Nintendo Everything

Swords & Soldiers HD will be going on sale later this month. Announced by Two Tribes via Twitter, the game will be receiving a 33 percent discount. The sale will kick off on September 25.

Source

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a new interview about Pokken Tournament with Pokemon Company CEO and president Tsunekazu Ishihara, Tekken series chief producer Katsuhiro Harada, and Soulcalibur producer Masaaki Hoshino. You can find some excerpts after the break (courtesy of Siliconera).

Read More

Just like its predecessors, the New 3DS will be region-locked. Nintendo confirmed to GameSpot that games released across Japan, Europe, and North America will only be playable in those territories. If you purchase a Japanese New 3DS in October, keep in mind that it will only play Japanese games.

Source

The 1.1 update for Armillo has been approved, and should be arriving in just a couple of days. The game’s official Twitter account stated that the patch is expected on Friday.

Armillo patch 1.1 makes several improvements and addresses a few bugs. For a full overview as to what’s included, check out this post.

Source

This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Custom Monsters – 800 yen
Gardenscapes Tsukur?! Daiteien – 700 yen
Dokopon Choice – Fate/kaleid liner Prism Iriya 1 – 2-kan + Omake Pack – 1,260 yen
Gaist Crusher God (retail title) – 4,990 yen (from 9/4)
Taiko no Tatsujin Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb (retail title, digital re-release) – 5,184 yen (from 9/4)

Virtual Console
NA (no titles since 5/7)

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Toki Tori 2 + Himerareta Nazo to Fushigina Shima (Toki Tori 2) – 1,500 yen

Virtual Console
Adventures of Lolo (Famicom) – 514 yen
Kaze no Klonoa – Yume Miru Teikoku (Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, Game Boy Advance) – 702 yen

Source

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show later this month. However, the game won’t be playable on traditional 3DS units.

Capcom has instead announced that the New 3DS will be used for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate’s demo units at the company’s booth as well as the Monster Hunter Carnival events at Nagoya and Osaka. While multiplayer demo stations will be on the New 3DS, all single-player stations will be on the New 3DS XL systems.

Source, Via

Yesterday we mentioned that Rising Star Games will be discounting a variety of games on the 3DS eShop in celebration of the company’s tenth anniversary. The publisher has now revealed which games will be going on sale – including some titles for North America.

Here’s the full lineup:

Europe

BIT TRIP SAGA (-60%) – £7.20 / €7.99
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi (-60%) – £11.99 / €11.99
Hometown Story (-50%) – £14.99 / €14.99
Virtue’s Last Reward (-50%) – £9.99 / €12.49
Girls’ Fashion Shoot (-60%) – £7.99 / €7.99
Beyblade: Evolution (-50%) – £9.99 / €9.99
Shifting World (-60%) – £7.20 / €7.99
Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns (-50%) – £8.99 / €9.99
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2 (-75%) – £4.49 / €4.99
Jewel Master: Cradle of Egypt 2 (-75%) – £4.49 / €4.99
Super Black Bass 3D (-75%) – £4.49 / €4.99

North America

North American Nintendo eShop Prices to be confirmed (up to 75%).

Nintendo 3DS/2DS

Girls’ Fashion Shoot
Beyblade: Evolution
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2
Jewel Master: Cradle of Egypt 2
Super Black Bass 3D

The Rising Star Games sale will go live on September 11.

Source