Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode development details
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The director and producer of Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode recently took part in interviews with Famitsu and Dengeki Online. Most of the discussion was devoted to development – why the 3DS was chosen, adding new items, appealing to a different audience, and more.
For a summary of what was shared during the interviews, read on below.
– Going with 3DS was simple
– PSP was chosen for the original game because it had a strong audience with Digimon fans
– Was a powerful system that had a big portion of children and parents
– By going to the 3DS, the producer and director hoped to attract new fans and exploit the system’s functions to make Re:Digitize more in-depth
– Dual screens are used to make choices such as in the training mini-games and to input during battle
– The new Digitter function is also displayed
– Originally planned to make a straight port
– Director and producer felt they were given a new opportunity, so they wanted to add as much content as time allowed
– They did so to the point that even they felt a “sequel” might fit better than just a port with “additional content”
– Everything that’s new was created after the PSP game had been released, so even they felt that they had pushed their limits
– Director and producer feel as though they were learning about Digimon and its material for the original PSS game
– For the 3DS version, they had already grown attached and were focused instead on making the game more “Digimon”
– “Decode” is originally “a program that decompressed data back into information”
– For 3DS, they used it to mean “to analyze a previous work and reconstruct it in a better incarnation”
– Decode also refers to the new Decode function of the main character
– This “reconstructs a Digimon’s soul [after death] and gives them stronger abilities”
– Digimon World Re:Digitize was for those who played the original PlayStation game
– Decode is to focus on an enormous increase of content, on fine-tuning what already existed based off player comments, and on making changes the developers had wanted to previously, but couldn’t fit into the PSP game either due to space or time restrictions
– Team also wanted to reach a wider audience
– Focus on high school students and higher, since “the majority of Digimon fans are now in their twenties”
– Character designer Suzuhito Yasuda was therefore asked to create catchier, more unique designs such that players could tell the approximate age and personality of the character just from a glance
– Ex: new character Rina Shinomiya was asked to be a “lively, active girl”
The Little Battlers Wars details
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When Level-5 shared the first screenshots of The Little Battlers Wars, it also provided a bunch of information about the game. We now have details thanks to a translation from Siliconera. You can find a summary below.
– Choose your appearance from over 20 avatars
– This is the first time that the series is allowing this
– Represent the virtual nation of Harness on the cardboard battlefield
– Fight against Arata and others from Jenock
– Occasionally cooperate with them as well
– Val Sparos, Dot Phasor, and Orvane are three key LBXs that will be going wild in the Second World of The Little Battlers Wars, and will also be participating in The Little Battlers W Super Custom
– New Multi-Gimmick Sack
– This is a special weapon that’s equipped on the back of LBXs, which also has transforming and fusing attributes
– Dot Phasor and its equipped Z Shield has a sword and gun stored within it, which can be mixed up to a total of five different weapon combinations
– Its different forms are Z Sword, Z Rifle, Z Shooter, Z Hammer, Z Lance
– Aravista Alliance will also be battling
– They’re made of six allied forces, united for the single purpose of taking on the opposing Rosius nation
– They seem to be trying to get Jenock to join their alliance as well
– Keith Jones is the commander of the Aravista Alliance
– Musashi Hakuga is the 19th platoon captain
– Aona Shinji and Akahoshi Kanji are two 19th platoon players
– Vernel and Zirant are two Aravista Alliance LBXs
– Their abilities are unknown
– Phantom: mysterious LBX that has suddenly appeared on the battlefield of the Second World
– Origins are unknown
– Said to be capable of hiding itself with an optic camouflage
– Can use its boosters as laser weapons
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures boxart
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Another round of Chibi-Robo Photography footage
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Fan-made “Pokemon Generations” is a 3D action-adventure RPG
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Fans are taking the Pokemon series into 3D for a new action-adventure RPG experience.
Pokemon: Generations, already playable in demo form, will offer single-player and multiplayer aspects. The game will also connect the stories between Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal.
Some screenshots of the fan project can be seen in the gallery above. There’s also a short combat video here. For more details, check out this link.
More Smash Bros. talk from Sakurai: want to take advantage of 3DS portability, customization, no online world ranking system, more
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Even more commentary from Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has poured in through a new IGN interview. There’s some rehashed stuff here, but Sakurai did speak about taking advantage of the 3DS for its portability, customization, online plans (no world rankings), and more.
Head past the break for the full rundown.
Iwata comments on region locking
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Out of the big three hardware manufacturers, Nintendo is the only company with a home console that implements a region lock. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be region free when they launch later this year. Of course, the 3DS is region locked as well.
In a recent interview with IGN, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata weighed in on the region locking situation.
He said:
“From some people’s perspective, it might seem like a kind of restriction. However, we hope people can appreciate the fact that we’re selling our products worldwide. There are many different regions around the world, and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions, as well as different age ratings. There are always things that we’re required to do in each different region, which may go counter to the idea that players around the world want the freedom to play whatever they want.”
“I hope that game fans can understand that the industry isn’t doing this solely out of business ego. There are some reasons behind it.”
For what it’s worth, Iwata discussed this topic before Microsoft changed the Xbox One’s region locking policies.
