Yesterday, Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter page posted news about the new Nintendo Direct. Makiko Ohmoto, the voice of Kirby, ended up re-tweeting the news a few hours ago. That’s set off speculation that Kirby will be featured in some form during today’s presentation – be it a new game or something else. Whether that actually happens remains to be seen.
Teyon has announced that its 3DS game Bird Mania 3D is coming to Wii U in the form of “Bird Mania Party”. It’ll be available on March 10 in Europe, and March 17 in North America. Pricing is set at $1.99 / €1.99.
Here’s an overview of Bird Mania Party:
Take to the bright blue skies and fly the distance! Fly past treetops, bushes and stinging bees and dash for crazy combos. Collect bonuses and unlock achievements to up your score right to the top as you zoom at the speed of lightning to the pumping music!
Invite friends and start Bird Mania Party! Team up with your buddy to master a challenge in a co-op mode or race for the top spot on Leaderboards in a competition mode for up to 5 players.Features:
• Incredibly addictive game-play with a fast paced tempo
• 2 party multi-player modes for up to 5 players
• Over 20 achievements and extra bonuses to unlock
• Leaderboards for the ultimate competition with other bird maniacs
• Support for Wii U™ GamePad and Wii Remote
A trailer for Bird Mania Party can be found below.
Source: Teyon PR
Nintendo has added last-minute maintenance to today’s schedule. Tonight, 3DS will be undergoing maintenance. This will affect network services like online play and rankings.
Maintenance will take place during the following times:
– 9 PM PT – 10:30 PM PT
– 12 AM ET – 1:30 AM ET
– 5 AM in the UK – 6:30 AM in the UK
– 6 AM in Europe – 7:30 AM in Europe
NintenDaan has shared a video showing the special edition boxes released in Japan for Pokemon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow. Get a closer look at the items below.
In celebration of the 3DS’ fifth anniversary in Japan, Famitsu has a small feature on the system in its latest issue. The magazine shares a listing of the top 20 best-selling games in Japan, complete with lifetime figures for each titles.
Here’s the full listing:
01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
04. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
05. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
06. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
09. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
10. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
11. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
12. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
13. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
14. [3DS] Tomodachi Life #
15. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate #
16. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
18. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
19. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden
20. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
Note that this list is based on data collected up to February 21.
Nintendo released a new video today showcasing a few European digital game highlights from February 2016. You can watch it below.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 has been covered in this week’s issue of Jump, and some new details are provided.
First, Master’s Road is a new mini-game that uses the ride system. There are entrances to Master’s Road in various places in-game, if you use a certain item named Heaven Guidance Stone. The objective in Master’s Road is to reach the goal while dealing with obstacles, and something not specified yet awaits at the goal.
Jump also touches on dimensional rifts, which are gates to a parallel world. These rifts can’t be seen with naked eye, but can be searched and detected with the Reactor. When you go through them, you’ll enter a parallel world never seen before, which has not only strong monsters, but also Masters who can challenge you to a battle which will give you rewards on victory.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – $49.99 (available Friday)
Wii U Download
Chasing Dead – $29.99
Grumpy Reaper – $4.99
Steel Rivals – $6.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures – $7.99
3DS Download
The Hand of Panda – $5.99
Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Seas – $4.99
3DS Themes
Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX: Sakura Mikudaiyo
Ashley’s Magic
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Soccer Up Online, Spy Chameleon and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Tetris Ultimate, Child of Light and more games from Ubisoft are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 13.
Wii U
– Tilelicious: Delicious Tiles is 33 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 23.
3DS
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is 33 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) starting at 3 p.m. PT on March 3 until 3 p.m. PT on March 5.
– Adventure Bar Story and Fairune from Circle Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.
– Pick-A-Gem, League of Heroes and more games from Gamelion Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Azure Striker GUNVOLT is 33 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 1.
– Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 14.
– Jewel Quest 4 Heritage, 4 Elements and more games from Media Sales & Licensing BV are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 30.
Source: Nintendo PR
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) will take place in San Francisco from March 14th to March 18th. Pokemon GO developer Niantic was set to hold a presentation about the game there where they would reveal new info and presumably show actual gameplay footage for the first time. Unfortunately, it seems that this will not be happening as the Pokemon GO presentation is now listed as “cancelled” on the GDC website.
Right now we don’t know why it was cancelled – it’s also possible that it’s just getting rescheduled and will take at another time during GDC. Cancelling such an anticipated presentation less than two weeks before it was supposed to take place is definitely unusual. We will keep you updated.
10 more minutes of footage is in for Chasing Dead, which is slated for an eShop release on Wii U today. Check out the video below.
