A few days ago, Nintendo announced that Mario Sports Superstars is making its way to North America on March 24. Europe will be getting the game slightly earlier. Today, Nintendo revealed a release date of March 10 for PAL regions.
Take a look at the updated Mario Sports Superstars boxart for Europe above. Just like North America, an amiibo card is included in first-print copies.
Source: Nintendo PR
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Virtual Console
Flying Warriors – $4.99
Kung-Fu Heroes – $4.99
Little Ninja Brothers – $4.99
3DS Download
Candy, Please! – $1.99
Word Search 10K – $7.99
Capcom sent out a wave of details about The Great Ace Attorney 2 today. There are some details about the plot and general setup, though most of the content recaps returning characters and systems. Find the full breakdown below, courtesy of Gematsu’s translation.
Some additional info has come out about Fire Emblem Heroes – from a customer service e-mail, no less. Reddit user SBelmont sent a mail to the Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes customer support, asking about whether or not the game will have one global server and whether or not players will be able to change the language of the in-game text and voices.
According to the response, there will indeed be one global server for all players, so the user base won’t be fragmented and split over multiple servers divided by region or language, as is the case with many mobile games. Players will also have the option to change the language of the in-game text, but aren’t able to change the language of the in-game voices. This was likely done to keep the download size of the game manageable, as audio files are usually quite large.
Fire Emblem Heroes will be released on iOS and Android devices on February 2nd.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be undergoing some maintenance next week. Online play will be unavailable during that period. Below are the exact times:
– 4:50 PM PT (January 31) – 6:30 PM PT (January 31)
– 7:50 PM ET (January 31) – 9:30 PM ET (January 31)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (February 1) – 2:30 AM in the UK (February 1)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (February 1) – 3:30 AM in Europe (February 1)
The Pokemon Company announced today that 5,954 people have been banned from certain online activities in Pokemon Sun & Moon due to having altered save data. The banned players can’t use Game Sync and can’t participate in Rating Battles, Battle Competitions and Global Missions. Affected players will get the error code 090-0212 when they attempt to use any of these features.
The Pokemon Company states it will continue to go after players with edited save data and will issue similar bans to them in the future.
Back in July of last year, indie developer Squad announced that Wii U version of their game Kerbal Space Program would be available “this Winter”. Well, we are now in the middle of that Winter, but the game is nowhere to be seen on Wii U. In fact, it looks like the Wii U version might be cancelled for good. Here’s what Squad’s community manager had to say on their official forums on the topic:
“The industry landscape changed since we made that announcement. Although we were excited to release this port, external factors are forcing us to reevaluate if it is the right move for Kerbal Space Program. It is still to soon to give you a definite decision, so we’ll give you more detailed information in the future.”
Still a fairly vague answer and no definitive confirmation that the Wii U version has been cancelled, but it’s seems fairly likely that that is what’s going to happen eventually. We will keep you updated on the matter – perhaps Squad will do what many other developers have done and shift their focus towards a Switch version of the game instead.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Pokemon Yellow
2. Dragon Quest VIII
3. Pokemon Red
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Pokemon Sun
6. Super Mario Maker for 3DS
7. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
8. Super Mario World
9. Pokemon Blue
10. Mario Kart 7
11. EDGE
12. Pokemon Moon
13. Zelda: A Link to the Past
14. Dragon Ball Fusions
15. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
16. Super Mario Bros.
17. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
18. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
19. Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure
20. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
Videos
1. Switch Concept Trailer
2. Super Mario Odyssey Switch Presentation Trailer
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch Presentation Trailer
4. Switch Playstyles Trailer
5. Switch Parental Controls
6. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Overview Trailer
7. Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017
8. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch Presentation Trailer
9. Splatoon 2 Switch Presentation Trailer
10. Pokemon Sun/Moon Special Demo Version Video
11. Pokemon Sun/Moon – Top 7 Features
12. Arms Switch Presentation Trailer
13. Fire Emblem Direct 1/18/17
14. Pokemon Bank Trailer
15. 1-2-Switch Switch Presentation Trailer
16. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Play everywhere.
17. Dragon Quest VIII Launch Trailer
18. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
19. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
20. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
Capcom published a new video today featuring producer Shintaro Kojima and general deputy manager Satoshi Inoue. The two show the SP mode as well as the flagship monster Barufaruku. Watch the video below.
