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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Rumors | 45 Comments

Circle Entertainment will soon be bringing The Legend of Dark Witch 3DS themes overseas. In Europe, nine will be released in total. But North America will only have access to four.

Why is this the case? Circle says that Nintendo of America only allows games to receive four themes.

The company told one fan on Twitter:

I’ll mark this as a rumor as we don’t have an official confirmation from Nintendo, but I’d have to think that Circle Entertainment knows what it’s talking about. This is rather interesting!

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

Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan, including a new Mario one for the holidays. Here’s the full lineup:

Mario White Christmas – 200 yen
Kotori Samba – 200 yen
A Clockwork Truffe – 200 yen each
Ciao Illustrations Club – 100 yen
NemuNeko Merry Christmas – 200 yen
Hatsune Miku Project Mirai (x4) – 200 yen each

Have a look at the new Mario theme below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

Lost Reavers has made a stealth launch on the Japanese Wii U eShop. Even though there was no prior news about a specific release date, the free-to-start title can now be downloaded. For those that are curious, it takes up 1056MB of space.

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

Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on December 9. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:

Wii U Download

Nihilumbra (1,000 yen)
Swords & Soldiers II (1,600 yen)

Wii U Virtual Console

Metal Slader Glory (Super Famicom, 926 yen)
Kururin Paradise (GBA, 702 yen)

3DS Download

Alphadia (1,080 yen)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Famitsu has reported the first sales data for Monster Hunter X. According to the site, 1,542,104 copies of the game were sold in just two days.

Monster Hunter X’s launch also had a big impact on 3DS hardware sales. Famitsu says that 3DS hardware sales were at 133,628 units.

We’ll have more sales numbers from Japan tomorrow morning, so stay tuned for that.

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

Nintendo has released two new 3DS commercials for the Japanese market. New adverts for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus are posted below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo released official videos for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All (GBA) and Treasure of the Rudras on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.

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

Pokemon Picross’ developer has now been confirmed. The game comes from Jupiter, who certainly has extensive experience with the puzzle genre.

Jupiter has been responsible for all of the Picross e titles on the eShop. The studio also made Mario’s Picross, Picross DS, and more. In terms of Pokemon games, Jupiter created Pokemon Pinball and was involved with many games for the Pokemon Mini device.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

FreezeME is heading to Steam next week, so a new trailer for the 3D platformer is now available. Check it out below.

FreezeME is also very close to launching on Wii U. When we receive a final date, we’ll let you know.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

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

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Splatoon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
5. Skylanders SuperChargers – Activision
6. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive
7. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
8. LEGO Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
6. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
7. Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Nintendo
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
9. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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