Pilot from cancelled Trauma Team live-action TV series apparently surfaces
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 7 Comments
Back in 2010, Instavision announced plans for a live-action TV series based on Atlus’ Wii game Trauma Team. Even though it sounded fairly ambitious in what all sides were hoping to achieve, it never got off the ground.
A video has now been uploaded to YouTube which seems to show the pilot. It was an early cut, meaning music and video edits were likely temporary. As for the show itself, the YouTube description states: “Four young medical prodigies are forced underground and become vigilante doctors by forming a renegade clinic to help desperate patients who have nowhere else to turn.”
Here’s the actual pilot:
And the lineup of actors:
Brandon Quinn as Ike Pratt
Eden Riegel as Taylor Rutske
Julie Mond as Vanessa Herrera
Erin Foster as Kate Finley
Jackson Davis as Pierce Miller
Armando Cosio as Mr. Mendoza
So that’s that. An interesting piece of history for Atlus and gaming as a whole – nothing more, as the TV series never went anywhere.
Thanks to Jack for the tip.
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Castlevania Dracula X New 3DS Virtual Console trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment
Castlevania Dracula X is out now on the New 3DS Virtual Console. Have a look at the official release trailer below.
Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon named as two of Amazon’s best-selling holiday games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Amazon has issued an official announcement about sales on its website during the holiday period. According to the press release, Pokemon Sun, Pokemon Moon, and Final Fantasy XV were named as best sellers under video games.
Amazon also shared a neat tidbit about Nintendo and Game Freak’s new 3DS titles. “If each Amazon.com customer who purchased Pokemon Sun and Moon this holiday spent at least an hour a day playing the game since its release, our customers would have spent the equivalent of more than 24 thousand lunar cycles capturing Pokemon,” the retailer said.
More: Amazon, Pokemon Moon, Pokemon Sun, sales, top
Media Create software sales (12/19/16 – 12/25/16) – Top 50
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
02./03. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
03./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki
04./00. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!
05./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition #
06./07. [3DS] Miitopia
07./06. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV #
08./11. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
09./05. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life #
10./12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
11./13. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
12./08. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes
13./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
14./00. [3DS] Osomatsu-San: Matsu Matsuri! #
15./19. [WIU] Splatoon #
16./18. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
17./25. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories #
18./15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
19./04. [PSV] SaGa: Scarlet Grace
20./22. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Media Create sales (12/19/16 – 12/25/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Update (12/29): Replaced Famitsu data with Media Create.
Original (12/28): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 111,513
PS4 – 90,140
Vita – 57,170
2DS – 51,077
New 3DS – 13,694
PS4 Pro – 10,098
Wii U – 8,348
PS3 – 1,234
Xbox One – 830
3DS – 169
3DS LL – 109
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 84,823
PS4 – 70,031
2DS – 39,218
Vita – 36,214
PS4 Pro – 9,317
New 3DS – 9,149
Wii U – 5,095
Xbox One – 1,872
PS3 – 925
3DS – 226
3DS LL – 62
And here are the software charts:
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Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment
Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! was shown on the latest episode of Denjin Getcha. Take a look at the full recording below.
SEGA came close to releasing a Donkey Kong parking attendant game for arcades
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Stephen Radosh produced the Mario and Zelda games for the Philips CD-i. But before that, one position he had was at SEGA.
Radosh was involved with working on arcade cabinets. One that never released was actually for a Nintendo character – specifically Donkey Kong. This would have been a title in which players controlled Donkey Kong as a parking attendant.
Radosh told Game Informer:
“Somehow Sega had gotten the rights to Donkey Kong. You were dodging cars that were pulling in and out of the lot, and you had to get X number of cars parked in spaces.”
What happened to that project, might you ask? When it was in development and Radosh was working at SEGA, the company (owned by Paramount at the time) was sold back to Japan.
Dragon Quest XI features camping, crafting, dragon riding
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 4 Comments
A few new Dragon Quest XI details have emerged from NHK’s Dragon Quest 30th anniversary special program.
First, camping is in the game. One image shown from the PlayStation 4 version is of a “Camp Menu”. Here players can rest (heals HP and MP), do “mysterious smithing,” pray to the statue of the goddess, and patrol the area.
On another screen which asks the player what they want to create, the following options are shown:
Copper Sword (Seidou no Tsurugi)
Iron Sword (Tetsu no Tsurugi)
Silver Rapier (Zan no Rapier)
Zombie Killer
Platinum Sword
Zombie Buster
Magic Swordsman Rapier (Makenshi no Rapier)
Fire Sword (Honoo no Tsurugi)
Metal Slime Sword (Metasura no Tsurugi)
Miracle Sword Modified (Kiseki no Tsurugi Kai)
Hayabusa Sword Modified (Hayabusa no Tsurugi Kai)
Inferno Sword
As Gematsu points out, each item in the smithing menu has a list of required items to create that item, a description, and difficulty level.
NHK’s program also showed that players will be able to ride dragons in Dragon Quest XI.
More: Dragon Quest XI, Japan, Square Enix
New bit of Dragon Quest XI footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
During NHK’s Dragon Quest 30th anniversary special program, some footage of Dragon Quest XI footage. We get a brief look at the 3DS version as well as the PS4 (and possibly Switch) release. Watch the clip below.
More: Dragon Quest XI, Japan, Square Enix
First 4 Figures making a Bowser figure
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
After recently revealing plans for a Meta Ridley figure, First 4 Figures has pulled back the curtains on another Nintendo item. At some point in 2017, a new Bowser figure will be released.
Just like with Meta Ridley, we only have a single teaser image to look at, which is attached above. We’ll hopefully have more images and an actual release date at the start of 2017.
