Gamescom 2012 sees 275,000 attendees, next year’s show dated
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New Gamescom 2012 information has arrived, highlighted by the show’s 275,000 visitors and exhibitors from 83 countries. Show officials say that attendance was “about 275,000” in 2011.
Gamescom 2013 has already been dated. It will take place between August 21 and August 25, once again in Cologne, Germany.
Dr. Maximilian Schenk, Managing Director of BIU, said the following about Gamescom 2012:
“The concept of gamescom has borne fruit: as a leading international trade fair, it presents all types and aspects of games for all platforms. We would like to thank most sincerely the gamer community, the visitors, exhibitors and partners, the City of Cologne, the State of North Rhine Westphalia, our partner country South Korea and especially Koelnmesse. We can all be very proud of gamescom 2012 – and we intend to continue in the same vein in 2013.”
Mario Takes the Gold as the Big and Bold Nintendo 3DS XL Hits Stores
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For the First Time, Shoppers Can Either Buy the Packaged Game in Stores or Purchase and Download the Full Version Wirelessly from the Nintendo eShop
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo has launched both an exciting new game and a cool new system to play it on. U.S. residents can now get their hands on two of the hottest video game products of the year: New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the new Nintendo 3DS XL portable system. Nintendo 3DS XL offers screens that are 90 percent larger than the original Nintendo 3DS, and sells at a suggested retail price of $199.99.
The newest game to play on the system – or the original Nintendo 3DS system – is New Super Mario Bros. 2, the follow-up to the best-selling Nintendo DS game of all time, which sold more than 10.3 million in the United States alone. For the first time, Nintendo is giving consumers a variety of ways to buy the game. Shoppers can purchase a packaged game as usual at retail locations nationwide. They can go to a participating retailer and buy a code to download the game directly to their Nintendo 3DS system over a broadband Internet connection. Or they can simply purchase and download the game on their own from the Nintendo eShop using a wireless broadband connection. Regardless of purchasing method, the game sells at a suggested retail price of $39.99.
Photos of the Club Nintendo gold nunchuck
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It sadly doesn’t come in any special packaging… but at least it matches the gold Skyward Sword Wiimote!
Square Enix teasing something related to The World Ends with You
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It’s been over five years since The World Ends with You made its debut. However, some of the game’s characters made cameo appearances in Kingdom Hearts 3D, and Tetuya Nomura has expressed interest in returning to the IP on multiple occasions.
Is Square Enix finally returning to The World Ends with You? Quite possibly.
Square Enix has opened a new teaser site, and all indications are that it’s related to the series. First, it uses the same text from The World Ends with You. Second, Nomura and Gen Kobayashi are listed as character designers – both worked on the original game.
Now, there is some speculation that this could be a mobile project… whatever it is. That would certainly be disappointing. Still, nothing is confirmed for now, so we can dream a little!
We’ll be forced to wait a little less than a week before Square Enix officially pulls back the curtain on this mystery. Let’s pray this is a new entry for the 3DS or something.
Gold nunchuck coming back to Club Nintendo for sure
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The official gold nunchuck page has been updated on Club Nintendo with a new notice. It now says Nintendo is “hoping to make this golden gem available again” and members should “check back soon for more details.” The site also says that the initial batch “sold out quicker than expected.”
Be sure to keep tabs on the rewards page here. We’ll let you know when the gold nunchuck comes back in stock.
Renegade Kid would still be interested in making another Dementium
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Renegade Kid’s stance on Dementium hasn’t changed over the past few months. If they were presented with an opportunity to develop another game in the series, co-founder Jools Watsham says the studio would do so “in a heartbeat.”
There’s one important issue that still remains – SouthPeak owns the IP. It’s completely up to the publisher if and when a new Dementium gets made, and so far there hasn’t been any progress in this area.
Jools Watsham wrote on Twitter yesterday:
“The continuation of Dementium relies on SouthPeak’s desire and funds, not ours. We would develop a new Dementium in a heartbeat.”
Watsham has previously said that Renegade Kid has been thinking about creating an original first-person shooter for the eShop. Although it would be a digital release, there would be plans to make the game like a full-fledged retail product.
[NintendoEverything Interview] n-Space talks Heroes of Ruin, Mary Kate and Ashley, Winter, Star Wars: Battlefront, and more!
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, General Nintendo, Interviews, News | 0 comments
Me and the cloudy, question-answering collective at n-Space virtually sit down to discuss Heroes of Ruin, developmental frustrations, Star Wars: Battlefront, the fate (and possible future) of ‘Winter’, and much more. Even “Mary Kate and Ashley” makes a brief appearance.
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There is only one video game company in the entire world that could simultaneously say it has worked on a series as prolific as Star Wars, legendary as Mary Kate and Ashley, and classic as Roller Coaster Tycoon. That developer is n-Space, who most of you probably know due to their work on the Call of Duty DS games and various other FPS adaptations on Nintendo’s handheld. Their portfolio is huge and their experience dates back to 1997 with a PS1 game called ‘TigerShark’, so needless to say, I went into this interview a little nervous– like a court jester trying to impress the king, or a game blogger trying to interview a well-known developer.
I was ready though, and I stepped into the room prepared for anything. Nothing, however, could have prepared me for that with which I was faced…
Star Beast coming to Wii U, Nintendo trying to attract mobile devs?
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A LinkedIn profile confirms speculation that Star Beast is coming to Wii U. It seems that the game is being made for the system’s eShop.
Also rumored is that Nintendo is looking to attract mobile developers. Further information on this isn’t available.
We don’t actually have any details about Star Beast yet. What we do know is that the game is also in development for the PC and mobile devices.
Famitsu teases “surprise scoop” for next issue
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Famitsu was on a brief hiatus this week, but it’ll be returning next week with a “surprise scoop”. That’s according to a new tease posted on the publication’s Twitter account today.
The magazine didn’t share any clues when talking about its mysterious scoop. We don’t know who’s developing the project, which genre it falls into, or any other details. But now that this year’s Tokyo Game Show is just a month away, publishers may begin to announce some of their projects making debuts at the show.
Famitsu’s next edition will be published on August 23. Although, as usual, its contents should leak out on Tuesday.
n-Space teasing an announcement, to come via their Facebook page
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
This comes from an interview I did with those cool guys at n-Space. I asked them what else might be brewing (as is mandatory if you are interviewing someone!) and they replied with this:
“Just keep your eyes on the official n-Space Facebook page and you’re sure to see a surprise sooner rather than later.” – n-Space’s invisible collective of answering interview questions
There’s truly lots of other really awesome information in the interview (SW:Battlefront talk, Heroes of Ruin tidbits, development process details, etc), but you’ll have to wait until later tonight for me to properly type it up! This, however, I felt was worth posting independently.
