EDGE #289 review scores, 2015 awards, top 5 games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 11 Comments
This month’s EDGE review scores are now available. Here are the full verdicts from the latest issue:
Rainbow Six: Siege – 6
Amplitude – 8
Nuclear Throne – 8
Dirt Rally – 8
Earth Defence Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair – 6
EVE: Gunjack – 6
SteamWorld Heist – 8
FAST Racing Neo – 6
Guns Up – 3
EDGE also has a piece outlining its awards for 2016. Nintendo was chosen as top publisher, while Splatoon was selected as the best Nintendo game.
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Satoru Iwata to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from D.I.C.E.
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Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will be honored at the 19th D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony. When the event takes place on February 18, Iwata will be remembered with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
A few Nintendo games have also been selected as nominees for various awards. Those are as follows:
Action Game of the Year
Destiny: The Taken King
HELLDIVERS
Just Cause 3
Star Wars Battlefront
Splatoon
Family Game of the Year
Guitar Hero Live
LEGO Dimensions
Rock Band 4
Super Mario Maker
Tearaway Unfolded
Handheld Game of the Year
Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space
HELLDIVERS
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Yo-Kai Watch
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
Destiny: The Taken King
Halo 5: Guardians
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Rocket League
Splatoon
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CoroCoro teases Pokemon movie announcement that will affect the entire world
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Aside from some news about Pokken Tournament, this month’s issue of CoroCoro also had an update on Pokemon the Movie XY & Z 2016. The magazine talks about how Volcanion hates humans – why this is so and what happened to make it hate them. CoroCoro also teased a World Exclusive Scoop Poster and a major announcement that will affect the entire world for the movie.
New Dragon Quest collaboration with Universal Studios Japan in the works
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Square Enix made it known during the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation today that the company is partnering with Universal Studios Japan on a collaboration for the series. But like many announcements and news coming out of the event, details were practically nonexistent.
Square Enix announced a few other non-gaming things involving Dragon Quest as well. These include the Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour, museum, more concerts with composer Koichi Sugiyama, and 30th anniversary books.
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Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation live stream
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Update: Right out of the gate, no Dragon Quest XI news. Well, that’s that!
Square Enix will be kicking off its Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation live stream at 12 AM ET / 9 PM PT (30 minutes from now). We’re expecting to at least see/hear more about Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, and Dragon Quest XI may make an appearance as well.
View the stream as it happens below. We’ll keep an eye out for any Nintendo-related news.
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Upcoming Japanese eShop releases (1/20/16)
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Several new titles are coming to the Japanese eShop on January 20. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital downloads:
Wii U Virtual Console
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (GBA, 702 yen)
1080° Snowboarding (N64, 1,000 yen)
3DS Download
Gakuyu Unmei Kyodotai ~Friends in the Same RPG~ – 1,000 yen
Castle Conqueror Defender – 500 yen
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Rare had interest in amiibo-style toys during the N64 era
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Former Rare developer Chris Seavor shared interesting insight into the studio’s past on Twitter. In a message published yesterday, Seavor showed an image of the unreleased title Urchin, which would have had toys-to-life functionality similar to that of amiibo.
That’s as follows:
Scanner works finally… Oh look, Urchin was gonna have an Amiibo a decade before they were even a thing !!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/JjnLcmUjzm
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016
Seavor continued the discussion with one fan on Twitter and noted that an amiibo-like idea was something Rare gave some thought to “years and years ago during the N64 cycle.”
@IOnEI_Falcon It was just toy, although I remember T&C wanted to do Amiibo style things with toys years and years ago during the N64 cycle.
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016
First three Pokemon movies being bundled in a Blu-ray package next month
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A special Pokemon movie set will be available in North America starting next month. On February 9, you’ll be able to pick up “Pokemon: The Movies 1-3 Steelbook Blu-ray Collection”. This naturally features the first three Pokemon films in a single, limited edition package.
You can pre-order the movie collection over on Amazon.
Doing so will save you $5, bringing it down to $35.
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Atlus teases “several unannounced titles”, says 2016 is a year where its popular series gather
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Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka was interviewed in this week’s issue of Famitsu. On the topic of the company’s 2016 and future plans, Hiraoka said:
“In 2015, we were able to develop existing IP like Persona 4: Dancing All Night and Etrian Mystery Dungeon. In 2016, starting with Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, we plan to release a large number of titles. In the summer, we’ll launch the long-awaited Persona 5. Of course, in addition to that we have several unannounced titles. I have no doubt this will be a year Atlus’ popular series all gather together.”
Etrian Odyssey V is long overdue, and should hit Japan this year. As for other surprises? We can only hope that Atlus will continue to spread the love on Nintendo platforms!
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Pokemon 20th anniversary promo video, monthly Mythical Pokemon distributions
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The Pokemon news continues! A new video promoting the franchise’s 20th anniversary can be seen below.
One important point from the video mentions monthly Mythical Pokemon distributions. This will start in February, and features the likes of Mew, Darkrai, Arceus, and much more. You’ll be able to obtain these Pokemon in X/Y as well as Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
