Due to Popular Demand, Zelda Symphony Adds New U.S. Tour Dates in 2015
REDMOND, Wash. – March 23, 2015 – “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses” concert series has announced new tour dates for the U.S. and Europe for the 2015 worldwide tour of “Master Quest.” Due to popular demand, a New York tour date has been announced at Barclays Center which will feature a special event at the Nintendo World store in New York City, as well as other cities in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the U.S. and additional locations in Europe.
Featuring brand new music and visuals, including pieces from the recently remastered The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and the addition of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, the concert series will maintain the beloved experience fans have come to expect while remaining the ultimate Zelda experience currently available to fans. “Master Quest” has already embarked on its world tour with much acclaim in the U.S. and Japan, and is set to make its next stops across Canada and Europe. Based on one of the most popular and beloved video game series of all time, the tour features live orchestral performances of music from Nintendo’s classic The Legend of Zelda franchise. The newly announced dates include:
Durham, Durham Performing Arts Center; September 10
St. Louis, Powell Hall; September 11, September 12, September 13
Philadelphia, Mann Center; September 18
Providence, Providence Performing Arts Center; September 25
Chicago, Auditorium Theatre; October 1
Indianapolis, Old National Centre; October 2
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Theatre; October 3
New York, Barclays Center; October 13
Salt Lake City, Abravanel Hall; October 15
Hamburg, O2 World; November 8
Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall; November 11
Brussels, Palais 12; November 12
Madrid, Palacio Vista Alegre; November 13
Barcelona, Auditori Forum; November 14
Rome, Auditorium Conciliazione; November 15
Zurich, Hallenstadion; November 21
Dublin, Convention Centre; November 22The name Symphony of the Goddesses refers not only to the concert program but also to the four-movement symphony, recounting the classic storylines from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The performance will also highlight orchestral renditions of music from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Concerts will be performed by full orchestra and choir in world class venues throughout the world.
“At the nexus of culture and entertainment, the New York show at Barclays Center just makes sense for the Zelda Symphony,” said Jason Michael Paul, President of Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc. “We want to be able to bring the ultimate Zelda experience to as many fans as possible worldwide, and with this New York show and Nintendo World store special event, we really believe we’ll be able to reach many of those fans in a city that already embraces music and games. Fans at the Nintendo World store will get treated to an ocarina demo with David Ramos, cosplay by Li Kovacs, and a live musical performance – a small taste of what awaits them at the full concert experience.”
Guests will enjoy their favorite moments from the series, carefully and beautifully timed with a gorgeous orchestral score. The concert is a festive experience for all walks of fans, many of which attend “cosplaying” as their favorite characters.
Fans can view a complete tour schedule with ticketing information, and also sign up for a regularly updated digital newsletter, at http://zelda-symphony.com. Club Nintendo members can enjoy an exclusive 15% discount to the show by logging into their accounts and looking for the discount code on the Symphony of the Goddesses banner. Consumers that are not Club Nintendo members can join for free at https://club.nintendo.com/.
