North American copies of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE are starting to make their way out to the media. Get a look at the Special Edition below.
Frozen: Olaf’s Quest has started to pop up at retailers with a new Nintendo Selects version. The value line is generally associated with Nintendo-published releases, which is why this is noteworthy. It’s actually the first third-party game to be under the Nintendo Selects name in North America.
Atlus and SEGA will have a shared booth at E3 2016 next week. Between the two companies, eight games will be on display – three of which are due out on Nintendo platforms.
Here’s the full lineup:
7th Dragon III: Code VFD
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X
King of Fighters XIV
Persona 5
Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Yakuza 0
E3 2016 kicks off on June 14. The expo lasts for a few days, ending on June 16.
Starfish has prepared another Kouenji Joshi Soccer 3 video to focus on the game’s story mode. Check it out below.
Last week, Telltale Games announced Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 6. The publisher has now followed up with another trailer – see it below.
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.
Thanks to Brian for the tip.
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.”
