Nintendo has steadily been revealing some new information about ARMS recently, mostly through the game’s official Japanese Twitter account. It’s been interesting stuff like alternate costumes, but nothing too major. Today, however, they revealed an entirely new fighter – Helix. Turns out that the “Lab” stage that has been showcased a lot lately is his “home” stage as Helix seems to be a creation of this lab. His design is inspired by DNA strands (and he is literally called “DNA Man” in the Japanese version). Check out his reveal trailer:
Incidentally, Helix is one of the four characters that were accidentally revealed during the latest Nintendo Direct.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia #
02./00. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax
03./00. [PS4] Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition
04./00. [PSV] Dungeon Travelers 2-2: The Maiden Who Fell into Darkness and the Book of Beginnings #
05./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross
06./02. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
07./04. [NSW] 1-2-Switch
08./00. [PS4] PaRappa the Rapper Remastered
09./00. [NSW] Minna de Wai Wai! Spelunker
10./03. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars
11./05. [PS4] NieR: Automata
12./06. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
13./10. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14./09. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
15./11. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
16./13. [NSW] Super Bomberman R
17./19. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki
18./08. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn #
19./12. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX
20./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
Europe joins the rest of the world with today’s New 2DS XL announcement. The new unit will arrive on July 28, the same day as North America. Europe will have access to the same colors as Japan and Australia / New Zealand as well.
Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find a returning stage, along with some brand new items.
“Impeccable service! Maids and Butlers” is the returning theme. It includes the following:
– Maid’s ruffed lace headband
– Maid cafe outfit
– Sophisticated dress
– Sophisticated suit
– Maid cap
– Classic maid uniform
– Classic butler uniform
– Monocle
– Eyepatch
– Classy butler uniform
– French maid outfit
– Frilled garter + knee-highs
And as far as the new items go, you can nab the following:
– Karate gi
– Numbered crew socks
– Peacock feathers
Australia and New Zealand appear to be getting the New 2DS XL before any other territory. The hardware is launching on June 15, a month prior to North America (July 28) and Japan (July 13).
Like in Japan, Australian and New Zealand consumers will have access to two color options. The black / turquoise and white / orange versions will both be distributed for AU$199.95 each.
We should also note that new games are joining the Nintendo Selects range on the same day. These include Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Luigi’s Mansion 2, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros., and Paper Mario: Sticker Star.
Atlus published another new Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology character trailer today. The latest video shows off characters from Historia along with the new Sub-History scenario. View the trailer below for a look at Lippti, Teo, and Nemesia.
At the end of Nintendo’s financial results briefing today, president Tatsumi Kimishima briefly touched on plans for E3 2017. Kimishima noted that the big N “will not be hosting a large-scale press conference for institutional investors, analysts and the media.” Additionally, “Nintendo of America will present further information on our plans at a later date.”
Nintendo has not hosted a press conference at E3 in several years. The last time was in 2012 – since then we’ve seen various video presentations, although that was ditched entirely last year. The one aspect of Nintendo’s E3 plans that has continued is the Treehouse Live event, which will likely be returning.
This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
The Nintendo 3DS family of systems has spread steadily worldwide, surpassing a total sell-through of 63 million units of hardware. We will continue to work to make sure our business leverages this installed base by providing consumers with software.
With a multitude of titles already released, Nintendo 3DS has a large and fulfilling library. We believe that it is important that we channel these titles in our sales. Trends show that these evergreen titles continue to sell well in the long term, especially overseas. We want to encourage consumers who recently purchased hardware to purchase these
evergreen titles.
