Software
1. Yoshi
2. Super Mario World
3. Game & Wario
4. Mega Man X
5. Super Mario Bros. 2
6. Mario Bros.
7. Mega Man 2
8. Little Inferno
9. Super Metroid
10. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
11. Mega Man 3
12. Mutant Mudds Deluxe
13. Kirby Super Star
14. Mega Man
15. Mega Man 4
16. New Super Mario Bros. U
17. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
18. Pac-Man
19. Wrecking Crew
20. Kung Fu Rabbit
Videos
1. Pikmin 3 Trailer 6/11/13
2. New Super Luigi U Trailer 6/11/13
3. Mega Man Joins the Battle 6/11/13
4. Super Mario World 3D Trailer 6/11/13
5. Mario Kart 8 Trailer 6/11/13
6. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD 6/11/13
7. Game & Wario Teaser Trailer
8. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut Trailer 6/11/13
9. Villager Comes to Town 6/11/13
10. Iwata Plays: Game & Wario Video
11. Nintendo Direct@E3 2013
12. New Super Luigi U How to Purchase Video
13. Sonic Lost World Trailer 6/11/13
14. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
15. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze Trailer 6/11/13
16. Trainer Weighs In 6/11/13
17. A brand new title developed by Monolith Software Inc.
18. DuckTales Remastered Trailer 6/11/13
19. Mutant Mudds Deluxe Trailer
20. Yoshi Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
This week’s video additions to the 3DS eShop are as follows:
Crystal Warriors Trailer
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Trailer
Urban Trial Freestyle Trailer
LEGO Chima Laval’s Journey Trailer
Project X Zone Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
Nintendo has listed four additional titles for release this week on the 3DS eShop. Two are VC games, while the other two are original download titles.
Here’s the lineup:
3DS VC
Sonic Drift 2 – $3.99
G-LOC Air Battle – $3.99
3DS download
Deer Hunting King – $4.99
Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey – $4.99
A listing for Vampire Master of Darkness also popped up on Nintendo’s website earlier today.
Software
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
3. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
4. Pokemon Dream Radar
5. Metroid II – Return of Samus
6. Project X Zone
7. Mega Man 6
8. Super Mario Bros.
9. Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
10. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
11. Mighty Switch Force! 2
12. Gunman Clive
13. Sonic the Hedgehog
14. The Legend of Zelda
15. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
16. Mega Man 2
17. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
18. Sonic Blast
19. Fire Emblem: Awakening
20. Pokedex 3D Pro
Videos
1. Mega Man Joins the Battle 6/11/13
2. Yoshi’s New Island Trailer 6/11/13
3. Villager Comes to Town 6/11/13
4. Sonic Lost World Trailer 6/11/13
5. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 6/11/13
6. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Trailer 6/11/13
7. LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey Trailer
8. Nintendo Direct@E3 2013
9. Reggie’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf Home Tour
10. Project X Zone Trailer
11. Trainer Weighs In Trailer 6/11/13
12. Flipnote Studio 3D Samples
13. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Teaser Trailer
14. Pokemon X/Y Gameplay Trailer
15. Mario Kart 8 Trailer 6/11/13
16. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Trailer 6/11/13
17. New Super Luigi U Trailer 6/11/13
18. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Trailer
19. Skylanders Swap Force Trailer 6/11/13
20. Mighty Switch Force! 2 Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Game & Wario – Nintendo
2. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
5. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
6. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
7. Rabbids Land – Ubisoft
8. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
9. Injustice: Gods Among Us – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. ZombiU – Ubisoft
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
3. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Nintendo
4. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity – Nintendo
7. LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey – Warner Bros. Interactive
8. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
9. Fire Emblem: Awakening – Nintendo
10. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – Capcom
Source: Chart-Track
Nintendo is preparing to distribute e-book content for the 3DS through its own service. Over 300 titles will be offered in Japan when it launches this fall, according to publication Nikkei. At least initially, it seems as though Nintendo will be targeting children.
Just a short while ago, Nintendo published the official Iwata Asks for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. It’s only up in Japanese at the moment, but a number of details from the discussion have already been translated.
For an overview of what was shared during the Iwata Asks, check out the summary below.
-The producer and director are the same as the last three games. The producer was the director on the original.
-About six months after Bowser’s Inside Story the team was throwing out ideas, one of them became the basis for the dream system.
-They considered going with Bowser again for the Dream System, but decided to limit themselves to Mario and Luigi as playable this time so the series didn’t loose its roots.
-The idea to have many Luigis battling and moving in the overworld was a separate one that came before the dream system, but they wanted a system that used the second screen.
-The team hadn’t considered this game would come out in the 30th anniversary of the character and be part of a ‘Year of Luigi’
-To get the DreamTeam Alpha up and running too 1.5 years for Alpha Dream. Game has been in development for over 3 years, since the last one.
-They had so much stuff this time they even went into a Gamma Phase, which Iwata notes as unusual as games typically only have Alpha and Beta. The reason was the switch from 2D to 3D backgrounds and the length of time they spent on the game.
-They chose sprites because it’s part of the Alpha Dream heritage…but also because they had few 3D production resources
-The 3D Mega Luigi model was done by a 3rd party after they realised there was a limit to doing that in 2D.
-A challenge was shifting from drawing sprites for 8-way movement on DS to 16 way movement on 3DS.
-They couldn’t even just flip the sprites for the other direction due to the ‘L’ on Luigi’s hat.
-They banned themselves from flipping the sprites for Mario too, because of Mario’s right arm going up when he jumps.
-They had 5-6 staff working on the character animations for all the characters in the game.
-The requests and suggestions by Nintendo on Alpha Dream were not always accepted and often required meetings, or discussions with the SPD producers. Sometimes both parties got annoyed with each other.
-They talk about including an easy mode. For example, when active, a hint block will appear when you redo a battle after dying, or a Slow Mode will activate if you continually fail a brother attack so you can time your move more easily.
-The Mario & Luigi RPG series is also quite popular with women.
-A Hard Mode unlocks for experienced players after clearing the game. Even the producer has trouble with it, it’s so difficult?He even died during the tutorial.
-The put a lot of extra stuff into Dream Team after hearing fans say they wanted to play more of M&L RPG 3. There’s special requirements for battles, like ‘no damage KO’ which will earn you points, once you have enough points you will earn a reward.
-The producer says long term fans shouldn’t worry – the series is still the same, despite the switch to 3D worlds for Dream Team
A new Club Nintendo year was ushered in today. That means rewards will soon be revealed for members who reached Gold/Platinum status.
Just when will we be hearing news regarding this year’s prizes? Very shortly, apparently. An image posted to the main Club Nintendo page mentions, “Thank you to our Elite members. Gifts are coming soon.”
Nintendo has typically sent out Gold/Platinum rewards at the end of the year. I imagine that will be the case once again this year.
Ah… how nice is this? After confusing Wii U owners countless times as to whether Batman: Arkham Origins’ Deathstroke DLC would be made available on the platform, Warner Bros. has finally confirmed that the pre-order bonus will in fact be distributed on Nintendo’s console. Simply reserve the game before release and Deathstroke should be yours.
Hopefully Warner won’t backtrack on this. We tried contacting the publisher a couple of times, but never received any sort of response about the Deathstroke situation.
