Every so often, Nintendo changes the music that plays when you’re browsing the Wii U eShop. Today marks the release of another new tune. Give it a listen:
Update: Added pack shots of the games. Check out the gallery at the bottom of this post.
Several 3DS games will join the “Nintendo Selects” program, which means that they will be available at a reduced price at retail:
28th September, 2015 – Nintendo Selects is a range of popular Nintendo games offered at great value. Whether you want to discover a game you may have missed the first time around or simply just get a great deal ahead of Christmas, the Nintendo Selects range offers varied gaming experiences at a value offering. With over 20 classic Wii titles already available to enjoy as part of the Nintendo Selects range for Wii and Wii U, that line-up is set to expand and get even bigger on 16th October when Nintendo 3DS games, playable on the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld systems including Nintendo 2DS, join the Nintendo Selects range for the very first time.
Nintendo of Europe is set to re-release six of the most popular games for the Nintendo 3DS, which have sold a combined total of over 3.8 million units across Europe to date. The line-up is set to include:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: Following on from the 1992 Super NES title The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, discover a new story in the kingdom of Hyrule. Armed with new items and the ability to move across walls as if he were painted on them, Link must conquer perilous dungeons in his quest to restore peace to two very different worlds.
Star Fox 64 3D: The Star Fox team returns for one of its greatest missions, originally released as Lylat Wars in Europe. Blast enemies as you fly through ruined cityscapes and dense meteor fields, and take on friends in local multiplayer in this action-packed 3D shooter.
nintendogs + cats: Have you ever wanted to play with puppies and kittens in the palm of your hand? Look after a range of breeds, teach them tricks, enter them in different challenges and activities, and dress them up in a range of accessories. Different breeds are available to choose at the start of each of the game’s three versions: French Bulldog, Toy Poodle, and Golden Retriever. All breeds can be unlocked in all versions.
Mario Tennis Open: Thrilling tennis action for up to four players, either online or in Local Play. Run your opponent ragged with topspin, backspin, lobs and more, then get in position to pull off a stunning Chance Shot that’s sure to leave them completely bamboozled!
Yoshi’s New Island: Yoshi and Baby Mario are reunited for a free-wheeling platform adventure packed with classic Yoshi gameplay, all wrapped up in a collection of dreamy art styles. Hunt high and low for countless collectibles, and even smash through obstacles with the new Mega Eggdozers.
Mario Party: Island Tour: A content-packed party in your pocket! Dive into 80 hilarious new minigames and share the fun with friends via Download Play, where four people can party on together with just one Game Card between them.
Owners of a handheld system in the Nintendo 3DS family, including Nintendo 2DS, can look forward to great games at great value when these six Nintendo 3DS titles join the Nintendo Selects range for the very first time across Europe on 16th October.
This week’s Wii U/3DS specific charts are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
2. Skylanders Superchargers – Activision Blizzard
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Splatoon – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
7. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios
8. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
9. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
7. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – Nintendo
8. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom
Source: Chart-Track
This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
Source: Chart-Track
Another Monday means another update to Pokemon Shuffle. Several events, including the Mega Charizard one, came to an end today. If you placed high enough, you can claim your Charizardite Y today if you check in.
Keldeo makes a return to the game, having previously been available a couple of months ago. You’ve got one week to catch it.
Finally, Latias is available for the first time via an escalation battle. As per usual, the stage’s level goes up by one each time you beat it, as does Latias’ capture chance. Of interest, however, is that Latias’ Mega Stone, Latiasite, is also available in this stage. You have to beat this escalation battle at level 50 to get it.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
1001 Spikes – €14.99/£13.49
Toto Temple Deluxe – €8.99/£6.99
Pumped BMX + – €8.49/£6.49 (Ends October 15th, regular price €9.99/£7.99)
Race The Sun – €9.99/£6.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Medabots: Metabee (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
Medabots: Rokusho (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
3DS Retail
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (available October 2nd) – €39.99/£34.99 (if you buy the game until October 29th, you get the office theme as a bonus)
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – €39.99/£29.99 (you can pre-purchase the game starting October 1st , game available on October 16; also, if you pre-purchase the game, you get a code for a Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden 3DS theme for free)
3DS Download
1001 Spikes – €14.99/£13.49
3DS DLC
SENRAN KAGURA 2: Burst – €4.99/£4.49
3DS Themes
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – My Town (available October 1st) – €1.99/£1.79
eShop Sales
Wii U
Gravity Badgers – €2.49/£2.49 (Ends October 29th, regular price €4.99/£4.99)
Spy Chameleon – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends October 29th, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
Darts Up – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends October 29th, regular price €2.49/£2.29)
99Seconds – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends October 29th, regular price €2.49/£2.29)
Puzzle Monkeys – €0.99/£0.99 (Ends October 22nd, regular price €2.99/£2.99)
3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/£8.99 (Ends October 8th, regular price €19.99/£17.99)
Toys VS Monsters – €0.99/£0.99 (Ends October 29th, regular price €3.99/£3.99)
Football Up Online – €1.99/£1.79 (Ends October 29th, regular price €3.99/£3.59)
Darts Up 3D – €0.99/£0.99 (Ends October 29th, regular price €2.99/£2.69)
Tappingo – €1.99/£1.69 (Ends October 22nd, regular price €2.99/£2.49)
The Legend of Dark Witch – Chronicle 2D ACT – €2.99/£2.99 (Ends October 22nd, regular price €3.99/£3.49)
European Conqueror 3D – €2.99/£2.19 (Ends October 22nd, regular price €3.99/£2.99)
Crazy Construction – €5.59/£3.99 (Ends October 15th, regular price €6.99/£4.99)
Safari Quest – €4.99/£3.99 (Ends October 15th, regular price €6.99/£4.99)
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends October 8th, regular price €7.99/£7.19)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – €5.99/£5.39 (Ends October 8th, regular price €7.99/£7.19)
Permanent price drops
3DS
Battleminer – €4.99/£4.49 (was €7.99/£5.99)
Source: Nintendo PR
We still have a little ways to go before the release of Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash, but someone has already managed to get their hands on the game. A couple of videos with extensive gameplay are below.
