London, United Kingdom —September 1, 2016— The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo unveiled details about a unique Munchlax that evolves into Pulverizing Snorlax for those who purchase Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon by Wednesday, January 11, 2017. A new regional variant Pokémon, Alolan Rattata, was also unveiled for the video games launching on November 23, 2016, exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS family systems.
Munchlax and Snorlax
The early purchase bonus Munchlax, which must be received via players’ Internet connection by January 11, 2017, is holding a special item called Snorlium Z. By evolving Munchlax into Snorlax and having it hold the Snorlium Z, Snorlax becomes able to use a special Z-Move that cannot be used by any other Pokémon—Pulverizing Pancake.
Update: In Europe, Picross 3D: Round 2 is out in December both physically and digitally. The previous game also comes to the Wii U Virtual Console today in Europe.
Nintendo is finally launching Picross 3D: Round 2 in the west. Additionally, a demo is planned. Picross 3D: Round 2 launches today in the eShop in North America.
Nintendo has revealed a new set of amiibo due out later this year. Get a look at the various figures above.
A free update to #ACNL will add #amiibo figure & card support! Additionally, a new wave of 50 Animal Crossing amiibo cards will arrive 12/2.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 1, 2016
Two new Pokemon Sun/Moon 2DS bundles will be released in Europe later this year. In today’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that they’ll launch alongside the two games.
Super Mario Maker is heading to 3DS, Nintendo has announced. The game will be released on December 2.
Here’s what we know thus far:
– Can play Wii U courses, although not all aspects will be
– Mystery Mushroom costumes will still be Wii U exclusive
– Courses are shared from 3DS by local download and StreetPass