After a slightly longer-than-expected wait for 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it’s now out on the 3DS eShop. The game will only take up 313 blocks of space on an SD card. That amounts to roughly 40MB.
In Japan, Nintendo has brought out the final piece of content from Fire Emblem Fates’ second round of DLC. You can watch some footage from “Witch’s Trial” below.
Siliconera has translated more information about the plot in Shin Megami Tensei IV Final from this week’s issue of Famitsu. We’ve rounded up the details below.
– After the protagonist (Hiro) dies, he wanders around the kingdom of Hades
– This is where he encounters Majin (Demon God) known as “Daguza”
– Hiro reluctantly comes to an agreement with Daguza, who had plans of his own
– “From this day forward, you will be my ‘God Killer.’ Together, we will kill all gods”
– Daguza gives Hiro a new live and the “demon summoning” ability
– This lets him call out demons to his aid
– The protagonist goes back to reality with his newfound power that is more than enough to make it through the fights at the Demon Capital, Tokyo
– Daguza resides inside the protagonist’s smartphone
– During this time, the “Final War” between the Archangel Merkabah and the Demon King Lucifer was nearing its end
– A group of gods called the “Association of Gods” have descended
– This group is led by the Majin Krishna
– They have the objective of “relieving all humans”
– The group begins to demand mankind to relinquish their souls
Bandai Namco issued the North American boxart for Project X Zone 2 today. We’ve attached it above.
Next week, Momonga Pinball Adventures will be arriving on the Wii U eShop in both North America and Europe. Check out 15 minutes of footage from the game below.
SEGA is bringing two of its 3DS hardware themes to North America today. The themes based on Game Gear and Genesis should be out in just over an hour.
This doesn’t come as a major surprise, but we now have confirmation that all of the hardware themes are coming west “in the coming months.” Here’s the release order for North America:
Sega Master System
Sega Mark III
Sega Saturn
Hi-Tech Sega (80s style Japanese arcade machine)
Sega SG-1000
Sega Dreamcast
We haven’t heard anything about Europe yet, but I’d be shocked if these themes don’t make it over there.
Source: SEGA PR
The 1.1.2 update for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS is now available. Primarily, the patch is intended to address a glitch with Diddy Kong.
You can see the update size for the Wii U version above. On 3DS, the download is 2,769 blocks.
Koei Tecmo updated the Japanese Hyrule Warriors Legends website with official screenshots of Skull Kid and Phantom Ganon. All of today’s images are in the gallery below.
3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is available today on the 3DS eShop. View the game’s launch trailer below.
Today, Disney Interactive shared the first details about the new Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0.
The Play Set will offer a new four-player, arcade brawler style of gameplay plus an original Marvel storyline. All Disney Infinity Marvel characters will be compatible.
Marvel Battlegrounds features Hulkbuster, Ultron and Captain America – The First Avenger, a new version of Captain America with a new pose, costume and enhanced abilities. Characters in the Play Set will make use of udapted abilities and skills to complement the new style of gameplay of Marvel Battlegrounds. We’ll also be hearing about more Marvel Battlegrounds figures “in the coming months.”
Here’s an overview of the plot:
“In the original storyline, Ultron teams up with Loki in an effort to steal Asgard’s immensely powerful Infinity Stone. To accomplish this, Ultron and Loki create robotic replicas of the famed Marvel Super Heroes and turn them against each other in an effort to distract them while they commit their crime. The Marvel Super Heroes duplicates battle each other in iconic environments such as a wrecked Brooklyn train yard, Wakanda and S.H.I.E.L.D’s Lunar Base, culminating in a universe-shaking battle against Ultron.”
Disney Infinity 3.0’s Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set will launch in March 2016. Watch an official trailer below.
Source: Disney Interactive PR
