Bandai Namco has a second commercial up for Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax on its YouTube page. The brief advert promoting the Japanese 3DS game is below.
Nintendo is bringing back the Loads of Coins event. Starting today, those who win a Toad Rally will receive 1.5 times as many coins as usual. This will last until March 22.
Fire Emblem Heroes has received a new update, but don’t expect any major content. Nintendo pushed out version 1.1.1 on both iOS and Android today. According to the patch notes, the update implements bug fixes.
Teslagrad developer Rain Games has almost finished up its new game World to the West. Today, it was announced that the game is coming to Wii U as originally promised on May 5. It’ll cost $29.99 / €29.99. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Chinese, Dutch, Arab and Polish are all supported.
Here’s an overview:
“World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that conquered the hearts of many puzzle-lovers three years ago. A 3D action adventure with a cartoony art style, inspired by those light-hearted RPGs from our past that made us face the challenges with a smile. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy. You’ll join four characters in this journey: Lumina the Teslamancer, Knaus the underdog, Miss Teri the treasure hunter and the gloriously mustachioed strongman, Lord Clonington, each one with their own storyline and abilities.”
And a trailer:
World to the West will be at EGX Rezzed, London, between March 30 and April 1.
Source: Rain Games PR
FuRyu prepared a new video for The Alliance Alive, its upcoming RPG for 3DS. View it below for a look at the game’s battle system.
Tomorrow is MAR10 Day, and Nintendo is celebrating the event in various ways.
First, Nintendo is teaming up with Starlight Children’s Foundation. Here’s what you can expect from that:
“To kick off the celebration, Nintendo is working with Starlight Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brightens the lives of seriously ill children by providing hospitalized kids with entertainment, education and innovative technology. Nintendo will be providing new designs for the foundation’s Starlight Brave Gowns, which help sick kids feel like superstars by replacing unattractive, uncomfortable and embarrassing hospital garments with comfortable and brightly colored gowns. Featuring characters from the Mushroom Kingdom, these new Starlight Brave Gowns include colorful depictions of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong and Yoshi. Additionally, Nintendo will provide a donation to Starlight Children’s Foundation to help create 2,000 gowns for this fun and colorful program.”
Next in the long, long line of Monster Hunter collaborations is Hunter x Hunter. Specifically, V-Jump magazine has revealed that Monster Hunter XX will get a collaboration with the popular manga/anime Hunter x Hunter. This consists of four special pieces of equipment: Gon’s head, Gon’s shirt, Gon’s arms and Gon’s legs.
What the equipment looks like is actually a major spoiler for Hunter x Hunter, so we’ve put the image past the break.
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.
