The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ on Switch has somewhat of a troubled history with regards to its European release, which has suffered several delays. Back in April, publisher Headup Games announced that the game would launch in Europe (and Australia) in Q2 2017 – but since Q2 is ending tomorrow, that clearly isn’t happening. However, it seems like we may finally have a concrete release date now – Just For Games, who are involved with the distribution of the game in Europe, sent out a tweet announcing that manufacturing of the physical version has started and that the game would launch on September 14th.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns has been out in Japan and North America for a while now, whereas European fans are still waiting for the game. They only have to be patient for a little while longer now – Nintendo has announced that Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will launch in Europe on October 13th.
The penultimate blog post from Nintendo counting down to the release of DLC Pack 1 for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now live. This post talks about how Majora’s Mask was added to DLC Pack 1 and what the mask does in game when Link has it equipped.
Hello, I’m Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild.
DLC pack 1, The Master Trials will finally be released tomorrow, and today, I’m going to introduce you the final piece of equipment, Majora’s Mask. (This DLC is available only through the purchase of the Expansion Pass. Full version of the game is required to use this DLC.)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask was originally released for Nintendo 64™, and the remake was released for Nintendo 3DS™. Majora’s Mask is the scary, cursed mask mentioned in the game’s title.
When the development team started discussing including armor items associated with previous The Legend of Zelda games, I was the first one to speak up: “Please add Majora’s Mask!”
Konami issued the newest Super Bomberman R update that, among other things, adds in some characters from its classic franchises. View footage of Pyramid Head, Simon Belmont, and Vic Viper below.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Super Metroid
2. Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Pokemon Yellow
4. Ever Oasis
5. Terraria
6. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
7. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2
8. Super Mario Kart
9. Pokemon Red
10. Dragon Ball Fusions
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
13. Super Mario World
14. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
15. Pokemon Blue
16. BoxBoxBoy!
17. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
18. Tomodachi Life
19. Mario Kart 7
20. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Videos
1. Super Mario Odyssey E3 2017 Trailer
2. Team Kirby Clash Deluxe – Ready for Launch
3. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle E3 2017 Trailer
4. Ever Oasis E3 2017 Trailer
5. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions E3 2017 Trailer
6. Metroid: Samus Returns E3 2017 Trailer
7. Kirby Switch E3 2017 Trailer
8. Bye-Bye BoxBoy! Launch Trailer
9. Sonic Forces E3 2017 Trailer
10. Yoshi Switch E3 2017 Trailer
11. Pokemon Direct 6/6/17
12. Super Mario Maker for 3DS Overview Trailer
13. Pokemon Gold/Silver return on the Virtual Console
14. Just Dance 2018 E3 2017 Trailer
15. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass E3 2017 Trailer
16. Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017
17. Metroid Prime 4 E3 2017 Announcement
18. Zelda: A Link to the Past Trailer
19. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 E3 2017 Trailer
20. Pokemon Sun/Moon Special Demo Version Video
Source: 3DS eShop
The official Namco Museum teaser site open for business today. You can access it here. It currently doesn’t have much, but it does reconfirm the lineup of games included such as Pac-Man Vs. Expect more content on the page in the weeks ahead.
Update: Bumped to the top. All done. Some interesting responses from Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeru Miyamoto, and others. We’ve rounded everything up below.
Original: Nintendo’s 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is currently underway. We’ll be reporting on any news from the event as it happens below, courtesy of NStyles and cvxfreak.
Introduction
– Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales at 2.76 million units on Switch
– Zelda also sold 1.08 million copies on Wii U
– Total sales for Zelda at 3.84 million
– Switch sales at 2.74 million units during the most recent fiscal year
– Mario Maker and Kirby were well-received on 3DS
– Pokemon GO has helped sales of past Pokemon games; hardware sales up outside Japan
– On mobile, Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes well received
– NES/Famicom Mini also did well
– amiibo sales dropped due to lack of new games
– Assets increased by 172 billion yen
– Debt has increased by 82 billion yen, secondary assets up by 90 billion yen
– Nintendo focused on increased the populace’s access to Nintendo IP
– Working on growing game hardware & further establishing smart device biz
– Outside of games, USJ Super Nintendo World and other efforts are being made to increase appeal to past and future Nintendo fans
– 3DS sales surpassed 66 million
– 3DS software sales are on firm ground
– New 2DS XL and new games like Pokemon UltraSM/3rd party titles on the way
– Nintendo will work to continue the smart device games with new apps; Miitomo, Mario Run, FE Heroes released thus far with different concepts
– Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom out in Japan on 10/5, elsewhere in September; designs match what each region got originally
– Nintendo values creativity/originality and will release products that surprise consumers
– Nintendo Dividends: 430 yen/share
– Some talk about election/re-election of board members; Genyo Takeda is not seeking re-election
One of the big feature requests Switch owners have at the moment is the ability to backup and transfer save data. Thankfully, this is something that Nintendo was apparently thinking about before the system even launched.
The full Switch SDK leaked online today. We’re not really going to discuss it much here, but a couple of excerpts from official documents are worth pointing out.
The first concerns a save data transfer feature that will be released in the future:
In the future, we plan to provide a feature to transfer account save data among multiple consoles. As a result, there is the possibility that user accounts with uninitialized account save data will be added. Note that your design must work without issue, even in this case.
Super Bomberman R users can download the game’s latest update. Version 1.4 began distribution tonight.
Tonight’s update is highlighted by the inclusion of new Konami characters – specifically Vic Viper Bomber, Simon Belmont Bomber, and Pyramid Head Bomber. Four new VS stages have also been added to the shop along with two new series of accessories.
Below are the full patch notes:
Update: Patch notes added below. Pikmin racing suit added for Pikmin-themed amiibo, several changes and improvements.
OriginalNintendo just started to distribute a new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. If you have the game, version 1.2.0 is now available.
Nintendo has not yet published the patch notes for today’s update. We’ll add them in here when we have them.
