Capcom published a batch of new screenshots from Monster Hunter X today. You can view them in the gallery below.
The new Rare Replay package contains a pair of interesting videos. We get to learn about the making of Banjo-Kazooie as well as Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Both videos can be viewed below.
As a bonus, we’ve posted one more video after the break. Staffers talk about what makes a Rare game in it.
Nintendo UK has announced its 2015 Summer Tour. The company will be bringing a selection of Wii U and 3DS games to five locations nationwide, including Super Mario Maker and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.
Here’s the full lineup:
– Splatoon
– Yoshi’s Woolly World
– Super Mario Maker
– Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
– Super Mario 3D World
– Mario Kart 8
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
– Tomodachi Life
– Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
– Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
– Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The Nintendo Summer Tour will take place at the following locations between August 12 and September 13:
12th – 17th August – Manchester Arndale
20 – 24th August – Intu Derby
27th – 31st August – Westfield London
5 – 6th September – Intu Metrocentre, Tyne and Wear
12th – 13th September – Intu Braehead, Glasgow
Along with playable games, visitors can also step inside “Mario’s World”. This is an area of the stand featuring a life-size Piranha Plant statue and giant green pipes. There will also be Mario themed rewards such as hats, moustaches and a limited edition Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary pin. Attendees can also take photos in front of an Animal Crossing themed board and check out the current and upcoming amiibo collection.
Source: Nintendo PR
Check out some off-screen FAST Racing Neo footage from Gamescom, courtesy of IGN:
Blaziken is the latest addition to Pokken Tournament’s roster. Check out some off-screen footage of Blaziken fighting against Lucario:
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has been a huge success in Japan, selling over 500,000 copies in its first week. Not surprisingly, the amiibo cards have been similarly successful, to the point where they have been hard to find in stores. Nintendo has now issued a statement that the second wave of Animal Crossing amiibo cards will not release on September 30th, as was originally planned. Instead, production facilities will be used to reprint the first wave of cards, with those reprints hitting store shelves at the end of August. A new release date for the second wave will be announced at a later date.
Alongside the big Splatoon content update, Nintendo also launched a dedicated Splatoon web app today. Once you log in with your Nintendo Network ID, there are several functions available to you:
Friends List: See which of your friends are online and send messages to your friends inviting them to play Splatoon with you.
Ranking: View your friends’ current ranks, levels, gear and how many points they’ve scored with each weapon.
Equipment: View your own profile. Only works if you’ve updated your game to version 2.0.
Schedule: Check out the current and upcoming map rotation.
The catch, however, is that the website is only available in Japanese right now. Hopefully we’ll see translated versions of it soon.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Child of Light
2. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Splatoon
4. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
6. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
7. Cube Life: Island Survival
8. Super Mario 64
9. Super Mario World
10. Paper Mario
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. EarthBound
13. Super Mario Bros.
14. Donkey Kong 64
15. Kirby Squeak Squad
16. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
17. Xeodrifter
18. EarthBound Beginnings
19. Mario Tennis
20. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Videos
1. Super Mario Maker E3 2015 Trailer
2. Happy Birthday Kirby Trailer
3. Splatoon Direct 5/7/15
4. Disney Infinity 3.0 Announcement Trailer
5. Play Nintendo Introduction Video
6. Cube Life: Island Survival Trailer
7. Splatoon amiibo Trailer
8. Badland: Game of the Year Edition Trailer
9. Legend of Kay Anniversary Trailer
10. Cube Life: Island Survival Trailer 2
11. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2015 Trailer
12. Skylanders SuperChargers E3 Trailer
13. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival E3 2015 Trailer
14. Mario Party 10 Launch Trailer
15. Introducing amiibo
16. Great Games to Buy with eShop Cards
17. Nintendo Minute – AMAZE-Ink May Splatoon Turf War
18. Super Smash Bros. Mii Fighters Suit up for Wave One
19. New amiibo TV Commercial
20. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E3 2015 Video
Source: Wii U eShop
This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during the first half of 2015. All data was collected between December 29, 2014 and June 28, 2015. You can check out the results in full below (thanks hiska-kun).
01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes
03. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D #
04. [WIU] Splatoon
05. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria
06. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire #
07. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom #
08. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes #
09. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst
10. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Capcom has sent out a few more screenshots from Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX. Find them in the gallery below.
