early March, gamers will be able to take advantage of a download bundle containing both titles for 1,000 yen.

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Magi Hajimari no Meiky? (retail title) – 5,800 yen (from 02/21)

Virtual Console
Getsuf? Maden (never released outside of Japan, Famicom) – 500 yen
Salamander (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Virtual Console
Fire Emblem: Mansh? no Nazo (Super Famicom) – 30 yen (from 02/20 to 03/21, then to 900 yen)

Video Content

Luigi Direct
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D downloadable video
The Legend of Getsu Fuma 3DS VC video
Salamander 3DS VC video
Fire Emblem Wii U VC video
Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Heroes commercial
Game Center CX featuring Fire Emblem
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies video

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Trine 2: Director’s Cut demo

Wii U eShop sale

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition -50% until 28/02/2013 (€4.99, was €9.99) (£4.49, was £8.99)

Wii U VC

F-Zero – €0.30 / £0.30

3DS demos

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate

3DS download

NightSky – €9.99 / £8.99

Source: Nintendo PR