Nintendo Download (10/8/15, North America) – 3D Sonic the Hedgehog, Race the Sun, Whispering Willows, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Perpetual Blast – $3.99
Race the Sun – $10.00
Whispering Willows – $9.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Pocky & Rocky with Becky – $6.99
3DS Retail
Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash (available Friday) – $29.99
Goosebumps: The Game (available Tuesday) – $29.99
The Legend of Legacy (available Tuesday) – $39.99
The Smurfs (available Tuesday) – $29.99
3DS Download
3D Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – $5.99
3DS Themes
SEGA Game Gear Theme
SEGA Genesis Theme
Chibi-Robo & Friends
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
Buy or own Runbow on Wii U and save 30 percent on select Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games in the Nintendo eShop until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct 22.
Wii U
– Explody Bomb up to 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 29.
– Little Inferno is up to 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 15
– KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 30.
3DS
– Funfair Party Games, Jewel Match 3 and more games from JoinDots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
– Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit and Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends from Majesco are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 12 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 19.
– Darts Up 3D, Soccer Up 3D and more games from EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Retro City Rampage: DX is 40 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
– Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is more than 60 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 12 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 26.
– escapeVektor is up to 50 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $3.49) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 10 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 24.
– Real Heroes Firefighter 3D is up to 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 29.
– Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $8 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 8.
Source: Nintendo PR
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Learn about Skull Kid and Phantom Ganon in Hyrule Warriors Legends
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
Last week, the Japanese Hyrule Warriors Twitter account teased news about the upcoming 3DS game. Famitsu followed through by revealing a couple of new characters. We now know that Skull Kid will be playable, and Phantom Ganon will be appearing as a boss.
The mischievous imp Skull Kid uses an ocarina as his main tool. Famitsu describes him as a demon who stole the hero’s ocarina from a parallel world and then placed the curse of the mask upon him. He may be violent and love pranks, but deep in his heart he treasures his friends. Using the ocarina, he fights alongside fairies.
14-minute Project X Zone 2 trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 4 Comments
Strap yourselves in for the longest Project X Zone 2 trailer yet. Bandai Namco just published a new video showing the game’s various characters and systems, coming in at nearly 14 minutes in length. We’ve posted it below.
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SmileBASIC finally coming to the North American 3DS eShop next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 7 Comments
Following a lengthy wait, SmileBASIC is finally due out in North America next week. Nintendo’s website has the app listed for release on October 15. Pricing is set at $9.99.
Here’s an overview of the different features included in the programming app:
A Range of Versatile Instructions:
Pictures and words that “pop out” from the screen!
Information obtained from various different sensors
Voice input and playback via the microphone
Versus play using local wireless communication
Draw instructions for lines and circles, filling, and more
Music composition using MMLUseful Tools:
SMILE Tool (for checking SE and character numbers)
Paint Tool (for drawing characters and background images)
Animation Tool (for creating flipbook animations)
Mapping Tool (for arranging tiles to create maps)
Waveform Tool (for sampling and creating waveforms)Rich Sample Library:
Characters and background images that can be used in a variety of contexts
Over 100 sound effects and 40 BGM tunes
Simple programs for helping to learn BASIC
Technical samples that allow the user to check the execution results for each instruction
Game samples created using advanced techniques
SmileBoom did say last month that SmileBASIC’s overseas launch would be coming soon. Glad to see that it’s happening after all this time!
Thanks to Brian for the tip.
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New Project X Zone 2 screenshots and art showing the latest characters
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A fresh set of Project X Zone 2 images have come in from Famitsu. The screenshots and art show Metal Face (Xenoblade), Tiki (Fire Emblem), Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney), Ryo (Shenmue), and more. Hit up the gallery below for today’s full set.
More: Bandai Namco, Monolith Soft, Project X Zone 2, top
First Shin Megami Tensei IV Final screenshots
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In a new article from Famitsu, the outlet shares Shin Megami Tensei IV Final’s first screenshots. View them in the gallery below.
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Scans roundup – Hyrule Warriors Legends, Medabots 9, Project X Zone 2, Shin Megami Tensei IV Final, more
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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include 7th Dragon III, Hyrule Warriors Legends (including a first look at Skull Kid and Phanton Ganon), Medabots 9, Monster Strike, Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns, Project X Zone 2, Shin Megami Tensei IV Final, and Splatoon (artbook). Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.
Media Create sales (9/28 – 10/4)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 46,177
New 3DS LL – 18,136
Vita – 15,237
Wii U – 12,843
New 3DS – 4,367
PS3 – 2,088
3DS – 1,160
Vita TV – 761
3DS LL – 587
Xbox One – 203
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 21,765
Vita – 19,078
Wii U – 18,024
New 3DS – 5,069
PS4 – 4,071
PS3 – 2,630
3DS – 1,529
Vita TV – 790
3DS LL – 747
Xbox One – 232
And here are the software charts:
1. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu – 88,879 / NEW
2. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 48,473 / NEW
3. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 39,017 / NEW
4. [PS4] Yorunonaikuni – 35,907 / NEW
5. [PSV] Yorunonaikuni – 32,904 / NEW
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 32,676 / 1,599,416
7. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 – 30,468 / NEW
8. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 30,150 / 275,332
9. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 19,355 / 215,733
10. [WIU] Splatoon – 14,958 / 696,454
11. [PS4] Mad Max – 14,458 / NEW
12. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 14,347 / 1,065,020
13. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 13,938 / 386,171
14. [PS3] Yorunonaikuni – 10,416 / NEW
15. [PSV] Tokyo Ghoul Jail – 10,390 / NEW
16. [PS3] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend – 10,337 / NEW
17. [PS4] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend – 10,034 / NEW
18. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 8,921 / 785,585
19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,164 / 351,598
20. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 6,998 / 174,689
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Super Meat Boy teased for Wii U
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 15 Comments
Several years ago, Super Meat Boy was planned for Wii via the WiiWare service. That didn’t pan out unfortunately, and Nintendo fans have not had access to the game since its launch in 2010. Five years later though, that might be changing.
There’s a very interesting message included at the end of an official Super Meat Boy blog post from designer Tommy Refenes. It reads: “To the fan’s we’re still excluding I’ll leave you with this: Wii haven’t forgotten about U.”
Hmm… that definitely sounds like a strong hint at a Wii U eShop release for Super Meat Boy! It’d be pretty great if a Nintendo version happens after all these days.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV Final producer – origins, improvements, trying to make the top 3DS RPG
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This week’s issue of Famitsu shares the first details about Shin Megami Tensei IV Final. Additionally, the magazine contains an interview with producer Kazuyuki Yamai.
Yamai first talked about how the project came to be:
“We were wondering if there was anything we could do that’s characteristic of Maniax [makers of the enhanced version of Nocturne with Dante, and also Shin Megami Tensei IV] and as we investigated on what could be done, we realized that we just wanted to make a completely new title, and the development started there. ‘Let’s use this occasion to make everything clear’ – those are the thoughts that went into this title, and that’s why we put ‘Final’ in it.”
There are two major points for Shin Megami Tensei IV Final. The first is the necessary “reality” that shows mankind at their limited state while the other is having players step into its ambiguously told story. The latter is because it’ll be a simple RPG in terms of gameplay. The theme is about “should I bond with, or kill them all?”