Nintendo added another Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer commercial to its “Play Nintendo” YouTube channel today. You can give it a watch below.
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash’s new Japanese website confirms that the title is compatible with 57 amiibo. Of course, that includes the special Chibi-Robo figure made specifically for the game.
amiibo based on the Smash Bros., Mario Party 10, and Yoshi’s Woolly World lines will work with Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash. When you tap any of them to the 3DS, you’ll earn in-game coins.
Some have been under the impression that Final Fantasy VI was a disappointment from a sales perspective in Japan whereas it sold moderately well in America. However, this isn’t actually true.
Hironobu Sakaguchi, who produced Final Fantasy VI, has now cleared things up. It turns out that is was the United States is where the RPG didn’t sell. He added that Final Fantasy VII “actually did very well in Japan.”
Interestingly, bigger characters were used in future Final Fantasy titles – starting with Final Fantasy VII – due to the response to VI. Sakaguchi is also “mystified” by VI’s newfound popularity in the west.
“In terms of numbers, [Final Fantasy VI] didn’t sell in the States. It actually did very well in Japan. I’m mystified, because I see [Americans] are playing the [mobile] version. I think size of the characters really matters to an American audience, so from Final Fantasy VII onward, we used bigger characters. [I think] that’s why Final Fantasy VII took off. But I am kind of mystified [by VI’s current popularity in the West], because [Americans] didn’t buy Final Fantasy VI back then.”
Update: The Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle is now up as well
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Amazon Canada has started taking pre-orders for the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle. You can get yours in here
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
02./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
03./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
04./00. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online
05./04. [WIU] Splatoon
06./00. [PS4] Until Dawn
07./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.4
08./00. [3DS] Famicom Remix Best Choice
09./05. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
10./01. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX
11./07. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
12./00. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online
13./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
14./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
15./00. [PSV] Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 1 + 2
16./11. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
17./10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest
18./00. [PS4] Dishonored: Definitive Edition
19./12. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
20./13. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
Earlier this week, Nintendo announced that the standard New 3DS will finally be making its way to North America as part of a bundle with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. GameStop put up pre-orders on its website shortly after the news came in, but the package has now sold out.
I don’t believe that the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle is a GameStop exclusive. If we hear about other retailers taking pre-orders, we’ll let you know when they become available.
Dementium: The Ward originally launched on DS back in October 2007. Later this year, the game will be available on the 3DS eShop with several improvements in the form of Dementium Remastered.
Here’s what Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham says players can look forward to with the new version:
“New gameplay difficulty options include Normal, Hard, and Demented. We’ve added a manual save system (adopted from Dementium II). Enemies no longer respawn; a dead zombie stays dead! A lot of time and attention has been spent on increasing texture resolution, adding specular, detail, and normal maps to enemies and environments. Cut-scenes have all been re-rendered using new remastered enemy/environment art (not autostereoscopic 3D, though, to save on ROM size)”
You can get a look at Dementium Remastered’s new title screen above. If you use the QR code with your 3DS, you can view it in 3D.
Nintendo’s latest Japanese Super Mario Maker gives us a look at the fly swatter mini-game. Check it out below.
Bandai Namco published a new Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns trailer earlier today. View it below.
Nintendo released a new video today showcasing a few European digital game highlights from August 2015. You can watch it below.
