Nintendo has discounted five of its own titles on the 3DS eShop. Pushmo, 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure, Dillon’s Rolling Western, Fluidity: Spin Cycle, and Tokyo Crash Mobs are all on sale through May 9.
Here’s the full roundup of prices:
Pushmo – $4.99
3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure – $4.99
Dillon’s Rolling Western – $6.99
Fluidity: Spin Cycle – $7.99
Tokyo Crash Mobs – $4.99
Between Shin’en’s new sale, the Guild01 games, and ATV Wild Ride 3D, there are quite a few 3DS eShop games available at cheaper prices. Be sure to take advantage!
Lawsuit against SEGA, Gearbox claims Aliens: Colonial Marines demos contributed to false advertising
Aliens: Colonial Marines may not be coming to Wii U and is out on store shelves, but the game’s saga is far from over.
SEGA and Gearbox will now be forced to defend against a class action suit claiming that Aliens was falsely advertised.
Edelson LLC filed the suit on behalf of Damion Perrine in a Californian court yesterday. It says that demos highlighted at expos including PAX and E3 were not indicative of the final product.
A portion of the suit states:
“Unfortunately for their fans, [the] Defendants never told anyone – consumers, industry critics, reviewers, or reporters – that their ‘actual gameplay’ demonstration advertising campaign bore little resemblane to the retail product that would eventually be sold to a large community of unwitting purchasers.”
According to the suit, press embargoes that were extended up through the same morning of Aliens’ launch kept consumers in the dark about the differences between earlier demos and the final product. The suit was initiated for consumers who pre-ordered the game or purchased the product on its release date.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Virtual Console
Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Sh?jo (Zengo-hen) (Famicom) – 500 yen
Field Combat (Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Virtual Console
Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star, Super Famicom)- 800 yen
Solomon no Kagi (Solomon’s Key, Famicom) – 500 yen
Rockman 3 – Dr. Wily no Saigo!? (Mega Man 3, Famicom) – 500 yen
Video Content
Wii U Virtual Console videos
Famicom Tantei Club Part II video
Field Combat video
Solomon’s Key video
Mega Man 3 video
Kirby Super Star video
The Dasshutsu Game (The Escape Game) video
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
02./00. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
03./04. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
04./00. [PS3] Tomb Raider
05./00. [PS3] Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phonogram #
06./05. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
07./00. [PSV] PhotoKano Kiss
08./00. [PSP] Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Portable #
09./02. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3
10./00. [PS3] Bioshock Infinite
11./03. [PSP] 7th Dragon 2020-II
12./00. [PS3] Mugen Souls Z #
13./00. [360] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
14./00. [3DS] Detective Conan: Marionette Symphony
15./00. [PSV] Meikyuu Cross Blood: Infinity
16./00. [360] Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phonogram #
17./00. [360] Bioshock Infinite
18./00. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki SC Kai HD Edition
19./20. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
20./11. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
A 3DS rating of Dragon Book Fantasy I popped up on the ESRB about a week ago, which seemed to hint that the digital game would be coming to the eShop. This isn’t necessarily so, according to the game’s developer.
Muteki Corporation explained to IGN that the 3DS (and Xbox 360) was included due to an earlier way in which the ESRB handled downloadable ratings.
But while Dragon Book Fantasy I isn’t in development for the 3DS, there’s “a possibility” that the game could eventually make its way to the handheld system.
We’ve had the game rated for a number of platforms based on [an] earlier system of ESRB ratings. It used to be even downloadable games had to pay for ratings, so when we did our initial submission we just checked every box we thought we may want to release on
A release on 3DS is a possibility in the future (though not verified!) – we’ve talked about it but it’s not something actively in development.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 37,536
Vita – 21,399
3DS – 17,897
PS3 – 14,682
Wii U – 8,262
PSP – 7,536
Wii – 1,660
Xbox 360 – 490
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 57,089
3DS – 18,833
Vita – 15,011
PS3 – 13,915
Wii U – 8,798
PSP – 7,816
Wii – 1,379
Xbox 360 – 515
The Famicom possessed an interesting color scheme. These days, we typically don’t see hardware that is covered in red, gold, and white colors.
Masayuki Uemura, a former Nintendo hardware designer, cleared up some misconceptions as to why the color scheme was chosen while speaking with Weekly Playboy:
“Originally, the inexpensive steel body we planned to use was too fragile, so we changed it to a highly durable plastic.”
If you want to play along and discuss during the week, check out our forum thread here. If you missed out on the first week but you still want to participate, you’re looking at a total of about 11 hours of game-time this week to catch up!
Deadline for email submissions this week: May 4th
Since last week we obtained the fourth and fifth Stars (out of seven!) in the game, this week we’re just going to gather up the last of the seven stars! Don’t beat the final boss yet though– we’ll do that last section and a post-mortem on the game next week!
Also, please do not send us emails discussing portions of the game beyond where the book club is. We want to avoid spoilers and we don’t want to feel unable to answer your questions/respond to your comments, so if you’ve gotten ahead of everyone (which is fine!) do your best to only talk about the parts that we’ve all agreed upon. :]
Hit the break for info on how to participate in a discussion, plus other ‘Frequently Asked Questions’!
