Some concerns are being raised regarding the overseas release of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. Amazon UK is cancelling pre-orders that had been previously been placed. In an email to customers, the retailer states: “Our supplier has informed us that this item is no longer available.”
Over on Amazon US, the listing for Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia has been pulled. However, it’s still up on Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, and Amazon France.
The Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia is supposedly planned for June 15 outside of Japan. We should be finding out pretty soon if that date is still on track.
Thanks to Stuart S for the tip.
This week, Nintendo has been hosting special Switch events at stores in Japan. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, along with the upcoming ARMS, have both been playable.
Nintendo also had the Neon Yellow-Joy Con (launching with ARMS) on display. Reader iYakku was kind enough to snap some photos and share them with us – see them below.
Beginning last week, Nintendo has been holding a special Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Release Event in Super Mario Run. Players have been tasked with playing Toad Rally a certain number of times in order to unlock special statues.
The deadline was May 11, yet all goals have been reached several days in advance. The full lineup of rewards are as follows:
– 10 million plays: Banana Statue
– 20 million plays: Banana Statue
– 30 million plays: Blooper Statue
– 40 million plays: Mario Kart Statue
– 50 million plays: Switch Statue
Nintendo will be distributing theses rewards beginning on May 12.
This month’s issue of EDGE contains a number of comments from Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami. Nogami touched on the success of the first game, why Nintendo has been select in not revealing too much about this title, and the new Salmon Run mode. Read up on Nogami’s comments below.
Graphite Lab’s last update on the Wii U version of Hive Jump was at the end of 2016. The team mentioned that the game would be ready by early next year. We’re almost halfway into 2017, but the Wii U version still isn’t finished.
The good news is that Graphite Lab is still hard at work on finishing up its project for Nintendo’s older console. Right now several issues are being cleared up. Once that’s done, it can hopefully be resubmitted to Nintendo and approved for release.
Graphic Lab shared the following regarding the status of Hive Jump on Wii U:
Accomplished video game composer Alexander Brandon has revealed that he’s working at Retro Studios. Brandon wouldn’t say what he’s involved with, but did mention that “the work is incredibly exciting and the team is awesome”.
Brandon has contributed to a variety of franchises and individual games. He previously worked on the Deus Ex and unreal series as well as Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Thief: Dark Shadows, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Alpha Protocol, and Torment: Tides of Numenera.
Here’s Brandon’s Facebook message:
In Australia and New Zealand, the New 2DS XL launches in these two territories before any other region. Believe it or not, it’s less than two weeks away as it’s penciled in for June 15.
To promote the New 2DS XL, Nintendo AUNZ put up a new video on Twitter introducing the system. You can view it below.
Here at Nintendo AUNZ, we couldn’t wait to introduce you to the newly-announced New Nintendo 2DS XL… pic.twitter.com/QXFWcGVvcb
— Nintendo AU NZ (@NintendoAUNZ) May 5, 2017
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
The Nintendo UK store is offering a new pre-order bonus Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. If you reserve the game, you’ll receive the t-shirt pictured above. Pre-orders can be placed here.
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment has now been dated for PAL regions on Wii U. It’s set to launch on May 11 in both Europe and Australia. The 3DS version is still without a date, but it shouldn’t be too far behind.
For those in North America, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is already out now on Wii U and 3DS. The Switch version is also available worldwide.
Those who intend to pick up the digital version of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia may want to take advantage of pre-loading. In North America, you can do so right now.
Pre-loading lets you purchase the game ahead of time and download most of its data. Then upon release, you’ll only need a small update to begin playing. Nintendo will publish Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia at 12 AM ET on May 19 (9 PM PT on May 18).
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia takes up 12,826 blocks of space, or 1.57 GB.
