Nintendo announced today that Shin’en Multimedia’s FAST Racing NEO and Image & Form’s SteamWorld Collection (which includes both SteamWorld Heist and SteamWorld Dig) will get a retail release in Europe as part of the “Nintendo eShop Selects” on September 30th.
FAST Racing NEO’s retail release will also contain the eight new courses of the upcoming NEO Future Pack DLC. Those who already own the digital version will also get access to the NEO Future Pack on September 30th.
Similarly, the SteamWorld Collection retail release will also contain the SteamWorld Heist add-on The Outsider, which launches on September 30th as well.
Prices for both games have not yet been announced.
Source: Nintendo PR
Pokémon Shuffle has received an update that adds 50 more stages to the full game, starting with Tynamo. These stages will give even more for Shuffle players to work at, in addition to the regular updates. These updates also continue, with Cresselia, Zygarde 10% Forme, Landorus, Wobbuffet Try ‘Em Items, and a safari all having repeat runs until August 9. The safari stage gives the chance to earn Elgyem, Beheeyem, Drowzee, Hypno, Frillish, Jellicent and Mesprit. The update also announces that next week will see a new Mega competition, featuring a return of Mega Steelix.
Nintendo shared the results of Splatoon’s final Splatfest on Sunday. It was close, but Team Marie prevailed due to slight edges in popularity and wins.
Since this was the final Splatfest, Nintendo did something a bit special. Those who were in the top 100 of the Callie vs. Marie competition were recorded, and the results were highlighted on the game’s official Tumblr. Head past the break for the full list.
Defend Your Crypt arrived on the Wii U and 3DS eShops last week. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Monster Hunter Generations
2. Pokemon Yellow
3. Mario Kart 7
4. Pokemon Red
5. Pokemon Blue
6. Pokemon Omega Ruby
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
9. Pokemon X
10. Pokemon Y
11. Super Mario World
12. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
13. Zelda: A Link to the Past
14. Rhythm Heaven Megamix
15. Titan Attacks!
16. OlliOlli
17. 7th Dragon III Code: VFD
18. BoxBoxBoy!
19. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2
20. Super Mario Bros.
Videos
1. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
2. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
3. Kirby: Planet Robobot Overview Trailer
4. 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Trailer
5. BoxBoxBoy! Overview Trailer
6. Pokemon Red Trailer
7. More Pokemon for Pokemon Sun/Moon Revealed
8. More Newly Discovered Pokemon – Pokemon Sun/Moon
9. Monster Hunter Generations E3 2016 Trailer
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire E3 2014 Trailer
11. Mario Kart 7 Video
12. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E3 2015 Video
13. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
14. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
15. Rhythm Heaven Megamix E3 2016 Trailer
16. Photos with Mario Trailer
17. Starter Pokemon for Pokemon Sun/Moon Revealed
18. Journey to Kreisia Trailer
19. Pokemon Blue Trailer
20. Kirby: Planet Robobot Accolades Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
Yo-kai Watch 2 is only available in Japan at the moment. This will change once both versions head to North America on September 30, but what about the rest of the world?
While there hasn’t been an announcement yet, it seemed like a certain bet that Nintendo would eventually bring Yo-kai Watch 2 to Europe and Australia. And thanks to a classification from the latter continent, it’s now all but confirmed. Ratings for Yo-kai Watch 2 have appeared in Australia. Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls were both added to the database today. Guess Nintendo will have something to say soon!
Thanks to Jose for the tip.
Pokemon GO has now topped 75 million downloads worldwide, according to a Sensor Tower report.
Over the weekend, it surpassed 50 million installs on Google Play alone. Pokemon GO is the fastest game to reach that mark (19 days) plus “the fastest to that milestone ever for combined worldwide iOS and Android downloads.”
This chart shows how Pokemon GO won out the race to 50 million downloads on mobile:
Sensor Tower also mentions that Pokemon GO is at the number one spot for downloads in revenue in all available App Store territories. That includes France and Hong Kong – two regions that just recently received the app.
Several Level-5 trademarks have popped up in the European trademark database. The new items include
Lady Layton, Inazuma Eleven Ares, Megaton Musashi, Otme Hero, Yo-kai Daijiten, and Yo-kai Watch Geraporhythm.
Level-5 Vision will be taking place later this week, where several announcements will be made. It’s unclear how many of these trademarks will materialize into reveals. We also don’t know how many will be related to Nintendo platforms. At the very least, we’ll hear more about Snack World, which was previously confirmed for 3DS.
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, has once again weighed in on NX. When asked about Nintendo’s upcoming hardware, Zelnick shared the following:
“We’re believers. We never want to count Nintendo out. They do it over and over and over again. So we feel pretty enthusiastic actually.”
Zelnick also commented on Nintendo’s position n the console race. On that topic, he had this to say:
“It’s not a slump, it’s intentional. They come to market, they do really well, and then they sort of exit the market for a period of time. They’ve been doing it for like 150 years, and that company has been doing the same thing… They’re really thoughtful, they come to market with something they really think is going to work, more often than not it really works, it blows up and then eventually they let it decline and they move on to the next thing. They don’t mind having time in between.”
We heard similar comments from Zelnick last month, as he said Take-Two is “very interested” in NX.
