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Update: Bumped to the top. Emily Rogers also now says that Zelda: Breath of the Wild should be expected in March in North America.


Original: Laura Kate Dale, a person who has been leading the Switch rumor mill even before Nintendo properly announced the system, now claims that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Wild is due out in March. Finalized materials are beginning to surface, which is what Dale is partially basing her speculation on.

We did hear before as part of one rumor that Breath of the Wild may not be ready until the summer / June. However, Dale is now certain that the Switch version will be out in just a couple of months. She’s unclear what the status of the Wii U version is at the moment in terms of a release window. As for the conflicting reports, a European delay or Wii U delay could potentially be involved.

Meanwhile, Dale has also heard that print magazines have wrapped up their upcoming issues focusing on Switch. That means “certain info can now be better fact checked.”

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Last week, reports began to emerge of GameStop putting up new Switch advertising. Another retailer in the United States is now joining in on the fun as well. Over at Target, Switch promotional signs are appearing. You may begin to see images like the ones pictured above when you visit your local store soon. 

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Circle Entertainment released over 50 titles last year. In 2017, the company is looking to cut back a bit. Circle is looking to prepare 30 new games, which will be of higher quality.

One title we can likely expect to see is Sabaku no Nezumidan. That one was published in Japan last September, and comes from Arc System Works.


The trailer for Sabaku no Nezumidan below should give you a good idea about the gameplay:

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Last year, MP2 Games worked to bring Noitu Love: Devolution to Wii U and 3DS. The developer has since confirmed that a new port is planned for Nintendo platforms. Specifically, an unnamed game will be heading to 3DS sometime this year.

Developer Mathias Kærlev teased on Twitter this past weekend:


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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

CUP CRITTERS – €1.49

Spheroids – €7.99

3DS Download

Quiet, Please! – €3.49

3DS DLC

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Lore 3: Tokyo and Mikado History – Free

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Level Cap Unlock – Free

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – A Godslayer Needs Items – €3.49

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Depths of Twisted Tokyo – €1.49

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Messiahs in the Diamond Realm – €3.99

3DS Themes

Monster Hunter Generations The Fated Four – €1.99

Game Informer caught up with developers from all around the world to find out which five titles were the best in 2016. Pokemon GO was a popular choice, as it was included in lists by creators such as Kazuyuki Hoshino from SEGA and Hajime Tabata from Square Enix. There were other Nintendo picks as well including Super Mario Run by Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann and Pokemon Sun/Moon by Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono.

The Nintendo-related choices and comments are posted below. The rest are located on Game Informer here.


A new set of Pokemon Sun/Moon figures are coming from Takara Tomy Arts. These are based on Alola Forms, including some of the first merchandise for Exeggutor and Dugtrio.

The full set is as follows:

37mm Alolan Raichu
33mm Alolan Vulpix
47mm Alolan Ninetales
34mm Alolan Dugtrio
40mm Alolan Marowak
100mm Alolan Exeggutor

All of these figures arrive in Japan in April. Each one will be priced at 300 yen.

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This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

The Last Guardian – 9
Final Fantasy XV – 7
Dead Rising 4 – 6
Steep – 7
Let it Die – 7
I Expect You to Die – 7
Superhot VR – 8
Super Mario Run – 7

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest XI and Monster Hunter XX swap positions while Zelda: Breath of the Wild moves up a spot.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 15 and December 21.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is set to arrive sometime this year, but it’s unknown when exactly it’ll be available. Many had hoped that the game would be ready for Switch’s launch in March. That’s definitely still possible, but one prominent rumor had it pinned down for summer instead.

CoroCoro, a manga magazine in Japan, believes that we’ll be seeing Breath of the Wild in the spring. That’s by no means an official window, but it is interesting enough to at least bring up here. The picture below is being spread on the likes of 2ch after it was taken from Bessatsu CoroCoro. That’s the magazine which publishes the Splatoon manga series.


Aside from CoroCoro, there are a couple of updates that have taken place over the past few days which may point to Zelda: Breath of the Wild launching in just a couple of months. First, Laura Kate Dale mentioned on Twitter today that she’s heard of the game being out alongside Switch from a Nintendo of America source (as opposed to Nintendo of Europe). UK retailer GAME is also advertising Breath of the Wild for March, though it’s unclear how much stock we should put into that at present.


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