This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Mario Kart 7
2. Final Fantasy Explorers
3. Super Mario Bros. 3
4. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
5. Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
6. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
7. Terraria
8. Super Mario 3D Land
9. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
10. Smash Controller
11. Super Mario Bros.
12. Shovel Knight
13. The Legend of Zelda
14. Pokemon Omega Ruby
15. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
16. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
17. Pokemon Trading Card Game
18. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
19. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
20. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Videos
1. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
2. Fire Emblem Fates: Downloadable Content
3. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Launch Trailer
4. Final Fantasy Explorers Trailer
5. Super Smash Bros. – Final Presentation
6. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
7. Yo-kai Watch Episode 1
8. Super Smash Bros. – Bayonetta Gets Wicked
9. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Trailer
10. Project X Zone 2 Trailer
11. Mario Kart 7 Video
12. Terraria Announcement Trailer
13. Super Smash Bros. – Corrin Chooses to Smash
14. PSMD Special Video: Ep. 4
15. Fire Emblem Fates – Life on the Front Lines | Episode 1
16. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam TV Spot
17. Mega Man Legacy Collection Trailer
18. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Just the Fax Trailer
19. Photos with Mario Trailer
20. Alphadia Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
Another new Twilight Princess HD tweet has been posted on the series’ Japanese Twitter page. Today, “Malo” talks about the Zora tribe and shows off some art.
Here’s our translation:
“…It’s Malo. This is the battle mask worn by the Zora tribe… but there are more variations than I thought. Were they in bad terms against the Goron tribe in the past…? Many of them were used specifically for raids, but on the contrary I think they look more conspicuous…”
Nintendo has issued a new statement regarding the petting mini-game in Fire Emblem Fates. Here it is in full:
“In certain circumstances, S-Level characters are able to wake up their spouses by blowing into the microphone or by tapping the screen to touch their hair, face or shoulder. These randomly triggered events are unrelated to the mini-game in the Japanese version.”
This statement essentially confirms what we heard from GameSpot last week. Fire Emblem Fates’ petting mini-game is indeed cut in the western version. However, it’s possible to wake up spouses by tapping the screen or blowing into the 3DS’ microphone – that’s it. There’s nothing extra beyond this in the overseas release.
System: 3DS
Release date: February 16, 2016
Developer: Monolith Soft
Publisher Bandai Namco
The original Project X Zone that released back in 2013 was a pleasant surprise to fans of Capcom, SEGA, and Bandai Namco alike. It brought characters from each respective publisher into a strategy RPG format where they band together and go across space and time to defeat villains across multiple series, as well as original characters, to save the world from collapsing into itself through the constant overlapping dimensions colliding. Project X Zone 2 doesn’t veer to far from the original, featuring a lot of the same characters, maps, stories, and more. It almost makes this feel like more of an expansion than a true sequel, but that’s not such a bad thing. The fan service of bringing all these iconic characters into one game is what keeps an experience like this special, and the humor on top is a bonus throughout.
Pokken Tournament’s main lineup of content won’t be expanded – at least right out of the gate. It’s been said that there are currently no plans to release more Pokemon or stages via downloadable content. Will that change at any point in the future? That remains to be seen.
The ProCube controller was previously being sold only on Hyperkin’s store. Later this month, however, the product will be available at GameStop as well.
Each of the three color variations – white, black, and purple – are up on the retailer’s site here. They’ll be sent out on February 29 for $30 each.
Rather than focusing on gameplay, the latest Fire Emblem Fates video shows off a cut-scene from the Conquest version. Check it out below – just be wary of spoilers!
Earlier today, Level-5 published the first Yo-kai Sangokushi trailer. It not only showed the game in proper video form for the first time, but it also contained another nugget of information.
Yo-Kai Sangokushi will offer both online and local multiplayer. Up to four players will be able to participate in battles.
Towards the beginning of last month, we heard about a new “Star Fox Limited Edition Fox McCloud Stone Statue” sold by GameStop. Originally, it was supposed to be out on February 9. That date has passed, and statues haven’t been shipped.
Based on GameStop’s listing, the Fox McCloud figure should be available on February 22 – next Monday. If we hear about any further delays, we’ll be sure to let you know.
More information is in from this month’s NPD report. We have sales data from the United States for one of Nintendo’s systems as well as two games.
First, in terms of hardware, Wii U sold roughly 40,000 units. Debut sales for Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Final Fantasy Explorers also came in at 71,000 and 53,000 copies respectively.
With the games, it’s important to remember that digital sales are not included. They also launched pretty late in January, so they only have about a week of data.
