Family Tennis SP hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week as well
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Shin’en confirmed on Twitter today that it will be releasing Arc System Works’ Family Tennis SP on the Wii U eShop next week. We previously heard about the game coming to Europe on Thursday, but it appears that the North American launch will be taking place on the same day as well. Pricing for Family Tennis SP is set at $4.99 / €4.99.
We will release Arc System Works 'Family Tennis SP' on #WiiU #eShop on January 15th! Price 4.99USD/4.99€. Smash away!
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) January 8, 2015
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Family Tennis SP due out on the European Wii U eShop next Thursday
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
We have confirmation of at least one new game coming to the Wii U eShop in Europe next week. Family Tennis SP is slated for January 15, according to a newly-discovered listing. Pricing is set at €4.99.
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FAST Racing Neo has been in the works since the end of 2012
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 14 Comments
Shin’en has been working on FAST Racing Neo for quite some time. In an interview with KonsoliFIN, the studio’s Manfred Linzner revealed that Neo’s development kicked off at the end of 2012. The game began soon after Shin’en wrapped up Nano Assault Neo.
Linzner also spoke about how the team faced a “major challenge” to match or surpass other racers on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC from a visual perspective. The task was made all the more difficult since Shin’en wanted to hit 60 frames per second.
Below are Linzner’s full words:
We started with FAST Racing Neo right after we were done with Nano Assault Neo. So this was end of 2012. A major challenge was to get on par or even beyond what other racing games on PC,PS4 or XB1 offer visually. Those games are done by very large and professional teams (around 30x to 100x times bigger then us). Just the sheer amount of geometry you need to produce for that sweet ‘Nex Gen’ look is insane. Not even to mention the nearly impossible task to render that all at 60fps on the Wii U. Anyway, we liked that challenge. We feel we do our best work when being challenged. You need to find creative ways.
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Art of Balance Wii U gets an update in North America, Europe soon
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Art of Balance has been updated to version 1.01 in North America, developer Shin’en has confirmed. The same patch will be out in Europe shortly as well.
Here’s the update news straight from Shin’en:
Art of Balance (Wii U, eSHop) has been updated to version 1.01 (US). EU patch on the way too.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) November 24, 2014
Art of Balance patch:
- Fixed Pause crash (very rare)
- Fixed Tower Tumble 'Draw' issue
- Stability and quality improvements 🙂
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) November 24, 2014
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Family Tennis SP will be released in the west
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 1 Comment
Arc System Works released a bunch of family-friendly games on the 3DS eShop like Family Bowling 3D and Family Kart 3D. Eventually, the company went on to bring a similar-styled experience to the Japanese Wii U eShop: “Family Tennis SP”.
It now appears that the title will be released overseas, based on a listing from the USK. But it won’t be published by Arc System Works as expected. Assuming I haven’t misunderstood the rating, Shin’en instead will handle distribution – at least in Europe.
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Another round of Art of Balance Wii U footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
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A few FAST Racing Neo technical tidbits
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments
Over the week or so, Shin’en has been sharing a few technical tidbits about FAST Racing Neo. The studio interacted with fans about the game’s frame rate and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
@MaxWill37699872 Yeah, streets took a lot of resolution. Tho biggest textures are used for the shadows.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) September 24, 2014
@CrucialSloan 60fps (with minimal dips here and there that we try to iron out)
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) September 24, 2014
@realkeithmartin Cinematic Tonemapping, Motionblur, SSAO, HDR Bloom, Atmospheric Scattering, Godrays etc
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) September 25, 2014
@realkeithmartin Smoke and mirrors all over the place, otherwise we would be at 20fps.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) September 26, 2014
@AVahne @realkeithmartin No, we use realtime soft shadows. So we can have dynamic weather and the games size is much smaller.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) October 1, 2014
@HylianCIA @ShinenGames It's realtime. As a race is just a few minutes there are not much visible changes, beside some clouds moving.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) October 1, 2014
@CrucialSloan SSAO is by definition dynamic, tho it's (almost) impossible to get working in 60fps 😉 Technically: Every console is outdated
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) October 2, 2014
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Art of Balance hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week
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The Wii U version of Art of Balance is due out on the North American Wii U eShop next week, Shin’en has confirmed. A release is planned for October 9.
As tweeted by Shin’en:
US release date for Art of Balance (Wii U, eShop) is October, 9th, 2014!
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) October 2, 2014
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720p, 60FPS confirmed for FAST Racing Neo
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Manfred Linzner from Shin’en confirmed a couple of technical aspects for FAST Racing Neo over on NeoGAF. The game will run at 720p and 60 frames per second, according to Linzner. Shin’en is working its technical magic as usual!
