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There’s a lot to see and do in Xenoblade Chronicles. Before you begin your journey, watch the video above for a quick overview of the game’s story, open world, and battle system.


You know the drill by now. There are some unnamed “key developers” out there who have spoken with CVG, and these folks are saying some concerning things about the Wii U.

One developer source told the site:

“Assumptions that Wii U games will look like ‘up rezzed’ current-gen titles with better textures aren’t quite right. They’ll look just as good, but not better. You shouldn’t expect anything special from a graphics point of view.”

And a second source:

“We’re still working on dev machines but there have definitely been some issues [in porting PS3/360 games]. It’s not actually a problem getting things up and running because the architecture is pretty conventional, but there are constraints with stuff like physics and AI processing because the hardware isn’t quite as capable.”

“I suppose you don’t need sophisticated physics to make a Mario game.”

I’m not sure about you guys, but all of these rumors, unnamed sources, and random quotes are starting to become quite agitating. In the search for new Wii U information and details about the system’s power, there sure have been a lot of contradictory reports flying around…

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A fresh set of Wii U-related quotes from Gearbox president Randy Pitchford and Aliens: Colonial Marines producer Brian Burleson have swooped in.

Pitchford was more vocal – and very complimentary – about the hardware. He said Wii U is “a really cool system — it’s pretty powerful.” Pitchford also stated that “it’s a really nice bridge to the next generation.” This is similar to what Gearbox chief creative officer Brian Martel said last year.

Pitchford’s comments in full:

“Nintendo still has a lot to announce with their platform, and it’s not up to us to go ahead of them. I think it’s a great platform and I’m really excited about it, particularly with this game, there’s a lot of exciting opportunities like, ‘Wow, my motion tracker is there, and I can move it like this!’ There’s just so much cool stuff.

“There’s a lot that we can do with that screen. It’s a really cool system — it’s pretty powerful. I want to be careful, because I don’t want to risk any sensitive information that Nintendo’s not ready to share yet, but in our experience it’s a great system. I think it’s a really nice bridge to the next generation. I think people will be surprised. I don’t know off the top of my head how many of the specs they’ve released, so I want to be very careful not to jump the gun, but we’re very pleased with the hardware. And even since they gave us our first alpha kit, our very first ‘pre-prototype’ development hardware that they kind of let us play around with, they’ve done so many things to make the platform better. So it’s getting better for us as developers.”

Burleson remarks:

“You’ll have to wait. But I play it all the time, and it’s really good.”

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01./00. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D -Dream Drop Distance- # (Square Enix) {2012.03.29} (¥6.090) – 213.579 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) – 90.433 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥7.980) – 60.141 / NEW
04./01. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 47.179 / 179.705 (-64%)
05./03. [NDS] Pokemon Conquest (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) – 30.535 / 267.608 (-53%)
06./02. [PSP] Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter (Sega) {2012.03.22} (¥6.279) – 26.655 / 131.592 (-75%)
07./09. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 24.936 / 1.464.696 (+23%)
08./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 21.288 / 1.358.410 (-5%)
09./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 19.653 / 1.621.631 (-6%)
10./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol.6 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.03.29} (¥9.980) – 17.759 / NEW
11./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥6.980) – 17.264 / NEW
12./12. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 12.947 / 112.603 (-23%)
13./04. [PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom) {2012.03.22} (¥4.990) – 11.926 / 55.717 (-73%)
14./15. [3DS] Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai # (Sega) {2012.03.08} (¥6.090) – 8.267 / 124.618 (-27%)
15./00. [PS3] Silent Hill HD Edition (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥4.980) – 7.971 / NEW
16./13. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.03.01} (¥8.190) – 7.851 / 804.601 (-52%)
17./16. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL) {2012.02.23} (¥5.040) – 7.657 / 154.764 (-23%)
18./10. [PSP] Shining Blade (Sega) {2012.03.15} (¥6.279) – 7.535 / 148.824 (-60%)
19./00. [PSV] The King, the Demon King and the 7 Princesses: New King Story (Konami) {2012.03.29} (¥6.480) – 7.141 / NEW
20./21. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 6.596 / 905.638

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3DS – 121,921
PS3 – 23,771
PSP – 18,356
Vita – 12,105
Wii – 9,292
PS2 – 1,374
Xbox 360 – 1,317
DSi LL – 941
DSi – 771

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 94,011
PS3 – 25,750
PSP – 19,875
Vita – 10,302
Wii – 9,270
PS2 – 1,333
Xbox 360 – 1,084
DSi LL – 1,058
DSi – 778


3DS Downloadable Software

Dynasty Warriors VS Demo – FREE
Simple DL Series Vol. 3 THE Mishitsu kara no Dasshutsu ~ Serebuna G?tei hen (The Celebrity Mansion Escape) – 500 yen

Virtual Console

Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaih? (Wario Land II, Game Boy Color) – 600 yen

DLC

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Songs (4 total) – 150 yen each

Video Content

Fire Emblem: Awakening videos
Fire Emblem: Awakening commercials
Kingdom Hearts 3D commercials
Commercial for a 3DS TOEIC Test software title
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy DLC video
March downloadable software recap video

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Disney Interactive Studios has released the first official screenshots/art of Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. The images showcase DreamRift’s gorgeous sprite-work and 2D visuals.

Power of Illusion will act as a sequel to the original Epic Mickey as well as a followup to the classic SEGA Genesis title, Castle of Illusion.

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion launches this fall.



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