Stone Shire’s 1.1 update is making its way to PAL regions this week. It should be arriving in both Europe and Australia on Thursday.
North American players will need to wait a bit longer for Stone Shire’s update. It’s coming soon, but there’s no specific date yet.
Finger Gun Games wrote on Miiverse today:
You can find everything included in Stone Shire’s 1.1 update here.
Nikkei reported several hours ago that Nintendo would be ceasing Wii U production by the end of the year. Japanese website IT Media NetLab has since spoken with the company in hopes of clarifying the situation.
As reported by the site, a spokesperson said that the news didn’t come from Nintendo. Additionally, the company intends to continue producing more hardware units during the next fiscal term and beyond.
Nikkei’s piece noted that Wii U was struggling in sales due to a lack of software, so they may have decided to cut production without waiting for their next-gen console development (NX) to finish. However, in reality, Wii U has seen hit titles recently such as Splatoon and Super Mario Maker which caused the console to be in short supply. Nintendo apparently plans to continue with shipments, and they also plan to announce yearly sales estimates for all of their systems including the Wii U on April 27 as part of its fiscal year earnings release.
Should we take Nintendo’s comments at face value? That’s a good question. There have been a few times when Nintendo has denied rumors only for them to be realized in the end. On the other hand, Nikkei doesn’t have a perfect track record. Nikkei’s report should be taken with a grain of salt either way.
Nintendo is starting its promotional efforts for Disney Art Academy in Japan with a first commercial. Take a look at it below.
Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on March 30. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:
Wii U Virtual Console
Mario Party 2 (N64, 1,028 yen)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA, 702 yen)
3DS Download
RV-7 My Drone – 500 yen
Nintendo released official videos for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, and Cho Aniki on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.
Here’s an interesting tidbit about My Nintendo Picross – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. After you complete a puzzle, you’re given a related Miiverse stamp. You can see what some of the designs look like above.
Capcom is celebrating Resident Evil’s 20th anniversary with an eShop sale.
On 3DS, Resident Evil: Revelations and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries are down to $4.99 each. Both normally go for $19.99. Revelations has also been brought down to $9.99 from $39.99 on Wii U.
These deals are valid through 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT on March 29.
Speaking of Resident Evil’s anniversary, here’s an official interview with producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi:
In celebration of the start of spring, Nintendo is hosting another National StreetPass Weekend. 3DS owners can collect up to six StreetPass tags from across North America when they visit a Nintendo Zone location. You can participate at any time between March 25 and March 27.
PixlBit Studios is bringing its nonogram-style puzzle game PixlCross to Wii U next week. It’s due out in North America on March 31 as an eShop download. Pricing is set at $5.99.
You can find an overview of PixlCross below. We’ve also gone ahead and attached the title’s launch trailer.
PixlCross, like Picross, has players leverage hints to fill in a grid and reveal a hidden picture. Boasting more than 150 puzzles across four levels of difficulty, players start by solving puzzles on simple 5×5 grids, but can eventually conquer the challenging final puzzles on massive 35×35 grids! The game’s handy auto-save feature allows players to start as many puzzles as they want without ever losing progress!
Since the game’s initial reveal, PixlBit Studios has made some notable improvements, many of which enhance Miiverse interaction and improve gameplay. After creating a puzzle using the robust puzzle editing tool, players can now share an ID code on Miiverse and other social media channels that will allow friends, family and fellow players to easily download their creations. Additionally, PixlCross now lets players track the popularity of their shared puzzles. Compete against your best friend, your crazy aunt, or a fellow Miiverse player to have one of the most popular puzzles in the country.
The update also provides sleeker, more streamlined menus for an optimized puzzle-solving experience! In-game, players will now know as soon as they’ve solved a portion of a row or column, to help complete puzzles even faster. When you finish a puzzle, be sure to tap the newly added Miiverse™ button to boast about your success! Whether using the GamePad on the Wii U or the mouse on the PC, it’s spectacularly simple and intuitive to interact with PixlCross. Simply slide along the grid to fill in or cross out grid boxes. Boxes count as you fill, pop-out hints eliminate unnecessary scrolling, and the auto-scroll feature makes it even easier to tackle even the toughest challenges!
Source: PixlBit Studios PR
