This week’s Japanese 3DS eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Titles
Toriko Gurume Monsters! DEMO – FREE
Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma Kurakura Sweets Tower DEMO – FREE
Boku wa K?k?kanseikan Airport Hero 3D Narita with ANA DEMO – FREE
Reco Choku (12/3, music service) – FREE
Azito 3D Tokyo – 500 yen
Aero Porter – 800 yen
Shinobi Spirits Sanda J? Y?shiden – 500 yen
Paper Mario: Super Seal (Sticker Star, releases 12/6) – 4,800 yen
Monster Hunter 3 (tri) G (releases 12/6) – 3,400 yen
Dead or Alive Dimensions (releases 12/6) – 5,400 yen
DLC
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Challenge Pack C, Platform Panic Pack) – 200 yen each
Virtual Console
Solomon no Kagi (Solomon’s Key, Famicom) – 500 yen
Video Content
Assassin’s Creed III trailer
Sports Connection
New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC video preview
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney preview video
Nintendo Direct video
Endgame Studios has finally confirmed that Fractured Soul will be arriving on the 3DS eShop next month. It will also launch in Australia and New Zealand on the same day, which is Janaury 10.
According to the studio:
“It’s coming out on January 10. We don’t know the price yet – it’s still in discussion with Nintendo Europe. And of course, the free demo is releasing tomorrow (Dec 6) in the USA – the first world of the game playable for free.”
Breaking news: Satoru Iwata is having a birthday today. Nintendo’s head honcho turned 53 years-old.
Iwata has been a busy man with the recent Nintendo Directs. Here’s hoping he was able to enjoy his birthday!
There are lots of Wii U apps on the way – especially for the Japanese Wii U console. Panorama View, Google Maps, and Nico Nico were previously announced for the system. In addition to these programs, Demae-Can and YNN services will be coming to Wii U in 2013.
The Demae-Can app acts as a TV delivery service. YNN, on the other hand, provides video content including anime, sports, and movies. Neither app can be used without a membership.
Nintendo of Europe has discounted two titles on the 3DS eShop. As part of the “Video Game Hero Sale”, Donkey Kong is now available for 25% off while Donkey Kong Jr. is experiencing a 30% discount.
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
Nintendo eShop on Wii U™
EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 13 – Demo Version – EA SPORTS delivers award-winning game play, including the Player Impact Engine, HD graphics and more than 500 officially licensed clubs. Innovations that use the Wii U GamePad put you on the pitch and in the action. Lift and look through the GamePad touch screen to aim the ball on set pieces and penalty kicks, then put the perfect curve on your shot and let it fly. Plus, connect and interact with friends online by inviting them to play or messaging them in real-time using touch-screen typing. Broadband Internet access is required for online play.
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS™
Scribblenauts™ Unlimited – Venture into a wide-open world where the most powerful tool is your imagination. Help Maxwell solve robust puzzles in seamless, free-roaming levels by summoning any object you can think of. Leverage the StreetPass™ functionality of the Nintendo 3DS system to see the creative solutions to puzzles by players in your area. And for the first time, learn the backstory of Maxwell’s parents, 41 siblings (including his twin sister Lily) and how he got his magical notepad. Scribblenauts Unlimited is also available at retail stores.
Capcom will be re-releasing Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D in Japan on December 13. It’s basically the same as the original version, but this time around, players will be able to start a new game. You may remember that when Mercenaries 3D originally launched, there was quite an uproar regarding the difficulty in deleting save data.
There’s only one other differences in this new version, as far as I can tell – Capcom has removed the Resident Evil: Revelations demo.
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Best Price! will be hitting retail on December 13 for 2,990 yen. A digital version will go up on the 3DS eShop on December 27 for 2,600 yen.
