Update: The theme will cost $1.99, as stated by Matt Bozon of WayForward.
WayForward has readied a new 3DS theme based on the Shantae series. Later this week, fans will be able to buy the Shantae Beach 3DS theme. It’s panorama style, and has music/voices.
We should be seeing the theme in North America on Thursday. Europe will have it on Friday.
River City: Tokyo Rumble sold out on Natsume’s Amazon store, but will return; exceeding expectations
Yesterday, River City: Tokyo Rumble went up on Natsume’s Amazon store. This was the special physical version that’s packed with a keychain. It actually sold out already, but Natsume is working on a restock as soon as possible. A specific date hasn’t been determined, but it’ll be up on Amazon here as soon as more copies are in.
It’s good news for the publisher, as sales have “well exceeded what we thought the demand would be for physical copies.” Natsume apologized to those who aren’t able to purchase a copy, but you should keep an eye on that Amazon page for the restock.
Here’s the news from Natsume:
Two new 3DS games are out today at retail: River City: Tokyo Rumble and Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. If you’re not interested in the physical versions, going digital on the eShop is an option.
River City: Tokyo Rumble takes up 1,263 blocks (157.875 MB). Meanwhile, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice requires 13,268 (1,658.5 MB) blocks.
IGN has just uploaded a video containing the first 15 minutes of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice to their YouTube channel. You can watch the video below.
GameStop stores in the United States distributed Darkrai in the Pokemon 3DS games earlier in the year. Fans now have another opportunity to obtain the Mythical Pokemon.
Through October 31, Pokemon X/X and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire players can receive Darkrai by using the code “Darkrai20”. It’s the same one that was given out at GameStop, so if you received that one, you won’t be able to get this one as well.
ntower gives us another look at Mario Party: Star Rush with 13 minutes of footage. See their video below for more gameplay.
We previously heard that Mastiff was cooking up some themes for Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure. We also heard that one would be free with purchases of the game.
Over on Twitter, Mastiff has now revealed that the bonus theme is he “Gurumin Party Time”. You can nab it for no extra cost for a “limited time” starting at launch.
A few other themes are on the way as well. You can see the rest of them here.
With new LEGO Dimensions packs launching today, Warner Bros. and TT Games are also introducing Battle Arenas. Each one features competitive gameplay for up to four players. Capture the Flag, Objective, Base Bash and Tick, Tag, and Boom modes are included. Watch a new trailer for the Battle Arenas below.
Update: AmiAmi is now taking pre-orders as well, so we’ve added them in (thanks Ashley).
New figmas based on the Twilight Princess versions of Link and Zelda are on the way, and pre-orders are now open. Play-Asia and Good Smile both are accepting reservations as of today.
Links from both are as follows:
Play-Asia
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver.
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver. DX Edition
figma Zelda: Twilight Princess Ver.
Good Smile
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver.
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver. DX Edition
figma Zelda: Twilight Princess Ver.
AmiAmi
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver.
figma Link: Twilight Princess Ver. DX Edition
figma Zelda: Twilight Princess Ver.
Note that Play-Asia and Good Smile both have deadlines. On Play-Asia, pre-orders will need to be in by October 22. On Good Smile, reservations will be open until October 27.
The Link and Zelda figmas release in May of next year. View some photos below.
The final two episodes of Paper Mario: Color Splash – Rescue V were spotted on Nintendo’s Australian YouTube page last week, but as expected, both were pulled. Nintendo has now put up the sixth video officially, so we’ll leave that below.
