Capcom has a little something special planned for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Starting tomorrow and lasting until March 15, players can obtain a free item pack, which includes the following:
Mega Potion x50
Honey x30
Mega Dash Juice x15
Well-done Steak x30
Max Potion x10
Lifepowder x20
Ancient Potion x5
Flash Bomb x30
Sonic Bomb x30
Pitfall Trap x15
Shock Trap x15
Super Mushroom x6
You’ll need to download and install patch 1.1 from the eShop before you can nab the items above. Once done, go to “Your House”, talk to the “Housekeeper”, select “Downloadable Content” go to the “Gift Area” option, and then finally download the Starter Pack. Check your item box, and everything should be there!
Thanks to the Super Mushrooms, you can next make one set of Palico gear and choose between either Mario or Luigi. Instructions about how to proceed further are posted below.
GamesBeat has acquired a few pieces of Nintendo sales data from the January 2015 NPD report.
Here’s the full rundown:
· Sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by nearly 30 percent and nearly 45 percent, respectively, over the same month last year.
· Super Smash Bros. for Wii U added more than 90,000 combined physical and digital units to bring its lifetime total to more than 1.4 million total units in the U.S.
· Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire sold more than 150,000 combined physical and digital units, bringing their combined lifetime total to more than 2.7 million total units in the United States alone.
· Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sold more than 90,000 combined physical and digital units in its fifth month on the market, bringing its lifetime total to more than 2.1 million total units in the United States alone.
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of January 2015. The results can be found below.
- Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
- Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
- NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
- Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS)
- Far Cry 4 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
- Madden NFL 15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
- Destiny (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
- FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, Vita, 3DS)
Nintendo Anime Channel is one of the new releases on the European 3DS eShop today. Thankfully, the app is very small in size. You’ll only need 200 blocks for this one!
IronFall Invasion has now launched on the European 3DS eShop. Since the game is available, it’s been revealed how big the download is. IronFall Invasion requires 3,859 blocks of free space.
GameStop is taking orders for the Shulk amiibo once again. You can grab the figure right here. Hopefully this isn’t like yesterday when Shulk was in stock for all of two minutes! Note that the amiibo won’t ship until May, based on GameStop’s listing.