HORI has made several GamePad protectors for Wii U as of late, and another one is scheduled for launch in June. Amazon now has a listing up for a new one with a Pokeball theme, which is officially licensed by Nintendo and Pokemon.
This new HORI GamePad protector will set you back $14.99. It should be available starting on June 21.
Here are some additional photos:
It was pretty quiet on the maintenance front last week, but we do have some information about some downtime on Wii U and 3DS happening in a few days from now. All network services, including online play and rankings, will be unavailable during a four hour period on May 10.
Here’s when it’ll be happening:
– 4 AM PT – 8 AM PT
– 7 AM ET – 11 AM ET
– 12 PM in the UK – 4 PM in the UK
– 1 PM in Europe – 5 PM in Europe
Update 5: And sold out again.
Update 4: Bumped to the top. Back up again on Amazon.
Update 3: Sold out again.
Update 2 (5/2): Bumped to the top. This is back up on Amazon.
Update: Now sold out at Amazon. Still up at GameStop.
Original (4/29): The Special Edition of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You can place your order here. If you have a Prime membership, it’s 20 percent off.
By the way, the Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition remains available on GameStop. You can find that listing here.
The Humble Friends of Nintendo Bundle has generated over $1 million in payments, according to the official site. Over 100,537 purchases have been made thus far. The average purchase is of nearly $10.
More games will be added to the Humble Friends of Nintendo Bundle tomorrow for those who have paid more than the average. We’ll let you know which ones those are as soon as they are announced.
At the end of last month, Japanese developer Delta Arts closed its doors. The studio’s website was just recently updated with a notice about the situation, and is devoid of any other content.
Delta Arts was tied to Nintendo games having worked on some of the recent entries in the Medabots series. They jumped into the series starting with the DS generation.
Super Meat Boy was confirmed for a May 12 release on the European Wii U eShop a few days ago. An announcement sent out today reveals that the game will also be out in North America on the same day.
Super Meat Boy will cost $14 / £13 / €14 at launch, which is a 20 percent discount. It’s seeing a 20 percent discount until May 26.
Along with Super Meat Boy’s Wii U release date news, the announcement contained an interesting section which seems to tease a 3DS version. Here’s that relevant part of the press release:
Super Meat Boy launched in 2010 on Xbox 360 and PC, and was immediately labeled as a definitive work in the sub-genre of brutally difficult platformers. Since then, gamers all over the world have been waiting to play it on other platforms. It was finally released on PS4 and Vita last year and with the Wii U version arriving this month, only the 3DS will be missing (but maybe not for too long ;)) Gotta catch them all!
Source: Team Meat / BlitWorks PR
Update: Here’s a trailer for shiny Xerneas and shiny Yveltal as well as Zygarde:
Two more Pokemon distributions are happening later this month. Between May 11 and May 17, shiny Xerneas will be distributed in North America. The same goes for shiny Yveltal between May 20 and May 26. Both are being offered via the Nintendo Network.
We should also mention that the Zygarde distribution ends on May 8 in North America. In Europe, it’ll close on May 26.
As previously mentioned, this month’s Mythical Pokemon distribution for X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire features Darkrai. You can watch a trailer for the event below.
Mighty No. 9 has been given a release date – a final one, we hope. It was announced today that the game will be available on June 21 in North America/Asia and June 24 in other territories.
Of course, this date only applies to the Wii U version. The 3DS version will follow at a later date.
Here’s the full message from Keiji Inafune:
To all of our backers and fans of Mighty No. 9,
Firstly, I would like to say again how sincerely sorry we are for how long we have kept all of our fans waiting. We are finally able to deliver some long awaited news regarding Mighty No. 9. We have now confirmed the following release dates for Mighty No. 9: June 21st 2016 (North America & Asia) and June 24th 2016 (World Wide). We understand that as a result of the various delays we have disappointed and let down our fans, but we are happy to finally be able to deliver the game to everyone who brought us this far.
With the game having “gone gold” we are in the last final stages of being able to deliver it into your hands, be that via your favorite retail outlet, or via digital channels.
If you’ve played a Kirby game before, you might be aware that the developers sneak in a special room for the developer – HAL Laboratory. Kirby: Planet Robobot is no different, and also features a similar area. You can see what it looks like in the video below. It’s nothing too special, but it’s a nice little nod to HAL!
