● President Iwata on mobile game development from a Time.com interview: “Development of smart device games will be mainly done by Nintendo”. Read the full interview at http://time.com/3748920/nintendo-mobile-games/

● A couple of new dates: Shin Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari The Alchemist of Arland has been moved from 26 March to ‘Spring’ and Dragon Ball Z: Super Extreme Butoden has been dated for 11 June

● Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter: Albatross no Tsubasa will be removed from sale on 31 March. No reasons were given. The game is a really fun early entry JRPG for those interested.

● Next week on the eShop will see Samurai Defender (¥400), Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX (¥600), Puzzle Bottle (¥400) and Maru Pass Medical Office Medical Fee Billing Office Proficiency Test (¥1,000).

● This week’s new themes saw Funassyi (bizarrely by Bandai Namco although the two games are by Success and Rocket Company), Ace Attorney 123 (two themes including an awesome 8-bit one), Ace Attorney 5 (again two themes), Atelier Rorona, Sega Dreamcast, Sega SG-1000, Takeyari Man, BLAZBLUE (three themes), Future Card Buddyfight (three themes), CHiCO with HoneyWorks, kain and kradness

● Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Korosensei was the best selling 3DS game last week selling a little shy of 25,000. A demo for the game released this morning on the eShop with ten free plays.

● Rainy Frog are hosting an eShop sale from 25 March until 8 April with 30% off EDGE (reduced to ¥280), CUBIT (¥210) and 2048 (¥210).

● A promotion for the (second!) Funassyi game…

● And the free limited edition pouch that it comes with…

From Funassyi to Kumamon…

● Nyanyanya Neko Mario Time #33 with Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario Party 10, PokéToru and Captain Kinopio…

● And a video from Xenoblade Chronicles 3D…

● There’s a ton more videos too with (most of) the new themes, LEGO City Undercover and more but I’m done with blogging for the day. See you tomorrow!