Pokemon Bank and Poke Transporter are still missing in action. There hasn’t been much news about either of the two downloads as of late, but Nintendo of America did provide a new brief update on Twitter a short while ago.
The company wrote:
More information on the launch of @Pokemon Bank and Poké Transporter will be announced in the future. Thanks for your patience!
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 10, 2014
New LovePlus+ will launch in Japan on March 27. Pricing is set at 5,700 yen for the retail version and 5,200 yen for the download version.
Rainy Frog formed back in September with two primary goals. First, the company will be assisting others in bringing their western eShop titles to Japan. Rainy Frog also intends to release Japanese games overseas.
The publisher is starting its efforts with the Japanese launch of Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party, which will be renamed “Waiwai! Minna De Challenge”. Whereas the Wii U eShop title was primarily aimed at adults in the west, founder Anthony Byus tells Nintendo Life that the Japanese release will be made “more appealing to the family-orientated Japanese Wii U market”.
Today, Kirby Triple Deluxe launched in Japan. It’s available both physically and digitally just like Nintendo’s other 3DS titles.
The downloadable version requires 4,713 blocks of free space on an SD card. Compared to other retail titles, that’s relatively small!
Nintendo will be announcing its latest financial results at the end of the month, and it’s certain to create some buzz. That’s a few weeks off, though.
In the meantime, analyst David Gibson has shared some insight about Nintendo’s upcoming results. You can find a roundup of his tweets below.
Nintendo – up another 4.3% today…JP broker saying company to announce change in strategy to smartphones on Jan 30th results – we disagree.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – 3Q results meeting called "Strategy Session and Results Meeting" but doesnt stop some think change is coming. Always called that!
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – #1 priority for FY3/14 was improve 3DS sales internationally…+21% YoY in 2H we estimate= done.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – WiiU we now forecast 4.3m for FY3/14 down from 6.8m prior, but Dec in JP was 26x Sept levels driven by Super Mario 3D World
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
