PSA: 3DS firmware update fixes Ridge Racer 3D issue

Nintendo released its second 3DS firmware update in as many weeks yesterday, which will be welcome news to those of you who have tried and failed to play Ridge Racer 3D recently. Version 2.1.0-3U of the 3DS system software includes "a correction for the screen freeze symptom" found in that game. That takes care of those crashes; the ones that happen around tight corners are on you.

The new update also enables automatic download of future updates when wireless internet is available. This is either convenient or terrifying, depending on whether you're trying to work on homebrew 3DS software right... (Continue Reading...)

Atlus teases Persona 2 PSP localization in retro email

When we first pored over a recent email sent to us by Atlus -- a GIF-filled newsletter dated June 23, 1999, which is not today's date in the very least -- we thought we had inadvertently traveled between the folds of time while we slept. (Again.) Now, we've got another theory: Atlus might be hinting at a U.S. localization of its PSP port of Persona 2: Innocent Sin, which arrived in Japan last month.

The time-traveling newsletter doesn't actually mention the title, but its artificial date syncs up nicely with the original PSOne Innocent Sin's release date in Japan. Of course, we may just be reading too much into this altogether. Maybe Atlus really did just want to send us an email extolling the virtues of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and providing some helpful tips on surviving... (Continue Reading...)


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