At E3, Axiom Verge creator Tom Happ said he was looking into a potential 3DS port. That’s something which still hasn’t been ruled out, but technical challenges could prevent it from happening.
Dan Adelman, who has worked with Happ, was asked by Nintendo World Report for another update on Axiom Verge possibly coming to 3DS at Gamescom last week. Here’s the latest on that front:
“We would love to, but we’re looking into the technical feasibility. Even though the graphics/artstyle is very retro-looking, there’s actually a lot that’s technically going on under the hood. It’s always funny when people look at it and say ‘Oh, you could run that on the NES’, and I laugh because there’s no way you could run that on a NES. It really pushes the Wii U hardware. We’re investigating what it would take to bring it to the 3DS. We probably wouldn’t be able to, if we were able to do it at all, there would have to be some compromises made. We don’t know what those compromises would be, and if it’s not going to be a great experience we don’t want to do it. We’re looking into it now, if I had a magic wand and could make it play perfectly on the 3DS, absolutely we’d love to do it.”
Axiom Verge is coming to Wii U on September 1. According to Happ, it’ll be the game’s best version.
Super Mario 64 DS might be heading to the North American Wii U Virtual Console soon. Over on the ESRB, the game has now received a new rating indicating that it’s on the horizon.
Super Mario 64 DS launched on the European Wii U Virtual Console last December. At this point, a North American release is overdue.
We should be finding out about Nintendo’s Virtual Console plans for the week later today.
Inti Creates held another Japanese stream for Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 today. More footage was shown, and a couple of song previews were shared. Watch the recording below.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 22,437
PS4 – 17,596
Vita – 10,027
New 3DS – 5,400
Wii U – 4,702
PS3 – 1,192
3DS – 835
3DS LL – 135
Xbox One – 52
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 24,382
PS4 – 17,433
Vita – 11,240
Wii U – 5,593
New 3DS – 5,354
PS3 – 1,064
3DS – 931
3DS LL – 225
Xbox One – 56
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS4] Tales of Berseria – 173,537 / NEW
2. [PS3] Tales of Berseria – 76,186 / NEW
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3 – 62,343 / 1,120,378
4. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions – 18,343 / 127,652
5. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X – 16,370 / 144,106
6. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot – 12,365 / 407,297
7. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 9,786 / 91,410
8. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 9,353 / 2,871,259
9. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 8,155 / 223,510
10. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 7,297 / 81,445
11. [PSV] Collar x Malice – 7,271 / NEW
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 6,459 / 854,061
13. [WIU] Splatoon – 5,772 / 1,452,067
14. [PSV] Toukiden 2 – 5,434 / 86,122
15. [PS4] Ratchet & Clank – 5,114 / 32,648
16. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey V – 4,636 / 109,676
17. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu – 4,436 / 24,977
18. [3DS] 12-Sai. Koisuru Diary – 4,099 / 24,459
19. [PS4] Toukiden 2 – 3,756 / 68,275
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection – 3,626 / 81,823
Wii U and 3DS will both be undergoing another round of maintenance today. Online play, rankings, etc. will be impacted by several hours of downtime tonight leading into tomorrow.
Here’s the schedule:
– 6 PM PT (August 24) – 2 AM PT (August 25)
– 9 PM ET (August 24) – 5 AM PT (August 25)
– 12 AM in the UK (August 25) – 10 AM in the UK (August 25)
– 3 AM in Europe (August 25) – 11 AM in Europe (August 25)
Surfin’ Sam – Attack of the Aqualites recently came out on the Wii U eShop. View some footage from the indie game below.
Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:
World End Economica: Episode 1 – 200 yen
Cheerful Story – 200 yen
Secret Cat – 200 yen
96 Cats: Crimson Stain – 200 yen
And here’s a video for the last theme:
Nikkei reports that, in conjunction with East Japan Marketing & Communications, Capcom will be making a game for Nintendo’s handheld in Japan “that draw on players’ train ridership and other data captured from transit smart cards.”
A system is already in place which uses “Sony’s FeliCa contactless smart card technology to read transit card data into the 3DS.” East Japan Railway’s Suica and West Japan Railway’s Icoca are among ten smartcard systems that are compatible. Ridership data such as station entries is mainly used, though personal information is not stored.
Nikkei further reports that “Capcom aims to use transit data to enhance gamers’ experience, for example by rewarding players visiting certain stations with special items.” One social game is already on the way that features over 9,000 stations in Japan.
Update (8/23): Niantic’s site post indicated that the new Pokemon GO update was available yesterday, but it looks like it took a bit longer than expected to fully roll out. It should be fully available on both iOS and Android now.
Original (8/22): A new Pokemon GO update can now be downloaded on all devices. The new version is 0.35.0 for Android and 1.5.0 for iOS.
The big addition this time around is the Pokemon Appraisal. Here’s the lowdown on that:
“Trainers will now be able to learn about a Pokémon’s attack and defense capabilities from their Team Leader (Candela, Blanche or Spark) to determine which of their Pokémon have the most potential for battle.”
Niantic also says there are “Minor bot fixes” with today’s update.
It’s also worth mentioning that the company says it’s “still working hard on several new and exciting features to come in the future”.
A few new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on August 31. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:
Wii U Virtual Console
Star Fox 64 (N64, 1,028 yen)
Trojan (Famicom, 514 yen)
Wii U Download
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – 1,500 yen
Discovery – 500 yen
3DS Download
Eyeresh for Nintendo 3DS – 1,500 yen
Nyannyanto Mori – 500 yen
