The European Super Mario Maker for 3DS boxart is now available. Like Japan, the design is very similar. Check out the image above.
A few hours ago, a Pokemon Sun/Moon soundtrack was announced for Japan. We now have word from The Pokemon Company that the same item will be coming to iTunes in November.
The Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon: Super Music Collection contains all 175 tracks from the two games. Each song has enhanced sound quality.
Songs can either be bought for $0.99 each or $9.99 for the entire album.
Indie developer has announced “Tank it!”, a simulation war game. It’s described as “a realistic and bloody war simulation game designed to show how brutal and dangerous war really is”.
Here’s an overview of the game:
“In Tank it! you command a drone to remotely control a heavy tank. You receive the mission to travel to remote villages, find and destroy the target military camps and eliminate all terrorists. But as in real life, there are many civilians in the villages, as well. The terrorists and civilians alike are at the player’s mercy. It is up to the player alone to decide how to handle this mission.”
Tank it! will be out on Steam this fall, but Bplus will be looking to have it ready on NX next year. View some art below.
Source: Bplus PR
Capcom has the fourth development blog up for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. The new one can be read here.
Today’s piece involves talk about the demo, designer and cultural notes about Rayfa and Nahyuta’s designs, and trivia. You’ll hear from Yoriki Daigo, one of the game’s designers.
Pokemon GO fans found hints of a new buddy system through recent data mining. Today, Niantic officially revealed the feature, which will be called “Buddy Pokemon”.
As Niantic puts it, Buddy Pokemon lets users choose their favorite Pokemon to open it up for in-game rewards and experience. You’ll see the creature walking with your Trainer avatar on your profile screen. Bonuses include Candy for walking together. Of course, you can change your Buddy Pokemon whenever you wish.
View some screenshots of Buddy Pokemon below. You can find Niantic’s full message below, which also teases “a lot more” for the fall.
Nintendo has revealed the European boxart for Mario Sports Superstars. We’ve posted it above.
At Gamescom, Nintendo handed out a couple of exclusive Zelda: Breath of the Wild items. Business partners were given a special pillow and notebook. Both can be seen below.
SEGA’s TGS 2016 site is now open, and it confirms what the publisher will have at the Japanese expo later this month. In terms of Nintendo titles, Puyo Puyo Chronicle will be present with a demo, trailer, stage show, and goods. The general TGS website also indicates that Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice and LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens from partner Warner Bros. Interactive will be appearing.
In Europe yesterday, Nintendo brought Picross 3D to the Wii U Virtual Console. Take a look at several minutes of footage below.
Nintendo earned big exposure during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics last month. Mario appeared in a special video, and Japan’s prime minister even dressed up as the famous character. Mario and other characters had representation in the closing ceremony to ring in the next Olympics Japan will host in 2020.
Japan Today has a follow-up report on Nintendo’s involvement, and shared some interesting information. The site reached out to spokesperson Yasuhiro Minagawa, who said that the company did not need to pay anything for Mario’s inclusion. It merely came about due to Nintendo’s “cooperation”.
“I want to make that clear. We did not pay,” Minagawa stated. “And we are not going to become Olympic sponsors either.”
