Japan: a couple of boxarts (Art Academy Atelier, Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, more)

Art Academy Atelier

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that Art Academy Atelier (known as Art Academy: Home Studio) would come out on November 12th in Japan. Just like in Europe, the software will have both a retail version and a digital one, with a discount available via the Nintendo eShop for owners of Art Academy: Sketchpad.

Here’s the boxart for the software:

Source: Amazon.co.jp

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival

Yesterday, Nintendo revealed the Japanese release date for Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (along with an overview video and a website), which will get a bundle at launch including:

• the game itself (disc)
• three amiibo cards (Goldie, Rosie, Stitches)
• two amiibo (Isabelle and Digby)

Here’s the packaging for this bundle:

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (Wii U) comes out on November 13th in North America, November 20th in Europe and November 21st in Japan.

Source: Amazon.co.jp

Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse

During the Tokyo Game Show 2015, in September, Intergrow announced that Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse would get a retail release in Japan. Now that pre-orders for it are open, we have the boxart for the game!

Here it is:

Source: Intergrow