Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Nintendo has a whole bunch of plans lined up for Hyper Japan Festival 2016. Along with playable games, a number of activities are in store.

Yo-kai Watch, Monster Hunter Generations, Dragon Quest VII, Fire Emblem, and Pokemon will all be represented in some form or another. Here’s the full rundown of events straight from Nintendo:

In a true celebration of the Japanese phenomenon YO-KAI WATCH® Nintendo will be inviting visitors to step into Springdale, offering them a fully immersive experience and the chance to get involved with a host of YO-KAI WATCH® themed activities. Starting today, Nintendo UK is hosting a unique Fan Art Contest, challenging you to share your artistic interpretation of your favourite Yo-kai in a bid to win a one-off YO-KAI WATCH® prize bundle and have your art prominently showcased on the Nintendo booth at HYPER JAPAN Festival 2016 for all visitors to admire. For more details on how to get involved, Click here.

During HYPER JAPAN Festival 2016, you will have the chance to wander the town of Springdale, take part in the iconic YO-KAI WATCH® dance with Jibanyan in front of a green screen with the opportunity for you to share your creation directly to your social channels*, as well as take part in a Yo-kai Stamp Quest, a mission whereby the first 300 people each day to spot ten hidden Yo-kai located around Springdale on the Nintendo booth (and receive a stamp for each Yo-kai they spot, as well as a stamp for playing the game on the booth) will be rewarded with a YO-KAI WATCH® Medal Mystery Bag*! Everyone that completes the Yo-kai Stamp Quest will also have the opportunity to enter into a prize draw raffle for a chance to win a host of special YO-KAI WATCH® goodies.

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Tumblestone will launch for Wii U on July 12, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild has announced. You’ll be able to purchase the game for $24.99.

Here’s an overview:

Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years – completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience. Diverging from the staid match-3 formula of Bejeweled, Tumblestone strips out all the random gem flipping junk, and elevates the genre with unique puzzles and intense multiplayer gameplay in the spirit of Tetris Attack and Dr. Mario. This isn’t a game for people who want to lull themselves to sleep, no, Tumblestone is for gamers who love old-school puzzle games!

Brought to life with beautiful hand-painted artwork, Tumblestone offers several deep and exciting game modes for both single-player and competitive multiplayer. Help the Sausage King make friends and discover what happened to the Tumblecrown in the 40-hour story campaign featuring twelve worlds, each with a unique twist on the core mechanic. Test your mettle with up to four players in local and online multiplayer, or take on the world with ranked matchmaking and leaderboards. Indulge in multiple arcade modes, including fast-paced Heartbeat mode, brainy Infinipuzzle mode, and relaxing Marathon mode.

And a couple of trailers:

Source: Tumblestone PR

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The Battle Cats POP! is out now on the North American and European eShops. Check out some footage from the game below.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Culdcept Revolt (3DS) – 8/8/8/9
Shin Hayarigami 2 (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Ambition of the Slimes (3DS) – 8/8/7/7
Pac-Man 256 (PS4) – 7/8/7/7

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

Work continues on Hex Heroes, Prismatic’s real-time-strategy party game which was funded a couple of years ago. Today, the team shared an update as to what’s been going on with the Wii U version.

Prismatic mentioned on Kickstarter that there have been some technical issues on Wii U. That mean the team needed to “revisit the very foundation of how the game is built.” You can read the full update on Kickstarter, but the good news is that progress is going relatively smoothly now. Prismatic hopes to soon have the Wii U version in line with the PC edition showed at GDC earlier this year.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prismaticgames/hex-heroes/posts/1614943

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Ziggurat is heading to the European Wii U eShop later this week, followed by North America in the near future. Take a look at some footage below.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here, and now we have a proper look at the 3DS version in action. You’ll find a bunch of footage below.

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HulLBreach Studios prepared a new SDK Spriter trailer which shows overworld creation. See the video below.

“Overworld” is one of four level types users can make in SDK Spriter. Here’s the full explanation from HullBreach:

SDK Spriter is an all-in-one studio for creating retro video game assets, including character sprite sheets, tile sets, maps, and full levels. The final assets can be exported to Miiverse™ or SDKSpriter.com. It is exclusive to the Wii U™ console.

There are 4 primary components to SDK Spriter: Sprites, Tiles, Maps, and Levels.

Sprites are comprised of 64×64 pixel art characters that have eight frames of animation for each compass direction. The resulting sprite sheet is a PNG image.

Tiles are comprised of 64×64 tile pixel art that is assembled into a 16×16 grid. The resulting tile set is a PNG image.

Maps are 128×128 layered grids of tiles and collision rules that reference an existing tile set.

Levels are a combination of layered maps, a player sprite, multiple non-player character sprites, and metadata. Levels come in four forms: Overworld, Platformer, Terrain, and Dungeon Master. Depending on the level type, they follow basic rendering rules (i.e. fog, TV masking, shading, layering, tilt angle, etc.) and physics rules (gravity, collision-detection, warping, etc.).

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Futuridium EP Deluxe came to Wii U last month, though a New 3DS version remains in the works. A bit of off-screen footage recorded at Unite Europe 2016 can be found below.

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It’s hardly a surprise, but the Link’s Awakening Pack in Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends is now confirmed for June 30 as well. The DLC was previously announced for the same day in Europe and Japan a few days ago.

For those that missed it, here’s the Link’s Awakening Pack trailer:

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