Infinity Ward says a lot of Call of Duty players “aren’t hardcore gamers”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
Call of Duty is typically associated with the term “hardcore game”. However, you might be surprised to hear that a bulk of the series’ userbase isn’t actually made up of dedicated players.
OXM recently asked Infinity Ward’s executive producer Mark Rubin whether he anticipates the franchise’s audience staying the same after Call of Duty: Ghosts launches. He does believe this will be the case, as there are “an enormous amount of players who are more in the casual game space”. Rubin added that these types of players “aren’t hardcore gamers, or even gamers, but they play Call of Duty every night.”
He said:
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Nintendo says more games with cross-play functionality are in the works
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
VG247 has received official confirmation from Nintendo regarding the Wii U and 3DS’ ability to not only communicate with each other through online play, but other devices as well.
Disney Infinity, Cubeman 2, and Pure Chess are just a few titles to incorporate such functionality. More are on the way, Nintendo says.
A representative told VG247:
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Nintendo: We’re focused on ‘kids’ with 2DS, Sonic and Nintendo franchises will sell the system
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Platforms | 1 Comment
– Nintendo product manager Dani Robinson
Sonic: Lost World is out now in Europe, and on October 29th in North America.
Aonuma on A Link Between Worlds – stealth, Ravio, Nabbit comparisons, never considered for Wii U, more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 10 Comments
Spike just recently put up an interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. It’s filled with lots of questions about A Link Between Worlds, such as stealth elements, Ravio’s role, comparisons to New Super Mario Bros. U’s Nabbit, and whether it was ever considered for Wii U (nope). Aside from that, there are also some off-beat topics like localizing Marvelous: Another Treasure (directed by Aonuma many years ago).
You can find some excerpts from the interview below. Spike’s full piece is located here.
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Namco Bandai Europe domain registrations include Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2, One Piece: Unlimited World Red
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Namco Bandai Europe has a whole bunch of new domains under its belt. Last month, the company registered shortpeace-game.com, tenkai-knights-game.com, wwvs-game.com, narutorevolution-game.com, pacmanghostlyadventures2.com, one-piece-unlimited-world-red.com, awakened-legends-game.com, and awakened-legends-vs.com.
Some of these domains are particularly noteworthy. The domain “pacmanghostlyadventures2.com” suggests Namco Bandai has interest in making a sequel to this month’s game, while “one-piece-unlimited-world-red.com” hints at an overseas release of the upcoming Japanese 3DS title.
Club Nintendo Europe adds Year of Luigi coin
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Another new reward has landed on the European Club Nintendo site. Starting today, members can pick up a Year of Luigi coin – while supplies last – for 1,500 points.
The gold-colored coin comes in its own green pouch, which measures in at 50mm x 60mm. Regarding the actual coin, it weighs 29g, is roughly 40mm in diameter, and 3mm thick.
You can place an order for the Year of Luigi coin here.
Japanese poll determines most-popular Smash Bros. characters
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments
Japan Game Users Association’s GameKun asked a whole bunch of men and women to pick their favorite characters in Smash Bros. How’d the results pan out? Head past the break for breakdown.
New “Final Fantasy Committee” looks to maintain franchise’s quality
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Square Enix is forming a new “Final Fantasy Committee”. By doing so, the company hopes to maintain a high level of quality with the franchise.
Yoshinori Kitase, Hajime Tabata, Naoki Yoshida and Motomu Toriyama will lead the new group. Final Fantasy XV director and series character designer Tetsuya Nomura does not appear to be involved.
Aonuma unsure if there will be more Zelda remakes, wants to see how Wind Waker HD does
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Two Zelda remakes have come out since 2011. Ocarina of Time 3D hit the 3DS in 2011, and Wind Waker HD just launched a few weeks ago.
Nintendo’s apparent interest in remaking Zelda games brings about the question: could we see more of them in the future?
Series producer Eiji Aonuma isn’t making any commitments. “Remakes are popular now,” he admitted in a 4Gamer interview, “but we don’t know whether or not we will keep doing them from this point forward.” Aonuma is interested in seeing “how well Wind Waker HD does” before making any decisions for the future.
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GAME issues statement breaking street dates, says it “undermines the work” of game creators
Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, General Gaming, General Nintendo, News, Platforms | 3 Comments
“We are seeing street date breaches occur on a frequent basis and this undermines the work which goes in to creating exceptional launches. We’ve worked very closely with Nintendo in the run-up to launch in order to make them as successful as possible. We have worked with them on every decision taken.”
– GAME category director Charlotte Knight
This comes in response to multiple retailers allowing folks to purchase Pokémon X/Y early, which greatly upset Nintendo and may have caused fines to be issued in certain cases. GAME has been guilty of breaking street dates before, however– just not with such colossal franchises.
