Bill Trinen on why Nintendo revisits existing franchises
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If you’re a 3DS owner, it’d be tough to find something shown in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct not to be excited about. New Zelda and Yoshi games are coming, a new Mario Party entry is on the way, and there are other titles in the pipeline such as Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Mario Golf: World Tour.
One observation about yesterday’s announcements: Nintendo’s own content is based on existing franchises rather than IP.
Nintendo director of product marketing Bill Trinen explained why the Big N continues to revisit franchises while speaking with GameSpot:
Nintendo and GAME join forces to host multiplayer mayhem on 20th April
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15 participating GAME stores across the country will be hosting exclusive Nintendo 3DS multiplayer tournaments and demos including a first chance to play LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins
18 April, 2013 – Nintendo and GAME are joining forces on 20th April to launch Multiplayer Mayhem, a unique Nintendo 3DS event that will take place simultaneously across 15 GAME stores up and down the UK. Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL owners can bring their consoles into participating stores and take part in unique multiplayer tournaments, try new unreleased games, and grab unique Nintendo goodie bags.
Head down to GAME to get hands on with the latest title for Nintendo 3DS, LEGO CITY Undercover: The Chase Begins a full six days before its launch on 26th April! Discover Chase McCain’s back story in this hilarious, action-packed new game in a world with over 50 vehicles, and 70 minifigures to unlock and collect. Offering innovative use of the Nintendo 3DS system’s motion controls, the prequel to Wii U exclusive LEGO CITY Undercover offers a laugh-a-minute as it puts all the action of LEGO CITY into the palm of your hand.
Reggie on 3DS digital success, sales, more Wii U software launches as Nintendo prepares for E3, focusing on games, Amazon situation
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime commented on a whole bunch of interesting topics while speaking with the media today.
Most items revolved around the 3DS – including the success of digital sales, sales milestones, and the eShop – but Reggie also commented a bit on the Wii U, Nintendo’s focus on titles as opposed to non-gaming entertainment, and the company’s situation with Amazon.
You can find a roundup of Reggie’s comments below.
Square Enix registers Millennium Hero and Hagun Student Council trademarks in Japan
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In Japan, Square Enix registered a couple of new trademarks. The first is Millennium Hero – different from Atlus’ Etrian Odyssey: Millennium Girl. Square Enix also picked up a trademark for Hagun Student Council.
If Square Enix intends to use both trademarks, it’s unclear how they’ll fit into the company’s future.
Capcom pushing for improved story modes in future fighting games
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Fighting games aren’t exactly known for their single-player content. But in the future, we may see a stronger push in this area from Capcom.
Capcom USA’s senior VP Christian Svensson recently wrote on the company’s official forums that its “strategic marketing group here has for quite a while been pushing for our fighting franchises to have more and better single player content, of which full fledged story modes are one component.” Svensson didn’t elaborate on any specifics, unfortunately.
“The strategic marketing group here has for quite a while been pushing for our fighting franchises to have more and better single player content, of which full fledged story modes are one component.
How and when those requirements manifest in our future roadmap, I’m not prepared to speak about at this time.”
OFLC rates “Tekken Revolution”
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A mysterious title was rated by the OFLC today. The Australian classification board has added in an entry for something called “Tekken Revolution”, a multi-platform release.
As far as we know, Namco Bandai hasn’t announced any such project. The OFLC does categorize the title under the “Computer Games” category and gave it an “M” rating – targeted for players 15 years and over.
Tekken Revolution’s OFLC rating comes hot on the heels of Namco Bandai’s “Tekken Arena” trademark filing in Europe. Could the two be related?
Thanks to Xolo for the tip.
Alex Ward says he isn’t working on Burnout, Need for Speed, Road Rash, or Black sequel
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There have already been a lot of rumors as to what Criterion Games is working on. Just recently, we heard that the studio could be working on Need for Speed: Underground before creative director Alex Ward debunked the speculation.
Criterion isn’t working on any Need for Speed game, apparently. The company isn’t making a new Burnout, Road Rash, or Black sequel either. That’s account to Ward, who once again took to Twitter and cleared up a few things for fans:
Discord Games says ‘Chasm’ (Metroidvania-esque) would find a “good home” on Nintendo platforms
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Another Kickstarter game may be coming to the Wii U or 3DS eShops (or perhaps retail, though that is somewhat less likely). Metroid-vania-esque title Chasm is currently trying to reach its goal of $150,000 for release on PC, Mac, and Linux, but that hasn’t stopped the developers from discussing its possible future on Nintendo platforms,
-Chasm Producer James Petruzzi
Judging by the trailers and screenshots I’ve seen of the game, this would definitely sell well on something like the Wii U! I know that I would likely pick it up (assuming it didn’t get absolutely awful reviews on PC), and I think a lot of you would as well. You can check out their Kickstarter page at the link in the first paragraph.
Nintendo of Korea accidentally posts incredibly offensive tweet, says it wasn’t one of their employees
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Normally when you hear about a Twitter controversy it’s surrounding a comment made that wasn’t necessarily offensive or hateful, but that offending or upset some people regardless. It’s a two-sided argument that could be defended with some swift PR moves and a few apologies. Today, Nintendo of Korea will have no such luck, because the following tweet (talking about a TV personality on Korea) was posted to their Twitter account, and is certainly very one-sided:
The tweet has, predictably, been removed. Rumors are circulating that someone mixed up their personal Twitter account with the one they manage (Nintendo of Korea), but Nintendo of Korea says they are certain no employees would have posted such a thing and they find the matter “frustrating”. Personally, I’m just surprised someone would post something so mean on any Twitter account, much less the one of a corporation! Too much hate, Tweeters.
SEGA confirms Castle of Illusion remake, but not coming to Wii U?
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SEGA has finally confirmed that the company will be releasing Castle of Illusion staring Mickey Mouse this summer. The game, which is being rebuilt from the ground up by SEGA Studios Australia, will offer “stunning visuals and new gameplay mechanics.”
Here’s where things get a bit odd: Castle of Illusion is apparently coming to the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam. There’s no word on a Wii U or PS Vita release, even though both platforms were included in official Brazilian classification ratings.
We’ll try to get some answers…
Source: SEGA PR
