Scan shows Monster Hunter Frontier G’s Fire Emblem costume collaboration
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Extended maintenance taking place on Nintendo’s online services next Monday
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Nintendo is planning some heavy maintenance for its online services next Monday. Between 9 AM PT and 8 PM PT, the Wii U/3DS eShops, Wii Shop Channel, and DSi Shop will be affected. Perhaps Nintendo is gearing up for the 3DS’ upcoming firmware update?
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Toriko: Ultimate Survival Christmas commercial
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ZaciSa’s Last Stand footage
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Toushin Toshi video
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Sons of a Bit Entertainment now a Wii U dev, may bring IslaBomba to Wii U
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Sons of a Bit Entertainment is now a Wii U developer, the studio has confirmed.
IslaBomba could be the company’s first title on the Wii U eShop. Nothing is set in stone, but Sons of a Bit Entertainment does “hope” it will happen.
@Emi1yRogers Can you help us spread the word? @SonsofaBit_Ent are #WiiU developers! #IslaBomba on #WiiU? We hope so! pic.twitter.com/6FIySiXpjS
— IslaBomba (@IslaBomba) December 5, 2013
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Gaist Crusher trailer shows collaborations
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Puyo Puyo Tetris – 2 modes detailed
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Puyo Puyo Tetris includes a neat little Versus mode. The rules are quite simple: one player takes on a game of Tetris while the other is put in charge of Puyo Puyo. When playing Puyo Puyo, traditional Puyo Puyo Tsu are used, so erasing puyos drops nuisance puyos on the other player’s board. Tetris, on the other hand, makes use of classic Tetris rules.
There’s another mode in Puyo Puyo Tetris, too. Swap mode features a game board for Tetris and another for Puyo Puyo. Players switch off on the games when the time runs out.
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Resident Evil creator says players have gotten used to the traditional means of horror, tougher to scare
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Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil, says it isn’t as easy to scare players these days. This is because people have become accustomed “to the tropes of horror and they know what’s coming next,” he believes.
Mikami was sharing his comments about horror while speaking with EDGE. He told the publication:
“Not much has changed when it comes to instilling terror in the player. But people have got used to the tropes of horror and they know what’s coming next, so in that sense it is harder to make them afraid.
“The scariest parts will be when you encounter enemies that cannot be killed with a gun. Even if you shoot them they won’t die, so you’ll have to run or use a trap to beat them. That should be fun – and also scary.
“Making games is always like a rollercoaster: really fun times, but also really busy times. When you ride a rollercoaster, the uphill part is scary and fraught and lasts for a long time, and the downhill part – the fun, exhilarating part – is over in a flash.”
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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS screenshot (12/5/13)
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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
The Villager’s special attack, the Lloid Rocket, is a projectile weapon like no other–you can either launch it or ride on it. When you fire it off, keep pressing the button to hop aboard–you can even control its speed. It’s more powerful when you’re riding it.