Puyo Puyo Chronicle is in development for 3DS, according to the latest issue of Famitsu. The new game is being made in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle is a puzzle RPG. The RPG mode features Arle as the protagonist, who gets sucked into an alternate world with her partner Carbuncle. In order to return home, they’ll need to work with a mysterious girl named Arie. Characters and fields are all represented in 3D, and fields can be explored freely.

The voice cast includes:

Arle (CV: Mioe Sonozaki)
Carbuncle (CV: Tamaki Nakanishi)
Arie (CV: Honoka Inoue)
Amitie (CV: Shiho Kikuchi)
Ringo (CV: Asami Imai)

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Yesterday, Nintendo of America announced the return of the Splatoon Testfire limited demo. Today, Nintendo announced that the Splatoon Testfire is also coming to Europe. Players can download the free Splatoon demo starting on August 18th. The Testfire period will end on September 1st.

Nintendo of Europe has not announced any further details so far, such as specific times when you will be able to actually play the demo, like in North America. It would be slightly unusual, but it is possible that you will be able to play the Splatoon demo as much as you want from August 18th till September 1st. We will keep you updated.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

PONCHO – €8.99/ £7.99 / CHF 12.60

Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Word Logic by POWGI – €8.99/ £7.99 / CHF 11.99 (free if you own the Nintendo 3DS version)

Citadale – €4.52/ £4.09 / CHF 6.40

Collateral Thinking – €2.99/ £2.69 / CHF 4.20

Wii U Virtual Console

Pokemon Snap (N64) – €9.99/ £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS) – €9.99/ £8.99 / CHF 14.00

3DS Download

Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.00

Word Logic by POWGI – €8.99/ £7.99 / CHF 11.99 (free if you own the Wii U version)

Jump Trials Supreme – €4.99/ £4.19 / CHF 5.39

New Nintendo 3DS Download

Brick Race – €1.49/ £1.39 / CHF 2.10

3DS Demo

Jump Trials Supreme

3DS Video

Inazuma Eleven The Movie – €3.99/ £3.59 / CHF 5.60

3DS Themes

Monster Hunter Generations Hunter’s Journey – €1.99/ £1.79 / CHF 1.95

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Update: A Style Savvy bundle is also on the way. Here’s the packaging for both:

Nintendo of Europe had some news for Yo-Kai Watch fans today: first of all, a Yo-Kai Watch 2DS bundle will be released on October 7th. The bundle contains a blue Nintendo 2DS pre-installed with Yo-Kai Watch.

Also, Nintendo confirmed that both versions of Yo-Kai Watch 2, Fleshy Souls and Bony Spirits will arrive in Europe in Spring 2017. As with the first game, other regions will get to play the game several months earlier, so European Yo-Kai Watch fans will once again need to be patient.

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gamescom 2016 is right around the corner and Nintendo just sent out a press release announcing their full lineup and plans for the show.

The biggest highlight is probably a live gameplay demonstration of Pokemon Sun & Moon by Game Freak’s Shigeki Morimoto. This will only be the second ever live gameplay of Sun & Moon, after its initial demonstration at E3 in June. The gameplay demonstration will be streamed live on Nintendo’s German Twitch channel this Thursday, August 18th, at 17:00 CEST.

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Nintendo is steadily increasing its Nintendo Selects range of products in Europe. Four additional Wii U games will be added to the lineup, meaning they will get a reprint and a permanent discount, starting on September 30th. The four new additions are Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Party 10 and Pikmin 3.

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Thinking about picking up a New Nintendo 3DS XL? Well, if you’re in the PAL region, the selection is about to get bigger: on November 10th (November 11th in Australia) you will be able to buy the New Nintendo 3DS XL in Orange + Black, Pearl White and Pink + White.

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Nintendo just released a new video about the upcoming Paper Mario: Color Splash. It’s the first in a multi-part series about a squad of toads helping Mario in his adventure (and not getting the glory they deserve). Check it out:

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Pokémon Shuffle’s weekly update is bringing back a Mega challenge, featuring Garchomp. It also features several standard battles, including a brand-new stage to catch Typhlosion.

The Mega-Garchomp stage will run until August 23rd. As usual with Mega challenges, only the best players will earn the Mega Stone. Garchompite will go to the top 14,000 players in Europe, 22,000 in North America and 60,000 in Japan. Other prizes are as follows:
-Skill Swapper: Top 1,200 (EU), 1,800 (NA), and 5,000 (JP)
-Mega Speedup: Top 3,500 (EU), 5,300 (NA), and 15,000 (JP)
-Exp. Booster S: Top 3,501-19,000 (EU), 5,301-29,000 (NA), and 15,001-80,000 (JP)
-Attack Power: All players who don’t get the Garchompite
Players who qualify for the Garchompite but already have it will receive a Raise Max Level instead.

The regular challenges are the brand-new Typhlosion, Suicune, Lugia and a Daily Pokemon Challenge, featuring Seviper, Wynaut, Torkoal, Zangoose and Luvdisc switching on a daily basis. The Suicune challenge will run until August 23, while the others will run until the 30th.
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The spiky-faced Deviljho is on display in the latest Monster Hunter Stories video. Check out its ravenous attacks below:

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