Amazon Italy has opened up pre-orders for several Nintendo products. You can now reserve the new Kirby amiibo, fourth wave of Animal Crossing amiibo cards (and album), and the Fire Emblem Fates New 3DS XL. For those in Europe, all of these products can be pre-ordered here.
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We’ll also mention that in terms of games, a bunch can now be reserved on Amazon Italy here. as well. This includes Pokemon Sun/Moon, Kirby: Planet Robobot, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Paper Mario: Color Splash, and lots more.
Another tease stemming from this month’s issue of CoroCoro concerns the Pokemon movies. Apparently, something known as “Pokemon Elections” are the way. We’ll be seeing a special countdown on the official site, with more details planned for the next edition of CoroCoro. The magazine promises that it’ll be “huge”.
Splatoon’s latest European Splatfest has been announced for next weekend. For the new competition, players are asked if they’d prefer to have a jet pack or hoverboard.
The new Splatfest will begin at 7 PM in Europe / 6 PM in the UK. It’ll last for a full day, with the results coming soon after.
The next Splatfest in #Splatoon is on 19/03 at 19:00 CET. Would you rather have a Jet Pack or a Hoverboard? #WiiU pic.twitter.com/mmC9foAEZN
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) March 12, 2016
This month’s issue of CoroCoro sadly lacks any news on Pokemon Sun and Moon. Come next month, however, it sounds like we’ll finally have some concrete information. A teaser in the latest issue says special features for the two games will begin. It’s officially due out on April 15, though chances are that the magazine will leak a bit earlier than that.
The North American Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games website is now live. To access it, head on over here. Game details, a trailer, and screenshots are among the things you’ll see on the site.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games launches for 3DS in North America on March 18. The European release will take place on April 8.
You may remember a Hyrule Warriors Legends pre-order bonus we posted about a few weeks back. It was revealed that those who reserved the game in Italy would receive two unique costumes for use in the My Fairy mode. We now have some news for the UK as well.
For those in the UK, if you pre-order the Hyrule Warriors Legends Limited Edition at GAME, you’ll be given the same exact bonuses (pictured above). Just keep in mind that this offer doesn’t apply to the standard version of the game.
On Thursday, Nnooo brought out its latest game on the 3DS eShop: Blast ‘Em Bunnies. Take a look at a few minutes of footage below.
This week’sissue of Famitsu has extensive coverage on Zero Time Dilemma. You can find a bunch of details from earlier in the week here and some interview excerpts with director Kotaro Uchikoshi here. We’ve also now gone through the interview and picked out a few more details. There aren’t massive spoilers here, but I know some folks can be sensitive to certain information about the story and other aspects – so tread lightly towards the end of the post!
To clarify something from the interview, when it was mentioned that they originally planned to make the second and third games in the series at the same time, they were going to make it for the DS. But right around that time, the 3DS and PlayStation Vita – two new handheld systems – were announced, so they considered moving development to both platforms which could allow for improved graphics and overall quality. That meant more development time and a higher budget would be needed. This is also why the team ended up developing the second game first, and then waiting to see what the reception was like before moving on to the third title – Zero Time Dilemma.
Last week, Stack published an interview with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and assistant director Tomomi Sano about Twilight Princess HD. Between them both, they commented on when the project began, challenges in remaking the game, why Tantalus was specifically chosen, and more.
As usual, we’ve picked out some excerpts below. The full interview is located here.
Several new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a peak at the gallery below.
