This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no Obake-tachi Kanzen Full Set – 500 yen (or the whole set of 4 for 1,500 yen)
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi Gekimuzu-hen – 500 yen
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi J?shiki-hen – 500 yen
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi Choimuzu-hen – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice Kitchen no Ohime-sama 1-10-kan Pack – 4,200 yen
Karous – The Best of Re:Eden (retail title) – 6,090 yen
Pokémon Bank – FREE (30 Day free trail available to those that download on or before 2/21, then 500 yen per year)
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no Obake-tachi Kanzen Full Set DEMO – FREE
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi Gakimuzu-hen DEMO – FREE
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi J?shiki-hen DEMO – FREE
Otona vs Gureko Kanji no T? to Obake-tachi Choimuzu-hen DEMO – FREE
Puyo Puyo Tetris DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Kage no Densetsu (The Legend of Kage, Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Trine 2: MIttsu no Chikara Fukashigi no Mori – 1,800 yen
Machigai Sagashi Party – 500 yen
Puyo Puyo Tetris DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Double Dragon (Famicom) – 500 yen
Romancing Sa-Ga 2 (Super Famicom) – 800 yen
BREAKING NEWS! As you can see above, the following games have all had Miiverse communities added in their honor today:
– Style Savvy: Trend Setters
– Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
– Pokémon Rumble Blast
– Paper Mario: Sticker Star
– Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Shovel Knight will launch on March 31, Yacht Club Games has confirmed. The game’s second trailer can be found above.
A new round of Nintendo Downloads will be going live tomorrow. On the 3DS side of things, it’s looking like Life Force will be hitting the Virtual Console.
Nintendo has Life Force listed on its website with a January 23 date and $4.99 price point. Since we’re less than a day away from the latest downloads, I’m inclined to believe that it’s accurate.
Youkai Watch may have a shot of getting an overseas release. In the US, Level-5 recently filed a trademark for the name “Yo-kai Watch”. The company clearly wants the name protected in the states for some reason, so we’re hoping this is a sign that the 3DS game will be coming over in the future.
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars will be released in North America on April 15. Those who pre-order
the game will receive the original soundtrack CD and a special outer box.
A new teaser trailer for Conception II can be found above.
Source: Atlus PR
When Nintendo unveiled Wii U during E3 2012, EA was one of the first publishers to pledge support for the console. Following the system’s actual launch, however, it didn’t take long for the relationship to sour.
EA put out a trio of games for Wii U’s launch – two sports titles and a port of a slightly old game in Mass Effect 3 – and then called it a day. You can attribute EA’s abandonment to a few things: poor sales of its own games, poor sales of the Wii U, and more.
One EA source speaking with CVG says that the Wii U also “became a kids IP platform and we don’t really make games for kids.” “Nintendo was dead to us very quickly,” the unnamed person said.
“Nintendo was dead to us very quickly. It became a kids IP platform and we don’t really make games for kids. That was pretty true across the other labels too. Even the Mass Effect title on Wii U, which was a solid effort, could never do big business, and EA like Activision is only focused on games that can be big franchises”.
Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians now features a lower 3DS stretch goal on Kickstarter. “We want nothing more than to give you what you want so we have moved the PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS closer to the top,” Playdek wrote on the campaign’s page.
The 3DS goal has been reduced from $2.8 million to $1.5 million. It’s still a rather high amount, but at the rate Unsung Story’s Kickstarter is going, hitting that mark is entirely possible.
You can donate to Unsung Story’s Kickstarter campaign here.
