Rakoo & Friends now has a release date for Europe. The eShop is currently listing an October 15 release date for PAL regions. At launch, the game will cost €9.99.
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures arrives on the European Wii U Virtual Console this week. We have the official trailer below.
Shin Megami Tensei IV Final is coming to 3DS, Atlus has revealed. The game will be released in Japan on February 10 for 6,480 yen.
Teasers from Atlus today suggested that this would be a new version of Shin Megami Tensei IV, but that’s not the case. Famitsu, which has full coverage of the game this week, says it’s an entirely new project set in the same world. “Godslayer” is said to be a keyword.
Atlus is planning a Niconico stream for October 11, which will be held at 7 PM Japan time. Since it’s covered in this week’s Famitsu though, we should be getting information within a day or two. You can find the teaser site here.
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash is a Nintendo game, so it only makes sense that the game has references to other titles from the Big N. Take a look at the video below for references to a couple of Nintendo franchises.
Pocky & Rocky with Becky launches on the European Wii U Virtual Console this week, and soon in North America. View the official trailer below.
Mixi issued a new batch of screenshots and art from Monster Strike on 3DS today. We’ve gathered up the images below.
Unseen64’s Liam Robertson has once again uncovered some fascinating details about cancelled and unreleased games. This time, he’s covering Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty’s Curse, a cancelled Game Boy Color game. Robertson reveals that, while the game was cancelled and never released on the GBC, it would eventually become Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty’s Revenge, which was released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003. Grunty’s Curse contained an alternate storyline and levels that weren’t present in the GBA version. Make sure to read the full article here and check out the video below.
Nintendo various European websites, such as nintendo.co.uk, got a redesign today. It’s not a huge departure from the previous design, but it’s still notable. Naturally, since the service has ended, there’s no longer a link to Club Nintendo on the site (although you can sign up for a newsletter here – once Club Nintendo’s successor has been announced, Nintendo will send you an e-mail).
For the first time since the list’s inception in 2001, Nintendo is not part of the world’s top 100 brands. Interbrand, the company compiling the list, looks at the financial performances of companies and how their brands contributed to that and how they are expected to contribute in the future.
Interbrand Japan CEO Yuki Wada said that the reason Nintendo didn’t make the list was because of the company’s failure to keep up with the changes in people’s lives, as evidenced by the fact that they only decided to start releasing smartphone games this year.
