SEGA hasn’t had much to say about Project Sonic 2017 since the original announcement last July, but we are finally receiving an update soon. A Sonic panel will be hosted at SXSW 2017 next month, and a “new reveal” is planned for the game as well as Sonic Mania. An “exclusive behind-the-scenes look” is promised for both titles.
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka will be on hand for the panel along with SEGA’s Aaron Webber and Mike Pollock plus voice actor Roger Craig Smith. Surprises are also teased.
The Sonic SXSW 2017 panel will be hosted on March 16 for about an hour beginning at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM (March 17) in Europe.
A panel for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be held at GDC 2017, Nintendo announced today. Game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, art director Satoru Takizawa, and technical director Takuhiro Dohta will be on hand for the panel, named “Change and Constant – Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”. The event “will provide an in-depth look at how these convention-breaking changes were implemented.”
Nintendo will host the panel between 11 AM to 12:30 PM local time on March 1 at the Moscone Center. It doesn’t sound like a live stream will be offered, but it will be shown on the GDC Vault site the following week.
Source: Nintendo PR
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
I C REDD – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10
3DS Retail
Dragon Ball Fusions (available February 17th) – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF 51.90
3DS Download
Tank Troopers – €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20
3DS Themes
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: The Open World – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: A New Adventure – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
6. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
7. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Nintendo
8. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
9. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
10. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
4. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
A new special map, Part 2: Launch Celebration, is available for Fire Emblem Heroes. The map has a normal and hard versions, each of which will earn you 3 orbs for beating the first time. The map will be available until March 14.
Nintendo has shared a video of the Baseball minigame from 1-2 Switch, which was not featured in the last round of videos. The game involves one player choosing how to throw the ball, while the other player must time a bat swing for how they think the ball was thrown. Watch it below:
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Konami has released the opening cinematic for Super Bomberman R. It shows the frustration that Bomberman is having with his many siblings, as well as the sinister plans of the Emperor Bugler and the return of the Dastardly Bombers. Watch it below:
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch moves up several spots while a number of new Switch games also appear for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 26 and February 1.
