Nintendo announced a pair of special New 3DS bundles earlier today that we wanted to bring to your attention.
The first is Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Capcom’s new game will launch simultaneously with New 3DS on October 11. The bundle will cost 25,600 yen.
Another bundle confirmed by Nintendo is Smash Bros. It comes with a New 3DS XL model and will be available in November.
Midnight City is currently working to bring Costume Quest 2 and Gone Home to Wii U. It was additionally revealed today that the company will be releasing Crystal Lab’s High Strangeness on the eShop.
High Strangeness is a 12-bit action adventure video game featuring a boy living in present day America, who awakes one evening to find that his home as been invaded by Shadow Villains. He’ll eventually find his way on a quest to discover the secrets of a mysterious item after being dragged into a foreign world filled with the Shadow Men.
High Strangeness is coming to Wii U in Q4 2014.
Amazon
has updated its listing for the Bayonetta 2 Prima guide. You’ll find the cover above and information as to what’s included below.
Collectible Hardcover Guide – includes premium cover treatments and high quality paper.
Find It All – locations revealed for each collectible to help you obtain 100% completion.
Choose Your Weapon – learn the best ways to fight with new over-the-top weapons, including the Kafka, a bow that shoots poisonous arrows; the Rakshasa, a pair of beautiful katana blades; and a giant rifle-inspired scythe known as the Chernobog.
Improve Your Ranking – detailed strategies show you how to improve your ranking to earn Pure Platinum for each chapter.
Hardcover: 288 pages
Masahiro Sakurai took to Miiverse earlier today and shed a little more light on Shulk’s moves in the new Smash Bros. Continue on below for his full comments.
Shulk’s sword, the Monado, slashes enemies with a beam when activated, so it can strike from long range. What really makes this weapon unique is that when the Monado Arts are activated, it can change Shulk’s features and abilities! Emerge victorious in battle by changing your abilities strategically!!
[List of Monado Arts]
? (Jump): higher jumps, lower defense.
? (Speed): faster movement, weaker attacks.
?(Shield): higher defense, slower movement.
?(Buster): stronger attacks, weaker launch ability.
?(Smash): Stronger launch ability, weaker attacks, lower defense against launching.
Bombing Bastards has received a 177MB update in Europe. It seems that, primarily, the patch enables sound on the GamePad. We’ll let you know if we hear anything else about the update.
The New 3DS will be more powerful than its predecessor thanks to a beefed up CPU. It also seems that the system could offer extra RAM and VRAM.
As reported by 3dbrew:
Based on disassembly of certain sysmodules for code added/changed with in the 8.0.0-18 update, it appears that the “New 3DS” has the following changes:
They extended FCRAM from 128MB to 256MB.
They added another VRAM (?) of 4MB.
Nintendo has opened the North American teaser site for Fantasy Life. It’ll be a little while longer before the full thing goes live, but you can find a few screenshots and a trailer for now. The official page is located here.
Nintendo released a five-minute Japanese trailer for Super Smash Bros. 3DS earlier today. You might be interested to hear that it officially confirms a returning character. Head past the break for more.
The North American Hyrule Warriors website is now open for business. You’ll find it here. Hit up the link for information, screenshots, and details about the game.
