A number of new 3DS themes arrived in Japan today, including ones based on Yuri on Ice. Check out the full set in the video below.
Just before Fire Emblem Heroes’ launch, Nintendo held a special vote on the game’s website. Fans were tasked with voting on characters they’d like to see in the game. If you participated and logged in as a My Nintendo member, you would be entitled to some free points.
Those points are now starting to go out. Nintendo is sending out emails confirming that 200 Platinum Points are being sent to users’ accounts. If you visit this page, you can verify that they’ve been properly added.
Thanks to Anthony for the tip.
Take-Two is starting off its Switch support with NBA 2K18. However, that seems to be just the start of the company’s overall plans for the platform.
Chatting during its latest financial call, Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick said there are plans to support Switch “long form.” He said:
“We’re excited about Switch we’re supporting Switch with NBA 2K18, we’ve said we’re supporting it long form. We’ve said over and over again that when Nintendo comes to market you never want to count them out. So we’re excited about it, but the only thing we can announce is the basketball title.”
A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:
Pinocchio-P feat.Hatsune Miku (x2) – 200 yen each
sasakure.UK feat.Hatsune Miku (x3) – 200 yen each
Kunio-kun – 100 yen
Trickster – 250 yen
Yuri on Ice (x2) – 200 yen each
NIS America’s press event is starting to look very interesting for Nintendo fans. For one thing, it sounds like a localization of RPG Maker Fes will be announced. On top of that, a new press email from the company teases the release date for its first Switch game – that being Disgaea 5 Complete.
For the first time, NIS America will be streaming its press event. You can watch it here on February 17 at 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET (that’s February 18 at 3 AM in the UK / 4 AM in Europe).
Source: NIS America PR
Nintendo has just sent out its first wave of Japanese commercials for Switch. They feature Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, and Splatoon 2. All of the ads are below.
Nintendo has prepared a new introduction video for Switch on its Japanese YouTube page. We’ve posted it below.
GameStop and Target have both been rumored to be cancelling Switch pre-orders due to allocation issues. GameStop denied this yesterday, and now Target has as well.
Target issued the following statement to GamesIndustry:
“Target has not cancelled any pre-orders for Nintendo Switch due to inventory allocations. Customers who have questions about their Nintendo Switch pre-order should contact Target Guest Relations at 1-800-440-0680.”
