As mentioned in this week’s European Nintendo Download roundup, Game Freak’s Pocket Card Jockey is getting a demo in Europe this week. The full game is set to arrive next month. On Twitter, Nintendo announced a final release date of May 5.
Here’s the relevant message:
Pocket Card Jockey hurdles onto #3DS #eShop on 05/05 and a free demo gets out of the gate on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/raEy24Lzbx
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) April 18, 2016
Nintendo has partnered with SONIC for a new promotion. Those who order a Wacky Pack at a Drive-In between April 19 and June 30 will receive a colorful toy based on Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.
Five toys in total are up for grabs, and each one plays differently. There’s one shaped like Mario racing across the room on wheels whereas another has Paper Mario and Luigi spinning around like a top. Nintendo has also prepared two toys that resemble the folded-up paper look of the papercraft battles featured in the game.
Here’s a look at the various toys:
Source: Nintendo PR
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Star Fox Zero (available Friday, April 22nd) – Permanent conditional discount : €44.99/ £36.99 / CHF 56.90 for users who downloaded Star Fox Guard using the same Wii U; regular price €49.99/ £39.99 / CHF 64.90
Star Fox Guard (available Friday, April 22nd) – Permanent conditional discount : €9.99/ £9.99 / CHF 13.00 for users who downloaded Star Fox Zero using the same Wii U; regular price €14.99/ £12.99 / CHF 21.00
Wii U Download
Queens Garden – €6.99/ £5.49 / CHF 6.99
Paranautical Activity – €9.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Mario Party DS (Nintendo DS) – €9.99/ £8.99 / CHF 14.00
Mario Party 2 (N64) – €9.99/ £8.99 / CHF 14.00
3DS Download
Langrisser Re:Incarnation -TENSEI- – €34.99/ £28.00 / CHF 38.00
Dan McFox: Head Hunter – €2.49/ £1.99 / CHF 3.50
3DS Demo
Pocket Card Jockey
3DS Themes
Animal Crossing: Gardening Weather – €1.99/ £1.79 / CHF 2.80
Hatsune Miku: Paper Craft Theme – €1.79/ £1.59 / CHF 2.50
eShop Sales
Wii U
Shovel Knight – €9.99/ £8.66 / CHF 14.00 until 28/04/2016, regular price €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 21.00
Never Alone – €3.74/ £3.24 / CHF 3.74 until 04/05/2016, regular price €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 14.99
Shadow Puppeteer – €10.00/ £9.00 / CHF 14.00 until 11/05/2016, regular price €14.99 / £13.49/ CHF 21.00
Family Tennis SP – €3.74/ £2.99 / CHF 4.49 until 12/05/2016, regular price €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.99
Jones on Fire – €2.99/ £2.29 / CHF 2.99 until 05/05/2016, regular price €5.99 / £4.59 / CHF 5.99
3DS
Shovel Knight – €9.99/ £8.66 / CHF 14.00 until 28/04/2016, regular price €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 21.00
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/ £8.99 / CHF 14.00 until 05/05/2016, regular price €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00
3D MahJongg – €3.99/ £3.59 / CHF 3.99 until 05/05/2016, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 4.99
Safari Quest – €4.99/ £3.99 / CHF 4.99 until 05/05/2016, regular price €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99
Gardenscapes – €5.99/ £4.49 / CHF 5.99 until 05/05/2016, regular price €7.99 / £5.99 / CHF 7.99
Murder on the Titanic – €5.99/ £4.49 / CHF 5.99 until 05/05/2016, regular price €7.99 / £5.99 / CHF 7.99
Carps & Dragons – €2.49/ £2.24 / CHF 3.50 until 21/05/2016, regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00
Source: Nintendo PR
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
2. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
3. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
4. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
6. Splatoon – Nintendo
7. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
8. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
10. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Nintendo
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Pokemon X – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors: Legends – Nintendo
8. Mario & Sonic: Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Nintendo
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
We’re taking a slight break from our new story with Teddy – which we asked you guys for feedback on – this week. We believe we’ve sorted out the winning choice, but the announcement will come next week in case a last-minute change is necessary. This time around, we have a one-shot featuring Shigeru Miyamoto (click for full size):
By the way, I know there’s at least one of you out there that wanted an RSS feed for our comics. Well, we’re finally delivering on that! If you’d like to keep up with the feature via RSS, use this link. I believe that should do the trick.
On Friday, Bravely Second finally debuted in North America. Just like in Europe, Nintendo made a collector’s edition available. You can see an unboxing video for the special release below.
Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic has been adding talent from Rare on a regular basis since its inception. This past week, yet another staffer from that company joined the team – at least temporarily.
Playtonic has welcomed Phil Tossell, who was the coding lead on both Star Fox Adventures and Kameo. He’s also one of the co-founders of Tengami maker Nyamyam.
Playtonic tweeted out the following:
Please tweet sweet nothings at Kameo & Starfox Adventures coding lead @nyyphil, who'll be contributing zeroes and ones to #YookaLaylee
— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) April 13, 2016
Based on a tweet from Tossell, it sounds like he’s still on with Nyamyam:
@Rare_Gamer @nyyjen @nyamyamgames just helping them out for while with a few things.
— Phil Tossell (@nyyphil) April 13, 2016
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest XI and Pokemon Sun/Moon have dropped a bit, but still remain in the top 10.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between March 31 and April 6.
