In just one week from today, Axiom Verge will launch on the Wii U eShop in North America and Europe. We have some screenshots and a fact sheet below.
Next week, Sanuk Games will be bringing Tetraminos to the European Wii U eShop next week. The arcade game will be available on September 1 for €4.99.
We have the following overview:
“The classic arcade game is back in a supercharged version! For beginners or veterans, Tetraminos offers an easy-to-learn, limitless challenge. Give your brain a workout with the 50 Puzzle mode levels, survive as long as possible in Endless mode and rack up the combos and same-colour lines to climb to first place in the online ranking. Challenge your friends in local Versus mode with up to 4 players and sabotage their boards in wild games.”
And a trailer:
Noitu Love: Devolution is now confirmed to be launching on September 15 in North America. Have a look at some new screenshots from the game below plus a fact sheet.
New screenshots of Jotun: Valhalla Edition have arrived along with a fact sheet. Check out the full set of content in the gallery below.
A bunch of screenshots of Severed have come in. We have images on the game on Wii U, as well as a first look at it running on 3DS. Check out the images below along with a fact sheet.
Inti Creates has sent out some new screenshots showing the English version of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. Find them below, along with a fact sheet.
After undergoing maintenance last night, Wii U and 3DS will be affected by more downtime early next week. Both platforms are seeing maintenance for four hours on Monday / Tuesday. Online play, rankings, etc. will be affected.
The schedule is as follows:
– 3 PM PT (August 29) – 7 PM PT (August 29)
– 6 PM ET (August 29) – 10 PM ET (August 29)
– 11 PM in the UK (August 29) – 3 AM in the UK (August 30)
– 12 AM in Europe (August 29) – 4 AM in Europe (August 30)
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Shadow Archer – $2.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Super Mario 64 DS – $7.99
3DS Download
Japanese Rail Sim 3D Monorail Trip to Okinawa – $19.99
Pixel Paint – $3.99
The Legend of Kusakari – $4.99
New 3DS Virtual Console
Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting – $7.99
Street Fighter Alpha 2 – $7.99
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers – $7.99
3DS Demo
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice
eShop Sales
Wii U / 3DS
– Summer Savings – There’s one week left of the Summer Savings event, so don’t miss out. Nintendo fans are invited to celebrate the last days of summer with our Summer Savings event, which offers discounts of up to 30 percent on select games. Shop online at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals or on Nintendo eShop during the sale, which runs through 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1.
– The Delusions of Von Sottendorf and His Square Mind (Nintendo 3DS) and The Rivers of Alice: Extended Version (Wii U) are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 8.
Wii U
– Journey of a Special Average Balloon, The Letter and more games from TreeFall Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 31.
– Kung Fu FIGHT! is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to 99 cents) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 26 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 5.
3DS
– Aqua Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 1
– Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 5.
– Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure is 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 5.
– Toy Defense, Wakedas and more games from Circle Ent. are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 15.
Source: Nintendo PR
Capcom has prepared two more Monster Hunter Stories videos. Both can be found below.
We also have news about a collaboration from the manga Himouto! Umaru-chan. The game will feature a costume for Nabiru, based on Umaru-chan’s hoodie.
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes is in development for 3DS, Konami has revealed. The news was just made during a live stream announcement a few minutes ago.
This is the first ever entry in the Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball series for 3DS. It’s aimed for release this winter in Japan.
We’ll bring you more details when we have them.