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Update: Another interview added.

Eurogamer posted a new interview with a couple of folks behind Playtonic Games. There’s talk about why members of the studio left Rare to start fresh at Playtonic, interest in creating a second team, and more. Check out the full interview below.

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Yesterday, Collavier announced that screenshot sharing functionality will be returning to Comic Workshop through an upcoming patch. The update makes it possible to post images to Miiverse.

Collavier has now sent out a comprehensive follow-up, revealing that adding screenshots to Miiverse was never initially planned to be available. The company also talked about what’s changed to allow for the feature.

You can find Collavier’s full comments below.

Who am I?

My name is Jeremy and I’m taking care of international relations for Collavier on top of being a programmer. The same Jeremy you can see on Miiverse!

What happened with the community?

Firstly, you should know that posting screenshots to Miiverse for Comic Workshop never was planned to be available. The few days of authorized screenshot posting at the software’s release were a mistake.

With the Workshop Gallery (dedicated website for Comic & Painting Workshop) being quite popular in Japan, we’d hope western users would use it as well.

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A new update has been released for Mario Kart 8. Version 4.1 is available for download right now.

Today’s Mario Kart 8 update has two purposes. 200cc and Mirror Mode are now immediately unlocked in Grand Prix, and Nintendo has made general improvements.

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An image has emerged showing early character designs for Yooka and Laylee, who are the lead characters in Playtonic’s 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee. Check out the image above.

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Following last week’s gameplay video, HullBeach Studios has now shared an official trailer for Defense Dome. Watch it below.

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Arcane Four Studios has its indie game Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest lined up for Nintendo platforms. The game will be hitting both the Wii U and 3DS via the eShop.

Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest has players taking on the role of a fox. Rynn will need to use her abilities in order to save the King and Queen of the forest after it comes under siege by an army of reptiles. Levels can be tackled in any order, and there will be an emphasis on platforming and magic.

Take a look at some screenshots from Rynn’s Adventure: Trouble in the Enchanted Forest below. The title is due out this fall.

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Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on May 13. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:

Wii U Virtual Console

Mega Man Zero 3 (GBA, 702 yen)
Mappy-Land (NES, 514 yen)

3DS Download

Johnny Dynamite (500 yen)
The Legend of Kusakari (300 yen)

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More footage has come in of Paper Mario’s new Wii U Virtual Console release. The full video is posted below.

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A Hat in Time has long been speculated as a potential game for the Wii U eShop. While Gears for Breakfast has now started work on a console port, the developer is encountering various issues.

All problems are technical related, as A Hat in Time is suffering from elements like a low frame rate and incorrect rendering of geometry. The game is built in Unreal Engine 3 and this is supported on consoles, but the engine hasn’t been updated for quite some time and Gears for Breakfast has needed to apply “some major fixes to even get it running in the first place.”

Gears for Breakfast isn’t dropping the idea of bringing A Hat in Time to consoles, and work will continue on a potential port. There are various options being considered, such as hiring more people/an external team to port the title.

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WayForward’s new Mighty Switch Force! 3DS theme was expected out today, but it didn’t appear in the weekly Nintendo Download report. There’s a reason for that: its release date has changed. A new date hasn’t been set, but WayForward will have news “soon.”

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