‘Project X Zone’ Removed From eShop

If you thought about getting caught up before starting up your copy of Project X Zone 2 by downloading the original, you might be out of luck.

For reasons unknown, Project X Zone has been removed from the eShop. The demo, trailers and the game itself are all missing when you search for them on Nintendo’s digital store, with results for the second game being the only hits that come up. Even people who purchased it digitally before won’t get the re-download button, although they can reclaim it in their download history. Considering getting this game to come out in America was somewhat of a miracle in itself due to all of the licensing hoops Namco Bandai must have had to jump through to release it, is it safe to speculate that one of the licenses fell through? That would explain why the second game is still available, since some of the characters from the first game didn’t return.

Regardless of the reason, it’s a shame that the first game is missing. We had an amazing time with it when we reviewed it back when it was released, so let’s hope that whatever issues caused the game to get pulled down get resolved soon. What are your theories as to why it was pulled? Share them below!

Source: NintendoEverything.com