Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 17 Comments

Liam Robertson, a person known for digging up information about cancelled games, recently took on the challenge of investigating Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s troubled development.

There’s no question that Rise of Lyric has a number of major issues. That being said, Robertson does offer some insight into why it wasn’t a better game.

For instance, did you know that Sonic Boom’s debut trailer wasn’t actually comprised of Wii U footage? The video was instead created from the game running on a PC with more powerful hardware. That’s one of the big reasons for the graphical downgrade. And even though there was a disclaimer at the beginning of the trailer stating that it was “in-engine footage” and how it represented “a work in progress”, some people may have felt mislead. Perhaps that’s why it’s now being discovered that SEGA pulled the video from its YouTube channel.

You can get a better overview of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s development by watching the video below.

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Klei Entertainment is holding a stream at 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT to showcase Don’t Starve: Giant Edition on Wii U. We’ve posted it after the break. Once finished, we’ll update the post with an archived version.

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Update: Bumped to the top. Here’s a clip of one of the amiibo challenges:

The Splatoon amiibo are now starting to make their way to members of the press. For a look at the process of scanning figures into the game, check out the video below.

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Xavier Orion Games shared a new Booty Diver trailer today. It shows some new art, plus the additions of coins, breakable crates, and a high score system.

Towards the end of the video, Xavier Orion Games confirms that a PC demo is on the way. You’ll be able to try out Booty Diver on May 29.

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Kantopia has gone to the trouble of fully translating Famitsu’s latest coverage of Fire Emblem If. You can check them out in the gallery below.

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Thanks to a listing on Nintendo’s website, we learned a few days ago that Don’t Starve: Giant Edition is heading to the North American Wii U eShop on May 28. Europe won’t be getting it on the same day, though the wait won’t be too long. Eurogamer has received confirmation that Don’t Starve: Giant Edition is launching on the European eShop on June 4.

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Care to take another look at the Inkling Boy amiibo? Then give the video below a look, which is a complete unboxing.

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Ronimo Games released the seventeenth “Daily Duel” video for Swords & Soldiers II. In today’s video, the battle is 1 Siege Troll, 1 Barrelrider, 1 Naga versus 3 Desert Stalkers, 5 Shamshir Soldiers, 4 Axethrowers, 1 Sand Witch and 1 Fakir. Check it out below.

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The 4.1 update for StreetPass Mii Plaza is now available in North America. You may recall that Japan received this patch a couple of weeks back. It doesn’t do much, but it should address bugs and make things more stable.

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Nintendo added a new video to its North American YouTube account to promote the Splatoon Global Testfire taking place this weekend. You can watch it below.

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