Nintendo Select discounts added to European My Nintendo rewards
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
Nintendo has updated their European My Nintendo reward site with 20% discounts for the newest additions to the Nintendo Select line, which includes Mario Party 10, Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Pikmin 3.
The discount code costs 30 Gold Points, and give you a 20% discount on the title of your choosing which would bring these down from €24.99 or £19.99 to about $20 or £16 each. Also worth noting is that you’ll be getting the 30 Gold Points spent to get the discount back from the purchase of the Nintendo Select title.
First 15 minutes of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS, Videos | 2 Comments
IGN has just uploaded a video containing the first 15 minutes of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice to their YouTube channel. You can watch the video below.
More: Sanzaru Games, SEGA, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Mastiff CEO on Gurumin 3D localization, 3DS challenges
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop | 0 comments
MonsterVine have recently interviewed Bill Schwartz and David Bruno, whom are the President and CEO of Mastiff respectively, about their upcoming title Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure. The interview mostly covers the many details and nuances of translating a game from Japanese to English and how Mastiff in specific takes on localization jobs.
When asked about what factors Mastiff keeps in mind when localizing a game, Schwartz had this to say:
It was a really big project, with issues that you constantly have to kind of deal with. There’s a character who’s always locked in a cage, and says nothing, while there’s another character that translates for him. We had to come up with our own mistranslations for him to reflect the poor translations the character does, whether it was phrases or weird sounds.
There’s a monster dancing near his boombox near the beginning, and as the hero takes off, he says “I’ll support you with my dancing”, while in Japanese it was more or less just “do your best”, in a kind of vanilla way that isn’t too enthusiastic or passionate. So we couldn’t just use “do your best”, since that was too excited and supportive. So since he could have meant it or not, and he was dancing, we used “I’ll support you with my dancing”, which is true to the original meaning, but different in literal terms.
1996 interview with Miyamoto, Super Mario 64 developers available in English for the first time
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo | 8 Comments
Two seperate interviews from 1996 with Shigeru Miyamoto and other Nintendo employees who worked on Super Mario 64 together were recently translated and published on the website Shmuplations for any interested party to read.
The interviews come from a time where Super Mario 64 had just been released and was making waves in the gaming world. The questions cover a variety of topics about Super Mario 64, focusing mostly on the creative process of designing a game in 3D compared to 2D and the early history of the game.
On the origins of Super Mario 64 and how the project got started, Miyamoto had this to say:
Well, in the beginning… we were working on something really simple—deceptively simple, even, from the perspective of the team that would go on to finish the huge, final game. (laughs) There was a room made of simple lego-like blocks, and Mario and Luigi could run around in there, climb slopes, jump around, etc. We were trying to get the controls right with an analogue 3D stick, and once that felt smooth, we knew we were halfway there. And so, along the way, we realized wanted to create a slightly larger area for them to move around in…
Noitu Love: Devolution developer video
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Nintendo has posted a short video to their YouTube channel with Joakim Sandberg, the developer of Noitu Love: Devolution.
In the video, Joakim gives a short introduction to the story and gameplay of Noitu Love; Devolution, and how the Wii U and 3DS utilize some unique methods to control and play the game such as touch screen controls or the Wii Remote. You can view the full video below.
More: Konjak, MP2 Games, Noitu Love: Devolution
Shin Megami Tensei IV combat gameplay footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
GameSpot has just uploaded a video of some new Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse footage to their YouTube channel.
The video shows off a battle between the player and a Sky Tower guard angel that looks to take place early in the game. You can view the video below.
Freak Out-Play Tag- announced, 3DS release confirmed
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Developer Sushi Typhoon Games has announced a new game for the 3DS called Freak Out-Play Tag-.
The game will be an action-adventure game that will include a “taste of horror”. The games title, Freak Out-Play Tag-, looks to be a working title at the moment.
Yo-kai Watch 2 demo footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
YouTuber AbdallahSmash026 has uploaded his playthrough of the entire Yo-kai Watch 2 demo. You can watch the video below.
More: demo, Level-5, Yo-Kai Watch 2
New Picontier screenshots
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop, Screenshots | 0 comments
Picontier, which was recently confirmed for a 3DS release, has had some new screenshots added to its Steam page. You can view them in the gallery below.
Pokemon GO loses 79% of its paying players, still remains most popular mobile game
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in Mobile, News | 44 Comments
According to Slice Intelligence, the paying population of Pokemon GO has declined by 79% since July of 2016.
The mobile game industry is a notoriously fickle one, as it seems even the titanic Pokemon GO is losing some of its thunder. The number of in-game buyers within Pokemon GO has decreased by 79% since July 15th, and Pokemon GO is no longer more profitable than all other mobile games combined. Despite this, Pokemon GO still maintains its position as the most profitable mobile game on the market. Specifically, it has generated around six times more revenue than the second most profitable mobile game in the month of August.
