This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4/PSV) – 10/9/9/9
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) – 8/9/8/9
Steep (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/8
Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus (PS4) – 7/7/7/9
Otakara Defender: Pharaoh no Hihou (3DS) – 7/9/8/7
Wild Guns Reloaded (PS4) – 7/7/7/8
Rollercoaster Dreams (PS4) – 7/6/8/7
Drone Fight is being released on the Japanese 3DS eShop tomorrow, and developer Silver Star has just released a trailer for the game. Give it a watch:
There’s currently no word on a Western release.
Super Mario Run is hosting an event based around Friendly Run, which will let players earn Rally Tickets. The event will run until January 11. While this normally is more of a practice mode, participating during the event period will earn Rally Tickets, whether you win or lose. Friendly Run can still only be played a limited number of times a day, and it requires at least one friend on your friend list.
The Wonderful 101’s soundtrack will be leaving distribution by the end of the year, and the game’s director, Hideki Kamiya, has shared his personal picks for favorite tracks from the game. You can read his full thoughts and listen to sections of each song here.
While the full post is worth a read, a few of the highlights:
His final remarks on the End Credits are especially enlightening:
This song was made at the very end of our development cycle (as I’m sure most ending credits songs are), so I remember passing certification and listening to this song while stumbling home, looking at the stars, feeling almost like an empty shell of a person, reflecting on how everything had finally ended.
The latest update to Pokemon Shuffle brings chances for some more rare Pokemon. A new stage has started for Tornadus (Therian Forme), as well as repeat runs for White Kyurem and many Winking Pokemon. The Tornadus and Kyurem stages will run until December 10, while the Winking stage will run until the 3rd, featuring a different Winking Pokemon daily. Today features Charmander, followed by Squirtle (Wednesday), Bulbasaur (Thursday), Jigglypuff (Friday), and Clefairy (Monday).
Also, a competition for Mega Mewtwo X and a stage featuring Salamence will be in next week’s update, so get ready for that!
The Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is less than a month away. One person who we can likely expect to be in attendance is Kenichiro Takaki, the creator of Senran Kagura. Takaki shared a photo on Twitter of an invite he received for the event.
Here’s a look:
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— ?? ??? ©???????? (@kenichiro_taka) December 26, 2016
Takaki’s invitation raises the question as to whether we can expect to hear any news about Senran Kagura on Switch – or maybe he’ll simply be there for the sake of it. We’ll find out when the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is hosted on January 12 (January 13 for folks in Europe and Australia).
The Nintendo Accounts website has been updated with a new page containing a QR code for registered members. By using it, you can “check in at select Nintendo events and locations.”
Now, what’s the purpose of this? “Checking in gives you access to exclusive My Nintendo member benefits that may be available,” Nintendo says. It’s worth noting that benefits will vary, and details will be shared in the future.
You can access your unique QR code here.
Bloomberg reports, based on data from App Annie, that Super Mario Run is no longer the highest-grossing iOS app in any country as of December 24. That’s a big turnaround from the previous week, when it was the most profitable app in 49 territories.
It’s not all bad news for Super Mario Run, however. While it’s dipped from 138 countries on December 17 as the top free download, it remains at that spot in 88 nations.
Super Mario Run features a very different pricing structure from another Nintendo-related mobile title, Pokemon GO. Niantic’s game is entirely free-to-play, though Super Mario Run requires a $10 purchase to experience a majority of the game. Apptopia believes that a lower price point would give Nintendo $50 million in revenue this month as opposed to $30 million as things stand now.
Legna Tactica, which just came out in Japan last week, will be making its way west soon. Nintendo is listing the game on its website, confirming localization from Kemco.
Here’s the official overview:
“In the lands of Feyzum, where the Kingdom of Legna is drawn into the chaos of battle against the Empire of Izmoot, Leck and his friends Miana and Astar are engaged in field training as trainee soldiers. Suddenly, it is decided that they will accompany the Hero of the Kingdom of Legna, General Varrius, and the Azure Hawk Brigade which he leads, on a mission to suppress the bandits. However, they know nothing of the inescapable destiny that awaits them…
Legna Tactica is a full-scale strategy RPG with an orthodox system where players can choose party members to join turn-based tactical battles on isometric grid.
Not only the game features multiple endings based on the player choices during the story, but also titles to achieve and engaging skill tree system to customize characters as you like!
It is time to witness the fate of the lands of Feyzum!”
Legna Tactica doesn’t have a release date in North America or Europe yet. However, it’s likely that Kemco will publish the title in early 2017.
