Nintendo Everything

Additional information about Ace Attorney 6 has been translated from the pages of this week’s Famitsu. You’ll find the details rounded up below.

– Once again, the game is set in a foreign country which Phoenix visits “for a certain goal”
– The old Wright luck kicks in and he finds himself wrapped up in a certain case when his tour guide is arrested
– Phoenix goes to see the trial
– When there, he sees there’s no defense attorney and the judge is relying on things like an “oracle of spirits” to hand down a guilty verdict immediately
– Phoenix objects and takes the defense’s bench
– In the game is the mysterious, strong-willed woman in the art
– This woman is neither a witness nor a prosecutor nor a judge
– She’s this game’s “key person” like Athena in AA5
– Note that it does not say she’s Phoenix’s assistant, just reuses the “key person” term
– The “water mirror” in the courtroom plays a part in a new system they’re keeping under wraps
– The magazine also seems to suggest there may be other small changes from the usual courtroom antics
– This new system will be playable at TGS 2015
– In this country, there are prosecutors, but no defense attorneys
– Defendants must use a “certain object” to defend themselves
– The game’s theme is a “courtroom revolution”
– The team felt Phoenix was in a position where he didn’t really have anyone who could match up to him in Japan, so that was part of the reason they moved him into the wider world
– They also hope that trials in a court where the usual “rules” don’t play will help give a sense of urgency to the game that they couldn’t get in just a plain Japanese trial
– Devs have heard complaints about Ace Attorney 5 being too easy due to the many hints characters gave
– With this game, they’re aiming to let the player enable/disable hints on their own, and to avoid direct clues like in AA5
– Development is still fairly early on
– The team wants to make a game to surpass the previous entries, and to “betray the player’s expectations – in a good way!”

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Polygon has posted additional footage from Shovel Knight’s free expansion known as “Plague of Shadows”. You can watch the new video below.

Starting on Sunday, Target will be discounting select Nintendo games by 30 percent. The lineup includes Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, Mario Kart 8, and more. Target’s sale will last through September 12.

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There hasn’t been much news about Space Hulk in recent months. Actually, the game was originally thought to be coming to Wii U in May. The good news is that the eShop release is still planned – you’ll just need to wait longer than expected to play it. Space Hulk is now planned for a Christmas launch on Wii U.

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It’s official: the Bowser Jr. amiibo will only be available at Toys “R” Us in the United States. This was thought to be the case given how it’s also an exclusive in Canada.

Toys “R” Us tweeted out the following a short while ago:

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Ace Attorney 6, Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX, Monster Hunter Stories, and Monster Hunter X. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

Extreme Exorcism is launching on the Wii U eShop on September 23, Ripstone announced today. That date seems to apply to both North America and Europe.

At launch, Extreme Exorcism will set you back $12.99 / €12.99.

Ripstone wrote on Twitter earlier today:

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Tomorrow, Playtonic Games will be appearing on a live stream to show off some levels they’ve created for Super Mario Maker. Nintendo UK shared the news on its Twitter and Instagram accounts earlier today.

You can watch the live broadcast at the following times on the Nintendo UK Twitch page:

– 9 AM PT
– 12 PM ET
– 5 PM in the UK
– 6 PM in Europe

Nintendo has lifted the embargo on Super Mario Maker reviews, and that means reviews are starting to come in. You can get a look at the first round of verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 9 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
DigitalSpy – 4 / 5
Polygon – 9.5 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 8 / 10
Nintendo Life – 10 / 10
VideoGamer – 8 / 10
Shacknews – 9 / 10
Kotaku – “Yes”
Destructoid – 8 / 10
GamesBeat – 100 / 100
USGamer – 5 / 5
Game Informer – 9 / 10

Club Nintendo Europe has added one final reward. Members can begin placing orders for a “Goodbye Coin”, which costs 2,000 stars.

The coin is stamped with the waving Super Mario Bros. along with ‘thank you” in Japanese on one side, and the Club Nintendo logo on the other. Additionally, it comes in a special velvet, drawstring pouch.

Orders for the reward can be placed here.