Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles is launching on the 3DS eShop next week, Teyon has announced. The game will be available in both North America and Europe for $3.99 / €3.99 respectively.
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles is an action puzzler developed by Mechanic Arms, which has players guiding Morris the monkey through the dense jungle canopy of Paradise Island. You’ll need to collect all the scattered hearts for Molly – Morris’ companion.
Players who find the invisible banana in each stage can unlock extra stages. Jungle critters will attempt to interfere with your hunt for hearts and bananas along the way.
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles includes the following features:
• Swing through over 300 puzzles in 7 jungle-inspired worlds
• Climb and interact with boulders, bars and other items to clear each puzzle
• Avoid or destroy the jungle critters that roam aimlessly around the jungle
• Earn a Banana Bonus in each level to save the level’s replay and watch it back with Playback
Source: Teyon PR
Nintendo has issued a response to the latest NPD report, revealing some fairly impressive sales for its two primary systems and games.
Hardware sales for Nintendo platforms are up by 100 percent over the month prior, the company says. The 3DS family sold roughly 770,000 units, bringing the handheld’s lifetime sales past 10 million to nearly 10.5 million units in the US. Wii U sales also rose by more than 340 percent over sales in October.
Notable software sales include Pokemon X/Y at 225,000 units (lifetime 2.35 million units), Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at 280,000 units (405,000 with the Zelda 3DS XL bundle), and Super Mario 3D World at 215,000 units.
You can find Nintendo’s full response below.
Square Enix shared another update on Dragon Quest Monsters 2 earlier this week, which launches in Japan on February. A new round of details are posted below.
– You’ll possibly be able to scout over one of your opponents’ listed monsters
– As your wins go up, you’ll get prizes commiserate with the win total
– Dream Egg item works only if you hang around in StreetPass
– This eggy piece can be found and then placed on display during StreetPass
– The egg hatches into a random monster after you obtain a certain number of StreetPass hits
– Could find a rare monster or a common one
– Can customize your avatar with different costumes
– Give them short messages such as “I’m coming in~” to greet foes
– Players can view your status card
– This shows how far along to completion you are in capturing the various monsters such as the slime families as well as items and other miscellaneous stats
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of November. The results can be found below.
1. Call of Duty: Ghosts
2. Battlefield 4
3. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
4. Madden NFL 25
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. NBA 2K14
7. Skylanders Swap Force
8. Just Dance 2014
9. Disney Infinity
10. FIFA 14
Another wave of Bravely Second details have come out of this week’s Famitsu. Producer Tomoya Asano and character designer Akihiko Yoshida discussed the game’s various aspects, including:
– Many details haven’t been decided as the game is only 30% complete
– More announcements regarding these will be made later
– Magnolia was made during a scenario brainstorm meeting
– The character was created after the keywords of “people of the moon” and “returnee” came to mind
– The team originally considered giving Magnolia some kind of space outfit and bunny ears
– Eventually decided to go with a character who showed “adultness”
– “Adultness” was a feature lacking in Bravely Default’s characters
– Experience gained from Bravely Default will help the team make a game that is much more polished than before
– The illustrators are currently working on characters and job designs
– Many of them will be quite unexpected
We also have the following quotes from Asano:
“There were actually several concepts, but out of all of them, the idea of ‘surpassing the previous title’ left the biggest impression. We were aware that the previous title was to get fans to like the characters and world, so we decided to have a sequel that takes place several years later, and has more to do with Luxendarc.”
“As we did previously, and for the sake of Japanese RPG fans, we’re developing with the goal to create a new pillar of support for Square Enix, while surpassing the previous title. I believe that it may take a little while longer until you’ll get to play the game, but we’ll be revealing new information little by little, so I hope you continue supporting us while looking forward to what’s coming.”
Update 2: (12/13/13): Pre-orders now open at Best Buy.
Update (12/2/13): Bravely Default pre-orders have just opened on Amazon. You can pre-order the collector’s edition here
($5 less than GameStop) and the standard edition here
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Original: Pre-orders are open for the Bravely Default Collector’s Edition… well, at GameStop at least. You can place an order here. The standard version can also be found here.
In Nintendo’s original announcement, the company said that the Bravely Default Collector’s Edition would be available “at select retailers.” Hopefully this means other retailers will open pre-orders in the near future. If other options appear, we’ll update this post.
Lobodestroyo is coming to Wii U, but Nintendo’s console won’t be a launch platform for the title.
Lefthanded Games explained in a Kickstarter backer-only update that the Wii U version will arrive after the Ouya exclusivity window expires. This is due to a stipulation in the “Ouya Free the Games Fund”.
For every $10,000 in funds Ouya matches, the platform gains one month of exclusivity. Lobodestroyo has collected roughly $40,000, meaning four months of exclusivity is required.
Despite the wait, Lefthanded Games believes the wait will be worth it. The extra time will be used to properly port Lobodestroyo to Wii U “and take advantage of the new hardware.”
Lefthanded Games’ Kickstarter update in full reads:
Several new games have gone on sale on the North American 3DS eShop today. A roundup of all discounted titles (including a few old ones) can be found below.
Liberation Maiden – $4.99 through 1/2 (was $7.99)
Crimson Shroud – $4.99 through 1/2 (was $7.99)
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale – $4.99 through 1/2 (was $7.99)
The Starship Damrey – $4.99 through 1/2 (was $7.99)
Bugs vs. Tanks! – $4.99 through 1/2 (was $7.99)
Rising Board 3D – $1.49 through 1/9 (was $1.99)
101 DinoPets 3D – $2.99 through 12/21 (was $4.99)
Soccer Up 3D – $2.99 through 1/2 (was $6.99)
Farming Simulator 3D – $7.49 through 1/2 (was $9.99)
Undead Bowling – $3.99 through 12/31 (was $6.99)
Chain Blaster – $3.99 through 12/31 (was $6.99)
Crazy Construction – $2.99 through 12/31 (was $4.99)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – $5.99 through 1/9 (was $7.99)
Nano Assault EX – permanently $9.99 (was $14.99)
Myst – permanently $4.99 (was $9.99)
Deer Drive Legends – permanently $4.99 (was $9.99)
Puzzler World 2013 – permanently $4.99 (was $9.99)
American Mensa Academy – permanently $4.99 (was $9.99)
Puzzler Brain Games – permanently $4.99 (was $9.99)
Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets Resort 3D – permanently $9.99 (was $19.99)
Let’s Ride: Best in Breed 3D – permanently $6.99 (was $19.99)
