The first of three 3DS themes for Atelier Rorona Plus is out now in Japan. This particular theme – priced at 200 yen – focuses on main character Rorona.
Over the next couple of months, we’ll be seeing two more Atelier Rorona Plus 3DS themes. They’ll likely feature two different characters.
Two new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:
Ufouria: The Saga (Famicom, 514 yen)
Last Bible III (Super Famicom, 823 yen)
The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on January 28.
Donkey Kong Country Returns is the next Wii game for the Wii U eShop following Super Mario Galaxy 2 – at least in Europe and Japan. Now that it’s out in the latter territory, we can share the game’s file size. Donkey Kong Country Returns takes up 3,565MB of space.
Toys “R” Us has a small offer available for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. By pre-ordering the game, you’ll receive a Kirby amiibo.
As far as we’re aware, this offer is in-store only. We’ll let you know if we hear otherwise.
Ninja Pig Studios’ next Wii U game, Jumpy Cat, was slated for the North American Wii U eShop this Thursday. But in light of accusations that the game includes artwork taken from a tutorial featured on Photon Storm’s blog, the game’s launch could be either postponed or cancelled.
The situation started when Photon Storm’s Richard Davey posted a message on Twitter in which he petitioned Nintendo of America to halt Jumpy Cat’s release.
Hi @NintendoAmerica who do we contact to get this game removed from Wii U shop? It's using our stolen art http://t.co/TyXCnPQoUg
— Richard Davey (@photonstorm) January 20, 2015
Ninja Pig Studios’ Jordan Schuetz responded soon after, though the situation was not settled.
@photonstorm we found it on open game art. The license said we were allowed to use commercially + we changed the coloring and style.
— Jordan Schuetz (@ninjapigstudios) January 20, 2015
Davey seems to have taken issue with the fact that images from Photon Storm’s tutorial can only be used in projects that are entirely free. Ninja Pig Studios would have asked consumers for 99 cents with its Jumpy Cat title.
Nintendo’s official page for Jumpy Cat has been pulled. The game’s current status is unclear.
