The October 2016 report is now fully available, but it’s pretty quiet on the Nintendo front. No Wii U or 3DS titles were among the top ten best-selling games of the month.
On the bright side, the 3DS itself saw another uptick in the United States. Analyst Sam Naji says the handheld saw its fifth straight month of year-on-year growth. Pokemon and Monster Hunter Generations are thought to have been two catalysts.
Naji said:
“The 3DS experienced its fifth straight month of year-on-year growth. Both unit sales and consumer spending for October grew 12 percent as average pricing was flat year on year. It is likely that continued consumer interest in the Pokémon franchise and Monster Hunter: Generations has driven this growth.”
Some more footage of Aqua TV has swam onto YouTube, this time showing off some of the DLC for the game. You can view the footage below.
The newest episode of Play Nintendo is now available on YouTube. The focus of this episode are the new features in Pokemon Sun and Moon, such as riding Pokemon and the new legendaries. You can watch the full video below.
A new blog post on the Runner3 website has given us a glimpse into the retro challenge levels that will be in Runner3. These levels are different in their art style from the primary levels in Runner3, but unlike the retro challenge levels in past runner games the player will have full control over Commander Video.
In past RUNNER games, the Retro Challenges were much more simplified auto-running levels. In RUNNER3, these levels are serious business. Tons of unique enemies, loads of strange obstacles and puzzles and pitfalls, and all sorts of surprises to discover and explore. I’m very certain that you are going to have tons of fun times with this sub-game. But here’s the secret sauce that’s really going to freak out all you CommanderVideo fans: you’re in total control of CV in these levels! That’s right…run, jump….OR EVEN STOP! Writing that sentence even freaked ME out! Where am I?! What world is this that I live in?! What are these fabric tubes my legs are trapped in?!!? (Editor’s Note: Jason, those are your pants.)
If the regular blog updates are anything to go by, Runner3 appears to be making steady progress to its 2017 release date. You can find the entire blog post here.
A release date for the 3DS eShop title Cup Critters has been released for the EU, along with some screenshots. You can view them in the tweet below.
#CUPCRITTERS on European #eShop https://t.co/IIL1SubFLk @rcmadiax @GoNintendoTweet #New3DS #NewNintendo3DS #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/06bnD6E6Rz
— Nintendo Hall (@NintendoHall) November 17, 2016
If you need another look at Super Mario Maker for 3DS, the video below should come in handy. We have another 15 minutes of footage from the portable version.
Excitebike 64 debuted on the North American Wii U Virtual Console today. GameXplain is now sharing some footage, which can be seen below.
Nintendo’s new messenger and doodle 3DS app Swapdoodle is out now. For a look at the download, view the video below.
The latest European episode of The Cat Mario Show has gone live on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. You can watch it below.
Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are starting to launch in regions like Japan and Australia. Because of that, players are beginning to upload their playthroughs online.
A ton of footage can be found in the video below. Also note that we’ll be updating this post with additional gameplay throughout the day.
