Word on the street is that Nintendo will not be publishing Devil’s Third in North America, unlike Europe and Japan. However, Siliconera claims that another company has already picked up the game for release in the states.
The site states in a new report, “Siliconera has learned Devil’s Third will be released here by a publisher Siliconera readers are quite familiar with.”
I’d guess that XSEED will be handling Devil’s Third in North America. I could be wrong though!
The “Nintendo Girls Game Museum” will be happening in Japan later this month and in August.
With the event, Nintendo is looking to bring in girls who like to play games and those who don’t often play them. They’ll be able to try out the latest recommended titles and series that have an established fan base with the female audience in Japan.
Nintendo will have the following games on display:
Yoshi’s Woolly World (Wii U)
Rhythm Heaven: The Best + (3DS)
Style Savvy 3 (3DS)
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (3DS)
12 Sai ~Honto no Kimochi (3DS)
The Great Ace Attorney (3DS)
Hoppe-chan: Punitto Shibotte Daibouken! (3DS)
Along with playable games, Nintendo will be selling various items. There will also be a demonstration for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and those who play the game can receive special novelty presents.
The Nintendo Girls Game Museum event is taking place between July 18 and July 20 at the Aeon Mall Makuhari Shin Toshin at Chiba city of Chiba Prefecture. A second event will be held at the Grand Tree Musashikosugi mall located in Kawasaki City of Kanagawa Prefecture on August 1 and 2.
A soundtrack based on the music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D is coming to Japan, Tablier Communications announced today.
112 tracks in total will be featured across two discs, including the special credits sequence music featured in Majora’s Mask 3D. Aside from the soundtrack itself, there’s also an 8-page booklet, mini-poster, and key chain.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D launches in Japan on October 7.
Nintendo is preparing a 3DS theme based on Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. In Japan, this will be available for free with digital purchases of the game between July 30 and August 31. It will then be sold starting on September 1.
Land it Rocket was among the lineup of titles that hit the North American Wii U eShop yesterday. Check out some footage of the game below.
Nintendo announced today that both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. will undergo maintenance on July 13th/14th, depending on your location. Both online play and leaderbords will be affected. The exact times are below:
Europe: July 13th (11PM) to July 14th (2AM)
UK: July 13th (10PM) to July 14th (1AM)
North America (EDT): July 13th (5PM to 8PM)
North America (PDT): July 13th (2PM to 5PM)
Japan: July 14th (6AM to 9AM)
Seems like Nintendo is fairly confident that the Animal Crossing spin-off Happy Home Designer will do well in Japan. The company announced today that the first shipment of the game will consist of 500,000 units. This includes both the regular version of the game as well as the one that will be bundled with the NFC reader. Both versions will come with one amiibo card.
Recently, both Splatoon and Fire Emblem Fates were basically sold out in Japan in their first couple of weeks on the market. It’ll be interesting to see how well Happy Home Designer does and if Nintendo calculated the demand appropriately this time.
Comcept have published the latest Mighty No. 9 development update, this time focusing on the various sound creators working on the game. The four people highlighted in the blog post are Manami Matsumae, who was the lead composer, Ippo Yamada, who was in charge of sound production and composed various stage BGM, Takashi Tateishi, who composed the BGM for stage 7 and Masahiro Aoki who composed the BGM for stage 4.
Make sure to watch the video below which features a sneak peek at some of the music in the game, plus some of the (Japanese) voice work.
Visit the Mighty No. 9 website for the full blog post.
Bandai is releasing a Denpa Men card game in Japan. Starting from August 8th, booster packs containing six cards each will be available in stores. However, it’s not just a simple card game – each card contains a code that can be redeemed in the 3DS game Denpa Ningen no RPG Free to get Denpa Men and free items.
Since Denpa Ningen no RPG Free is currently Japan-only, a release of the card game in the West seems fairly unlikely, unfortunately.
A brand new special challenge is now available which gives you the chance to catch the God of Pokémon, Arceus. Oddly enough, unlike other events, this one doesn’t require you to Check In to update your game and gain access to it. Simply boot up the game and have a shot at catching Arceus! The first time you beat the stage you’ll be awarded 1000 coins. You’ll have until July 24th to catch Arceus. Good luck!
