Update (10/7): Bumped to the top. The Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 update is now live in North America as well.
Original (10/2): In Europe, a new update for Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is now available. Version 1.1 can now be downloaded.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 version 1.1 is intended to address several bugs. The full patch notes are as follows:
– Fixed a freeze that happened when defeating Teseo at a particular time.
– Fixed a freeze that happened in the instant Tenjian was defeated.
– Fixed a numerical error in Gunvolt’s items in the Clips category.
– Fixed a behavioral problem with Copen’s item “Shield Construct”.
– Fixed a defect in Score Attack’s score calculation.
– Fixed a problem with the player character’s controls.
– Fixed a problem with a specific enemy’s behavior.
This update does not appear to be up in North America just yet, but it should be soon.
This week’s Nintendo Minute has gone live. On today’s episode, Kit and Krysta play the ‘Would You Rather’ game, but Nintendo-styled. Both wrote three questions for the other to answer.
Here’s the full video:
SurveyMoney published a new report about Pokemon GO. The game’s retention rate is explored in-depth, with the company ultimately concluding that “it’s quite respectable; it’s competitive with those of other top-performing games.” That comes in contrast to some of the things we’ve been hearing about Pokemon GO’s decline.
It’s true that Pokemon GO’s player retention rate is dropping, but it stacks up favorably when compared to other top mobile titles. SurveyMonkey even proclaims that Niantic’s mobile release is “performing very much like a typical top mobile game.”
It’s illustrated further with the following comparison to Clash of Clans, which has fewer active users but a similar retention rate:
– Clash of Clans currently has ~3.85 million weekly active users (WAU). With a weekly retention rate of 75% (a weekly churn rate of 25%), Clash loses ~960 thousand players from week to week.
– Pokemon GO has 15.4 million weekly active users. With a weekly retention rate of 75%, it loses ~3.9 million users from week to week.
Since some of the initial hype surrounding Pokemon GO has died down and casual players are leaving, that leaves the app to more loyal users. SurveyMonkey says “it wouldn’t be surprising for the weekly retention rate to level off, mostly ending its current gradual decline.” Also, given Pokemon GO’s retention at the moment, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the game ended up as “one of the most widely-used smartphone games in the U.S. for a long time to come.”
You can find more analysis about Pokemon GO’s retention at the source below.
Mastiff previously announced that Gurumin 3D would be made available in North America on October 27. As promised, the European version isn’t too far behind. A release date of October 27 is now confirmed for PAL regions.
Just like in North America, the free 3DS theme offer will be offered for European fans. You’ll be able to nab the theme pictured above between October 27 and November 29 when you purchase Gurumin 3D.
Source: Mastiff PR
On the Japanese 3DS eShop, Bandai Namco recently released the free-to-play Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Cyber Arena. Check out some footage of the download below.
Act it Out! A Game of Charades can now be downloaded from the European Wii U eShop. In North America, it’s scheduled for release early next week. Note that the game should take up about 150MB.
We’ve known for awhile that Paper Mario: Color Splash would be featuring the Koopalings as boss fights. Now you can see what each battle looks like in the video below.
The fifth and sixth episodes of Pokemon Generations is now live on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. We’ve gone ahead and attached them below.
Pokemon Generations revisits each generation of the Pokemon games and sheds new light on some timeless moments. New episodes will be available weekly through December 23.
Yesterday, PSIBO joined the Wii U eShop in both North America and Europe. Have a look at some footage courtesy of the video below.
