More footage has come in showing the Desert Island Escape mode in Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Check it out below.
Rytmik Ultimate is gearing up for its release on the 3DS eShop. In an update provided by Cinemax, the developer said that it’s now in Nintendo’s approval process and is targeted for launch in December.
Rytmik Ultimate will allow users to share music they’ve created online through the “Rytmik Cloud”. They’ll also be able to “exchange their songs and cooperate on their composing”.
Thanks to a listing on the eShop, we know of one confirmed digital release in Europe next week. Totem Topple will be out for Wii U starting on November 19. Pricing is set at €2.99.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 is featured again in this week’s issue of Jump. Here’s the latest from the magazine:
– Game is set in a “Break World”
– This is a world that is made of a variety of “broken up” continents
– Game has towns with near-future looks unlike past titles in the series
– Frozen areas, majestic buildings, wastelands, and more are also included
– The “Ride” system that lets you mount on monsters will evolve as you continue through your adventure
– Can do consecutive jumps in mid-air
– Attack enemies on the field for preemptive strikes
– Reach places by flying on a monster that you normally can’t reach by feet
– The “Reactor” device that the protagonist uses can show hidden treasures, paths of light, and other things you normally can’t see on your own
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Monster High New Ghoul in School – $39.99 (available Nov. 17)
Wii U Download
Girls Like Robots – $6.99
Test Your Mind – $2.99
Word Party – $14.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Contra Advance: The Alien Wars Ex – $7.99
Wii U Demo
Word Party
3DS Retail
Moco Moco Friends – $39.99 (available Nov. 17)
Monster High New Ghoul in School – $29.99 (available Nov. 17)
Stella Glow – $49.99 (available Nov. 17)
3DS Download
Horse Life 4 – $14.99
Johnny’s Payday Panic – $3.99
Nintendo Badge Arcade – free
3DS Demo
Samurai Defender
3DS Themes
Stella Glow: “The Witches and Bubu”
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Turtle Tale for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.79) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
Wii U
– Affordable Space Adventures is 20 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $15.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
– Roving Rogue is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26.
– Blok Drop U, DON’T CRASH and more games from RCMADIAX Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 6.
3DS
– ?Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl and Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 16 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 30.
– TOYS VS MONSTERS is 75 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 10.
Activities
You Have a New Client Waiting! – Felyne is a character from Capcom’s Monster Hunter game franchise, and he is looking for a home designer to help decorate his place in the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game. Fulfilling Felyne’s request will net you new and unique items for your catalog. Use Monster Hunter-themed items to make him feel right at home. Felyne is available for a limited time via SpotPass, so check the in-game Nintendo 3DS system on the second floor of Nook’s Homes to meet him and take him on as a client.
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. “Emerald City” Tournament – See how your squad stacks up online in Nintendo’s Public Tournaments. Top players earn unique titles that are visible online and earn major bragging rights with your friends and around the world. The new “Emerald City” tournament runs Nov. 13 through Nov. 16. Opt in via the SpotPass feature on your Nintendo 3DS system for notifications about future tournaments. Good luck, agents!
Source: Nintendo PR
Capcom will think about supporting NX, Nintendo’s new system, according to the company.
During its latest financial results meeting, there was this exchange with an investor:
Q. What are your plans involving new platforms (NX, PlayStation® VR and others) and the timing of launches of Capcom titles for these platforms?
A. Our R&D operations are working on technologies for many types of hardware. We will consider the possibility of creating technology demonstrations and making versions of titles under development for these new platforms. At this time, we have not announced any plans for specific products or the timing of a product launch.
Capcom brought a few titles to Wii U, which was Nintendo’s most-recent system launch. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate was available at the Japanese release and soon after in the west. Other Capcom titles include Resident Evil: Revelations, DuckTales Remastered, and Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara.
Walmart has announced its deals for Black Friday 2015. A few Nintendo games will be going on sale, including Splatoon, Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, each of which will be $25. The new Super Smash Bros. and Splatoon Wii U bundle will also be sold for $250.
Head past the break for the full lineup of Walmart’s deals.
Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda isn’t the only one tweeting about today’s Nintendo Direct. Masahiro Sakurai, director of Super Smash Bros., is joining in on the fun as well.
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On his Twitter account, Sakurai mentioned that he’ll be waking up early for the Direct. Might that mean we’ll be seeing some Smash Bros. news later today?
In DeNa’s latest financial results briefing they talked, among other things, about their partnership with Nintendo. An English video of the briefing featuring a presentation by DeNA’s president and CEO Isao Moriyasu is now available here.
Yesterday’s Famitsu scans featured quite an extensive look at Monster Hunter X. Most of the focus was on monster variants which are, well, variants of existing monsters with different looks and behavior patterns. Adam Evanko AKA Gaijinhunter took an in-depth look at the Famitsu scans in a video which you can find below, but here’s a small overview of the monster variants detailed in the magazine:
- Darkflame Rathalos: lots of airtime and new breath attacks
- Deadly Princess Rathian: focuses on poison attacks
- Crimson Bear Arzuros: characteristic red mane, powerful attacks with his arms
- Fortress Daimyo: high defense, hard to crack
- Bouldercrusher Tetsucabra: berserk, powerful jaw attacks
- Whitegale Nargacuga: really fast, shoots shockwaves when it attacks
- Gold Thunder Zinoger: has undergone an “awakening” and now has powerful homing lightning attacks
