This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Grumpy Reaper – $4.99
Jewel Quest – $4.99
Star Ghost – $8.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar – $6.99
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar – $6.99
Wii U App
Rhapsody – Music & Radio
Wii U Demo
Word Puzzles by POWGI
3DS Download
Blast ‘Em Bunnies – $4.99
3DS Demos
Bravely Second: End Layer – The Ballad of the Three Cavaliers
Word Puzzles by POWGI
3DS DLC
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation – This third path in the Fire Emblem Fates story reveals many secrets not available in the Birthright or Conquest versions. Players who own either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest can purchase Revelation for $19.99 via the Dragon’s Gate in game. Once purchased, a third option will appear at the Branch of Fate moment of the game: “Refuse to Choose a Side.” Additional content will be released on a weekly basis through April 21 and is all part of Map Pack 1 available now for purchase.
3DS Themes
Fire Emblem Fates : Two Kingdoms
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Zombies
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Western
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Ninjas
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Luchadors
Blast ’Em Bunnies Bundle
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal from SEGA are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– Jones on Fire, Gardenscapes and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.
Wii U
– VoxelMaker is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 13 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
– Test Your Mind is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 25.
– Christmas Adventure of Rocket Penguin is 20 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Art of Balance is 25 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $6.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Mortar Melon and Plenty of Fishies from Nitrolic Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 30.
3DS
– Fantasy Pirates, Toys vs Monsters and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7.
– Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.
– Code of Princess is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– The Delusions of Von Sottendorff and His Square Mind is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 22.
– The Keep is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.
– Big Hero 6 Battle in the Bay, Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest and more games from GameMill Entertainment are on sale from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 18.
– Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 4.
Price Reductions
Nintendo Selects – Starting on March 11, some of the most popular and critically acclaimed Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games become a part of the Nintendo Selects program and will be available at a suggested retail price of only $19.99 each. Newly priced games include Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Pikmin 3 and NES Remix Pack for Wii U; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Yoshi’s New Island, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Mario Party: Island Tour for Nintendo 3DS; and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Super Mario All-Stars for Wii.
Source: Nintendo PR
This week’s issue of Famitsu has an interview centered around The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. But of course, the discussion wouldn’t have been complete without a question regarding Zelda Wii U.
When asked about how development is going on the new game by Famitsu, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma told the magazine:
“Busy. When we did Skyward Sword for the Wii, at the end stages of development, I was in charge of the characters’ dialogue and the in-game text. And, now as well, it’s like it was then. I had to work on text today, too. But, the game has really taken shape, and things have gotten easier. That means things are progressing well.”
Aonuma added that the keyword/key phrase for the game is “something new.” Ocarina of Time was a huge leap for the Zelda series and since then Aonuma explained:
“I think the base of our secret sauce has always been Ocarina of Time. But this time, the change in flavor will be like going from Japanese food to Western style food. Perhaps, players will be surprised. Please look forward to it, because I think we’ll be able to make ‘something new’ like Ocarina of Time was.”
This week’s issue of Jump has yet another update on Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3.
In the magazine, we’re shown an important and mysterious girl, who was designed by Akira Toriyama. She has a similar appearance as the protagonist, and also wears a Reactor device on her ear. Her description is as follows: “This girl knows everything about Break World!?” She even appears to know about the protagonist.”
Also shown in Jump are “Break Monsters”. These are ominous monsters seemingly eroded by something that should be considered a considerably formidable threat to the player.
A pair of Wii U titles have been nominated for the BAFTA Game Awards. Splatoon has been nominated for “Game Innovation”, “Multiplayer”, and “Original Property” while Super Mario Maker is up for “Family” alongside Disney Infinity 3.0 and Guitar Hero Live.
All of the nominees for the BAFTA Game Awards are located here.
EnjoyUp’s Grumpy Reaper came to the European Wii U eShop last week, and is due out in North America later today. A few minutes of footage can be found below.
Continuing its series of “Countdown Clash” videos leading up to the launch of Pokken Tournament this week, Nintendo UK published the results video for battles 3 and 4. Check it out below:
Update: Added boxarts.
Back in September, Nintendo announced the Nintendo Selects program for Europe – select Nintendo 3DS titles getting both a reprint and a permanent discount. Today, Nintendo announced that several Wii U games will be added to the lineup on April 15th. Each game will cost €24,99 / £19.99, both in stores and on Nintendo eShop. The games are:
- New Super Mario Bros. U & New Super Luigi U (bundle pack; the standard version of New Super Mario Bros. U will be removed from the eShop on April 15th)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Wii Party U
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
- Lego City Undercover
Head past the break for today’s full announcement.
As part of last week’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced that the 3DS Virtual Console is now seeing the addition of SNES games. However, only those with a New 3DS can partake in the fun. Downloading SNES titles on older models of the system simply isn’t possible.
A Nintendo representative told Game Informer the following about having SNES games only on New 3DS:
“As previously announced, New Nintendo 3DS has an improved CPU, which enables Super NES games to run on the system with quality results. The Super NES games also include Perfect-Pixel mode, which allows players to see their games in their original TV resolution and aspect resolution.”
Nintendo’s statement indicates that the CPU behind the New 3DS is what allows for SNES Virtual Console games to be possible.
It seems another Pokémon game will be hitting smartphones. The Pokémon Company just posted a trailer for a new game, currently translated as Pokémon CoMaster. The game is being codeveloped by HEROZ and is slated for a spring release in Japan. We’ll provide more details as we learn them. For now, you can watch the trailer below:
This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Pokemon Yellow
2. Pokemon Red
3. Pokemon Blue
4. Super Mario World
5. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
6. Mario Kart 7
7. Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
9. Mega Man Legacy Collection
10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
11. Pokemon Omega Ruby
12. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
13. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
14. Pokemon Trading Card Game
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Super Mario Bros.
17. F-Zero
18. Azure Striker Gunvolt
19. Pokemon Yellow (Spanish Version)
20. Pokemon X
Videos
1. Pokemon Direct 2/26/16
2. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
3. Pokemon Red Trailer
4. Super Mario World Trailer
5. Pokemon Blue Trailer
6. Nintendo Direct 3/3/16
7. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
8. Mega Man Legacy Collection Trailer
9. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E3 2015 Video
10. F-Zero Trailer
11. Final Fantasy Explorers Trailre
12. Hyrule Warriors Legends E3 2015 Trailer
13. Pokemon Bank Trailer
14. Project X Zone 2 Trailer
15. Hyrule Warriors Legends – Legendary Warriors Unleashed
16. Mario Kart 7 Video
17. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
18. Sadame Trailer
19. Monster Hunter Generations Announcement Trailer
20. Super Smash Bros. Final Video Presentation
Source: 3DS eShop
