Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Screenshot (07/18/14)
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 5 Comments
Forgotten about Star K.O.s? Sakurai hasn’t! Today’s screenshot details what happens when a knockout occurs from the ceiling:
Bayonetta 2 – Cities and Waterways design blog
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
The Platinum Games blog was updated again today to talk more about the design of Bayonetta 2, this time in relation to the in-game cities and waterways and what real world places inspired them. Below is an excerpt of what lead environmental artist Hiroki Onishi had to say :
I think the most challenging thing we faced after our trip was conveying how important water was to the everyday lives of the city’s inhabitants. In Venice, there were no roads for cars to run on, because there were no cars—everything was handled by boats. There were no gates in the rivers to make sure travel was simple. Even refrigerators and laundry machines were carried to houses on small boats before being loaded up on push carts. We had to carry all our equipment on a boat to our hotel, and then drag everything along bumpy stone paths. It was a new experience for all of us, and it gave us some slight culture shock. Yet I think it was things like these that gave Venice a unique artistic quality that was interesting to express in the game. If anyone from Venice were to play the game and actually relate with our depiction of the citizen’s daily lives, I’d be honored.
Be sure to go check out the blog post, a very interesting read!
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Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire Famitsu scans
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, Images, News | 0 comments
Earlier this week we reported on a few little tidbits to come out of the latest Famitsu pertaining to the newest Pokemon re-makes. The focus this issue appears to be the redesigned gym leaders and the Elite Four. The full scans from the magazine have now surfaced and you can check out the redesigned gym leaders below.
NFC payment coming to Wii U in Japan from July 22
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments
Popular smart card company Suica is partnering with Nintendo to allow for NFC payment on the GamePad in Japan. Suica are best known as rechargeable non-contact smart cards that can be used to pay fares when travelling on Japanese trains. These cards will work exactly as you would expect, allowing for the NFC capabilities on the device to load funds onto the system without the need to input any code like with traditional eShop cards. There will be a special promotional deal as well, adding 1 reward point for every 200 Yen spent to Suica’s reward program.
Steel Diver: Sub Wars getting 3.0 update
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Steel Diver director Takaya Imamura took to Miiverse this afternoon to announce a 3.0 update for the free to play eShop hit. The update features friends battle over wi-fi, multiplayer maps exclusive to local battles and much more.
Here’s the full message:
Some more Hamatora: Look at Smoking World screenshots
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Sakurai on the latest Smash fighters, why Chrom wasn’t playable
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 59 Comments
The latest edition of Sakurai’s weekly Famitsu column “Think about Video Games” has surfaced on the web and in it, he talks about Robin, Lucina and why Chrom wasn’t picked selected in the end.
Here’s what he had to say:
Dragon Quest X getting a retail release, does not include cartridge
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
It appears that the previously download only Dragon Quest X will in fact be getting a retail release, but not the release you would expect. The game does include a cartridge version of the game, but offers an eShop code to download the game as well as 60 days of online play. Also included is a Lemon Slime Board Prism, a Dollboard customization that can be used in game as well as a poster, five Large Experience Point Ancient Documents (another in-game item that grants players 1000 experience instantly), a Casino Coin ticket, redeemable for 1000 Casino Coins in game and a lottery card that gives players a whole host of items like 100 mini-medals, Dollserine fuel and MP recovering water.
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SEGA not ruling out Wii U Virtual Console releases
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
Clarifying some words from last week, Sega have released an official statement in regards to the claims made by producer Yosuke Okunari last week on Twitter. Okunari claimed that Sega games were not in the cards for Wii U Virtual Console, but a Sega representative has come out and said the following on the matter:
Sega would like to clarify a statement that was issued over Twitter. All options are currently on the table concerning development for the Wii U Virtual Console. Although there are no immediate plans, this does not negate the possibility and exploration of creating for this platform.
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Nintendo of America Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum Prizes announced
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 34 Comments
Nintendo of America today shared this year’s rewards for members who reach either Gold or Platinum on their Club Nintendo accounts. All rewards come in the form of downloadable games and members have the ability to download one of the titles free of charge.
What do you think of the rewards? Disappointed or are you looking forward to grabbing a freebie?
