The Animal Crossing UK Twitter account announced today that a total 1 million packs of the Animal Crossing amiibo cards have been sold in Europe. In Europe, each pack contains only three cards, meaning 3 million individual cards have been sold. At Nintendo’s recent financial results briefing for the past fiscal year, it was revealed that worldwide sales of amiibo cards were at 28.9 million individual cards.
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Indie platformer VVVVVV has been removed from the North American 3DS eShop after a new 3DS homebrew hack that uses the game was discovered last week. The hack allows users to run homebrew software on their 3DS, but it only works in conjunction with another “primary” entry point hack. VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanagh was aware of this exploit, but also hoped that the fact that VVVVVV by itself was not enough to run homebrew software on the 3DS would not require him to patch the game.
Well, it seems like he definitely has to do that now if he wants to keep selling his game. As of right now, VVVVVV is still available on the European 3DS eShop, but it’s likely just a matter of time before it gets pulled from that storefront as well.
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Star Fox Zero – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
5. Splatoon – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
9. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
10. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
3DS
1. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
2. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
4. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors: Legends – Nintendo
8. Pokemon X – Nintendo
9. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
2. Retro City Rampage DX
3. Rhythm Thief & The Emperor’s Treasure
4. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
5. Pokemon Yellow
6. Citizens of Earth
7. Zelda: A Link to the Past
8. Mario Kart 7
9. Super Metroid
10. Pokemon Red
11. Pokemon Blue
12. Super Mario World
13. EarthBound
14. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
15. Bravely Second
16. Super Mario Bros. 3
17. Donkey Kong Country 2
18. Devil Survivor Overclocked
19. Shovel Knight
20. Hyrule Warriors Legends
Videos
1. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
2. Zelda: A Link to the Past Trailer
3. SEGA 3D Classics Collection Trailer
4. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E3 2015 Video
5. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
6. Hyrule Warriors Legends Launch Trailer
7. Pocket Card Jockey: Horsin’ Around
8. Super Mario World Trailer
9. Yo-kai Watch Episode 1
10. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
11. Photos with Mario Trailer
12. Super Metroid Trailer
13. Bravely Second – Begin the Journey Trailer
14. Langrisser -TENSEI- Trailer
15. Mario Kart 7 Video
16. Super Smash Bros. – Final Presentation
17. Donkey Kong Country 2 Trailer
18. Monster Hunter Generations Trailer
19. Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer
20. Pokemon Red Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
The Beggar’s Ride came out as a Wii U eShop download in Europe at the very end of March. In North America, we’ll be seeing it this week. The eShop lists a May 5 release date along with a $5.99 price point.
On Friday, we heard about Limited Run Games exploring a potential physical release of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. But that’s not the only Nintendo game that the company wants to pursue.
Limited Run Games has gone on the record and has mentioned that Phoenix Wright is a series the company is interested in. Specifically, they’d be open to making a physical version of Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies happen.
Here’s what Limited Run Games said on the matter a couple of days ago:
It is a possibility, but like Atelier or other big games we’d be distributing rather than publishing. We’d have to pay a pretty high per unit cost to Capcom and buy 5k+. We haven’t made any progress on Dual Destinies, but it’s a personal want of mine.
HORI has made several GamePad protectors for Wii U as of late, and another one is scheduled for launch in June. Amazon now has a listing up for a new one with a Pokeball theme, which is officially licensed by Nintendo and Pokemon.
This new HORI GamePad protector will set you back $14.99. It should be available starting on June 21.
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It was pretty quiet on the maintenance front last week, but we do have some information about some downtime on Wii U and 3DS happening in a few days from now. All network services, including online play and rankings, will be unavailable during a four hour period on May 10.
Here’s when it’ll be happening:
– 4 AM PT – 8 AM PT
– 7 AM ET – 11 AM ET
– 12 PM in the UK – 4 PM in the UK
– 1 PM in Europe – 5 PM in Europe
Update 5: And sold out again.
Update 4: Bumped to the top. Back up again on Amazon.
Update 3: Sold out again.
Update 2 (5/2): Bumped to the top. This is back up on Amazon.
Update: Now sold out at Amazon. Still up at GameStop.
Original (4/29): The Special Edition of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You can place your order here. If you have a Prime membership, it’s 20 percent off.
By the way, the Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition remains available on GameStop. You can find that listing here.
