This week’s Wii U/3DS specific charts are as follows:
Wii U
1. Splatoon – Nintendo
2. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
5. Super Smash Bros for Wii U – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
8. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker- Nintendo
10. Skylanders Trap Team – Activision Blizzard
3DS
1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf- Nintendo
6. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – Nintendo
7. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Nintendo
9. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom
10. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
Nintendo have just released a short video which shows the new Splatling weapon in Splatoon. It will be added to the game with the big update dropping this week. Check out the video below:
This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
Source: Chart-Track
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Beatbuddy – €8.99/£8.09
Sanatory Hallways – €9.99/£8.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Star Fox Command (Nintendo DS) – €9.99/£8.99
Donkey Kong Jungle Climber (Nintendo DS) – €9.99/£8.99
3DS Demos
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Demo
3DS DLC
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley: Crop Set 1 – €0.99/£0.89
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley: Crop Set 2 – Free
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley: New NPC – Male – €1.49/£1.39
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley: New NPC – Female – €1.49/£1.39
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley: New Outfit Set 3 – Free
eShop Sales
Wii U
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones – €6.99 / £5.99 / CHF 7.00 until 27/08/2015. Regular price €13.99 / £12.99 / CHF 14.00
Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – €3.14 / £2.69 / CHF 3.79 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €6.99 / £5.99 / CHF 8.45
Cake Ninja 3: The Legend Continues – €3.69 / £3.33 / CHF 5.20 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99
Color Zen – €2.24 / £2.24 / CHF 2.99 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99
Color Zen Kids – €2.24 / £2.24 / CHF 2.99 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99
My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74 / £3.35 / CHF 5.24 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99
My Style Studio: Notebook – €2.39 / £2.15 / CHF 3.35 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20
99Seconds – €1.49 / £1.34 / CHF 2.10 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50
Darts Up – €1.49 / £1.34 / CHF 2.10 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50
Rock ‘N Racing Off Road – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF 8.40
High Strangeness – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00 until 09/08/2015. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00
3DS
Brunch Panic – €2.99 / £2.49 / CHF 3.50 until 27/08/2015. Regular price €3.99 / £3.39 / CHF 4.70
KAMI – €1.99 / £1.59 / CHF 2.40 until 27/08/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.39 / CHF 3.50
Sweet Memories Blackjack – €2.99 / £2.39 / CHF 3.50 until 27/08/2015. Regular price €3.99 / £3.19 / CHF 4.70
Angry Bunnies – €4.49 / £3.99 / CHF 5.99 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €6.49 / £5.99 / CHF 8.99
Bubble Pop World – €3.74 / £3.35 / CHF 5.24 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49/ CHF 6.99
Color Zen – €2.54 / £2.54 / CHF 3.39 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99
Color Zen Kids – €2.24 / £2.24 / CHF 2.99 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99
Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.59 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99
My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74 / £3.35 / CHF 5.24 until 05/09/2015. Regular price €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99
Darts Up 3D – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €2.99 / £ 2.69 / CHF 4.20
Dress To Play: Cute Witches! – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60
Football Up Online – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF 5.60
TOYS VS MONSTERS – €1.99 / £1.99 / CHF 2.45 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €3.99 / £3.99 / CHF 4.99
Hello Kitty & Sanrio Friends 3D Racing – €19.99 / £14.99 / CHF 25.95 until 03/09/2015. Regular price €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF 51.90
Source: Nintendo PR
Nikkei recently put out a report discussing all the trials and tribulations going on internally with Konami. Lots of interesting tidbits are in there regarding drastic changes as well as a good look into why everything has shifted so much in the last couple of months, but one of the most notable points is to hear that Konami has lent the license for Momotaro Dentetsu to Nintendo to release on their platforms.
For those unfamiliar, there has been quite a bit of animosity between Konami and the series creator Akira Sakuma lately in regards to Momotaro Dentetsu – the extremely popular board-game style video game in Japan – due to creative issues, power struggles, financial disagreements and more. A couple of months ago, that all came to an end when Akira Sakuma had announced via Twitter that he was done with the Momotaro Dentetsu series due to repeated disagreements, stating in early June “Konami hasn’t gotten in touch with me at all. This is how they’ve tossed me aside for a while now. I’m announcing here that Momotaro Dentetsu is officially done. Ishikawa at Konami squelched everything.”
Fast-forward to now and it seems the series will continue even without its beloved creator with Konami lending the license to Nintendo for a planned 2016 release, only asking for the licensing fee in this partnership. Konami owns the IP as well as former developer Hudson Soft, so they have every right to continue developing and licensing Momotaro Dentetsu, even if fans and its creator say it’s done.
It’s certainly an interesting choice that Nintendo would scoop this particular title up and not some of their other well-known properties. Though this is certainly something that will only be released in Japan, what are some of Hudson Soft’s IP that you’d like to see revived and on Nintendo platforms?
Update: Balloon Fight, Bowser and Fire Mario themes are also up in Japan:
A retro Ice Climbers 3DS theme is now up in the Japanese eShop! Check out some footage of the theme below:
A brand new Pokémon Safari stage is back on Pokémon Shuffle and is once again bringing along a variety of Pokémon both obtainable and unobtainable through normal play.
This return of the Pokémon Safari brings along Furfrou, Staryu, Starmie, Gible, Gabite, and Garchomp. Each Pokémon will be randomly generated every time you attempt the stage. This new Pokémon Safari will run until August 17th!
As usual with these special events, be sure to update your game to grab the newest patch – Version 1.2.10 – to be able to gain access to the event! Good luck!
For a limited time, Pignite has joined the list of a wide variety of Pokémon to get dedicated events in Pokémon Shuffle since its release!
Pignite will be available until August 17th. Once that date arrives, it will be immediately followed by its final evolution Emboar! As usual with these new challenges and events, be sure to Check In once you boot up your game to update your game and gain access to the stage!
Damon Baker is Nintendo of America’s Senior Marketing Manager of Publisher and Developer Relations. He’s also the new face of the company’s indie efforts.
Over the past few months, Baker has led the way on a couple of surprising and interesting eShop programs from Nintendo. The Humble Nindie Bundle was made available in late May, and just a few weeks later, Nintendo introduced Nindies@Home. Along with providing Wii U owners with the opportunity to try out new indie titles well before their release during E3 week, Nindies@Home had the added bonus of giving those who downloaded the demos a 15 percent discount when the full games launch.
We recently had a chat with Damon Baker to go more in depth regarding Nindies@Home. Our discussion included talk about how the idea came to be, the challenges of bringing it to fruition, and the possibility of seeing it again in the future. Head past the break to read our full interview.
As part of its E3 2015 plans, Nintendo launched Nindies@Home in June. This was a special one-week promotional period in which Wii U owners were given the opportunity to download and play demos from upcoming indie titles. For gamers who couldn’t make it to E3, it allowed them to experience some of the excitement of being at the expo.
We reached out to five developers who were involved with Nindies@Home to share some thoughts about participating in the program. Below you’ll find some musings from 13AM Games (Runbow), Brainseed Factory (Typoman), MixedBag Games (forma.8), Ripstone (Extreme Exorcism), and Wales Interactive (Soul Axiom). What was it like for these studios to participate in Nintendo’s newest eShop initiative? How was it getting the demos up in time for E3? How do they feel about the program as a whole? These were just some of the topics the developers we reached out to touched upon, and each team shared some very interesting insight about the process of being included in Nindies@Home. Continue on below for their thoughts.
