Huge Wednesday Update with Sora no Folklore, Manhattan Requiem, Dragon Ball Extreme Fusion Pack, Mutant Mudds Collection and more new games!
● Kemco announced their JRPG Sora no Folklore will be coming to Nintendo 3DS next week priced at ¥800. Check out the website here and promo video here.
● Mebius announced their second Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo title for Nintendo Switch entitled Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo Manhattan Requiem releasing this Fall priced at ¥980. Trailer here
● Bandai Namco Entertainment announced Dragon Ball Extreme Fusion Pack for 3DS releasing on 30 November priced at ¥5,184 containing Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden and Dragon Ball Fusions with early purchases receiving a code for the Famicom game Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushuu! Saiyajin.
● Sonic Powered announced Tetsudou Nippon! Rosen Tabi Jouge-sen Shuuroku Double Pack for 3DS on 7 December priced at ¥7,538 containing Tetsudou Nippon! Rosen Tabi: Yui Rail-hen and Tetsudou Nippon! Rosen Tabi: Joumou Denki Tetsudou-hen.
● Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D -Space Recipe For Disaster- (from Starsign for ¥600) and Choujin Baseball Stadium ~Nekketsu Story~ (from Culture Brain Excel for ¥500) will both release for Nintendo 3DS next week (11 October).
● And Earth Atlantis (from Headup Games for ¥1,480) and Overcooked: Special Edition (from Team 17 for ¥2,150) will both release for Nintendo Switch in Japan next week (12 October).
● Atooi have announced Mutant Mudds Collection for Nintendo Switch to release in Q4 2017 containing Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, and a new puzzle game Mudd Blocks. Trailer here
● Rainy Frog will publish Combat! Search & Rescue for Nintendo Switch in Japan this November priced at ¥1,500. Check out the updated Release Schedule for all of the above.
● Waddle Dee won the Kirby Enemy Character Grand Prix with 1,351 votes out of a total of 5,017 and will win some merchandising! Check out the full top ten here.
● The results of the Splatoon 2 Fashion Contest 2017 are also here. Check out six pages of winning entries here.
● The new Retro Freak model is the Retro Freak Basic which only plays Super Famicom and SNES cartridges and is priced at just ¥10,778 ($96) for the Economy Set (no controllers/HD cable) and ¥14,018 ($125) for the Standard Set (one controller and HD cable). Pictures here.
● The box art and trailer for Bokujou Monogatari: Futago no Mura+ (Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns+) here.
● Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura for Nintendo Switch has been rated CERO D (17) in Japan. Still no definite release date.
● Last week’s Media Create numbers in Japan saw Fire Emblem Musou sell 41,491 on Switch and 18,357 on 3DS, Splatoon 2 sell 29,704 and Nintendo Switch hardware sell 73,231. I’ll post the full Famitsu charts as soon as they do!
● The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom is available in a few hours in Japan. Pre-order here.
● Over 40 games are on sale in Japan adding a Tetsu Tabi Series sale on top of existing sale games including Monster Hunter XX, Monster Hunter Stories, Cooking Mama series and more. Check out the full list here
● Serebii are reporting that theJapanese variety show Oha Suta will debut new Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon footage tomorrow morning.
● The 3DS Theme Shop today added MOMOKUMA, Mame Katsu! themes and a every❤ing! 「Egao de Sankyuu!」 theme. Go here for pictures/video.
● NyaNyaNya! Neko Mario Time #99 featuring Mario & Luigi RPG DX 1, Splatoon 2, Pocket Monsters Gold & Silver, Super Mario Run and Infinite Minigolf is here.
● A TV commercial and promo video for Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso here
● The fourth update to Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax is now available. Trailer here.
● That’s all for this huge update – time to finally play the Lost Sphear demo. And thanks for following!
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