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.
Nintendo has scheduled Pokemon Shuffle for a two-hour maintenance period next week. While this is taking place, the game’s network services will be impacted.
Here’s when the maintenance is happening:
– 11 PM PT (Wednesday) – 1 AM PT (Thursday)
– 2 AM ET (Thursday) – 4 AM ET (Thursday)
– 7 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 9 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 9 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 11 AM in Europe (Thursday)
Destructoid is reporting that Nintendo is funding Beyond Good & Evil 2. Better yet, the site claims that the game is planned as an NX exclusive for 2017. It would be a move similar to that of Bayonetta 2 on Wii U, which could help Nintendo generate goodwill with gamers by helping bring the much-desired sequel to its new platform as an exclusive.
Destructoid’s initial source originates from Alexander Maier, who recently posted a series of rumors about NX which I personally found rather dubious. However, the outlet “also reached out to a second source, who independently gave a number of the same bullet points regarding the future of Beyond Good and Evil. The number of points of crossover between these two sources suggests that this rumor, while not confirmed by Nintendo, may hold water.”
The new game may be currently carrying the working title “Beyond Good and Evil: The Prejudices of Philosophers”. This is said to be “a reference to a specific chapter in the philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, which details how morality can be altered by authority, and the ways black-and-white morality overlooks the larger complexity of the nature of morals.”
As with all rumors, we can’t stress enough that this report should be taken with a grain of salt. If it were to be accurate though, it’d be a very interesting move on Nintendo’s part.
