Donkey Kong Country came with a risky investment for Rare
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Donkey Kong Country became well-known for its pre-rendered 3D visuals. However, pursuing such a style came with a heavy financial burden for Rare. For the machines the team was using, each costed about £80,000.
Former Rare staffers Brendan Gunn and David Wise opened up to
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Koji Igarashi holding a “Metroidvania” session at GDC 2014
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We haven’t heard much from Koji Igarashi in recent years, but the well-known Castlevania producer will hold a session at GDC next month.
The talk is titled “There and Back Again: Koji Igarashi’s Metroidvania Tale”. During his session, attendees will be able to join Igarashi “for an exploration of his experiences and methodology in creating some of the most popular and influential games in the genre over the last 15 years.”
Below is the official overview of Igarashi’s session:
Koichi Hayashida on inspiration taken from “Miyamoto’s Teachings”
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In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Super Mario 3D World director Koichi Hayashida opened up about “Miyamoto’s Teachings”.
What the heck is that, exactly? It’s mainly a set of quotes from Shigeru Miyamoto, which has inspired Hayashida in recent years.
Siliconera has the translations of Hayashida’s comments. You can find them below.
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Video: Oculus Rift proof of concept – Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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Video: Nintendo’s Japanese promo show with Cat Mario/Peach puppets
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Ubisoft tries to make people think, enrich people’s lives with its titles
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Ubisoft’s Hugues Ricour has told Total Xbox that the company tries to make players think through the games it provides. “There’s definitely a conscious mandate to make sure we make fun experiences that focus on gameplay, that we enrich people’s lives, and that we connect them together,” he also said.
Ricour’s comments in full:
“We’re trying to make people think. There’s a bunch of other games that I won’t name where you’re very scripted and driven to just follow a path and do actions and press buttons…it’s not just making games for the sake of making games. There’s definitely a conscious mandate to make sure we make fun experiences that focus on gameplay, that we enrich people’s lives, and that we connect them together.”
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Sonic Boom behind the scenes video, game/TV series voice cast announced
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The following people are involved with the voices for Sonic Boom’s game/TV series:
• Sonic Roger Craig Smith
• Dr Eggman Mike Pollock
• Tails Colleen Villard
• Knuckles Travis Willingham
• Amy Cindy Robinson
• Orbot Kirk Thornton
• Cubot Wally Wingert
• Voice Director Jack Fletcher
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Video: Pokemon Gold/Silver (Pokemon 3D fan project) playable on Oculus Rift
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Super Mario Kart Ride On Vehicle available for pre-order on Toys”R”Us
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Toys”R”Us is accepting pre-orders for the Super Mario Kart Ride On Vehicle. It’ll cost you $199.99 to do so. According to Toys”R”Us’ listing, the vehicle will be available on March 7.
The Super Mario Kart Ride On Vehicle is described on Toys”R”Us as follows:
The Super Mario Ride On Kart is a 6 volt single seat toddler battery powered 6V ride on based on the popular video game. It is specifically designed for toddlers with it’s easy to use operation. It goes 2.5 mph. It features signature sounds effects from the video game.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to helm a movie based on the ’90s console wars, funded by Sony Pictures
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
As though we’d ever think this was going to happen: A movie (based on a book) about the 1990’s insane console war between Nintendo, Sony, and SEGA will be coming out, directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (both of whom worked on last year’s This is the End). The book– authored by Blake Harris, who will write the film– that the movie is based upon hasn’t released yet, but the it is in the pre-production stages which means we could see it as early as next year.
No word on specifics; the above is all the real info we have.
