Nintendo exits the Brazilian gaming market
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 44 Comments
Nintendo is pulling out from the Brazilian gaming market, according to a report from UOL Games. The company will not distribute any additional games, consoles, or handhelds in the country going forward.
Bill van Zyll, director for Nintendo of America’s Latin America operations, said there are various challenges in the way such as taxes.
It’s currently unclear what will happen with the Brazilian 3DS eShop as well as those who purchased games on the store.
Exorcist job revealed for Bravely Second
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
Square Enix revealed a new job for Bravely Second during today’s live stream for the game known as the Exorcist. Here’s what we know:
– 4 party members shown playing as the Exorcist job
– Can turn back time with the “Never Happened” ability
– Go back up to 3 turns
– Ex: showed Nikolai taking some damage, and Magnolia used the “Never Happened HP” and it reverted his health back to what it was before he took damage
– This ability can also work when players get incapacitated
– As such, Exorcist is considered more of a healing class
– Since you can use it on other characters, it’ll come in handy, as they’ll be able to charge up with Defaults while always keeping their health the way it was
– The cost for Never Happened is relatively low
– Other Exorcist abilities will be revealed in the future
– Square Enix also showed the Asterisk Holder for the Exorcist job
– He’s a pretty creepy character, and was shown taking a slash attack, only to have it recover, as if it never even happened
– Illustration above made by yokoyan, who has worked on several occasions with Bravely Default composer revo on cover art, and more
On another note, Square Enix confirmed that Bravely Second will include roughly 30 jobs.
More: Bravely Second, Japan, Square Enix, top
Nintendo Download (1/8/15, North America)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Wipeout 3
Wii U Download
Chariot
Maze
Wii U Virtual Console
Mega Man Battle Network 2
3DS Retail
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3DS Download
Painting Workshop
Best of Solitaire
3DS Virtual Console
Adventures of Lolo
eShop Sales
Wooden Sen’Sey, Puddle and more fun games from Neko Entertainment are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 22.
Cubemen 2 is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 22.
Abyss, 99Moves and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is 25 percent off for 3DS (reduced from $19.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 22.
4 Elements, Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst and more from Tulip Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
Van Helsing Sniper Zx100 is more than 80 percent off (reduced from $6.66 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Source: Nintendo PR
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Media Create hardware and software sales (12/29 – 1/4)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 76,439
Vita – 56,700
PS4 – 42,216
New 3DS – 40,338
Wii U – 30,031
3DS LL – 19,096
PS3 – 17,867
3DS – 17,293
Vita TV – 1,305
Xbox One – 637
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 105,947
New 3DS – 49,503
Wii U – 43,950
Vita – 42,405
PS4 – 33,150
3DS LL – 25,653
3DS – 15,171
PS3 – 12,578
Xbox One – 1,162
Vita TV – 1,090
Xbox 360 – 121
PSP – 7
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 207,923 / 2,247,129
2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 110,895 / 2,394,239
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 70,913 / 2,072,848
4. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 58,008 / 529,244
5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 45,754 / 2,391,014
6. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 28,403 / 880,180
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 24,121 / 3,064,221
8. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 22,928 / 233,796
9. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 18,104 / 101,768
10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 17,451 / 135,665
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 20,271 / 3,885,120
12. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 – 15,464 / 104,410
13. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi – 13,854 / 60,984
14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 12,913 / 2,450,300
15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Koko Ga Ochitsukundesu – 11,875 / 86,516
16. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind Chain – 11,052 / 70,018
17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days – 10,863 / 96,401
18. [3DS] Tomodachi Life – 10,648 / 1,773,200
19. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 10,421 / 130,381
20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 9,160 / 686,479
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales, top
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition to be released overseas
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is heading west, GungHo Online Entertainment has confirmed. A date hasn’t been set, but it is indeed coming.
GungHo Online Entertainment stated on Twitter today:
Details are forthcoming, but an overseas release of Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Edition via Nintendo has been announced.
— Puzzle & Dragons NA (@PuzzDragNA) January 8, 2015
GungHo Online Entertainment just announced its new 3DS collaboration title with Nintendo earlier today. It wasn’t expected that Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition would be confirmed for overseas territories so quickly, but we’ll take it!
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition screenshots, larger boxart
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition footage
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – Japanese release date, a look at the boxart
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GungHo Online Entertainment has opened a website for the just-announced Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. Access it here.
On the page, we have confirmation that Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is coming to Japan on April 29. You can get a small look at the boxart above.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition debut trailer
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition announced for 3DS
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Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition is coming to the 3DS, GungHo Online Entertainment announced today. The new game was revealed just a short while ago during the company’s “New Games Presentation”.
Shigeru Miyamoto took the stage and stated that he began noticing Puzzle & Dragons after seeing Nintendo developers playing it. He was also struck by the work ethic of the people at GungHo.
Eventually, discussions led to last year’s 3DS title Puzzle & Dragons Z, though Nintendo wanted to do more. Since they felt Mario making a guest character wouldn’t be enough for the audience of that franchise, Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition was created.
Below are the first gameplay details:
– Puzzle PRG
– Begins in the Mushroom Kingdom
– Bowser has harvested the power of a mysterious “Drop” that suddenly appeared
– Princess Peach kidnapped once again
– Up to Mario to save her
– Mario will do battle in the style of Puzzle & Dragons puzzle battles, befriending other Mario series characters on the way
– Supports StreetPass
– Local multiplayer functionality
Check out some screengrabs from the debut trailer below. We’ll post the full video once it’s available.
