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Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary

Posted on April 19, 2010 by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii

Monster Hunter Tri

– IGN gave it an 8.8
– Looks very impressive graphically
– Pretty difficult game

Nintendo Downloads/AlphaBounce

– Several Game & Watch games on DSiWare
– Daemon really likes AlphaBounce
– Out in space, space displayed on a grid
– Moving towards items in space
– Have to play an arkanoid board each space
– A lot of power-ups
– Only $5

Super Mario Galaxy 2

– Big month next month, Super Mario Galaxy 2 coming out
– Impressions of the game on Wednesday
– Daemon thinks Cloud Mario looks ridiculous, moreso than the Bee Suit
– He is excited for the game nonetheless
– Not sure why they don’t bring back an oldschool suit like the Racoon Suit

Arc Rise Fantasia

– Footage on IGN today
– Traditional RPG game

La Mulana

– Old-school-inspired platformer
– Castlevania/Metroid style
– Published by same people who brought Cave Story to WiiWare
– Team of 3 developers
– Sprite graphics
– 16-bit looking
– Very difficult game
– Can teleport back to town and heal
– You do have a map
– Basic enemies mostly die in 1-2 hits
– Use whip as a weapon
– Should be out in June

Reader questions

– Guesses for 3DS launch software: Raving Rabbids, Mario Kart
– Games IGN would like to play on 3DS: Professor Layton, Star Fox, point-and-click games
– Maybe Zelda Wii will have some flying/gliding mechanic with MotionPlus
– Luigi’s Mansion/Eterntal Darkness trademarks not necessarily related to 3DS
– New Play Control brand might be done
– Kingdom Hearts 3 probably won’t be on Wii
– Conduit 2 probably won’t look much better than the first game
– You’ll be able to find a way to watch the Professor Layton movie even if it doesn’t come to North America

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