Source: Nintendo PR
This weeks UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
Source: Chart-Trak
This weeks Wii U/3DS specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Part 10 – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
8. FIFA 13 – EA Sports
9. Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Traveller’s Tales
10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
3DS
1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Nintendo
2. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Wolrds – Nintendo
9. Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
10. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Trine Enchanted Edition – €12.99/£10.99 (€10.39/£8.79 if you own Trine 2: Director’s Cut)
Wii U Download
Suspension Railroad Simulator – €7.99/£5.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Mega Man Zero – €6.99/£6.29
3DS Retail
Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stones: Wildfire (available March 27) – €39.99/£34.99
Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stones: Thunderflash (available March 27) – €39.99/£34.99
LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (available March 27) – €39.99/£29.99
SpongeBob HeroPants – £19.99
Best Friends – My Horse 3D – €29.99/£24.99
3DS Download
Jet Dog – €7.99/£7.19
Excave – €4.99/£4.49
Adventure Bar Story – €4.99/£3.99
eShop Sales
Wii U
Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – €3.14/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €6.99/£5.99)
Cake Ninja 3: The Legend Continues – €3.69/£3.33 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
Color Zen – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)
Color Zen Kids – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)
My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
99Seconds – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.49/£2.29)
Darts Up – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.49/£2.29)
TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends April 9, regular price €7.99/£6.99)
Paper Monsters Recut – €3.29/£2.79 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.49/£5.49)
Zen Pinball 2: South Park Pinball (Add-on Content) – €2.49/£1.99 (Ends April 2, regular price €4.99/£3.99)
3DS
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars – €14.99/£13.49 (Ends April 9, regular price €29.99/£24.99)
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/£8.99 (Ends April 9, regular price €19.99/£17.99)
Asterix The Mansions of the Gods – €19.99/£16.99 (Ends April 9, regular price €34.99/£29.99)
Comic Workshop – €4.49/£3.99 (Ends April 16, regular price €5.99/£5.39)
Painting Workshop – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends April 16, regular price €3.99/£3.59)
Angry Bunnies – €2.92/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €6.49/£5.99)
Bubble Pop World – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
Color Zen – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)
Color Zen Kids – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)
Fishdom H20: Hidden Odyssey – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
Darts Up 3D – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.69)
Football Up Online – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €3.99/£3.59)
3D MahJongg – €3.59/£3.19 (Ends April 9, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
Atlantic Quest – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)
Crazy Construction – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)
Undead Bowling – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €7.99/£7.19)
World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Ent.) – £3.99 (Permanent, was £4.49)
Permanent Price Drop
World Conqueror 3D – £3.99 (was £4.49)
Source: Nintendo PR
The Australian Classification Board has now given ratings to several Sega 3D Classics. The recently rated titles are 3D Out Run, 3D Fantasy Zone, 3D Fantasy Zone II, and 3D Thunder Blade.
A couple of these titles had already been anticipated to have launched alongside other PAL releases, however they seemed to have been delayed. Sega never commented on the delay but seeing ratings given to the games is good evidence that we should see them released sometime soon.
No specific release date has been given at this time.
In this neat 45-minute video, we get a look at Bravely Second: End Layer with some of the developers from Silicon Studio. Throughout the video, the devs give insight to new information and mechanics of the game, discussing everything from music to dungeons, jobs to mini-games and much more!
Bravely Second: End Layer launches in Japan on April 23rd
For the last week on Pokémon Shuffle players from all over the world have been competing to be one of the top 20,000 in America and Europe/Australia (50,000 in Japan) to get their chance at obtaining a Lucarionite. The rules were simple: face off against a Mega Lucario in a special event and rack up as high of a score as you could within 1 minute. You could play as many times as you wanted, as long as you had hearts available.
Now that the event is over, Lucarionites are going out to the top players of the competition. Unfortunately, I placed 33,201 out of the 250k+ entrants (I swear I was around 9,000 three days ago!), but I was still given a Jewel just for trying – so all is well!
Were you one of the top 20,000 in your region to obtain a Lucarionite? Let us know!
Two weeks ago we reported that Pokémon Shuffle had surpassed 1 million downloads within two weeks of launch. Three weeks later, Pokémon Shuffle has now reached 2,500,000 downloads.
This is huge news for the free Pokémon themed puzzler, and those numbers will surely continue to grow.
As a token of appreciation, all Pokémon Shuffle players are being gifted a free Disruption Delay. For those unaware, Disruption Delay helps prevent the enemy Pokémon from causing any inconveniences — such as freezing a few tiles, swapping out your party for other unwanted Pokémon, adding wooden blocks, etc. — for a certain duration.
Personally, Pokémon Shuffle has been a ton of fun for me since it came out. As someone who was heavily addicted to the frenetic match-three twist of Pokémon Trozei, this certainly provides tons of entertainment in a well put together fashion that isn’t overwhelming in its UI, mechanics, or anything of the sort. I find it hard to believe people have actually been spending money on Pokémon Shuffle when it is perfectly enjoyable and feasible to get through its entirety without having to spend a dime.
How have you been enjoying Pokémon Shuffle? Let us know in the comments below!
You can grab Pokémon Shuffle for free via the Nintendo eShop
That cute little electric squirrel and the Pokémon responsible for taking Se Jun Park all the way to #1 spot in the VG Masters Finals at the 2014 Pokémon World Championship is now available for capture via the Special Stages tab in Pokémon Shuffle after a quick update.
Pachirisu will available for capture for the next 24 hours, so get it while you can!
