Spy Chameleon is starting to make its way our to reviewers, and we now know the game’s file size. You’ll need to reserve 354 MB for the download.
Spy Chameleon launches on December 25 in North America and Europe.
There’s a little 3DS and DS game out there that has been selling on a regular basis in the UK. That would be Frozen: Olaf’s Quest, which hit both platforms last year. It has remained in the UK charts since last December and currently sits at the 31st position in the UK All Formats chart.
Avanquests’ European games director Simon Reynolds told MCV of the game’s success:
“The success of Frozen was a bit of a surprise. We thought it’d do well. We’d done some decent movie licences before, such as Sony’s Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. We thought this one was going to be maybe a little bit bigger as it was Disney, but nowhere near the stratospheric sales that we’ve experienced. Frozen is just the No.1 franchise out there. It’s massive. You can’t get away from it. When we first presented it to people, they were a bit sceptical. They saw that Planes and Wreck-It Ralph didn’t do brilliantly. But Frozen took on a life of its own quite frankly.”
You may also be somewhat surprised to hear that Frozen: Olaf’s Quest is selling more copies on the DS compared to Nintendo’s current-generation portable.
“We thought Frozen would be our last title on DS to be honest. Nintendo hasn’t been manufacturing the console for a few years, but we thought that there is a big user base our there, and there is a second hand, hand-me-down market for the old DS consoles. We launched Olaf’s Quest on DS and it’s still outselling 3DS. And we’ve got Disney’s next big film out in January, Big Hero 6, and we’re bringing that out on 3DS and DS. If you’d said to me 18 months ago you’d be bringing out a DS product in January 2015 I’d have laughed.”
New details about Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland have come in from this week’s issue of Famitsu. Check out the latest information about the game below.
– Japanese title is New Atelier Rorona: The Origin Story of the Alchemist of Arland
– That’s the same title as the updated PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions
– Localized title for the PS3/Vita versions is Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland
– 6,264 yen for the standard version
– 9,504 yen for the Premium Box
– Revamped battle system
– Players look down on a grid-like field
– See enemies on the field before encountering them
– Items have a limited range of effect
– Battles play out in an strategy RPG-like fashion on a more intimate scale
– The new elements of the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions seem to be in tact
– Fewer costumes are available as the team selected only those that seem to look good on chibi characters
The newest Youkai Watch game is off to a fast start in Japan. Famitsu is reporting that debut sales for Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi came in at 1,211,918 units. Those sales, which account for a two-day period, do not include units downloaded from the eShop.
A report coming from Sankei indicates that Sharp Corporation is to provide Nintendo with a special Free-Form Display. This LCD screen “can be shaped to meet a wide range of user needs,” Sharp says.
It’s rumored that Nintendo will use the Free-Form Display in a new handheld or its upcoming Quality of Life device that monitors sleep. Sankei posts some speculation – apparently coming from official sources – that the company is considering a design where the LCD screen will feature a hole in the center.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/9/9
The Crew (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4) – 9/8/9/8
Squids Odyssey (3DS) – 6/8/7/9
Toybox Turbos (PS3/360) – 7/7/7/8
Derby Stallion Gold (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei: Out of Order (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Dooors (3DS) – 7/7/8/6
Toys vs Monsters launches this week, December 18th on the Nintendo eShop. Check out the official launch trailer below:
