The well-known factory defective Samus amiibo – the figure with two arm canons – is going for quite the price on eBay. There’s still over three days remaining before the auction ends, but bids have already reached $900. Getting a defective amiibo ended up working well for the owner, it seems!
Capcom has released a new update for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in Japan. Version 1.2 mainly tackles issues with illegal guild quests.
Players can still play locally or offline without the latest update. However, DLC and Internet play will force the patch.
Nintendo is pulling two Tetris games from the European 3DS eShop at the very end of this year. You have until December 31 to purchase the 3DS retail game Tetris as well as the classic Virtual Console release.
It’s unclear why the Tetris titles are being removed at this time. As far as we know, there are no similar plans for North America.
Thanks to Simonsskidor for the tip.
Another round of Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon details have popped up from this week’s Famitsu. View the information below.
– Has classes from all of the mainline series games
– These include medic, protector, hexer from the first game, gunner from the second game, ninja, prince/princess from the third game, and landsknecht, dancer, runemaster from the fourth
– Each class receives a male and female representative
– 4 different alternative colors for each
– Some alternate colors are brand new, while others are references to other Etrian classes and even other Atlus characters
– Jack Frost gunner receives a Moh Shuvuu alt
– Status screen is like the one from main Etrian Odyssey Games
– Can have five core stats, an attack and defense indicator, and four slots for armor
– Skill progression appears to be identical to the type in Etrian Odyssey IV
– There are tiers of skills that can unlock after reaching a level threshold
– Characters visibly change depending on the weapon they’re holding
– A carnival ringleader-themed dark hunter named Risley will offer items within the dungeons
Back in late June, Nintendo filed a patent in the US for “Hand-held Video Game Platform Emulation”. The application was just made public today.
The core of Nintendo’s patent is about Game Boy emulation on mobile phones, PDA’s, PC, and other devices. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance are all mentioned in the filing.
Here’s the official abstract, which should give you a pretty good idea about what this entire thing is about:
A software emulator for emulating a handheld video game platform such as GAME BOY.RTM., GAME BOY COLOR.RTM. and/or GAME BOY ADVANCE.RTM. on a low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for airline or train use, a personal digital assistant, a cell phone) uses a number of features and optimizations to provide high quality graphics and sound that nearly duplicates the game playing experience on the native platform. Some exemplary features include use of bit BLITing, graphics character reformatting, modeling of a native platform liquid crystal display controller using a sequential state machine, and selective skipping of frame display updates if the game play falls behind what would occur on the native platform.
You can find some images from the patent below. If you’d like to check out the full filing, head on over to this link. Keep in mind that patents often are filed, but are never acted upon.
A new wave of 3DS themes are now available in North America. Themes based on Pikmin, Sonic, and Shovel Knight can be purchased.
Here’s the full lineup:
Pikmin: Working Together
Pikmin: A Hungry Bulborb
Sonic the Hedgehog Theme
Amy Rose Theme
Shadow the Hedgehog Theme
Chao Theme
Sonic Bundle
Spotlight: Shovel Knight
All of the items above are priced at $1.99, except for the Sonic Bundle. That can be purchased for $5.99.
Update 2 (11/27): Currently in stock on Walmart Canada!
Update: Aaaand… gone. That sold out incredibly fast! We’ll keep you updated if it happens to return in the future.
I know some of you have been on the lookout for the GameCube Controller Adapter, and it’s currently in stock on Amazon. If you’re interested in the accessory, you can place an order here.
. We’ll update this post if the adapter goes out of stock again.
