Bandai Namco has published the boxart for the retail game Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. We have it above.
Nintendo will be attending PAX West early next month. Today, the company unveiled its lineup and plans for the show.
Playable games include Dragon Quest VII, Yo-kai Watch 2, and indie games Punch Club, Runbow Pocket, Severed, and World to the West.
Nintendo’s full plans for PAX West 2016 are as follows:
Nindies@Night: For the second year, Nintendo will kick off its PAX West activities with an event at the EMP Museum in Seattle. The event is free and open to the public and will give people a chance to sample both first playable and anticipated video games from our Nindie community. Playable games include Axiom Verge (Thomas Happ Games), Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games), Shantae Half-Genie Hero (WayForward/XSEED), Severed (Drinkbox Studios), World to the West (Rain Games), FAST Racing NEO – NEO Future Pack (Shin’en) and SteamWorld Heist (Image & Form) for the Wii U console, and Runbow Pocket (13AM Games), Punch Club (tiny Build Games), Severed (Drinkbox Studios), Azure Striker GUNVOLT 2 (INTI CREATES), Noitu Love: Devolution (MP2 Games) and Gurumin: A Monsterous Adventure (Mastiff) for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Attendees will also have the chance to snag some giveaways and prizes, while supplies last. Additionally, all attendees will have access to EMP’s Indie Game Revolution exhibit, which includes newly installed titles from the Nintendo independent community. The Nindies@Night event takes place 8 p.m.-midnight on Sept. 1 at the EMP Museum, 325 Fifth Ave. N in Seattle.
As we’ve heard about over the past few weeks, Shin’en is readying new DLC for FAST Racing Neo, which adds new tracks and more. A trailer showing upcoming courses can be found below.
Japanese publication V-Jump stealthily released some new gameplay footage of Pokemon Sun & Moon today. However, it doesn’t show any new Pokemon or battles – instead, it shows a way to earn some money on Alola. The footage shows the male trainer undertaking a part-time job at a beach tossing some stranded Pyukumuku back into the ocean. Pyukumuku, a recently revealed new Pokemon, are slippery, slimy creatures that won’t budge from a spot they’ve taken a liking to, not even to hunt for food. To prevent them from starving, the people of Alola toss them back into the sea.
The gameplay footage shows exactly that – the trainer walks around the beach and interacts with the stranded Pyukumuku, clearing the beach of them. This turns out to be pretty lucrative – the trainer is rewarded with a whopping 20,000 Pokedollars at the end, which is quite a lot, especially early on in the adventure. If this part-time job is repeatable, this could turn out to be a pretty nice way to farm money.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Armikrog – Special launch offer: €8.99/ £7.19 / CHF 12.60 until 30/08/2016, regular price: €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 14.00
PANDA LOVE – €1.49/ £1.39 / CHF 2.10
Wii U Demo
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Wii U DLC
Mighty No. 9 – Retro Hero – €2.99/ £2.39 / CHF 4.20
3DS Download
The Legend of Kusakari – €4.99/ £3.99 / CHF 5.49
Pixel Paint – €3.99/ £3.99 / CHF 5.60
New Nintendo 3DS Download
BlockForm – €4.99/ £4.49 / CHF 7.00
New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
The Legend of The Mystical Ninja (SNES) – Special launch offer: €5.59/ £5.00 / CHF 7.80 until 08/09/2016, regular price: €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20
3DS Demo
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice
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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Nintendo
2. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
5. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
7. Splatoon – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Zelda: Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
10. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
3DS
1. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
4. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
5. Monster Hunter Generations – Capcom
6. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
7. Yo-kai Watch – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Nintendo
9. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
At Gamescom, the ESL hosted Splatoon Showdown, an official eSports tournament. Game producer Hisashi Nogami was in attendance and took on a few interview questions during the event.
Nogami talked about the competitive scene, how Nintendo approached development for Splatoon, and his favorite weapon. You can watch the full interview below.
The full interview with @NintendoUK's Hisashi Nogami at the #Splatoon Showdown!
More on https://t.co/XyiifaGAq8! pic.twitter.com/cArfOm9EES— ESL Splatoon (@ESLSplatoon) August 17, 2016
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Things stay mostly the same, with Dragon Quest XI, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Monster Hunter Stories in the top 10.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between July 28 and August 3.
Update: Here’s a video recording:
#Tokyo2020 already stepping the game up!!! pic.twitter.com/HBbDZCAztS
— . (@lmfaofa) August 22, 2016
The 2016 Olympics have come to an end. To close out the event, a special ceremony was held, and it featured a surprise “appearance” from Nintendo’s most well-known franchise.
A video was shown of Mario as the Olympics finish in Rio, but transitions to the next event to be held in Tokyo four years from now. It even featured Japan’s prime minister wearing Mario’s signature hat. Naturally there was a Warp Pipe as well!
We’ll add in a video when that comes online. For now, view a few screencaps below.