Let’s Talk #25: Nintendo and movies
This may seem like a slightly strange topic to discuss. After all, Nintendo hasn’t really been involved with movies too much. We all know about the infamous Super Mario Bros. film, and you can even bring up The Wizard. I suppose the Pokemon movies technically count as well! But aside from these examples, Nintendo hasn’t done much in the film business.
Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka both spoke a tiny bit earlier this week about casting for theoretical live action Zelda and Mario films. Because of their comments, I wanted to expand on that into a bigger site discussion this week.
Which Nintendo property would you be interested in seeing when it comes to movies? Would you prefer it to be animated rather than live action? Are you for or against Nintendo being more proactive with films? What are your thoughts about Nintendo and movies in general? Let us know in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: What do you want to see from the next Nintendo Direct?
Burning Gravity
What I don’t expect:
– mobile game footage
– NX info
Why? Because I’m not… actually, let’s not go there.
What I might like?
– Showing footage of all upcoming games for 2015.
– Zelda U footage.
– No Star Fox footage, wait for that game to get more polish since they’re delaying it and all.
– HWL, GIR#FE trailers (for 2016).
– New Pokken Tournament character, but this seems a bit unlikely since it seems like they’re handling this pretty separately thus far
– No Metroid or anything else 1st-party 2016 not already mentioned. (Except potential new announcements.)
– 3rd-party stuff: like, getting AA6, PXZ2, etc. news, even if it’s only in the Japan Direct, would be nice.
– Rhythm Heaven localization, PLEASE.
– Quick indie game reel. Yes, I like and appreciate these. IMO showing off all the great Wii U (and 3DS, I guess) eShop games is generally a good idea and is a great way of saying “hey, we have other cool things too besides 1st-party stuff, if you’re not sure what to check out, here are some ideas!”
– It’s not going to happen, but I’d like if they showed short clips of games like TLoL or Stella Glow, just like 20 second clips even, but yeah, no. That’s just me wanting these games to get more attention. Not a realistic or logical request, really.
– One new game announcement, as said, because what’s a Nintendo Direct without that? And I guess nowadays, we usually get amiibo news and/or some extra weird announcement, like some spin-off game or some collaboration or new title on the eShop or something, lol… every little thing counts, yeah? I do like being surprised by Directs. 🙂
Darrin W. Harr II
Zelda U news. Don’t get me wrong, I’m looking forward to Tri Force Heroes, but I really want new screenshots, even small tidbits of information. I’m not as angry as some about the delay, seeing as it will hopefully end with a more polished game, but I just want to know more about the game itself.
Vigilante_blade
I just want them to include several updates for Mario Maker, like Luigi, slopes, lava and water in any levels, new enemies, etc…
I’d love to see some nice third parties like a port of Metal Gear V with some sort of extra, or Persona 5. They need some killer exclusives.
I’d love to see a new game or something.
I also want them to clarify which controllers works for each upcoming games. I’m tired of finding out the week of its release or having to ask industry contacts.
Kallumsmarties
Just something positive. I miss watching a Direct and being so hyped and excited after. I think they should focus games owards holiday and 1st quarter of 2016. Probably want to talk about the new loyalty system as well which if it is going to be what I think it will be then it will be awesome.
Giving this a final bump to the top! There are only a few days left in September, so we’ll be choosing a winner for our second giveaway next weekend in all likelihood.
Hey everyone!
A new month is here, so I wanted to update everyone on our Patreon.
Our Hall of Fame page has been updated again with a list of everyone’s names. If you’re pledging $1 and have chosen to receive a reward (a couple of you opted to not receive any rewards), you’ll be automatically included on the page. Please let me know if you’d prefer to not be on there, or if you want a different name in the Hall of Fame.
Next, we have some giveaway business to take care of. Those who pledge $5 are automatically eligible for our monthly giveaways exclusively for Patreon. Our first ever giveaway, which took place during August, was for the gold Mario amiibo. The winner of that prize is… Corey Buttel! We’ll be in touch shortly to arrange for the shipping of this reward.
This month’s giveaway is for a 3DS game that is very close to my heart: Kid Icarus: Uprising. Everyone pledging $5 or higher is eligible to receive this prize, regardless of their region. It will likely be a code that you can download from the eShop, but we may offer it as a packaged version depending on the winner’s region.
I think that’s mostly it! Of course, if you’re pledging $3+, you can also get some sneak peeks of things like features and certain news items before they hit the site. You can find our full Patreon page and lineup of rewards here.
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