Two special 3DS XL systems have been announced for Europe today, both launching next month.
First up, Nintendo will be selling The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Limited Edition 3DS XL. It comes with a specially designed system as well as a download code for the 3DS game. The top shell and the inside of the console are dressed with an iconic gold color, while the bottom shell is all black and contains a Triforce logo emblazoned across each side. Open the 3DS XL and you’ll see the double Triforce logo of the game.
In addition to Zelda, Nintendo will be making the Luigi Special Edition 3DS XL available at store.nintendo.co.uk. The main system is white, but Luigi’s prints can be found all over the console with his silhouette covering the shell in two shades of green.
Source: Nintendo PR
Shipments of Monster Hunter 4 have now exceeded three million, which Capcom says is a new record for a third-party game on the 3DS. The publisher’s figure includes retail shipments as well as downloadable sales coming from the eShop and download cards.
Total Monster Hunter series sales have surpassed 26 million units as of October 15.
Ubisoft’s Michel Ancel shared a few words about Nintendo while speaking with ONM this month.
According to the Rayman creator, innovation is the company’s greatest strength as well as its greatest weakness. This goes hand in hand with risk-taking, he believes.
Ancel also said that “the biggest surprises seem to come from Nintendo.” Miiverse and the GamePad were both pointed to as examples.
Ancel’s comments in full:
Nintendo’s greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is innovation. It’s a company that takes a lot of risks. Few people understand that innovation involves risk-taking, because you don’t control everything on the market.
Today, the biggest surprises seem to come from Nintendo. People may like those surprises or not, but that’s a fact. Miiverse was a surprise, the GamePad was a surprise. What will come next? I can’t wait!
Thanks to joclo for sending this our way.
Update: It’ll now take Theatrhythm Final Fantasy a couple of weeks to ship, but you can still lock in the price.
There are a couple of new discounts on Amazon that you may be interested in. First up, you can grab the highly-addicting Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for $18
(40% savings). Pandora’s Tower is also on sale
for $20, resulting in a $10 discount.
Raising Pokemon was one of the areas Game Freak placed great emphasis on while developing Pokemon X/Y.
Director Junichi Masuda, in an interview with Famitsu, explained that players tend to play games less these days. And so raising Pokemon is much easier than before. As an example, experience points can be gained simply by catching another Pokemon.
“While we did integrate a lot of detailed adjustments into the game balance, another part would be the ease of raising Pokémon. Nowadays, we have the Internet, smartphones, and more, so I think the time spent playing games has decreased.”
“For those reasons, we made it much easier to raise your Pokémon that will allow you to play smoother and more comfortably than before. For example, simply catching a Pokémon with a Pokéball will net you some experience points.”
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. Super Mario World
4. Pokemon Rumble U
5. The Legend of Zelda
6. EarthBound
7. Art Academy: SketchPad
8. Zelda II – The Adventure of Link
9. Super Metroid
10. DuckTales Remastered
11. Mega Man X
12. Final Fight 3
13. Final Fight
14. Little Inferno
15. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
16. Super Street Fighter II – The New Challengers
17. Super Mario Bros. 2
18. Final Fight 2
19. Runner2
20. Breath of Fire II
Videos
1. Nintendo Direct 10/1/13
2. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
3. Wii Party U Trailer
4. Zelda: Wind Waker HD 6/11/13
5. 2DS Reveal
6. Just Dance 2014 Trailer 6/11/13
7. Shovel Knight Trailer
8. Sonic Lost World Coming Soon Trailer
9. Unepic Trailer
10. QUBE Trailer
11. Tengami Trailer
12. Pokemon Rumble U Gameplay Trailer
13. Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer
14. Kirby 3DS Teaser Trailer
15. Scram Kitty Trailer
16. Zelda: Wind Waker HD – Hero Mode Trailer
17. Armillo Trailer
18. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Trailer 6/11/13
19. Pier Solar Trailer
20. Rayman Legends Accolades Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
This week’s video additions to the Wii U and 3DS eShops are as follows:
Wii U
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Trailer 2
Nintendo at NYCC 2013
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Trailer
Tennis Trailer
Golf Trailer
Wii Party U Trailer 2
Skylanders Swap Force Trailer #3
Skylanders Swap Force Trailer #2
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze dixie Trailer
Mutant Mudds Deluxe Trailer
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Trailer
Toki Tori 2+ Trailer
3DS
Nintendo at NYCC 2013
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Traler 2
Super Mario Kart Trailer
Skylanders Swap Force Trailer #3
Skylanders Swap Force Trailer #2
Devil Survivor: Overclocked Teaser Trailer
Devil Survivor: Overclocked Trailer
Wii Party U Trailer 2
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Trailer
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl Launch Trailer
Zombie Blaster Trailer
Pokemon X/Y: Pokemon Dreams
Pokemon X/Y: Battle Dreams
Pokemon X/Y: New Regions
Nintendo Minute – Super Mario 3D World New Levels and Power-up
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer
Angry Birds Star Wars Trailer
Mutant Mudds Deluxe Trailer
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Trailer
Source: Wii U/3DS eShops
System: Nintendo 3DS
Release Date: September 20th, 2013
Developer: Zeptolab
Price: $9.99
Author: Jack
Ever go to prom? Remember the overwhelming tension and excitement surrounding the build-up to the big day? Rushing to get a last-minute suit vest the same hue as your beloved sweetie pie’s dress, making sure that painful last payment on your limousine rental went through, flipping through your anthology for the optimal Ja Rule record on the way there to set the mood just right… ah, I can almost feel it as though it were yesterday. In fact, my prom was yesterday (I’m in the Navy), and the most vivid memory I have of that fateful eve was getting my mullet trimmed and cut into a bowl cut earlier that afternoon.
While there’s surely no surrogate to be had for a proper trim and cut, with the recent release of Cut the Rope from hitherto unknown Russian developer ZeptoLab, you can now come close to replicating the same pleasurable feeling I experienced at the hands of the barber in the comfort of your home with your 3DS stylus. At a price of $9.99 (compared to the lousy $17 run-around deal I got for a pretty standard bowl shape), Cut the Rope checks off every box a figurative contemporary downloadable game assimilates, and through sheer content and professionalism, releases as one of the most polished and notable puzzle titles to be consumed on the 3DS eShop. Om Nom.
