Update: Games have been price-matched on Amazon:
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Pokemon Omega Ruby
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
Fantasy Life
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team
LEGO Batman 3
Best Buy is running a small sale on 3DS games over the next couple of days. You can save $5 on Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Fantasy Life, and more. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team has received a slightly larger $14 discount.
You can find all games on sale here. Note that these discounts only last through tomorrow.
Hyrule Warriors’ next update, version 1.5.0, is set to arrive alongside the Majora’s Mask pack. Here’s a look at what’s new:
Maximum level increased
New mixing materials
New medals
New weapon skills
Updated Junk Store – “Skills Cancellation,” “Skills Advice,” and “Weapons Sale” added
Updated Adventure Mode information screen – “Damage Taken” and “Retry from the Beginning” added
Log Games is releasing its first game on the Wii U eShop next week. It’s a puzzle game with two modes, online leaderboards, different difficulty levels, and off-TV play.
Here’s the full overview:
A unique block dropping puzzle game only made possible by the Wii U GamePad.
Experience the addictive puzzle gameplay that takes unique advantage of the Wii U GamePad! Use the Wii U GamePad’s buttons and touchscreen to manipulate and destroy falling colored blocks. Align 3 or more blocks of the same color to destroy them and initiate high scoring changes of destruction! Destroy all the monkey blocks to advance to the next level. Online leaderboards to see where you rank among the worlds best scores!
Two unique modes of play
Adjustable difficulty settings to suit your style of play
Off TV play
Online leaderboards
Puzzle Monkeys is due out on February 5. View a trailer above.
Vblank Entertainment shared another nugget about the upcoming update for Retro City Rampage: DX. The patch “significantly improves performance on the old 3DS” so that the game’s frame rate can be optimized. There’s no date yet for the update, but it may arrive before the New 3DS launches.
Upcoming Retro City Rampage DX update for 3DS also significantly improves performance on the old 3DS. SOLID 60fps, won't occasionally slip!
— Retro City Rampage (@RetroCR) January 16, 2015
Update release date still unknown, but hoping it'll be out by the release of the "new" 3DS system, early next month.
— Retro City Rampage (@RetroCR) January 16, 2015
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is for 3DS – and only 3DS. Unlike Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, there is no console version to speak of.
In an interview with USgamer, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate director Kaname Fujioka spoke about the decision to create the title for Nintendo’s portable. Here’s what was shared:
So, for this title in particular, we focused on producing one SKU so everyone could play together. The 3DS was basically the best bet because, that way, you can play online or take your 3DS with you and play locally. You’re not chained to one TV or anything like that. For what we wanted to do with this game—basically, let people play together however they want—[portable] was really the best choice.
A trailer shown for Splatoon last year gave us a brief look at the game’s single-player campaign. You may remember an incredibly brief scene included in the video that showed some sort of 2D gameplay.
This may have resurfaced during this week’s Nintendo Direct. Take a look at the screencap below:
Perhaps we’ll be able to play the 2D game at this arcade machine?
