Yesterday, Video Games Plus put out a message on its Twitter account claiming that Nintendo has discontinued the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager amiibo. The Canadian retailer now published a similar message regarding the GameCube Controller Adapter. Assuming Video Games Plus is correct, the accessory has been discontinued as well.
Video Games Plus’ full message reads:
Update: Besides Marth, Wii Fit Trainer & Villager amibos Nintendo has also officially discontinued the Gamecube adapter #Believeit #Nintendo
— VGP Video Games Plus (@VideoGamesPlus_) December 7, 2014
Digital Foundry’s latest technical analysis is dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS. The site put together a comparison of the two games as well as some frame rate tests – all of which can be found below.
Digital Foundry ultimately concludes, “the fourth entry in the Smash Bros. series is a true technical milestone for both of the Kyoto giant’s leading platforms.” The Wii U version manages to provide a consistent 60 frames per second experience in 1080p, while the 3DS version also takes advantage of its hardware and almost never falters, even when 3D is enabled.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
02./00. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova
03./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Knight of Fafnir
04./00. [PSV] Fate/Hollow Ataraxia #
05./00. [PS3] Resident Evil HD Remaster #
06./00. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition #
07./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
08./08. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
09./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
10./00. [PSV] Nisekoi: Yomeiri!?
11./00. [PSV] Dekamori Senran Kagura #
12./06. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015
13./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
14./10. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
15./00. [PSV] Ooedo BlackSmith
16./00. [PS3] Dragon Age: Inquisition #
17./09. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Subtitled Edition
18./00. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi
19./00. [3DS] Hero Bank 2
20./03. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires #
It’s hard to think of a Nintendo console in recent memory that had as much third party support as the DS. Sega, Capcom, Square-Enix, Atlus, XSEED and even Rockstar all supported the console with some of the finest games on the system. True, the popularity of the console also meant that store shelves were usually packed with garbage shovelware, but we’re not here to discuss those. Instead, let’s take a look at ten of the third party games that defined the Nintendo DS throughout its lifespan:
I was thinking that today’s Discussing Everything would be light on news… until The Game Awards happened on Friday! We should have plenty to talk about between the likes of Zelda Wii U and Mario Maker. We may sneak in some other news and Captain Toad as well depending on how things go. And, as always, you’ll have an opportunity to submit random topics/questions.
Discussing Everything will take place at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT today. Be on the lookout for the chat post shortly before then.
Amazon has posted several photos of the Link
, Samus
, Donkey Kong
, Wario
PDP Wired Fight Pads. View them in the gallery above.
Austin and I are back for another Just a Chat! Zelda Wii U is the focus here, as new footage was unexpectedly shown during last night’s Game Awards. There’s also a bit of talk about Wii U’s lineup as a whole in 2015.
Check out the discussion below:
Later this month, the Animal Crossing Plaza service will be coming to a close. Nintendo is planning on removing the software from the eShop after December 22.
While time is running out on Animal Crossing Plaza, it sounds like there could still be some exciting things in the works for Animal Crossing overall. Well, maybe. An official message posted on Miiverse makes note of how news will be posted to the Animal Crossing News Community in 2015.
Here’s the full post from Nintendo’s Aya Kyogoku:
Nintendo may have discontinued a trio of amiibo figures, if one retailer is to be believed.
Video Games Plus stated on Twitter earlier today that the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager are “gone forever”. That’s based on information apparently coming from the retailer’s Nintendo distributor. Video Games Plus was told that all three “are officially discontinued”.
Here are the full tweets from Video Games Plus:
Nintendo has officially discontinued Marth, Wii Fit Trainer & Villager amibos. Sorry folks these are gone forever #Amibo #Nintendo #soldout
— VGP Video Games Plus (@VideoGamesPlus_) December 6, 2014
@ZeroFlame16 We tried re-ordering all 3 from our official Nintendo distributor and after them checking with Nintendo on availability
— VGP Video Games Plus (@VideoGamesPlus_) December 6, 2014
@ZeroFlame16 they told us those 3 characters are officially discontinued by Nintendo believe it or not.
— VGP Video Games Plus (@VideoGamesPlus_) December 6, 2014
