Club Nintendo adds Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
Club Nintendo has added a new reward. As of now, members can place an order for a Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt.
You’ll need to fork over 800 coins for the t-shirt. It comes in both large and small sizes.
Those who are interested in the Yoshi’s New Island t-shirt can check out the official page here. Note that “there are limited quantities available.”
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Animal Crossing devs talk more about potential mobile connectivity and future on consoles, franchise fatigue
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Even more quotes from Animal Crossing producer Katsuya Eguchi and Animal Crossing: New Leaf co-director Aya Kyogoku. Polygon caught up with the two at GDC 2014 and chatted more about tying the series into the mobile space and bringing it back to consoles. Also, there are a few words about franchise fatigue.
Head past the break for Eguchi and Kyogoku’s comments. Check out Polygon’s full article here as well.
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Animal Crossing devs on New Leaf’s diverse team and more
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Wired has published a new wave of quotes from Animal Crossing: New Leaf producer Katsuya Eguchi and director Aya Kyogoku. Most of the comments pertain to the team working on the 3DS game, though there are also a few more general topics, such as the possibility of letting players change their skin tone in the future.
Check out Wired’s article in full (it’s quite interesting!) here. For comments rounded up from Eguchi and Kyogoku, read on below.
Does inFamous: Second Son contain a Mario and Luigi reference?
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, News, Random | 36 Comments
Reader Robert Garcia and his daughter Victoria came across the shot above, which comes from inFamous: Second Son. If you get in close and take a real look at the photo, it does look like Mario and Luigi are referenced/given a neat little tribute. Are those really the famous brothers, or are we just crazy?
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Amazon: Save on the Zelda manga box set, Bravely Default, Fire Emblem
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Update: Bumped to the front page. Another deal: Fire Emblem: Awakening
for $32 ($8 savings).
Original: Amazon has a couple of new deals running at the moment that are worth bringing to your attention.
First, The Legend of Zelda Box Set – a package containing all 10 volumes of The Legend of Zelda manga series and a collectible poster – has been slashed by $33. You can place an order here.
In the game’s department, Amazon has a small sale running for Bravely Default. You can pick the game up
for only $31.66 as opposed to $39.99.
More tidbits from Animal Crossing’s devs, including series’ future
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Joystiq has published a few Animal Crossing-related tidbits coming from series creator Katsuya Eguchi and New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku. You can find them rounded up below.
– With the original N64 game, Eguchi’s team was focused on making a second place to live rather than a game
– With so many different perspectives of life existing in the world, it’s difficult to build a universally welcoming foundation for everyone to find their second home
– The team kept this challenge in mind when starting on New Leaf
– This resulted in the game’s development team encompassing members from different age groups and walks of life
– Staff could submit clothing and furniture ideas to asset designers no matter their role on the team
– Animal Crossing is built on the foundations of knowing that most of life’s highlights stem from interacting with other people
– Items offered through StreetPass are meant to encourage that sense of sharing from other players
– If many people head to a store in search of an item, Kyogoku hopes that they’ll StreetPass with one another during their visit
– Eguchi views StreetPass as an incentive for players to take Animal Crossing with them in their daily lives in case they cross paths with other StreetPass-savvy players outside of their primary homes
– Eguchi said that maintaining the calendar’s influence is part of why the series has stayed away from implementing microtransactions
– Special items are more about rewarding event attendance and less about filling out a checklist
– In the future, Eguchi hopes to reach regions he feels are untapped like Australia
– He also wants to use the quirks supplied in Nintendo’s hardware to show off new elements of life in Animal Crossing’s world
Eguchi open to the possibility of Animal Crossing mobile apps
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Animal Crossing series creator Katsuya Eguchi seems open to working with mobile devices, so long as fans are ultimately lead back to core experience on Nintendo platforms.
Eguchi, speaking with Joystiq, noted that some Animal Crossing players may play the title in short spurts, but many enjoy putting a lot of effort into their towns. Eguchi also believes that the 3DS’ inputs are better suited to Animal Crossing’s gameplay than what’s currently offered on smartphones.
Still, mobile devices could prove to be useful. Just as an example, Eguchi mentioned that there could be an app created so that clothing designs could be made on the go. Another hypothetical mobile app could provide reminders of appointments players make to hang out with the villagers in their town.
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Nintendo Minute – Winter Favorites
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Ace Attorney creator on series’ voice acting, Kamiya ‘pestered’ Takumi to appear
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Thanks to a new interview conducted by ONM, we have several new comments from Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi about voice acting in the series. Takumi discussed the game’s original Japanese recordings, how he himself became involved as Phoenix Wright, and Hideki Kamiya’s involvement. Head past the break for Takumi’s quotes.
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Little Orbit bringing out multi-property Cartoon Network game, new Adventure Time title this year
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Little Orbit and Cartoon Network Enterprises have announced the expansion of its partnership that will bring various properties to consoles and handhelds later in 2014.
Two brand new titles are on the way. The first one is “a multi-property game that will combine characters from Cartoon Network’s popular original series”, while the other is a new Adventure Time-based project. Both will be available in Q4 2014 in North America, though they will also be distributed worldwide.
More details about the new Cartoon Network and Adventure Time games will be revealed “soon”.
Also worth mentioning, Little Orbit’s Falling Skies Planetary Warfare mobile game will be released on consoles later this year.
Source: Little Orbit PR
