Monday Update with Pokémon pre-orders open, Cake Shop Story announced for 3DS, Sumikko Gurashi interview and more!
● Pre-orders have opened for the Pocket Monsters Gold and Silver Virtual Console games which are available at retail as both a package with physical items or as a download card. A new trailer here and package pictures here.
● Nippon Columbia have announced Cake Shop Story for Nintendo 3DS with the full name of Cake-ya-san Monogatari Oishii Sweets o Tsukurou and scheduled for 9 November.
● An interview with Yoshinao Shimada here where he revealed why Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso is on Nintendo Switch and not on 3DS like previous titles.
● COMG! sales are slow for last week with Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 opening with 82, Dragon Quest XI with 45 and Monster Hunter XX Switch down to just 24.
● The Mainichi Shimbun had a piece where they reported that they can’t see when the Nintendo Switch stock shortages will be resolved here.
● Miitomo today added the Cami Dress, Pop Art Long T-Shirt and Two-Tone Tights. Pictures here.
● A web commercial for Metroid: Samus Returns here.
● A Lucario trailer for Pokkén Tournament DX here.
● And the latest Susie’s Direct looking at Kirby BGM here.
● Nintendo 3DS Theme Shop charts here with Splatoon dominating again.
● Finally, check out my review for Mononoke Forest here, thanks for following and please note I shall be undergoing surgery in a few hours so will be unable to update the site during this time.
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