Sakurai talks a bit about virtual reality
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has another column from Masahiro Sakurai. Rather than writing about Smash Bros., he chose to focus on another topic: virtual reality.
Sakurai discusses the scene of virtual reality in quite broad terms, like dizziness and the reluctance to wear goggles. He himseslf received an Oculus Rift DK2, and says that you can test many sample software from the Oculus website.
“It is very enjoyable,” he wrote. “Amazing! Everything that comes into view, the game world. The feeling is really different compared to a usual game.”
Sakurai also says in his piece:
VR goggles are like a TV, so it should be up to developers to freely decide what content is projected. At the same time, however, developers should properly consider how to overcome dizziness and negative factors. If games and 3D worlds are just blindly turned into VR, the future looks slim.
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More Y2K footage
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin – King and Ban videos
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Media Create sales (2/2 – 2/8)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 21,650
PS4 – 18,758
Vita – 10,013
New 3DS – 7,916
Wii U – 6,517
PS3 – 6,426
3DS LL – 3,084
3DS – 2,642
Vita TV – 560
Xbox One – 238
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 21,880
PS4 – 17,392
Vita – 11,871
New 3DS – 7,700
PS3 – 7,211
Wii U – 6,807
3DS LL – 3,641
3DS – 3,187
Vita TV – 521
Xbox One – 222
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse – 44,221 / NEW
2. [PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse – 34,690 / NEW
3. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 24,068 / 2,455,880
4. [3DS] Lost Heroes 2 – 20,691 / NEW
5. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 12,234 / 2,501,000
6. [PS4] Far Cry 4 – 9,790 / 46,029
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 9,715 / 2,460,920
8. [PSV] Ebikore PhotoKano Kiss – 9,512 / NEW
9. [3DS] Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – 9,240 / 62,505
10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 8,950 / 2,140,261
11. [PS3] Far Cry 4 – 8,513 / 26,879
12. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria – 8,225 / 378,602
13. [PS3] Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin – 7,770 / NEW
14. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – 7,004 / 52,009
15. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 5,683 / 581,796
16. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 4,799 / 911,267
17. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 4,777 / 3,098,589
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,678 / 3,913,847
19. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita the Best) – 3,574 / NEW
20. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 2,896 / 40,742
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Etrian Mystery Dungeon screenshots and details – skills and more
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Famitsu has shared another round of details and screenshots for Etrian Mystery Dungeon. The latest content covers skills and more. For all of the information and screenshots, continue on below.
Aslaga
– The town of Aslaga acts as the base of adventures
– Players rest and plan ahead for their next dungeon trip here
– Aslaga is also where you meet the likes of Professor Sara
– Sara’s Labyrinth Lab is in Aslaga as well
– Magan provides players with missions, plus places to eat or store your money and items
Skills
– All characters can use regular skills
– Characters also have the special “Blast Skill”
– Details on the Blast Skill will be shared later
– They are said to be highly useful, with skills like “Command All” and more
Other
– Game has new D.O.E monsters that are kind of like the F.O.E in Etrian Odyssey
– They’re out to destroy the town of Aslaga, and it’ll be up to you to stop them using “fortresses” and various parties of your group
Runbow GDC 2015 gameplay teaser
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Super Mario amiibo series can be pre-ordered at Best Buy
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Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the Super Mario amiibo series. Toad, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, and Yoshi figures can be reserved here. There’s no telling how long they will be in stock for, sadly!
Is 3D Steets of Rage 2 in the works? Game rated in Australia
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Rumors | 5 Comments
3D Steets of Rage 2 doesn’t seem exist yet. That’s why it’s peculiar how the game has been rated over in Australia. Could 3D Steets of Rage 2 be happening at some point?
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How GameStop is handling New 3DS XL content transfers and trade-ins
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GameStop is running a promotion in which consumers can obtain $100 for their 3DS XL units and $75 for 3DS/2DS units towards the purchase of a New 3DS XL (through February 15). There’s just one issue: transferring data from one 3DS system to another requires both systems, and can take a decent amount of time to complete.
With that in mind, Polygon spoke with a few GameStop locations in Ohio and learned that there’s a plan in place for the situation. Here’s the full rundown:
- Go to GameStop. Purchase a $200 New 3DS XL
- Take your system home, go through the transfer process
- Take your existing system and your new system back to GameStop
- Return your new system for a full refund of $200
- Trade-in your existing system for $100
- Rebuy your New 3DS XL, use the $100 credit to pay for half the purchase
Not the easiest process in the world, but at least it’s something!
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Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker devs on the subtitle, Durarara!! guest characters, and more
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Atlus recently published an interview on the game’s Japanese blog with director Shinjiro Takada and art director Akiko Kotoh. Siliconera has now provided a translation.
Takada and Kotoh touched on Record Breaker’s subtitle, Durarara!! guest characters, and more. You can find the full roundup below.
On the Record Breaker subtitle…
“I can’t give you the deeper meaning behind it today. As for subtitles, during the development of part 1, we named it Overclocked when we released it for the 3DS, which I believe gave it a strong sense and a feeling of ‘surpassing its predecessor’.” – Kotoh
“The [Record Breaker] subtitle has some deep roots in the story, so it’s kind of difficult to comment on that…There are actually several meanings behind it, so please check it out for yourselves once you get to play it.” – Takada
