Eternal Darkness spiritual successor “Shadow of the Eternals” to be revealed on Monday, platforms unconfirmed
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Videos | 0 comments
IGN has posted a new trailer for a brand new game titled “Shadow of the Eternals”. This is a spiritual successor to Silicon Knights’ Eternal Darkness, with developers from the GameCube game involved – including Denis Dyack.
Shadow of the Eternals is being made by Precursor Games. Currently, platforms have not been confirmed. It appears that a crowdfunding campaign will begin in just a couple of days.
Frontier shows off Coaster Crazy Deluxe, would “very much” like to make another LostWinds
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
If you skip to the 4-minute mark, you can hear a few comments from Frontier commenting on a LostWinds sequel. It’s something that “very much like to do”.
CollegeHumor has ideas for a Dinosaur Office game
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
With the help of developer Silverball Studios, CollegeHumor launched its first video game. The Nintendo Video-based series BearShark received an endless-runner on the 3DS eShop yesterday.
We previously heard that CollegeHumor is interested in pursuing video games further. Now, writer Kevin Corrigan has specifically mentioned Dinosaur Office as one such property that the company has ideas for.
Corrigan told Nintendo World Report:
“Absolutely! We have lot of ideas for other series, including Dinosaur Office.”
Okami announcement is probably just for Japan, not a new game
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
An Okami-related announcement is coming soon. But whatever it may be, it’s probably not worth getting too excited over.
Following the ruckus surrounding the announcement teased on the Japanese Okami Twitter account, a message was posted confirming that the news wasn’t at all related to a sequel reveal.
Capcom’s Christian Svensson also confirmed on the Capcom-Unity boards that this has nothing to do with a new title. He also indicated that the announcement is probably something just for Japan.
My guess? Some kind of new Okami merchandise.
Nyan Cat creator issues statement about Scribblenauts lawsuit
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Christopher Orlando Torres, creator of the “Nyan Cat” Internet meme, issued a statement to Eurogamer in response to the lawsuit taking place against Warner Bros. and 5th Cell.
News circulated earlier today that Torres and Charles Schmidt – the man behind “Keyboard Cat” – filed for copyright and trademark infringement against both companies. The two say that their creations were included in the Scribblenauts games, claiming that Warner Bros. and 5th Cell “have knowingly and intentionally infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights and trademarks”.
Torres told Eurogamer that Nyan Cat was copyrighted in 2011 whereas Scribblenauts Unlimited hit store shelves in 2012. It wasn’t until he saw the game’s first trailer that he became aware of Nyan Cat’s inclusion in the series’ installments.
Torres said in his statement:
Neuro-technology professor says Nintendo didn’t know “what to do” with the Vitality Sensor
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii | 0 comments
– Neuro-technology Professor Roger Quy
I’m not entirely sure I’d agree with Quy on this one. I think he’s right that only measuring heart-rate isn’t terribly useful, but I’d imagine that many people would have also said that only measuring weight distribution wouldn’t be very useful for a fitness game, and look at well Wii Fit did! I think the real issue is that Nintendo was deciding exactly where to go with Wii and DS, the Wii U was conceptualizing at that time, and bigger fish needed to be fried. They probably just decided it wasn’t worth the effort to put out another peripheral.
NPD survey finds an increase in gaming overall, over half of gamers prefer buying physical media to digital
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
NPD’s yearly “Online Gaming Report” has come out today, detailing for us the many habits of those gamers who play games online, what they’re playing, how much they’re playing, and how they like to play. Here’s the breakdown:
– 72% of gamers in the U.S. play online, up 5% over last year
– Hours-played-per-week is up 9% overall, 6% for online gaming
– People are playing games more often, for longer across “virtually every type of device”
– PC is the top platform for online gaming
– Online gaming through PC is shrinking, while online gaming through mobile devices is growing
– 62% of gamers prefer buying physical games to digital
– Survey questioned 8,867 people ages 2 and older
Famicom designer talks about the effect of limited specs on player imaginations
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
It is something often ignored by game designers today: “Bad” graphics can actually be a good thing for a game world, allowing players to stretch their imaginations and feel more involved with the world than they would with every last detailed rendered out for them. In an interview with Shunpure news, Famicom “creator” Masayuki Uemura touched on that sentiment himself:
– Famicom designer Masayuki Uemura
It’s a sentiment I could not agree with more, and something I’m very sad to see leaving the gaming industry as we move forward. Indie games are, thankfully, bringing the concept back perhaps without even knowing it, but to no longer see a game that feels as atmospheric and imaginative as The Legend of Zelda from a big-name developer will be a sad event indeed.
Nintendo says there’s a big advertising push for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D in the UK, want “everyone” to know that DK is back
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
“Donkey Kong titles have always been enjoyed by all ages for generations and we expect this one to be no different.”
– Nintendo UK product manager, Roger Langford
It’s interesting: Initially this sounds like regular old PR talk, but if you think about it, Donkey Kong isn’t really the character that’s in the forefront of people’s minds when it comes to Nintendo. Any kid who’s thinking about Donkey Kong probably has a reference point of something like Smash Bros. or (even less likely) Donkey Kong in arcades or on the Wii virtual console. Most people don’t know that the ape has starred in some of the best platformers of our time, and I think that’s definitely worth spreading the word about!
The Guardian (UK newspaper) criticizes violent videos games such as Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and Mario Party
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Alas, the headline you read is not a joke. The popular UK newspaper ‘The Guardian’ published an article recently highlighting the games that were the top sellers of 2012 in the UK, and among the likes of Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 (which were brought up to illustrate a point about the content in best-selling games), they also allegedly mentioned some more family-friendly titles from the Big N. Here’s what the article tagged:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Mario Kart Wii were tagged as violent for “Comic Mischief”, Just Dance 3, Zumba Fitness, and Gran Turismo 5 were picked on for their “Lyrics”, Mario Party 9 and Kinect Sports were tagged as having “Cartoon Violence”, and Wii Sports was simply tagged with “Violence”. Note that I can’t access the actually article due to it being down for some reason, so all of this information comes from a third party.
I don’t think it’s news to anyone that certain newspapers or online outlets or TV stations don’t know the most about video games, and a lot of them have pretty bad preconceptions about the effects they have on people. No use lambasting them for the millionth time.
