Skylanders Academy showrunner on giving Crash Bandicoot a voice in the show
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Skylanders Academy premiered on Netflix back in October. After the show appeared, it came as somewhat as a surprise that Crash Bandicoot was in, and even had his own voice.
GameSpot caught up with Skylanders Academy showrunner Eric Rogers to talk about giving the character a voice. He also touched on the mixed reaction and why the news of Crash’s involvement wasn’t talked up beforehand.
Head past the break for Rogers’ comments. Read GameSpot’s full interview here for other topics, including what’s in store for season two of Skylanders Academy.
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Petite Games bringing Hit Ninja to the North American 3DS eShop on December 22
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Petite Games’ eShop efforts have only focused on Wii U, but the indie developer is about ready to release something new on 3DS. Hit Ninja will be available in North America on December 22.
Petite Games wrote on Twitter yesterday:
Surprise game announcement time! Hit Ninja will launch on Dec 22th on the new 3DS! More info coming soon! #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/JIAARmRzlI
— Petite Games (@PetiteGames) December 10, 2016
Although Hit Ninja is without a European release date, it’s coming to PAL regions early in 2017.
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Miyamoto on the durability of Mario, says technology will influence the franchise’s future
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Mario is here to stay. As Nintendo’s biggest franchise – and one of the biggest in general – there are plenty of additional adventures in store for the future. Shigeru Miyamoto is unsure about where Mario will be taken down the road, though technology will play an important role.
Miyamoto was asked about where he sees the future of Mario going during the Super Mario Run event at the Apple Store a few days ago. He reflected on a poll conducted after Super Mario Bros. launched, and how Mario was more popular than Mickey Mouse. Miyamoto realized at the time that “Mickey Mouse was a character that had evolved with the evolution of cinema and animation, and so it was then when I felt that if I want Mario to continue to survive as a character, then Mario needs to evolve with technology and video games.” And so Mario’s future will depend on the technology Miyamoto stumbles upon in the future.
Miyamoto’s full comments:
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Nintendo opens Japanese Kirby 25th anniversary Twitter account
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Kirby is celebrating its 25th anniversary next year. In celebration of that, a new Japanese Twitter account is now open. Access it here. We should be hearing about plans for Kirby’s big anniversary in the months ahead.
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More Monster Hunter XX screenshots and art
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Capcom has prepared a second batch of Monster Hunter XX screenshots and art within the past week. The images cover more of Famitsu’s coverage, of which we covered in-depth here. As for the screenshots, we have those below.
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Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/11/16)
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Zelda: Breath of the Wild is back in the top ten while The Alliance Alive and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional appear for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between November 17 and November 22.
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Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stages (12/11/16)
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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“I do! Wedding Bliss” is the returning stage theme. They provide the following:
– Wedding veil w/ flower crown
– Wedding gown
– Rhinestone necklace
– Rose headpiece
– Rose evening gown
– Chiffon party dress
– Corsage pumps
– Pearly flower pin
– Wedding tuxedo
– Patent tuxedo shoes
– Rose boutonniere
These stages and items are available until December 14 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
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Developer says Switch is “perfect for Nidhogg”
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Nidhogg is Messhof’s side-scrolling fighter featuring two players. It debuted in 2014, and now the indie studio is working on a sequel.
EDGE pointed out in its issue last month that development on Nidhogg 2 has been quicker, and it’s coming to more platforms at once. Given that as well as how the Switch controllers line up well with the game’s concept, the magazine asked about potential interest in the new console.
Messhof’s response was certainly encouraging. Co-founder Kristy Norindr said: “It looks awesome, and it’s perfect for Nidhogg.”
We’ve attached trailers for both Nidhogg games below to give you a better idea about what the gameplay offers.
Would you like to see either of the Nidhogg games – or both – on Switch?
Best Buy employees purchase Wii U for a visitor who stopped by every day to play Smash Bros.
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One teenager has been stopping by the Best Buy in Valley Stream, New York every day to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Keeping in line with the holiday spirit, associates from the store’s Appliances Department chipped in collectively to get him a console of his own before Christmas.
The heartfelt moment was recorded on camera:
One of the Best Buy employees apparently offered to drive the teenager home so that he wouldn’t have to walk home alone with it. Even though the video has resulted in negative comments, it’s nice to see that there’s some good in the world!
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Miyamoto wants to put more energy into Star Fox, Pikmin
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Fans were able to submit a bunch of questions to Shigeru Miyamoto when he showed up for the Super Mario Run event at the Apple Store in SoHo a few days ago. At one point, he was asked if there was any character he wanted to develop or felt very passionate about that didn’t make it. He pointed to two franchises: Fox McCloud (Star Fox) and Pikmin.
Miyamoto said:
“Yeah, I always wanted Fox McCloud to be a bit more popular than he is. But I think one more would be Pikmin. So I think these two, I’ll need to put some more energy into.”
With Pikmin, we know that a new side-scroller is coming to 3DS in 2017. Miyamoto has also previously mentioned Pikmin 4 which one would assume is a different game.
