Old 3DS retail games, including Super Mario 3D Land and Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, will be making their way to the Japanese eShop.
A new Japanese Nintendo Direct reveals that a total of eight titles will be placed on the store. Mario Tennis Open, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, The 3D Encyclopedia of Flora an Fauna, Star Fox 64 3D, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, and PilotWings Resort arrive on the store on November 1.
All of the titles will cost 4,800 yen – with the exception of Encyclopedia of Flora an Fauna, which is priced at 3,800 yen.
Most of these games should be released on the North American and European eShops as well, but nothing has been confirmed.
Three brand new 3DS XL bundles have been announced for Japan.
Nintendo will release specially-designed hardware for New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Animal Crossing: Jump Out. The Monster Hunter 3 bundle features a new 3DS XL black color variation. Each comes with the respective games included on an SD card.
Prices for all three bundles are as follows:
New Super Mario Bros. 2 bundle – 22,800 yen; out November 15
Animal Crossing: Jump Out bundle – 22,800 yen; out November 8
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – 21,800 yen (standalone black 3DS XL costs 18,900 yen); out November 1
The image you see above comes from one of Nintendo of Europe’s press sites. Three boxarts for Game Boy Advance titles were added in today, sparking speculation that the 3DS Virtual Console could be adding the GBA platform to its library.
This could very well be nothing more than a random update on NoE’s part. On the other hand, there is a Nintendo Direct coming up in a few days…
The latest issue of Famitsu has a few tidbits on Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate in its latest issue. Perhaps the biggest news of all is that the Wii U version will support 1080p.
Information from the magazine includes:
– Supports full HD/1080p
– Supports PCM 5.1ch surround sound
– Can use the 3DS touch screen features through the Wii U GamePad
– Once again, can play with others online
– 3DS players can connect with up to three others locally
– Famitsu reconfirms that you can transfer save data between versions with a free app
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Bravely Default (3DS) – 10/9/9/10
Rocksmith (PS3/360) – 9/9/9/9
F1 2012 (PS3/360) – 8/9/8/9
Project X Zone (3DS) – 8/9/9/8
Tokitowa (PS3) – 9/8/8/7
Hello Kitty To Issho! Block Crash Z (3DS) – 6/6/6/6
Level-5 International America may finally have a game to publish. The company has opened a teaser site for something called “Blackbox”, which, unsurprisingly, features an animation of a rotating box.
There’s nothing on the page beyond that, and the source code doesn’t appear to offer additional clues.
Keep track of the Blackbox page here.
Since early 2009, Nintendo has been running a program in Japan that rewards users who help other owners connect online. Basically, the company was dishing out Wii points based on the amount of users you assisted.
This will be coming to a close next month. Nintendo announced that the program will end on November 30 at 5 PM JST.
