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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii | 9 Comments

Sakurai on how long he’s been waiting to bring Pit back…

“So, the revival of Kid Icarus actually began in Smash Brothers. We brought him back for Smash Brothers and I personally did all that design work. We made a decision to upgrade and re-envision what the character was like with some more current trappings. From that time I certainly had an interest in the franchise. Now this time around, the project actually began with an original game idea, and the match seem to be a good one for the mythology and the character Kid Icarus. So it just so happened that the game idea and the franchise matched in the project then start it from there.”

Sakurai on what idea led to the creation of a standalone game…

“So the original idea was a game in which you had air combat and ground combat and then end up with a boss battle. It was that kind of flow, sort of a hybrid of a shooting game and a third-person game with those two things. Now the idea is that Pit as an angel who can’t fly and provides this scenario where [the goddess] Palutena grants him the ability to fly for just five minutes. That seem like a good match with this gameplay idea, and in trying it out in initial testing phases, it seemed to work pretty well. I definitely knew that there was this very strong demand for revival of the franchise overseas and I thought that this was an idea that was crystallized and would satisfy that demand.”

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– New York City is run by criminal mobs
– John Tanner saved Senator Ballard’s life, has to take charge of a crusade against crime
– Tanner has to take out five kingpins (a drug dealer, a human-organs trafficker, a pimp, an arms dealer and an over-greedy trader)
– Tanner is helped by his friends, fights against crime with his car
– Fill Rage bar by jumping
– Execute takedowns on enemy cars
– 20 story-based missions
– Takes place between Driver 1 and 2
– Meet new allies
– 50 cars to unlock
– 70 challenges and tracks across the city
– 7 challenge types (including Time Attack, Elimination Mode, Road War)

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“Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to launch by the end of Nintendo’s current fiscal year, which runs through March 31, 2011.” Charlie Scibetta, senior director of Corporate Communications

Ugh…This is starting to get extremely annoying. You’d think Nintendo would be able to comment on a remark made by their own North American president! I guess we’re back to square one…The 3DS will launch before the end of March 2011, and that’s all we know for sure.

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A few days ago, Reggie Fils-Aime told Jimmy Fallon that the 3DS will be launching next year. The thing is, that’s not necessarily true. Sources close to Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters claim that the statement Reggie made was an error. That means that the 3DS still has a chance of being on store shelves this holiday. Nintendo has only confirmed that the system will launch in major territories by the end of March 2011, but if it’s out sooner than that, a conference will be held later this year.

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Check out this little exchange between Reggie Fils-Aime and Jimmy Fallon…

Jimmy: Nintendo DS is my favorite system I think out there and I heard a rumor that there’s a 3D NIntendo DS is coming out. Is that true?

Reggie: That is absolutely true.

Jimmy: When is it coming out?

Reggie: It’s coming out next year.

Now, I’m not saying this is true, but I can’t fully believe this yet. Iwata, Cammie Dunaway, and even Reggie himself have been very reluctant to talk about the 3DS’ release date. It just seems odd that there would be a confirmation on a late night television show!

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“The last day of the show, I actually got out of the Disney Interactive booth around 4:15. I knew I was only going to get to see One Thing at E3. And I knew it was going to be either Deus Ex: Human Revolution or the 3DS. Though it pained me to make the call, the 3DS got the nod. All I can say is ‘Wow!’ Okay, I lied – I can and will say a lot more than ‘wow.’ The 3DS changed my life. Seriously. I can be pretty stubborn and when I decide I know something or I’m right about something, I don’t often change my mind. Well, I just want to say I’ve been completely wrong about 3D all my life. I never got it before. Until now.
Until the 3DS. Check back tomorrow and I’ll tell you all about it.” – Warren Spector

Whether it’s Epic Mickey or a different game/franchise, I know that I’d love to see a title on the 3DS created by Spector. Once work on Epic Mickey is complete, perhaps he can consider working with the system.

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A number of prominent developers have already devoted their resources to the 3DS, but we may have to wait awhile to see a creation from Castlevania creator Koji Igarashi. Igarashi told Destructoid that he has received a development kit from Nintendo, though he has a lot of testing to do before he can come up with anything concrete. With that said, he definitely has interest in making titles for the system and said that the technology behind the 3DS has improved since he had last seen it.

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“It was a real wow moment when we first held the 3DS, but unfortunately I don’t think we will see it this year.” – Marc Spence, head of entertainment at Best Buy UK

“At E3 I managed to get hands on with 3DS and found the experience very impressive. With only rumours of the release date, I hope to get my hands on one of these again before Christmas, but I suspect it is unlikely for this year.” – Sarah Jasper at online giant The Hut

“UK retail will be holding its breath hoping for a 2010 3DS release to deliver a much-needed boost to hardware sales. [a 2010 launch for 3DS would be] a much welcomed surprise. In reality it may be that stock will be built for the US and Japan markets before we see 3DS in Europe.” –
Asda’s new head of games Andrew Thompson

Honestly, I never thought that the 3DS would be released in Europe this year. North America and Europe saw the release of the Wii and DS first, so I expect that will happen with Nintendo’s next handheld as well. Although, I’m not sure if the 3DS will even be released in any territory this year.

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