Last year, Amazon held a big sale just for Prime members. That same sale has now returned today. If you happen to have an Amazon Prime membership, you’ll be able to save on various products throughout the day.
Here are the Nintendo-related deals coming today:
New 3DS XL – Red / Black – save $25 ($174.99) – all day
Final Fantasy Explorers – save 25% – at 4:54 AM PT / 7:54 AM ET
Wii U GamePad Black (Certified Refurbished) – at 6:04 AM PT / 9:04 PM ET
Super Mario Maker Console Deluxe Set – at 6:59 AM PT / 9:59 PM ET
The World Ends with You – starts 7:54 AM PT / 10:54 PM ET
Final Fantasy IV – starts 1:54 PM PT / 4:54 PM ET
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift – starts 1:54 PM PT / 4:54 PM ET
Mega Man Legacy Collection Collector’s Edition – starts 5:54 PM PT / 8:54 PM ET
All of today’s deals can be found here. Video game-specific deals are here.
The next entry in the Etrian Odyssey series will be released in Japan next month, on August 4th – ahead of its release, Atlus already revealed some of their DLC plans for Etrian Odyssey V via the latest issue of Famitsu (thanks to Gematsu for the translation). Here’s what you’ll be able to buy starting August 4th (each individual piece of DLC costs 300 yen):
- New Adventurer 1 – makes your character look like a boy wearing a school uniform
- New Adventurer 2 – makes your character look like a girl wearing a sailor-style school uniform
- New Adventurer 3 – makes your character look like a girl wearing a sweater
- New Adventurer 4 – makes your character look like a Paladin from Etrian Odyssey I
- New Adventurer 5 – makes your character look like a Medic from Etrian Odyssey I
- Adventurer Training Plan – gives you access to a quest that makes it easier to level your characters
- Adventurer Good Luck Plan – gives you access to a quest that gives you lots of gold as a reward
Two more pieces of DLC are also currently planned, but are not yet dated: “New Adventurer 6” (currently unknown how this will change your character’s appearance) and FM Synthesis (800 yen), which allows you to switch to FM Synthesis for the game’s background music and back at any time.
Etrian Odyssey V (along with its DLC, obviously) has not yet been announced for a Western release, though given that every previous title in the series has made it out of Japan, that announcement should only be a matter of time.
Okay, put down that Pokémon game and play some…Pokémon… Whatever you’re catching, Pokémon Shuffle has gotten its weekly update on 3DS and mobile. The latest update brings four stages, each running until July 26th. A brand new stage has started for Hoopa Unchained, which will cost 400 coins to play. Regigigas and Azelf are beginning repeat runs. Finally, a new Safari stage has arrived, which features the repeat Pokémon Electrike, Manectric, Darumaka, Darmanitan, and Stantler, while also adding Winking Pikachu and Winking Raichu.
Some new information about Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan’s partnership emerged earlier tonight from the newest issue of Mainichi Shinbun. Now we have even more details from Sankei Shinbun.
It’s noted in the newspaper that Harry Potter area at Universal Studios Japan needed $400 million. For the Nintendo section, costs could exceed $500 million.
Other than that, multiple attractions/restaurants/stores are being jointly developed between Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan. The Nintendo area may also be “officially announced” to the public sometime before year’s end.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Mario Kart 7
2. Pokemon Yellow
3. Pokemon Red
4. Pokemon Blue
5. Rhythm Heaven Megamix
6. BoxBoxBoy!
7. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
9. The Battle Cats POP!
10. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
11. Zelda: A Link to the Past
12. Super Mario World
13. Kirby: Planet Robobot
14. Pokemon Omega Ruby
15. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
16. Super Mario Bros.
17. EarthBound
18. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Super Metroid
Videos
1. Kirby: Planet Robobot Overview Trailer
2. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
3. The Battle Cats POP! Trailer
4. More Pokemon Revealed for Pokemon Sun/Moon
5. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
6. BoxBoxBoy! Overview Trailer
7. Rhythm Heaven Megamix E3 2016 Trailer
8. Hyrule Warriors Legends – Link’s Awakening Pack DLC Trailer
9. Monster Hunter Generations E3 2016 Trailer
10. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
11. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E3 2015 Video
12. Mario Kart 7 Video
13. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
14. Photos with Mario Trailer
15. Hyrule Warriors Legends Launch Trailer
16. Starter Pokemon for Pokemon Sun/Moon Revealed
17. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
18. Super Mario World Trailer
19. Zero Time Dilemma Trailer
20. Pokemon GO – Demonstration – E3 2016
Source: 3DS eShop
A lot of talk has been going around today about Pokemon GO and Google accounts. Users discovered that if you sign up for the app on iOS, Pokemon GO is given full access to your account.
There’s no reason to be concerned though. Niantic said in a statement that this was nothing more than an error, and Pokemon GO “only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your User ID and email address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected.”
Niantic added that the company already worked on a client-side fix after detecting the error “to request permission for only basic Google profile information, in line with the data that we actually access.” Plans are in place for Google to reduce permissions “to only the basic profile data”, which will be done automatically.
Here’s the full statement from Niantic:
Over five million owners of Android devices have installed Pokemon GO. That’s according to the official Google Play page for the app, which has it between five and ten million installs.
Pokemon GO premiered last week in three countries. It’ll begin to launch in new territories very soon.
The newest issue of Mainichi Shinbun has some additional tidbits about Nintendo’s partnership with Universal Studios.
Mainichi Shinbun learned from the boss of Universal Studios Japan that the Mario area will “exceed” the Harry Potter section. He also said that “many” of Nintendo’s IPs are under consideration for the theme park aside from Mario. Finally, it’s once again said that the Nintendo area of Universal Studios Japan will be open by the 2020 Olympics.
Nintendo announced its collaboration with Universal Studios last May. Specifics were not shared at the time, and the two sides have mostly been keeping things under wraps.
The Pokemon GO success story continues. According to app-market tracking firm App Annie, it’s now the fastest mobile game ever to reach the top spot in terms of revenues on iOS and Android.
That feat was accomplished in just under a day on iOS. On Android, it was done in only four days.
Pokemon GO dethroned Supercell, the previous record holder. The app reached its own milestone in two days on iOS and seven days on Android.
App Annie communications boss Fabien Pierre-Nicolas says Pokemon GO “is generating well over $1 million of net revenue for Niantic Labs.” He also believes the app could see “a run-rate of over $1 billion per year with less server issues, a worldwide presence, and more social and player-vs.-player features.”
Prismic Studios prepared a new trailer for Gnomes vs. Fairies. You can give it a look below.
Work on Gnomes vs. Fairies as a whole is now complete. The studio has now moved on to development of the Wii U version specifically.
