Yesterday, a retailer in Scandinavia claimed that production for the NES Classic Edition (otherwise known as the NES Mini) would soon be ending. That prompted some concerns about the hardware’s status worldwide.
Thankfully, Nintendo of Europe has followed up with a quick comment and has clarified the situation. “Production for the Nintendo Classic Mini: NES continues, and NOE [Nintendo of Europe] will continue to ship units to retail on a regular basis,” a Nintendo UK representative told TechRadar.
Nintendo’s comment should put worries about the NES Classic Edition leaving the market to rest.
DLC is coming to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has revealed.
An Expansion Pass will be offered for the game at launch for $19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99. You’ll then receive three new treasure chests that can be found at the Great Plateau. One contains a shirt with a Switch logo that Link can wear, exclusive to the Expansion Pass. Nintendo says that “The other two will deliver useful items.”
Some more details on Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers have emerged via Famitsu. In addition to some of the things we learned from the game’s box art, we now also know that you can customize your fighters in a variety of ways: you will be able to change their color palettes and play online using your unique-looking characters. Fighters will also gain experience and grow stronger as you progress through the game; it’s not known yet if this will only apply to singleplayer modes or if you will be able to use your powered-up fighters in online matches as well.
As for the new first-person mode we recently touched on, Capcom does indeed confirm that you play as Ryu and perform moves including Hadokens, Shoryukens, and Tatsumaki Senpukyakus. You’ll need to take down the Shadaloo Soldiers that appear on screen. Executing a Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is done based on hand positioning and movement speed of your arms.
Unsurprisingly, the game will also feature a Practice Mode where you can, well, practice your moves, combos and so on.
Finally, according to Capcom, development on the game is 50% complete – this likely means that the release of the game is still a ways off.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
- Dragon Sinker (3DS) – 8/7/8/7
- Island (PS Vita) – 8/8/8/8
- NieR: Automata (PS4) – 10/10/9/10
- Plantera Garden Life (Wii U) – 7/8/8/7
- Plantera Garden Life (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
- Ride 2 (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
- Super Robot Wars V (PS4) – 9/8/8/9
- Super Robot Wars V (PS Vita) – 9/8/8/9
- Timepiece Ensemble (PS Vita) – 7/7/6/6
- The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 (PS4) – 8/8/8/9
- Yoiyami Dreamer (PS4) – 7/8/8/8
French outlet Melty recently had the chance to interview Yoshiaki Koizumi and Shinya Takahashi, who provided them with quite a few new details on the Switch.
First of all, while we already knew for a while that the Switch uses Bluetooth in some way, Koizumi now confirmed that the Switch is compatible with Bluetooth headsets – and that’s not all, as they (and regular wired headsets) can be used even when the Switch is in docked mode.
Pokémon Shuffle’s latest update adds new main stages to the game, as well as the usual special stages. Starting with Stage 531, players will be able to take on new challenges.
The special stages have also updated. Up first is the latest Mega Challenge, running until February 21. Players will face off against Mega Gardevoir for a chance to win Gardevoirite. The prizes are as follows:
Gardevoirite, 5 Raise Max Level, 5 Mega Speedup: Top 200 EU/300 NA Gardevoirite, 4 Raise Max Level, 4 Mega Speedup: Top 500 EU/700 NA Gardevoirite, 3 Raise Max Level, 3 Mega Speedup: Top 1,000 EU/1,500 NA Gardevoirite, 2 Raise Max Level, 2 Mega Speedup: Top 2,000 EU/3,000 NA Gardevoirite, 1 Raise Max Level, 1 Mega Speedup: Top 4,000 EU/6,000 NA Gardevoirite, 1 Mega Speedup, 1 Skill Booster M: Top 6,000 EU/9,000 NA Gardevoirite, 1 Disruption Delay, 1 Exp. Booster L: Top 9,000 EU/13,000 NA Gardevoirite, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 12,000 EU/18,000 NA 1 Attack Power, 1 Disruption Delay: Top 16,000 EU/24,000 NA 1 Attack Power: All other players
The other stages are a Cobalion event (running until February 21), a Volcanion Escalation battle, Smiling Pikachu, and a safari (each running until February 28). The safari will feature Sandshrew, Sandslash, Barboach, Whiscash, Zigzagoon, Linoone, and Shiny Rayquaza.
Koei Tecmo has released a new trailer for Attack on Titan: Escape From Certain Death. The game is due for 3DS in Japan on March 30. Check out the trailer below:
Nicalis technically hasn’t announced Cave Story for Switch, but it’s pretty much safe to say that it’s happening. And judging by a new tweet from the company, a physical version could be on the way.
Nicalis tweeted a few minutes ago:
What if #CaveStory had a physical release on #NintendoSwitch? pic.twitter.com/VTFmm4QNV3
— Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) February 14, 2017
Nicalis already has two retail releases on the way to Switch in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ and Redout. It’s likely that Cave Story will be joining the lineup.
A couple of weeks ago, Nintendo made a few announcements about 3DS. This included two additions to the Nintendo Selects line: Kirby Triple Deluxe and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
Nintendo never actually gave a concrete date for the new Nintendo Selects, only opting for a vague “mid-February” timeframe. That being said, retailers are now selling both games. Best Buy and GameStop may have had them as early as last week, but we can confirm that Amazon only began selling them directly today.
The Nintendo Selects versions of Kirby Triple Deluxe and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team can be found at the links below:
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
The fourth Pokemon Global Mission for Pokemon Sun/Moon has been announced. When it begins on February 28, players will be asked to earn Battle Points from the Battle Tree.
Also, as previously mentioned, the third Pokemon Global Mission ended successfully. The final count for trades made at the Pokemon Global Trade Station came in at over 4.1 million, meaning 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC if the game is connected to the Global Link, will be handed out. The Friend Ball and Rare Candy event distribution is planned for later this month and will be given through Serial Code on the Global Link.
