A bunch of SEGA 3D Classics have been discounted on the North American 3DS eShop. After starting out at $5.99, these games can now be had for only $3.99:
– 3D Super Hang-On
– 3D Space Harrier
– 3D Ecco the Dolphin
– 3D Streets of Rage
– 3D Streets of Rage 2
– 3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
– 3D After Burner II
– 3D Out Run
– 3D Gunstar Heroes
The new sale will last until June 20.
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Nintendo’s published a new commercial for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Wii U. You can take a look at it below.
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 will be available on Wii U this week. Check out a trailer for the game below.
Another round of Wii U and 3DS maintenance has been scheduled for this week. Certain network services will be affected, such as online play and rankings.
The latest maintenance will take place at the following times:
– 5 PM PT (Wednesday) – 9 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 8 PM ET (Wednesday) – 12 AM ET (Thursday)
– 1 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 5 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 2 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 6 AM in Europe (Thursday)
It’s been known that Playtonic is working with Team17 on Yooka-Laylee. The latter company will publish the game, but it’s now been revealed that they’re also working on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions. That means Playtonic is able to concentrate on Yooka-Laylee for Wii U and PC.
MCV asked Playtonic about why the studio is working on the Wii U version internally over other platforms. In response, writer Andy Robinson said:
We naturally have so many backers who opted for Wii U. Because of the size of the team, we couldn’t take on all the consoles. You can imagine from a developer stand-point, that porting from PC to PS4 and Xbox One is slightly more straightforward than porting to Wii U. I also think it feels right playing it on a Nintendo system to some people. But the other versions will be fantastic as well.
Technical art director Mark Stevenson also noted:
“We wanted to make sure that Wii U gets the right attention. There is a lot of nostalgia around Banjo, Banjo heralds from Rare’s Nintendo’s days, and we are all massive Nintendo fans as well.”
The trailers continue for Kirby: Planet Robobot. Today, Nintendo of Europe prepared a new video showcasing the Team Kirby Clash and Kirby 3D Rumble mini-games. View it below.
Following today’s trailer, several outlets are starting to post new gameplay videos. We’ll be rounding those up below.
Playtonic and Team17 have released several new screenshots and art from Yooka-Laylee. Find them in the gallery below.
Playtonic has come out with the very first trailer for Yooka-Laylee, which you can watch below. The video confirms a new launch timing of Q1 2017. The game was originally planned for release this October.
Playtonic shared the following regarding the delay:
While we felt confident we could ship the game in October as originally projected in our Kickstarter, the Playtonic team has decided that it would prefer to add a few extra months’ polish to the game schedule.
Ultimately, this will allow us to deliver a better game to the tens-of-thousands of you who’ve supported us throughout development. And that’s what we all want, right?
We’re sure some will be disappointed by the prospect of a few extra months’ wait, however the team is confident that we’ve made the right decision for the game and that you’ll be pleased with the results when Yooka-Laylee arrives early next year.
