Super Paper Mario recently came out in North America as a Wii download for Wii U. It was also just added to the European eShop today. View some footage below.
Pokemon GO launched with a McDonald’s partnership a couple of weeks ago. Over 3,000 locations became either PokeStops or Gyms. The move made sense for the fast food restaurant, as they likely knew it would boost business.
And that’s exactly what’s happened. McDonald’s sales in Japan rose 27 percent last month, with the company stating that there was demand for children’s meals featuring Pokemon toys and increased traffic thanks to Pokemon GO.
That’s definitely good news for McDonald’s, but the restaurant believes it’s too early to estimate Pokemon GO’s impact on earnings. That being said, more customers are being drawn in due to the partnership.
Beginning with CoroCoro’s September 15 issue, a manga based on Pokemon Sun/Moon will be serialized. It’ll star a new trainer and his partner Rockruff as they go through the Alola Region.
The Japanese Pokemon Sun/Moon website has now updated with a few preview pages of the manga. View them in the gallery below.
Update (8/11): New Nintendo Selects are up on Best Buy.
Update (8/10): These are all now live on Amazon. $16 each for Prime members.
Original (8/9): Retailers are beginning to take pre-orders for the new Nintendo Selects and Wii U amiibo bundles Nintendo announced earlier today.
Five Nintendo Selects are currently up on GameStop here. Amazon Canada is now taking reservations for all except nintendogs + cats here.
If you’re looking for the amiibo bundles, they’re all available on Amazon here. Amazon Canada also has them here.
Even though Dragon Quest VII is about a month away, some members of the press are already getting their hands on the game (in Europe anyway). We’re hearing that the download version amounts to 11,638, which is 1454.75MB. It should be roughly the same amount in North America.
Two Ace Attorney downloads have been discounted on the 3DS eShop. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies are on sale in both North America and Europe.
Below is the pricing for both regions:
North America:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – $16.49 (was $29.99)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies – $11.99 (was $29.99)
Europe:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – €14.99/ £12.49 / CHF 19.45 (was €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies – €9.99/ £7.99 / CHF 12.76 (was €24.99 / £19.99 / CHF 31.90)
In North America, the sale is valid until 8:59 AM PT / 11:59 AM ET on August 18. The European discounts ends on August 25 at 22:59 UTC.
Update: Added new screenshots to the post.
Original: Natsume has sent out some new assets for River City: Tokyo Rumble detailing some of the game’s characters. Find art below, along with their descriptions.
KUNIO – Kunio seeks to take back Tokyo from the massive Lion Alliance gang. Kunio is a thug with a heart of gold who looks out for his pals and fights for justice.
RIKI – A misunderstanding with Kunio roped Riki into the fray. Riki fights for justice, but when he gets really mad, he snaps and goes berserk.
MISAKO – Misako frowns on delinquents, but makes an exception for Kunio.
SHINJI – Shinji went to school with Riki and is older, so he expects to be respected. He demands respect from his lowerclassmen, with fists if necessary!
MISUZU – Physically huge, Misuzu intimidates people and has a tough personality to match. Treat this delicate flower like a lady, or she’ll introduce you to her fists!
RANDY – Returning from River City Ransom, twins Randy and Andy make up the Double Dragons!
SABU – Gunning for revenge against Kunio, who previously humiliated the Sanwa Gang. Fans of Renegade should remember this bad guy!
TEX – Usually easygoing, until something gets him riled. Then he turns nasty! Watch out for his spin attack!
TIGER CLAW – The younger of the Double Tigers wrestling brothers!
Source: Natsume PR
GameXplain has just released the opening story cutscene for Metroid Prime: Federation Force on their YouTube channel. You can check it out below.
A trio of patents filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office appeared today. Originally, they were filed on January 11.
This looks to be a partial continuation of a previous patent. Two explore the hand/gesture tracking functionality in more detail, but with the third, Nintendo makes mention of an accessory (buttons) to the side of the portable device, and using an infrared camera to read button presses instead of using any form of electrical connection between the two.
Here’s the abstract:
“An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.”
You can find the three patents here, here, and here. The third one is definitely the most interesting out of the bunch.
Nintendo has released a new episode in their Play Nintendo Show series. This episode focuses on some “fabulous styling tips” from Style Savvy: Fashion Forward. You can find the video below.
