Nintendo will be introducing Pokemon Bank later this year, a cloud-based online storage center for the creatures captured in Pokemon X/Y.
As we’ve spoken about previously, this is a paid service. While a special offer gives players a month for free, they’ll need to fork over an annual fee once this period expires.
Thankfully, if you do happen to use the service and your subscription runs out, your Pokemon won’t go anywhere. You’ll just need to pay for the service again in order to access the Pokemon stored in Pokemon Bank.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U retail
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – $49.99 (available at 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 20)
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure – $59.99 (available Sept. 24)
Wii U VC
Super Mario Bros. – $4.99
3DS retail
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (available Sept. 24) – $39.99
FIFA 14 (available Sept. 24) – $39.99
Shifting World – $7.99
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi – $34.99
eShop sales
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – 50% off Wii U and 3DS versions until 9 a.m. on Sept. 22
Chasing Aurora – $4.99 until 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 3
3DS download
Rage of the Gladiator – $6.99
AiRace Speed – $4.99
Mahjong 3D – Essentials – $2.99
Star Wars Pinball – $6.99
3DS VC
Solomon’s Key – $4.99
DSiWare
Tales to Enjoy! The Ugly Duckling – $1.99 / 200 points
Tales to Enjoy! Three Little Pigs – $1.99 / 200 points
Source: Nintendo PR
Nintendo’s Remastered Classic Launches Digitally with HD Graphics, Limited-Edition Bundle
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Renews an All-Time Great
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sept. 20 marks a day of new adventures for fans of The Legend of Zelda franchise with the digital launch of the remastered version of one of the greatest video games of all time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, for the Wii U home console. Fans who do not own a Wii U system can opt for the limited-edition bundle, which comes with a black Deluxe Wii U console; a GamePad controller adorned with the gold Hyrule crest and symbols from the game; a download code for the digital version of Hyrule Historia, a book that details the chronology, history and artwork of The Legend of Zelda series; and a code to download The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD from the Nintendo eShop. The bundle is available at a suggested retail price of $299.99. Current Wii U owners can also download the game on Sept. 20 from the Nintendo eShop for $49.99.
Following SEGA’s announcement that the company would be acquiring Index Corporation and subsidiary Atlus, consumer software department director Naoto Hiraoka shared a message for fans of the company. We saw a breakdown of his comments yesterday, but we now have the whole thing in full. You can find it below.
Two more new Pokemon have been uncovered: Aurorus and Tyrantrum. The two are evolutions of Amaura and Tyrunt respectively.
Soulcalibur II HD Online has a chance of coming to Wii U. Producer Masaaki Hoshino told IGN that making a separate version for the console “isn’t out of the question.”
The performance of Soulcalibur II HD Online on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade could motivate Namco Bandai into working on a Wii U version in the future. Namco Bandai has also suggested tweeting interest to Hoshino – you can find him on Twitter here.
Hiroshi Yamauchi, formerly the president of Nintendo, has passed away. The company announced the news a short while ago. Yamauchi was 85 years-old.
