Latest GT.TV featuring Black Ops II
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Blizzard considered “Diablo Junior” for GBC/GBA
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Blizzard’s Diablo series could have come to a Nintendo handheld.
According to author David Craddock, who is about to release a book about Blizzard North, reveals that a small team made a proposal for “Diablo Junior” following the release of Diablo II.
Junior would have been a prequel created for the Game Boy Color and/or Game Boy Advance as a single-player title. There were plans to release three cartridges, much like Pokemon. Each would feature a unique hero and items that could be traded across the different versions.
Craddock notes that the project was ultimately shelved “because of the steep production costs associated with developing handheld games.”
“Following Diablo 2’s release, Blizzard North split into two teams … kind of. One team immediately started in on D2’s expansion set, Lord of Destruction. The other team went into spitball mode, kicking around ideas for a new IP. But several other developers ventured into groups of two or three and put together proposals for smaller projects. One of those was given the working title Diablo Junior, a game tentatively planned for the Game Boy Color and/or the Game Boy Advance, depending on market share and other business-y factors. Diablo Junior was intended as a single-player-only prequel to the original game. Taking a page from Pokémon’s book, the team wanted to release three cartridges, each packing a different hero in the warrior-rogue-sorcerer vein as well as items that players would have to trade for in order to collect. Heroes started in a unique town before heading into dungeons and wilderness zones. Diablo Junior was ultimately put out to pasture (absent of cow levels, I’m sure) because of the steep production costs associated with developing handheld games.”
Wreck-It Ralph movie clip
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Wii no Ma becomes company becomes Nintendo Network Service
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Nintendo ended the Wii no Ma service earlier this year. While it would be natural to assume that the team behind the channel would be disbanded, this actually isn’t the case.
Wii no Ma’s staffers are now a part of a new “Nintendo Network Service” company. Starting on October 1, the new team became involved with network-related content.
Runner2 pays tribute to the Famicom on Wii U
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The Wii U version of Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien features a special homage to the Famicom.
Gaijin’s Mike Roush revealed to the Official Nintendo Magazine that players will be able to collect Famicom cartridges in the game. By doing so, they’ll unlock Retro Game Challenges.
According to Gaijin’s Mike Roush:
“You will be able to play the Retro Challenges on the Wii U Pad after collecting Famicom cartridges. We have a whole Famicom theme around the Wii Pad, and Disasterpeace made the most amazing music with FamiTracker so it’s sounds just like a Famicom game!”
One more piece of news: when you “boot up” the mini-games, they’ll play out as if Runner2 were a NES game.
GameStop deals (10/10 – 10/16)
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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:
Nintendo’s NYCC 2012 lineup
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Nintendo will be on hand for this year’s New York Comic Com 2012 expo with lots of content for its two main systems.
The Wii U will be playable, and there will be a bunch of games to try out. New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and ZombiU are just a few of the titles expected at the show.
On the 3DS, attendees can get their hands on software such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Adventure Time, and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. The upcoming eShop game Crashmo will also be playable.
Head past the break for Nintendo’s full lineup and information about activities.
Reggie talks a bunch about Nintendo TVii and a few other things
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The Seattle Times recently sat down with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime for a lengthy chat.
For this particular interview, the main point of discussion centered around Nintendo TVii. Reggie fielded questions regarding the possibility of bringing the service to the 3DS, monetization, working with other companies, and more.
Read the full Q&A below.
Nintendo bomb threat stemmed from a computer virus
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Back in early September, an online message appeared from an anonymous source that simply stated “This week, I’m going to blow up Nintendo headquarters.”. I hadn’t heard anything about it until today (not sure why it wasn’t reported!), but it appears that Japanese police swiftly apprehended the person who made the comment, but ended up releasing him a week later. Why? The message may have been caused by a computer virus that allowed a third party to control the computer and do with it what they will. I guess they decided it would be a good idea to get a guy in trouble for claiming to want to blow up Nintendo HQ?
This isn’t the only case of the virus though: An animator who worked on series’ like Yu-Gi-Oh and Tiger & Bunny was a victim of a similar crime, which ended with him being arrested for a short while and released after authorities discovered that the root cause was this same virus.
Of course, Nintendo HQ is still here so whoever made the threats didn’t follow-through, but you do have to wonder why he or she would do something like this!
Frozenbyte on Nintendo’s support, Trine 2 Magic Mayhem mode coming later, Miiverse, patching, hints of Wii U achievement system, more
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Head past the break for a bunch of news from Frozenbyte’s sales and marketing manager Mikael Haveri. Haveri comments on how supportive Nintendo has been with Trine 2: Director’s Cut thus far, shares more information on the Magic Mayhem mode (which won’t be ready for launch, it seems), discusses Miiverse, patching, and briefly mentions achievements on Wii U – of which he is “almost 100% sure that there will be some type of system.”
