The localization of Bye-Bye BoxBoy! was sort of accidentally revealed last week – today, Nintendo of Europe made it official and announced that Bye-Bye BoxBoy! will be released on the 3DS eShop on March 23rd. Below is the full press release:
9th March, 2017 – In 2015’s BOXBOY!, Qbby arrived on the scene and forced both puzzle and platformer fans to start thinking outside the box. In BOXBOXBOY! the following year, he upped the ante with new powers and more complex puzzles. Now Qbby is back to square up to his biggest challenge yet in BYE-BYE BOXBOY!, which launches on Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS family systems on 23rd March 2017. The perfect introduction to Qbby and his quirky, minimalist world is out today on Nintendo eShop in the form of the BOXBOY! series demo, which lets players tackle a package of levels from both previous titles, in addition to a selection from BYE-BYE BOXBOY!.
Developed by HAL Laboratory, creators of the Kirby series, the BOXBOY! trilogy of puzzle-platformers sees players control Qbby, a simple yet surprisingly expressive square-shaped character, as he makes his way through a multitude of 2D side-scrolling levels. While he may look like a somewhat unassuming hero, Qbby packs a rather special power into that small frame of his – the ability to create a string of boxes out of thin air. By learning to harness that power and use it in a variety of ingenious ways, players will be able to solve the numerous puzzles that lie ahead.
With more than 180 brain-teasing levels to tackle and four planets to explore, BYE-BYE BOXBOY! is Qbby’s biggest adventure yet. On each planet he will encounter a Qbaby – a small lifeform similar in appearance to Qbby himself. These Qbabies are in need of guidance, and by helping them to safety, Qbby will be rewarded with the power to create all-new box-types. Blow walls to smithereens with a bombox, soar into the air with a box rocket, teleport with a warp box or dispatch a remote box to reach far-flung corners, as you grapple with the puzzling new possibilities on offer.
For true brainboxes, Qbby can also tackle five unlockable Challenge Worlds. Each of these imposes its own specific gameplay restriction that changes the rules in new ways. Can players get through a level without throwing boxes, or where falling too far is game over? How about helping Qbby to the goal without the ability to jump?
For the first time in the series, BYE-BYE BOXBOY! also features amiibo functionality. Players can use Kirby Collection amiibo figures to unlock additional costumes and dress Qbby up as Kirby, Meta Knight, Waddle Dee or King Dedede. The Kirby, Meta Knight and King Dedede amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. Collection will also unlock the respective costumes for those characters.
Furthermore, players with save data from BOXBOY! on their Nintendo 3DS system can transfer an additional 10 costumes, and those with save data from BOXBOXBOY! can transfer an additional eight. The costumes from BOXBOY! include the Rabbit, which allows Qbby to jump higher, and the Wizard, which allows him to create an extra box, with a grand total of 37 costumes available. As a special bonus, players with game data from both of the previous titles will unlock both a Qucy costume and the option to play the game in a distinctive visual style reminiscent of the original Game Boy.
Join Qbby as he harnesses the power of special new boxes in his largest adventure yet, when BYE-BYE BOXBOY! comes to Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS family systems on 23rd March 2017, priced at £4.49 / €4.99. A BOXBOY! series demo, containing a selection of levels from BOXBOY!, BOXBOXBOY! and BYE-BYE BOXBOY! is also available for free download from today.
Source: Nintendo PR
Round of the Princes vs Princesses Voting Gauntlet has now finished – and the victors are Chrom, Ephraim, Lucina and Eirika. Ranking rewards for the first round can now be claimed and you get a bonus if the army you supported won. If your army lost, you can now join a different one in round 2. The round 2 matchups are Chrom vs Ephraim and Lucina vs Eirika.
Also, the next Grand Hero Battle will start tomorrow, March 10th. This time, players will face off against Ursula from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. A new summoning focus will also be available for the duration of the Grand Hero Battle.
Fire Emblem Heroes players can collect 5 bonus Orbs as an apology for some minor glitches in Arena Duels. These glitches were players losing bonus score for using specific heroes if they loaded Duel bookmark data and that Defense scores were not being displayed properly. These glitches will be fixed in a future update. The Orbs can be claimed until March 23.
The Switch’s launch seems to be setting records for Nintendo across many regions, as it has had the best launch of any Nintendo hardware in the Australia/New Zealand region. Not only that, but Breath of the Wild managed to sell more copies at launch than Wii Sports, which was a bundle game with the Wii. Breath of the Wild also sold more at launch that any previous Zelda game for the region.
According to a new report from Vandal, Switch is now Spain’s best console launch ever. The PlayStation 4 was the previous record holder, but the torch has been passed to Nintendo’s system having sold 45,000 units in its first three days.
Switch seems to have sold through almost its entire batch of stock in Spain. Roughly 50,000 units were shipped to the country, resulting in a very high sell-through rate. More units should be making their way to out Spain in the weeks ahead.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Pokemon Yellow
2. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
3. Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Pokemon Red
6. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice
8. Zelda: A Link to the Past
9. Super Mario World
10. Pokemon Blue
11. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
12. Mario Kart 7
13. Pokemon Sun
14. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
17. Super Mario Bros.
18. Dragon Ball Fusions
19. Tank Troopers
20. Super Mario Maker for 3DS
Videos
1. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World TV Spot
2. Welcome to Tank Troopers
3. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Overview Trailer
4. Nikki’s Tour of Swapdoodle
5. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
6. Pokemon Sun/Moon – Special Demo Version Video
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
8. Switch Hardware Overview
9. Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns Trailer 1
10. Pokemon Sun/Moon – Top 7 Features
11. Dragon Ball Fusions
12. Switch Parental Controls
13. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
14. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
15. Pokemon Bank Trailer
16. Tank Troopers – Trooper’s Role Call
17. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
18. Splatoon 2 Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
19. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
20. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Play everywhere.
Source: 3DS eShop
Update: Bumped to the top. The same update is out now. For some reason, it’s version 1.0.1 rather than 1.0.2.
Original: A new update is out now for the Switch Parental Controls app, but only on Android as of now. It’s changed to version 1.0.2 on the device. Nintendo says that bug fixes were implemented, and that’s pretty much it.
In making The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi tells The New Yorker that the team had total freedom. He told the publication about how Nintendo approached development:
“They said, ‘Change anything you want.’ So we wrote down all of the stress points, the things that make Zelda games less enjoyable, and we replaced them with new ideas.”
The New Yorker also spoke with technical director Takuhiro Dohta about Breath of the Wild’s chemistry engine. This is built on top of the physics engine, and allows for all sorts of antics like cooking, fire spreading on grass, and much more.
Putting it together wasn’t easy though. “At many times in the process, there were things that just weren’t functioning at all,” Dohta said. “We’d have to remove everything and build back up again.”
NAM-1975 is the newest addition to the lineup of Neo Geo games on Switch through Arcade Archives. Check out some footage below.
Inti Creates was hoping to have Blaster Master Zero’s update ready for the game’s western launch tomorrow, but it’ll take just a bit longer. A tweet sent out earlier today notes that the patch, which adds support for the Switch Pro Controller, will be going live on March 16 instead.
Blaster Master Zero won’t just be on Switch. The 3DS is seeing a simultaneous release as well.
