Final Fantasy creator on how the name came to be
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
Contrary to popular belief, the “Final Fantasy” name didn’t come about because Square thought it would be its last game in light of supposed financial trouble. Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the series, recently said at an event in Japan that the team instead wanted something that could be abbreviated to FF in English (pronounced as “efu efu” in Japanese).
The original plan was to call the title “Fighting Fantasy”. But since there was a board game using the same name, it was changed to Final Fantasy. Kotaku points out that “Final” was probably a a logical “F” word to pick since it’s a famous word in Japan.
As for those who suggest that Final Fantasy’s name was created as the company’s final project, he said: “Those days definitely seemed like end times, but honestly, any word that started with ‘F’ would’ve been fine.”
Koch Media likely the publisher and owner of the Bloodstained franchise
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments
Deep Silver parent company Koch Media has trademarked Bloodstained, which indicates that the company will be handling publishing duties for the title. It’s also a likely sign of their ownership of the franchise as a whole.
Deep Silver will already be handling the distribution of one Kickstarter project in Mighty No. 9 – another game developed by Inti Creates.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night currently sits at $2.8 million on Kickstarter. A Wii U version will be guaranteed at $3 million, which will almost certainly be reached before the June 12 deadline.
Disney Infinity 3.0 – Inside Out Play Set details
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Game Informer published an extensive report about the Inside Out Play Set coming to Disney Infinity 3.0. Details from the articles can be found below, and the full article is located here.
– Sequel to the film
– Riley is still the star
– While babysitting and watching TV, Riley falls asleep
– Riley accidentally brushes up against the remote as she’s sleeping which changes the channel to a scary movie
– This breaches her subconscious and all these scary images get into her head
– Riley’s emotions need to attend to this crisis
– Fight against broccoli, swamp creatures, bats, and other baddies
– More platforming focused than the other Play Sets
– Each emotion has its own unique ability
– Anger can run across lava
– Disgust can high jump
– Fear runs quickly
– Joy can glide across large gaps
– Sadness can walk across clouds
– Clouds are a big component of the levels
– Although Sadness can walk across them with ease, any other character can only step on them briefly before they disappear
– Need to quickly jump if you want to get past them without using Sadness
– If you’re playing co-op, Sadness can pick up another character like Anger and walk across the clouds with him
– Anger can pick up Sadness and carry her across the lava should she need it
– Can play alone if you want, but co-op is encouraged
– Musical gameplay: flip switches back and forth, turning on and off various platforms; match the musical lines and which platforms you’re going on to get through the various areas
– Gravity feature switches your perspective
– This turns the world and making you platform upside down
– Pop and collect balloons in the levels
– Need to swap characters for harder-to-reach balloons
– One enemy type is a bull that charges at you the moment they see you
– Can only defeat bulls by getting near an edge and move as it charges at you, so it falls off
– Swap characters by putting the other one on the Infinity Base and then can bring up the character wheel
Disney Infinity 3.0 – Inside Out Play Set trailer, footage, a look at the figures
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Disney Interactive has now released a trailer for the Disney Infinity 3.0 Inside Out Play Set trailer. Meanwhile, Family Gamer TV has extra footage and a video showing off the related figures. All of the latest videos are posted below.
Comic Workshop 2 out in North America and Europe on June 18
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Collavier has revealed that Comic Workshop 2 is heading overseas next month. We’ll be seeing the 3DS app on June 18 in both North America and Europe via the eShop.
Comic Workshop 2 will be priced at $9.99 / €7.99 / £7.19. Those who purchased the first entry will be able to take advantage of a 40 percent discount.
Collavier is including a number of new and upgraded tools in Comic Workshop 2. There are also new functions such as a layer blending mode, transparency lock, ability to display images on a grid, and more.
Watch a trailer for Comic Workshop 2 below.
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BBC iPlayer out now on the UK Wii U eShop
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
It’s been a long time coming, but the BBC iPlayer is finally out on the UK Wii U eShop. After downloading the 94 MB app, users will be able to watch various on-demand programming.
BBC iPlayer for Wii U is very much like the iPlayer Smart TV app, complete with HD playback. It also supports off-TV play.
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Disney Infinity 3.0 – first Inside Out Play Set screenshots, figure photos
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Disney Interactive has shared the first screenshots from the Inside Out Play Set that will be available for Disney Infinity 3.0. Additionally, we have a first look at the related figures as well. Hit the gallery below for all of today’s photos.
Dragon Quest VIII 3DS site open
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Square Enix launched the official website for Dragon Quest VIII’s new 3DS version today. Access it here. Previously, the site was in a teaser state.
At the moment, visitors can view some of the first Dragon Quest VIII 3DS screenshots (posted on the site yesterday). Expect more content on the site over the next few months.
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More Yoshi’s Woolly World screenshots
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Nintendo released another batch of screenshots from Yoshi’s Woolly World. Take a look at the images in the gallery below.
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Official video for the Splatoon 3DS theme
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Nintendo shared an official video for the new Splatoon 3DS theme, which we’ve added in below. It’s out now in Japan, and today in Europe (likely North America as well).
