During the Nintendo Direct on February 14th, 2014, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced Pokémon Battle TROZEi (ポケモンバトルトローゼ). The Nintendo 3DS game is puzzle matching game that will go on sale on March 12th, 2014 for 762yen on the Nintendo eShop. It is the sequel to the original Pokémon Trozei!​ ( ポケモントローゼ). The game features the first 718 Pokémon, each of which has "cool and cute icons". Screenshots and images have been added to an Imageboard thread.

This game is called Pokémon Link: Battle in Europe and will go on sale March 13th, 2014. The game is called Pokémon Battle Trozei in North America and will go on sale March 20th, 2014.

The Pokémon that appears on the top screen of the Nintendo 3DS/2DS is the wild Pokémon that players are currently facing in battle. Players make matches of the same Pokémon by lining three of them in a row and to attack and reduce the HP of the wild Pokémon that they are facing. When the wild Pokémon's HP reaches zero, the player will be able to Trozei that Pokémon,

During the game, the wild Pokémon will also attack the player and the Trozei Box will lose some of its energy. If the Trozei Box’s energy reaches zero, it’s game over.

The game takes advantage of the StreetPass function to allow players to exchange play data, share a players favorite Pokémon and to receive Pokémon to become the players ally.

Pokémon Battle Trozei Trailer

Pokémon Link: Battle Trailer

Pokémon Battle TROZEi (ポケモンバトルトローゼ) Trailer

Sources: http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/battletrozei/ and http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-battle-trozei/

Nintendo of Europe announced today that Pokémon Bank V1.1 is now available to players of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y after being delayed since December 27th, 2013. It is also available in Australia and New Zealand. The 30 day trial is good until March 14th, 2014 while the Celebi event will run until September 30th, 2014. The official Pokémon Twitter also revealed that Pokémon Bank will be available in North America 'soon'.

Update: On February 5th, 2014, Pokémon Bank V1.1 launched in North America.


Source: https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/430673592527769600

Nintendo has announced on their Current Network Status page that Pokémon X and Y will undergo Extended Maintenance from Monday, February 3rd, 2014 at 4:00 PM until Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 12:00 AM Pacific Time. Online Play, Rankings and other features that require the Nintendo Network will be unavailable for players of Pokémon X and Y. The Pokémon X and Y Game Sync duration will be changed to 3 hours after this maintenance window.

Source: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/network/en_na/network_status.jsp

Nintendo Co., Ltd. released their Earnings Release: Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2013 report on January 31st, 2014 and announced that "During the nine months ended December 31, 2013, for “Nintendo 3DS (3DS, 3DS XL and 2DS),” “Pokémon X/Pokémon Y,” simultaneously released globally in October, marked 11.61 million units in sales."

Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/140129e.pdf

Nintendo has announced on their Current Network Status page that Pokémon X and Y will undergo Extended Maintenance on Monday, January 27th, 2014 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time until 10:00 PM. Online Play, Rankings and other features that require the Nintendo Network will be unavailable for players of Pokémon X and Y.

Source: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/network/en_na/network_status.jsp

The Nintendo World Store in New York City's Rockefeller Center is undergoing massive renovations and will become even bigger and better than it was before. The store will be open again on November 1st, 2010 and a re-opening event will be held on November 7th, 2010. Further details on the stores relaunch are yet to be revealed.