Last week, reports began to emerge of GameStop putting up new Switch advertising. Another retailer in the United States is now joining in on the fun as well. Over at Target, Switch promotional signs are appearing. You may begin to see images like the ones pictured above when you visit your local store soon.
Laura Kale Dale has another Switch rumor to share ahead of next week’s big unveiling event. According to a newly-published tweet from her personal account, Mother 3 is planned as a Virtual Console release on the new console in Q2 2017. It’ll apparently be announced on January 12 when Nintendo will be having its information blowout on Switch.
We first heard about rumors concerning potential localization of Mother 3 last February. It was assumed that Nintendo was preparing the game for the Wii U Virtual Console, though nothing ever materialized. With Wii U nearing its end at the time, perhaps it was decided to save Mother 3 for Switch. Or perhaps Nintendo always intended to get the title ready for the new system. Hopefully we’ll find out what’s going on towards the end of next week.
Circle Entertainment released over 50 titles last year. In 2017, the company is looking to cut back a bit. Circle is looking to prepare 30 new games, which will be of higher quality.
One title we can likely expect to see is Sabaku no Nezumidan. That one was published in Japan last September, and comes from Arc System Works.
Technically, we have released 50+ titles at 2016. This year we targeting 30 titles, better and deeply gameplay content. We want quality! pic.twitter.com/wHV4g1YaO5
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) January 1, 2017
The trailer for Sabaku no Nezumidan below should give you a good idea about the gameplay:
Last year, MP2 Games worked to bring Noitu Love: Devolution to Wii U and 3DS. The developer has since confirmed that a new port is planned for Nintendo platforms. Specifically, an unnamed game will be heading to 3DS sometime this year.
Developer Mathias Kærlev teased on Twitter this past weekend:
Happy New Years!! In 2017, you will see our ports for
* Iconoclasts
* Heart Forth, Alicia
* Freedom Planet (PS4)
* A 3DS game
* Others? 😎— Mathias Kærlev (@matpow2) December 31, 2016
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
CUP CRITTERS – €1.49
Spheroids – €7.99
3DS Download
Quiet, Please! – €3.49
3DS DLC
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Lore 3: Tokyo and Mikado History – Free
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Level Cap Unlock – Free
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – A Godslayer Needs Items – €3.49
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Depths of Twisted Tokyo – €1.49
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Messiahs in the Diamond Realm – €3.99
3DS Themes
Monster Hunter Generations The Fated Four – €1.99
Game Informer caught up with developers from all around the world to find out which five titles were the best in 2016. Pokemon GO was a popular choice, as it was included in lists by creators such as Kazuyuki Hoshino from SEGA and Hajime Tabata from Square Enix. There were other Nintendo picks as well including Super Mario Run by Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann and Pokemon Sun/Moon by Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono.
The Nintendo-related choices and comments are posted below. The rest are located on Game Informer here.
A new set of Pokemon Sun/Moon figures are coming from Takara Tomy Arts. These are based on Alola Forms, including some of the first merchandise for Exeggutor and Dugtrio.
The full set is as follows:
37mm Alolan Raichu
33mm Alolan Vulpix
47mm Alolan Ninetales
34mm Alolan Dugtrio
40mm Alolan Marowak
100mm Alolan Exeggutor
All of these figures arrive in Japan in April. Each one will be priced at 300 yen.
Europe added in some new My Nintendo rewards yesterday, and the same has now been done in North America as well. A few new discounts are now up on the site.
The lineup is as follows:
Wii U
15% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 450 Platinum Points
20% discount on Kirby’s Epic Yarn – 400 Platinum Points
30% discount on Yoshi – 20 Gold Points
3DS
30% discount on Dedede’s Drum Dash – 20 Gold Points
30% discount on Yoshi – 20 Gold Points
All of these rewards will be available until April 2. You can check them out on My Nintendo here.
This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:
The Last Guardian – 9
Final Fantasy XV – 7
Dead Rising 4 – 6
Steep – 7
Let it Die – 7
I Expect You to Die – 7
Superhot VR – 8
Super Mario Run – 7
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest XI and Monster Hunter XX swap positions while Zelda: Breath of the Wild moves up a spot.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 15 and December 21.
