The BBC iPlayer has only been around for about a year, but the app is already a thing of the past. It was taken down from the Wii U eShop on August 31, and it’s also said that service will end in January 2017. That doesn’t leave much time left for folks to use it!
Nintendo of Europe posted a new trailer for the NES Classic Edition earlier today, and now Nintendo of America has followed up with something of its own. View a new video showing off the hardware’s features below.
Image & Form appears to be pleased with SteamWorld Heist thus far. Not only has the game been received well, but it’s selling quite alright, too. Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson told Nintendo Life that “SteamWorld Heist has done quite a bit better for us than SteamWorld Dig”.
When asked about SteamWorld Heist’s sales performance on 3DS, Sigurgeirsson said:
System Features Three HD Display Modes and Easy-to-Use Suspend Points for Saving
Nintendo has put together a new press release about the latest Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition details.
As previously mentioned, 30 titles are included in the hardware. Nintendo says that “the games look sharper than ever using the included HDMI cable.”
You’ll be able to access everything through the Home Menu, which is where the different games can be found. It’s also possible to adjust settings from the hub. To locate games quickly, users can hit the “Select” button to sort by title, two-player games, recently played games, number of times played, release date and publisher.
Update (9/30): This can now be pre-ordered on Amazon Japan. Ships to the United States.
Original (9/29): A few months ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition (otherwise known as the Nintendo Classic Mini) was announced for North America and Europe. Now something similar has been revealed for Japan.
Today, Nintendo shared news that Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom (or Family Computer) is coming to its home region. It’ll be available on November 10 for 5,980 yen. An AC adapter will go on sale on the same day for 1,000 yen.
Here’s a video:
Japan’s lineup of games is slightly different than what’s included in the NES Mini. We have it below.
Nintendo has added Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to its maintenance schedule. All of the game’s network services will be impacted for two hours on Sunday (Monday for those in Europe).
The schedule is as follows:
– 6 PM PT (October 2) – 8 PM PT (October 2)
– 9 PM ET (October 2) – 11 PM ET (October 2)
– 2 AM in the UK (October 3) – 4 AM in the UK (October 3)
– 3 AM in Europe (October 3) – 5 AM in Europe (October 3)
Update: Bumped to the top. We now have screenshots based on Famitsu’s latest coverage.
Original (9/28): Monster Hunter Stories is set for launch in Japan next week, so it makes sense that the latest Famitsu contains another feature on the game. There are eight pages in total, though quite a bit is recap. Still, Famitsu did manage to put in some new information as well.
First up, we have some news about Kupni Village. It’s an idyllic village where many kinds of felynes live. It has a warm temperature, so many of them also visit for vacations. On the sea there are also two rocks that are shaped after felynes.
FAST Racing NEO was one of the most acclaimed indie games on Wii U in recent years, and a part of that was certainly its energetic soundtrack. If you can’t get enough of the game’s music, you can now buy the entire 80-minute soundtrack online at this link. The minimum price you’ll have to pay is 5$ – but if you want to support developer Shin’en Multimedia, you can pay more if you want to. The soundtrack is DRM free and available as both MP3 and FLAC files. If you’re undecided, you can listen to a 30 second preview of each track as well.
While Puzzle & Dragons is mainly a mobile game, it has also spawned a few games on other platforms, including the 3DS. Puzzle & Dragons X was the latest game to be released in Japan (a Western release is not in sight right now) and it’s getting a major update this Winter. The biggest feature to be added with this update will be the ability to play against other players online. The singleplayer co-op campaign will seemingly remain local-only, however.
We finally have some news about the Azure Striker Gunvolt Striker Pack for Europe. In case you didn’t know, the Striker Pack contains both Azure Striker Gunvolt games in one retail package. The pack’s release in Europe has been unclear for a while, but it seems like we finally have clarity now.
Today, the Azure Striker Gunvolt Striker Pack was rated by PEGI, meaning it was cleared for release in most European countries – and the rating lists Yacht Club Games as the publisher, who are also publishing the pack in North America. Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 was released on the European eShop yesterday – the Striker Pack doesn’t have a release date yet, but it hopefully shouldn’t take much longer.
