Dragon Quest VIII can now be pre-loaded from the North American 3DS eShop. It’s a meaty game, requiring 24,413 blocks. This amounts to 3051.625 MB (about 3 GB).
Dragon Quest VIII launches on January 20. If you pre-load, you can download most of the data ahead of time. Then when it officially releases on the eShop, you’ll only need a small update to begin playing.
All of the details surrounding the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 are starting to come into form. Within the past couple of days, we’ve heard that the event will be broadcast in Japanese with English voiceover while Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima will be presenting. One of the final remaining uncertainties is how long it’ll be.
Niconico appears to provide an answer. On the live streaming site’s timetable, it shows an estimated length of an hour. That would make sense given how Nintendo’s broadcasts tend not to be overly long. Past E3 presentations usually lasted about an hour, for example. The Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 won’t be an hour on the dot, but you can likely expect it to be finished in roughly that amount of time, going off of Niconico.
Nintendo’s broadcast kicks off at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET on January 12 (4 AM in the UK / 5 AM in Europe on January 13). We’ll have a live stream and blog post on the site before it begins.
A couple of new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
After poking through the contents of the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, fans have come across a hidden message. You can get a look at a special note left behind by the developers below.
The “hanafuda captain” part is a nice reference to Nintendo’s old days, when the company used to produce Hanafuda playing cards. It also appears to indicate that it wasn’t an easy task putting together the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Mario Party 2
2. Mario Kart 64
3. Super Mario Maker
4. Zelda: Majora’s Mask
5. Super Mario 3D World
6. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
7. Super Mario World
8. Mario Party 10
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Super Mario 64
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Pokemon Snap
13. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
14. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
15. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
16. Zelda: Skyward Sword
17. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
18. Super Mario RPG
19. Mario Kart 8
20. DuckTales Remastered
Videos
1. First look at Nintendo’s new home gaming system
2. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
3. Paper Mario: Color Splash – A Splash of Mystery
4. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
5. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Time to Make a Splash
6. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
7. Paper Mario: Color Splash TV Spot
8. Super Mario Maker Key Update Video
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
10. Just Dance 2017 Trailer
11. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
12. Lost Reavers Trailer
13. Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer
14. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
15. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Heroes Showdown Trailer
16. DuckTales Remastered Trailer
17. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
18. Super Mario 64 Trailer
19. Super Play Time – Splatoon – Get Kraken with Pro Tips
20. Super Mario 3D World Accolades Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
A listing on the eShop indicated that Shift DX would finally be launching on January 12 in Europe. Choice Provisions has now officially announced the news, and it also looks like North America is getting the game on the same day.
View a trailer for Shift DX below. You can also learn more about the title with an overview containing a bunch of details.
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share their gaming resolutions for 2017. Check out the full episode below.
The Crunchyroll anime app can be found on practically all major consoles. Of course, Wii U and Wii are included in that.
Crunchyroll has since shared a look at what its users like to watch more on Nintendo systems compared to other consoles. Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! seems to be a hit on Wii U, while Dream Festival! is watched on Wii quite a bit.
Have a look at the full results above.
San-ei Boeki announced a line of All Star plushies, featuring a mix of characters from Mario and Kirby titles such as Rosalina, Hammer Bros, Dry Bones and even Kirby.
The plushies will ship around March 18th, and a deadline for pre-ordering the plushies is set for February 7th. You can order the plushies here, and view pictures of them in the gallery below.
If what is shown in this YouTube video is to be believed, it appears that the NES Classic Edition has been modified in a way to enable it to play a host of other NES titles, such as Dragon Warrior, Duck Tales and more.
YouTuber Arcaderu posted a video of himself scrolling through his list of games available on his NES Classic Edition, claiming that he can choose from 60 games to play on the console as opposed to the 30 that the NES Classic Edition ships with. Arcaderu claims that the console had been soft-modded, and that he did not need to open the case to achieve his results. You can view the video below.
Whatever turns out to be the case here, it would be wise to take this with a grain of salt for now. Arcaderu says he’ll release a video detailing the process of modding the device in the future, so keep an eye out for that if you fancy playing Darkwing Duck on your NES Classic Edition.
