The Japanese 3DS eShop features a few screenshots from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We’ve included them in the gallery below.
Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on January 20. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:
Wii U Virtual Console
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (GBA, 702 yen)
1080° Snowboarding (N64, 1,000 yen)
3DS Download
Gakuyu Unmei Kyodotai ~Friends in the Same RPG~ – 1,000 yen
Castle Conqueror Defender – 500 yen
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash launched a couple of months ago in the west, but Japan is finally getting the game next week. View a few commercials below.
Nintendo released official videos for Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation and Polarium Advance on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Watch them below.
Former Rare developer Chris Seavor shared interesting insight into the studio’s past on Twitter. In a message published yesterday, Seavor showed an image of the unreleased title Urchin, which would have had toys-to-life functionality similar to that of amiibo.
That’s as follows:
Scanner works finally… Oh look, Urchin was gonna have an Amiibo a decade before they were even a thing !!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/JjnLcmUjzm
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016
Seavor continued the discussion with one fan on Twitter and noted that an amiibo-like idea was something Rare gave some thought to “years and years ago during the N64 cycle.”
@IOnEI_Falcon It was just toy, although I remember T&C wanted to do Amiibo style things with toys years and years ago during the N64 cycle.
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016
Update: Bumped to the top Some notes from the review:
– Clear time: 15 hours until Legend Mode is cleared
– Over 500 hours with replay value
– Most of the reviewers were surprised that the 3DS can show this much of Warriors series’ sense of bustling
– More enemies than they expected on screen
– The game has more volume (content)
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS) – 9/9/8/10
Yakuza: Kiwami (PS4/PS3) – 8/9/9/8
Just Cause 3 (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/9/8
FAST Racing Neo (Wii U) – 7/7/7/9
Escape Adventure 7 (3DS) – 7/7/8/8
Seisen Chronicle (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Drop Zone Under Fire (3DS) – 6/7/6/5
A special Pokemon movie set will be available in North America starting next month. On February 9, you’ll be able to pick up “Pokemon: The Movies 1-3 Steelbook Blu-ray Collection”. This naturally features the first three Pokemon films in a single, limited edition package.
You can pre-order the movie collection over on Amazon.
Doing so will save you $5, bringing it down to $35.
Update 2: Bumped to the top again. This should work on all existing Prime pre-orders – see the FAQ here.
Update: Bumped to the top. This appears to apply to other items as well like the Lucas and Animal Crossing amiibo. Updated the link below.
Amazon has once again discounted game pre-orders for Prime members, and the selection and savings appear to be bigger than ever before. Zelda Wii U, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and Fire Emblem Fates are all eligible for 20 percent off at checkout. The same goes for the upcoming Dragon Quest 3DS remakes, Bravely Second, and more.
You can find the full selection here.
It’s not yet known how long these discounts will last, and if they were intentional.
Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka was interviewed in this week’s issue of Famitsu. On the topic of the company’s 2016 and future plans, Hiraoka said:
“In 2015, we were able to develop existing IP like Persona 4: Dancing All Night and Etrian Mystery Dungeon. In 2016, starting with Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, we plan to release a large number of titles. In the summer, we’ll launch the long-awaited Persona 5. Of course, in addition to that we have several unannounced titles. I have no doubt this will be a year Atlus’ popular series all gather together.”
Etrian Odyssey V is long overdue, and should hit Japan this year. As for other surprises? We can only hope that Atlus will continue to spread the love on Nintendo platforms!
Dungeon Hearts DX was first made known last September. The game now has a more concrete release window. If all goes according to plan, Dungeon Hearts DX will be available sometime in February.
