The standalone release of 3D Puyo Puyo Tsu is now available on the Japanese eShop. View some footage below.
Rumors of Articuno appearing in Pokemon GO sprung up in full force yesterday. Niantic quickly commented on the situation, and indicated that the legendary Pokemon was not official. The company has now followed up by taking action.
In a statement, Niantic noted that “a few Legendary Pokemon got into a few accounts when they shouldn’t have”. It has also “revoked” these creatures from Trainers’ accounts.
The full statement reads:
“We recently noticed that a few Legendary Pokemon got into a few accounts when they shouldn’t have. To preserve the game’s integrity and as a measure of fairness, we have rectified the situation and revoked the legendary Pokemon from the Trainers’ accounts.”
Metroid Prime: Federation Force can now be pre-ordered from the Nintendo UK store. If you do so, you’ll receive the mousepad pictured above. Orders can be placed here.
Dragon Ball: Fusions has now launched in Japan, and Gamer has prepared another batch of screenshots from the game. Check them out below.
When Pokemon GO launched in Japan, it did so by partnering with McDonald’s restaurants across the country. Close to 3,000 locations became either PokeStops or Gyms. Developer Niantic is now looking into additional sponsorships, CEO John Hanke has stated.
Fortune reports that Niantic is in talks “with several companies”. New relationships could be formed similar to the deal with McDonald’s.
During the GamesBeat 2016 conference, Niantic mentioned that paid sponsorships can reduce Niantic’s reliance on in-app purchases by players to generate revenue. “It’s tough to understand where you want to draw the line,” he said. With sponsorships, Niantic felt “we wouldn’t have to cave to that pressure to just dial it up a little more.”
Pokemon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, which previously premiered in Japan, is now heading overseas. It’s been announced that the animated film will be getting the dubbed treatment later this year.
Here’s an overview:
“In this latest cinematic adventure, Ash meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion! They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt minister has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. He plans to use its mysterious power to take control of this mechanical kingdom! Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!”
And a trailer:
In October, Volcanion will be distributed as that month’s Mythical Pokemon distribution. It’s now confirmed that GameStop will provide codes in the United States as well as Italy and Ireland. You’ll be able to redeem the code in Pokemon X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire.
Volcanion will be at level 70 with the ability Water Absorb. It’ll have the following moves: Steam Eruption, Flamethrower, Hydro Pump, and Explosion. The held item is Assault Vest.
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Megaton Musashi, Inazuma Eleven Ares, Lady Layton The Snack World, Monster Hunter Stories (we’ll have a translation soon), Pokemon Sun/Moon, Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: Battle Cube Puzzle, Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Shijou Psi-dai no Psi-nan!?, and Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. Scans of each title can be found below.
Pokemon GO has achieved over $160 million in net revenue across iOS and Android, according to Sensor Tower. It’s also estimated that the app is bringing in several million in net revenue per day, and will increase as more regions receive access.
Niantic put out a new Pokemon GO update recently which had not been well-received. However, Sensor Tower notes that “the average iOS user of Pokemon GO in the United States spent no less time in the app since the update than in the week before it dropped. In fact, average daily usage for the past three days actually increased slightly to about 26 minutes”.
While average daily usage is down a tad as of late, it’s “still very high compared to other top mobile apps and games.” Pokemon GO also stacks up favorably to Facebook. The game is opened roughly six times each day, which is unaffected by the latest update.
