Enlightened Games working on The Song of Seven for Wii U
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Back in September 2013, Enlightened Games opened a Kickstarter for “Bliss”. The project was described as “a fantasy puzzle adventure game where the player makes the powerful choice to take control of their own destiny to explore a sacred and mystical land full of physical challenges, inner discovery, and healing.”
Bliss unfortunately fell well short of its Kickstarter goal. However, Enlightened Games came back in full force last year and rebooted the project as “The Song of Seven”. The Song of Seven is “an evolved version of Bliss.” It features similar themes, goals, and visuals as Bliss, but has completely new gameplay, characters, environments, and story.
Nintendo fans will be pleased to hear that The Song of Seven was confirmed for Wii U this past November. It sounds like the first chapter will be launching before the end of this year. In the meantime, take a look at a pre-alpha video shared back in June below.
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More Hover: Revolt of Gamers footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Thanks to Bobalu for the tip.
More: Fusty Game, Hover: Revolt of Gamers, indie
Tingle was considered for Hyrule Warriors, possibility of other Nintendo Warriors games, Aonuma on Zelda Wii U and remakes
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 44 Comments
Technobubble published an interview with Zelda director/producer Eiji Aonuma and Koei Tecmo producer Yosuke Hayashi before the launch of Hyrule Warriors last year. While it’s a few months old, the discussion contains several noteworthy comments and we wanted to share those with you.
We hear, for example, that Tingle was considered for Hyrule Warriors as a playable character, but Aonuma advised the team against including him. Aonuma commented on the possibility of other Nintendo franchises seeing crossovers with the Zelda series, noted how he’s interested in applying what Hyrule Warriors did with bosses that move across the map for Zelda Wii U, and touched on Zelda remakes. On Hayashi’s side, he spoke about the possibility of Hyrule Warriors 2 and a few other topics.
Head past the break for several excerpts from the interview.
PlatinumGames sends out a New Year’s greeting with new video
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 3 Comments
PlatinumGames posted a video message on its YouTube channel last night, which is intended to be a New Year’s greeting. There are plenty of teases from various staff members about this coming year as well as some general talk. If you head on over to PlatinumGames’ blog, you’ll find a lengthy message from PlatinumGames president and CEO Tatsuya Minami.
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Splatoon screenshot (1/5/15)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 1 Comment
We shared this screenshot in our New Year’s roundup post, though we now have Nintendo’s official translation of the included message. View it below.
Happy New Year! Wishing you a tentacular, squidtastic, cephalopoppin’-off 2015! Now let’s get down to business. Check out the first photo we received this year from our research team. It looks like the crazy squids celebrate New Year’s also! But…wait. Squids keep track of time?! I don’t even…
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Family Tennis SP due out on the European Wii U eShop next Thursday
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
We have confirmation of at least one new game coming to the Wii U eShop in Europe next week. Family Tennis SP is slated for January 15, according to a newly-discovered listing. Pricing is set at €4.99.
More: Europe, Family Tennis SP, Shin'en
3D Afterburner 2 hitting the European 3DS eShop next week
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment
3D Afterburner 2 is launching on the European 3DS eShop next week. The news is confirmed through a listing on the digital store, which features a January 15 release date. 3D Afterburner 2 is priced at €4.99.
More: 3D Afterburner 2, Europe, SEGA, top
Circle officially confirms Harvest December series for the west
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Circle Entertainment is kicking off 2015 with its first announcement. The company has officially confirmed that it is bringing the Harvest December visual novel series to the west.
Just a few moments ago, Circle wrote on Twitter:
Happy New Year! Our first news of year 2015 is: Harvest December series English version has confirmed. Cheers! 🙂
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) January 5, 2015
Circle said last April that it was looking to hire translators for the Harvest December titles.
UK software sales (Week ending 1/3) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
7. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
9. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
9. LEGO Batman 3 – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
