Nintendo just went live with a new commercial to promote Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, launching in April. See it for yourself below.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Swapfire
3. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Zelda: Majora’s Mask
5. Mario Party 2
6. Super Mario 64
7. Super Mario World
8. Mario Kart 64
9. Zelda: Skyward Sword
10. The Legend of Zelda
11. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12. Super Mario 3D World
13. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
14. Zelda: A Link to the Past
15. Brain Age
16. Super Mario Bros. 3
17. Mario Party 10
18. Super Mario Bros.
19. Bomberman 64
20. Pokemon Snap
Videos
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
2. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Life in the Ruins
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Accolades Trailer
4. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
5. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
6. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
8. Splatoon 2 Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
9. Super Mario Maker Key Update Video
10. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
11. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
12. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
13. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
14. Mario Kart 8 New amiibo Racing Suits Trailer
15. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
16. Super Play Time – Splatoon – Get Kraken with Pro Tips
17. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario Maker SUP-tember Fav levels 1
18. Nintendo Minute – Super Mario Maker with SethBling
19. Arms Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
20. Nintendo Minute – Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 First Look
Source: Wii U eShop
This week’s Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s episode, Kit and Krysta celebrate their 200th video. View it in full below.
Pokemon GO wrapped up its Water Festival a couple of days ago. During the week-long event, players collectively caught over 589 million Magikarp, Niantic announced.
The Water Festival made it more likely to encounter Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile, and their Evolutions. Magikarp, along with its next form Gyarados, were the first ever Shiny Pokemon introduced in Pokemon GO this month.
Soichiro Morizumi is no longer with Monolith Soft. Morizumi, who directed both Project X Zone games on 3DS, confirmed the news about his resignation on Twitter.
Gematsu has the following translation of his tweets:
“I have resigned from Monolith Soft as of today, March 31. Thank you so much for looking after me for 14 years! I have been able to successfully complete games from Namco x Capcom to Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED to Project X Zone. I’m very grateful to have worked with all of the companies involved. I’m planning to remain in the games industry, so let’s meet again in the next game… someday.”
“And by the way, it was an amicable resignation. As for how amicable, it was as amicable as when I resigned from Banpresto lol. Since I was at Banpresto for seven years, and Monolith Soft for 14 years, is this some sort of cause and effect? If my next one is 21 years, I’ll be of exact retirement age (65 years old).”
Soichiro Morizumi’s work at Bandai Namco was primarily limited to Bandai Namco games. Aside from the Project X Zone series, he contributed to Namco x Capcom and the Super Robot titles as mentioned in his tweets.
Thanks to StreetPass Germany, we have an early look at LEGO City Undercover on Switch ahead of next week’s launch. Watch 27 minutes of footage below.
If you’ve played Donkey Kong 64, chances are you’re familiar with the DK Rap. Even those who have heard about the game in passing may be aware of the famous song, as it’s only gained in popularity over the years.
Grant Kirkhope, the creator of the DK Rap, is one of the composers working on Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee. The 3D platformer is taking inspiration from many N64 games such as Banjo-Kazooie. The influences don’t stop there though, as it appears Kirkhope is preparing a new take on the DK Rap as a tie-in for Yooka-Laylee.
Playtonic put out the following video on YouTube earlier today:
Koei-Tecmo is using the airing of the anime’s second season as an opportunity to promote the new Attack on Titan game for 3DS, subtitled as Escape from Certain Death.
That’s why we have a bunch of new screenshots and video clips that show the characters featured in Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death and some of the mechanics that players will have to know in order to use.
Check everything out after the jump:
Nintendo World Report has a new comparison up showing how the loading times in LEGO City Undercover differ on Switch and Wii U. It’s quicker on Switch for sure, but perhaps not as much as originally expected.
You can watch the preliminary comparison below. If a patch comes out next week, it could improve loading further – but it’s unclear if that will actually happen.
Earlier this week, Nintendo had a bit of fun with real life farmers by taking on a new challenge with 1-2-Switch’s Milk mini-game. PETA saw this, and has now written a bizarre letter of its own to the big N.
The animal rights organization believes that 1-2-Switch isn’t being realistic in terms of how it portrays cow milking, calling it “far from reality” as the real act may sometimes be more violent. PETA thinks Nintendo should make the experience more authentic and even asks for certain sounds to be added in. If that isn’t possible, the letter suggests that Nintendo should “switch to simulating activities in which no animals suffer.”
Here’s the full letter:
