Bandai Namco bringing One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum to Japan on September 21st
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Amazon Japan and Rakuten have revealed that One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum will release for 3DS on September 21st in Japan. The 2D action title is being developed by Arc System Works (published by Bandai Namco) and will feature 23 playable characters and over 80 additional assist characters, while also boasting strong visuals and simple, but exciting, controls. It will feature a mode where the player sails around the world, gathering their favorite crew, as well as a competitive online mode. Furthermore, first-print buyers will earn several rewards, including early unlocks for assist characters Edward Newgate, Marco, and Jozu, an in-game item for use in the “Create a Pirate Crew” mode, and a unique 3DS theme (via download code). There is also an unannounced item as a pre-order bonus from Amazon Japan.
Alongside this information, several new screenshots for the game have been released, which you can view below.
Level-5 Vision 2016 conference set for July 27, more information on June 24th
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 2 Comments
Level-5 has been releasing information for their annual big press conference, Level-5 Vision, over the year, and now they have set a date and time: July 27th, from 15:30 to 17:00 JST (1:30 to 3:00 EST). The conference is being sub-titled “New Heroes” and will feature updates and reveals for much of Level-5’s upcoming projects. This includes Yo-Kai Watch, the previously announced Snack World, a new cross-media project, and an update on a mysterious title “I…”. Previous hints from the company have all but said that it will be an Inazuma Eleven project. Furthermore, 500 fans will be chosen via lottery to attend the event.
Before that, though, there will also be a NicoNico Stream this Friday, June 24th, that will feature more information about the event, as well as Yo-Kai Watch 3, the Yo-Kai Watch movie hitting Japan in December, and a secret about the previously mentioned “I…” title.
After Level-5 Vision, there will also be a Level-5 Fan Night from 19:30 to 21:30 JST (5:30 to 7:30 EST). This will feature fan participation events, discussions about Level-5 titles, a Yo-Kai Watch activity corner, a concert, and some event revolving around the “I…” title. 1,800 fans will be chosen via lottery to attend.
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Paper Mario Color Splash interview discusses origin, RPG elements, future of series
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 32 Comments
The folks at Gamexplain interviewed Paper Mario: Color Splash co-producer Risa Tabata about the game. You can watch the full interview below, but we’ve also highlighted some of the more notable bits of information.
-Idea for the game started formulating right after Sticker Star was released
-Based ideas around the Wii U
-Completing the story should be around 30 hours, but completing everything in the game would be much longer
-There will be control options to allow for using buttons rather than the touchscreen
-No special Miiverse functions (outside of regular sharing screenshots and posting)
-Not including RPG elements because the Mario and Luigi games already cover the RPG genre
-Defeating enemies will drop item that lets you increase your maximum paint capacity
-Open to making an HD remaster of a Paper Mario game if they hear enough demand
-Want to figure out different paper-based themes for making future games
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild demo booth intro video
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendaan has provided some off-screen footage of the demo booth opening for Zelda players at E3. Though the video is short, it shows off many of the controls for the game. Check it out below!
Famitsu review scores (6/15/2016)
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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Alien: Isolation (PS4) – 8/8/8/8
Battleborn (PS4) – 8/8/7/8
Battleborn (XBO) – 8/8/7/8
Caligula (PSV) – 8/7/8/7
Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (PSV) – 8/8/9/7
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone (PS4) – 10/10/8/9
Henri (3DS) – 7/8/7/6
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) – 8/7/7/8
Mighty No. 9 (PS4) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (XBO) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (Wii U) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (PS3) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (360) – 8/8/7/7
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Umbrella Corps (PS4) – 9/9/9/9
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Kingdom Hearts director says chances of The World Ends With You sequel are low
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 5 Comments
Although most of his time has been devoted to discussing current projects, Tetsuya Nomura, producer of The World Ends With You, took a moment in a Famitsu interview to address a potential sequel to the DS RPG. Unfortunately, the news is not necessarily good, with Nomura stating that, while the series is popular overseas, that making a sequel would not be easy (but not impossible). In order to do it, he would like to assemble a team capable of delivering a game just as good as the first.
Even if it were to happen, Nomura’s statements suggest that it is at least not in development at the moment.
Players can go straight to the final boss in Breath of the Wild
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Switch, Wii U | 54 Comments
Seems that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be truly open to players. According to Eiji Aonuma, in an interview with Polygon, players can skip the story and even go straight to the final boss if they go the right way.
“Users may not actually get the full story depending on how they play this game and how they strategize and solve puzzles. Users are able to go to the very end goal without revealing why Link woke up the way he did and where he did. Whether you want to reveal the storyline and find out why Link woke up, or you want to just go straight to the goal, that’s an option totally up to the user […] Anybody who can go straight to the goal without doing anything else — there’s two possibilities. Either they’re a really good gamer, or they could be somebody that’s a little bit crazy. But it’s not impossible. I created the game like that.”
Though Aonuma suggested that this was not the best or natural way to play, he also suggested the game would be good for players to race each other in.
40 minutes of direct feed Zelda: Breath of the Wild footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
Gamexplain has uploaded 40 minutes of footage from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, all as direct feed with no commentary. You can check it out below:
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Japanese website open
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
The official Japanese website for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now open. The site features an animation and music for Link surveying the overworld, as well as the trailer and screenshots from earlier in the day. You can view the new screenshots below:
Pokken Tournament undergoing maintenance tonight
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Pokken Tournament will be undergoing some maintenance tonight, from the following times:
PST: June 14th from 5:50 PM to 7:30 PM
EST: June 14th from 8:50 PM to 10:30 PM
UK: June 15th from 1:50 AM to 3:30 AM
Europe: June 15th from 2:50 AM to 4:30 AM
Japan: June 15th from 9:50 AM to 11:30 AM
It’s highly possible that this maintenance will either patch the game to the previously mentioned Version 1.3, or that it will at least be in preparation.
