We’ll have our full weekly pre-order post this weekend, but there are a few titles that we wanted to make note of early. A trio of games can now be reserved on Amazon: Darksiders Warmastered Edition, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, and SteamWorld Collection. Those who have a Prime membership can save 20 percent on each.
Capcom is kicking off a series of development blogs for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. The first one can be read here.
Today’s piece involves talk about how the story of each episode and the entire experience was put together. The game’s director and and one of the writers discussed the theme as well as the writing process.
Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away from bile duct cancer last July. Yet up until his death, he still continued to be deeply involved with different projects, such as Pokemon GO.
In a new article, Nikkei writes that “[Iwata] continued to work in a hospital room until the last moment, using his favorite PC and exchanging views on ‘Pokemon Go’ with Tsunekazu Ishihara, the Pokemon Company’s president and his close friend.” The site also says that Iwata was “closely involved” with Pokemon GO’s development “from the planning stage.”
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga is now confirmed for the west. During a panel at Otakon today, VIZ Media announced that they’ve licensed it from Himekawa. The first volume will drop in March 2017.
Japan received the first volume of the Twilight Princess manga in June. New issues are still being printed, so the series will be continuing for quite awhile. Eventually, more volumes will likely be released overseas as well.
Update (8/12): This can now be pre-ordered on Play-Asia.
Update (8/8): Bumped to the top. Past the break, you’ll find a list of games that will be featured in the various tracks.
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta are joined by a couple of guests to play Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Check out the full Nintendo Minute below.
Metroid Prime: Federation Force was mainly designed as a single-player experience. But you can acquire a helpful mod along the way, making play easier.
Only in single-player, it’s possible to obtain the Lone Wolf “mod”. This not only doubles the damage dealt, though also halves the damage from enemies. Metroid Prime: Federation Force also lets you fill out your party with flying attack drones. Three can be brought along when playing alone.
Kotaku has also given us a look at two different control configurations in Metroid Prime: Federation Force. The first can only be used by those with a regular 3DS, while the second is another option for New 3DS owners.
Aquamarine has shared more sales data from the July 2016 NPD report. This time around, we have some specifics about software in the United States.
As previously mentioned, Minecraft was one of the top sellers with more than 175,000 copies sold at retail. Monster Hunter Generations, which debuted during the month, sold over 165,000 units. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were also said to be best-sellers, though data is unavailable for each. However, the two Pokemon titles were apparently right behind Monster Hunter Generations.
Finally, we do know that a couple of Nintendo-published titles sold less than 50,000 copies in their second months. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE sold much less than 35,000 units. Kirby: Planet Robobot also lacked strong sales in its second month, having sold less than 50,000 copies.
A new trailer has just been released for Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition. You can view the trailer below.
Nintendo has posted a video on their Facebook page giving another chance to see what the Temple of Time will look like in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. You can view the video below.
Thanks to Zade for the tip.
