There has been plenty of talk over the past few days about GameStop’s amiibo pre-order event. This will be taking place on Saturday, and provides consumers with an opportunity to reserve the Retro 3 Pack containing the R.O.B., Mr. Game & Watch, and Duck Hunt figures.
GameStop has now opened an official page for the event. If you need to find a local store, visit this link.
Thanks to Austin G for the tip.
Shin’en has been saying these past few months that FAST Racing Neo should be launching this year. We now have a more specific release window. The studio informed NintendOn that a December release is currently targeted.
FAST Racing Neo should cost between €10 and €20. Also, following launch, a demo will be made available.
Update: Bumped to the top. Aksys Games has now made an official announcement, and it’s due out this fall. The official website is here.
Aksys Games is localizing The Apprentice Witch and Fluffy Friends for North America, a listing on Amazon
has revealed. It will be known as “Moco Moco Friends” here in the west.
Moco Moco Friends made its way to Japan back in April. It’s a fantasy RPG where humans and creatures with mysterious powers known as Muppets coexist. In the game, players will find a comical story of a young girl who aims to be the Muppet master.
Here are some additional details from Amazon’s listing:
– Battle against your rivals, scavenge items, venture through massive dungeons
– Evolve your Moppet monsters and travel with your companions across the magical realm of Dreamt ropy
– Lead your Moppets to victory in turn based battles. Fight, befriend and evolve Moppets on your quest to banish evil from Dreamt ropy
– 120 types of Moppet monsters to collect
– Teleport to dungeons using the town portal/gate. The garden allows the player to grow crops or collect items
Amazon lists a tentative November 17 release date for Moco Moco Friends. You can read more about the game in our original report here.
The Harvest December visual novel series remains on track for the west.
Yesterday, Circle Entertainment actually confirmed that all translations are complete. The company is now working on quality assurance. Once that’s done, it should be pretty close to hitting the 3DS eShop.
Circle Entertainment’s official tweet is as follows:
Harvest December Series has finished all translations, thanks for our lovely translator Ms.Toshie. We are working for QA on final round!
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) August 4, 2015
Little Orbit has prepared a few more screenshots from Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations. Check them out below.
If you need a reminder as to what Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is about, read up on the overview below.
Bike Rider Ultra DX – World Tour received a surprise release on the Japanese Wii U eShop this week. It can be purchased for 980 yen.
The main draw in Bike Rider Ultra DX – World Tour is the addition of cooperative and competitive races with up to four people, with Mii support. There’s also 60 stages, online rankings, and more.
Watch a video for Bike Rider Ultra DX – World Tour below.
Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX features local connectivity. In Capcom’s latest update for the game, the company touched on how some of these features work.
One activity allows you to invite friends and go harvesting or fishing. There are cases in which some villages have certain items that aren’t available in others. In addition, players can participate in Poogie races or take on expedition quests with monster battles.
Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX heads to Japan on September 10.
Gamescom 2015 continues today. Just like yesterday, we’ll be rounding up footage taken from the event below.
Speaking with Examiner, executive VP of sales at Nintendo of America Scott Moffitt spoke about the company’s commitment to indie titles and developers.
Moffitt told the site:
“We’ve really been embracing the independent development community and there is a lot of really great indie content coming to our platform, more so than [before] on Wii or predecessor systems. Our eShop is stocked with great indie games, so we try to rotate them through and promote them from time to time with developer support.”
Examiner also asked Moffitt if Nintendo will work with Playtonic when it comes time to promote Yooka-Laylee. Regarding this, he said:
“We’ve show a much more open stance to indie developers, so never say never.
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden demo is available today in both North America and Europe. You won’t need much space for it, as the download is only 711 blocks. That’s roughly 89 MB.
