Another Adventure Time game in development, “Design an Adventure Time Character Contest” launched
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Little Orbit confirmed today that a new Adventure Time video game is in development. The “soon-to-be announced” project is coming to various systems, which we assume will at least include 3DS.
In conjunction with today’s news, Little Orbit is kicking off a “Design an Adventure Time Character Contest”. The winning entry will be included in the company’s upcoming game.
Below are the full details:
WHAT: Design a new Adventure Time character for the next soon-to-be announced Adventure Time video game published by Little Orbit.
WHEN: January 27, 2015 – February 17, 2015
GRAND PRIZE: The winning design will appear in the next Adventure Time video game!
HOW: Email your design in a .jpg file no larger than 5MB to [email protected] and include name, birth date (must be 13 years or older to win), address, phone number, email address and a two sentence character description. You must be a legal resident of the United States to be eligible. The winning character and artist will be announced on the Little Orbit Facebook page in early March.
More information about the contest can be found on the official page here.
More: Adventure Time, Little Orbit
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate New 3DS XL bundle back in stock at GameStop
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Update 5: Out of stock again (thanks zanmadyne).
Update 4: Let’s keep playing this game, shall we? It’s back in stock again (thanks Caleb).
Update 3: And gone again.
Update 2: And back in stock again!
Update: Gone!
The Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate New 3DS XL bundle can be ordered once again at GameStop. Remember: it’s exclusive to the retailer in the U.S., so other stores won’t be carrying the system. For those that are interested, an order can be placed here.
Video: Super Mario World played with a person’s nose and a recorder
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 2 Comments
Well, this is certainly something! A NicoNico user going by the name “Wakou” has used the program Audio Pad to control Mario with sound. That makes him able to play Super Mario World with just his noise and a recorder.
Wakou uses the following commands to control Mario:
“Do” – up
“Mi” – down
“Re” – left
“Fa” – right
“Sol” – b utton
“Ti” – y button
More: Super Mario World
Theatrhythm Dragon Quest screenshots
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 0 comments
More: Japan, Square Enix, Theatrhythm Dragon Quest
GameStop ad (1/28 – 2/3)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images | 0 comments
This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find it in full below.
Scans roundup – Xenoblade Chronicles X, Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii U | 2 Comments
Games featured in the gallery above: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker, Lost Heroes 2, Terra Formars: Fierce Battle on the Crimson Planet, Theatrhythm Dragon Quest, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D.
Xenoblade Chronicles X details – world size, battle system, GamePad usage, and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 49 Comments
Famitsu has a big update on Xenoblade Chronicles X this week. There’s a total of ten pages dedicated to the game, including an interview with director Tetsuya Takahashi.
The following information has leaked out of Famitsu thus far:
– Mira is 400km^2, which is 5 times the size of Xenoblade’s world
– Takahashi’s final check play time was over 300 hours
– “Union” Sound; something like factions for quests
– There are 8 of them, and you can join any of them, and change them depending on your goal
– PATH FINDER, COLEPEDIAN, INTER CEPTOR, LAND BANK, AVALANCE, ARMS, TESTAMENT, COMPANION
– Nagi (Takayuki Sugou): Former Captain of the White Whale and current Military Chief in the Autonomous Government of New Los Angeles
– Guin (Yuichi Nakamura): Worked in the same division as Elma and Irina on Earth; was their subordinate
– Many options for player avatar customization
– Kunihiko Tanaka did the preset avatar designs
– Some famous voices actors providing their voice as options for the avatar, will be announced on the Xenoblade homepage later
– GamePad shows character locations, quest locations
– Warp to previously visited areas on the GamePad
– The use of ‘X [Cross]’ has implications for the online functionality
– Not a standard online game, more ‘loosely connected’
– About 90 songs in the game
– Xenoblade had 1 vocal song at the end, but Xenoblade X has many vocal songs (many for an RPG)
– Sawano involved in all aspects of music
– Battles are faster paced, more-actiony than Xenobalde
– Differentiates close and distant attacks
– No healers
– Healing done with new system called ‘Soul Voice’
– 4-player party
– You control 1 character, the AI controls the rest
– More unique monsters and equipment than Xenoblade
– Xenoblade was a traditional RPG, whereas Xenoblade X is an open world RPG
– Xenoblade was linear despite having big world
– Xenoblade X you will get quests from different places and have more freedom
Media Create sales (1/19 – 1/25)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 20,065
Vita – 14,991
PS4 – 13,793
PS3 – 8,600
New 3DS – 8,028
Wii U – 7,088
3DS LL – 3,882
3DS – 3,287
Vita TV – 589
Xbox One – 259
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 25,299
Vita – 16,823
PS4 – 15,480
New 3DS – 9,916
Wii U – 8,894
PS3 – 7,036
3DS LL – 4,776
3DS – 4,238
Vita TV – 682
Xbox One – 300
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria – 340,891 / NEW
2. [3DS] The Legend of Legacy – 53,974 / NEW
3. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – 32,137 / NEW
4. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 31,875 / 2,404,246
5. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 17,035 / 2,474,658
6. [PSV] Atelier Escha & Logy Plus – 15,778 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 12,318 / 2,440,373
8. [PSV] Ken no Machi no Ihoujin – Kuro no Kyuuden – – 11,559 / NEW
9. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 10,475 / 2,122,433
10. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 8,794 / 33,068
11. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 8,728 / 569,714
12. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 5,979 / 3,088,387
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,386 / 901,365
14. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 5,178 / 249,497
15. [3DS] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 5,052 / NEW
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,006 / 3,904,259
17. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 4,397 / 122,296
18. [WIU] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 4,207 / NEW
19. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V New Price Version – 4,133 / 116,633
20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 3,831 / 154,713
