This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Titles
Dungeon RPG Pikudan 2 – 500 yen
Hyper Paddle Block Rusher – 500 yen
Virtual Console
Balloon Fight (Famicom) – 500 yen
Yoshi no Tamago (Yoshi’s Egg, Famicom) – 500 yen
Video Content
Dungeon RPG Pikudan 2 trailer
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers trailer
This month’s GamesTM review scores are as follows:
Darksiders 2 – 7
Sleeping Dogs – 8
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 7
Ghost Recon Online – 7
Outernauts – 7
Dyad – 8
Spelunky – 8
Deadlight – 7
Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time – 7
Pokemon Conquest – 8
To the Moon – 9
Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! – 7
Wreckateer – 7
Kingdom Hearts 3D – 7
Tales of Graces F – 6
Thomas Was Alone – 9
The Dark Knight Rises – 3
Party Wave – 6
Wizorb – 5
Planet Crashers – 5
Amazing Alex – 7
Orcs Must Die! 2 – 8
New Super Mario Bros. 2 players have collected over 50 billion coins since launch.
On August 25, the total was at 35 billion. It has since increased 15 billion, pushing the global total to a little over 50 billion.
At this rate, it won’t take long to double that!
Even though The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is nearly a decade old, it still looks beautiful. Now, you might be wondering: how did Nintendo manage to pull everything off?
One fan has come up with a few answers. He’s poured through the game’s innards and, through various images, explained some of the techniques, tools, and tricks used in the game.
Take a look at gallery above for the notes – you may learn something!
Rock Band Blitz comes out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next week. Unfortunately, there isn’t a version planned for Wii.
To make it up to Nintendo fans, Harmonix is preparing a “special release” of Rock Band DLC. The three Rock Band Blitz demo songs will be available as stand alone tracks on Wii.
The following tracks will be available on August 28 for 200 points:
• Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”
• Foo Fighters – “These Days”
• Queen – “Death on Two Legs”
Nintendo has a very good relationship with Namco Bandai. You may not hear about their comradery on a regular basis, but Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada says that the two “have established a very good working relationship” behind-the-scenes.
That’s one factor behind Nintendo’s choice to team up with Namco Bandai for the next Smash Bros., Harada believes. He also thinks that Namco Bandai’s extensive experience with fighting titles contributed to the decision.
“I think Nintendo chose us just because Smash Brothers is a fighting game. We have over 17 years of continuously developing titles in our franchise [Tekken], I think they felt we were a choice for that. Also, we’ve continually developed a very good relationship with Nintendo. Maybe not necessarily in the public spotlight but kind of behind the scenes. We have established a very good working relationship with them. Not just Nintendo, but as a company, we have a very good relationship with Sakurai-san at Sora as well. I think that we are in very good position to make a great game for the Smash Brothers series.”
Amazon has a pretty decent deal running for Resident Evil: Revelations. The game is currently available for $23.95. Considering it’s basically been $40 since launch, this is a nice offer!
If interested, you can order Revelations here.
The European website has opened for Learn With Pokemon: Typing Adventure. Head on over to the page for the usual title information and screenshots.
Access the site here.
