Xenoblade Chronicles X is a spiritual sequel to the Wii game
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Xenoblade Chronicles X isn’t a direct followup to Xenoblade Chronicles. Rather, Nintendo has confirmed that the game acts as a spiritual successor with the two sharing some of the same philosophical notes. Nintendo’s Treehouse division shared the news during a live-stream of the game yesterday.
Reggie talks Splatoon, Nintendo “constantly generating new IP”, lots more
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GamesBeat published a new interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime just a few minutes ago. We’ve picked out some of the more notable points below, though you can find the full thing here.
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Disney Interactive president believes Disney Infinity will become a $1 billion franchise
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Disney Interactive has high expectations of Disney Infinity going forward. President Jimmy Pitaro recently told Reuters, “We will be a billion-dollar franchise.” The next entry in the franchise, Disney Infinity 2.0, launches in September.
Aonuma wants to rethink/reconstruct puzzle-solving in Zelda Wii U
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It’s sounding like there’s a lot that will be changed in The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. After all, the development team has been trying to rethink some of the series’ conventions.
One of Zelda Wii U’s changes seems to involve puzzles. Producer Eiji Aonuma, speaking with Kotaku, said, “I wanna kinda rethink or maybe reconstruct the idea of puzzle-solving within the Zelda universe.”
Check out the following exchange between Kotaku and Aonuma:
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European Conqueror 3D game intro
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Miyamoto confirms co-op mode and two-screen cut-scenes for Star Fox Wii U
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Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed a couple of notable elements about the recently-announced Star Fox game for Wii U.
First, Nintendo will be including an optional co-op mode in which two players command one Arwing with one flying the ship and the other shooting from it. Miyamoto also spoke about two-screen cut-scenes in which you’d get one view on the television, and another on the GamePad.
You can find all of Miyamoto’s comments below.
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Another couple of off-screen Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS videos
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Mario Kart 8 toys to be included in McDonald’s Happy Meals
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Nintendo is continuing its partnership with McDonalds for a new set of toys. Mario, Peach, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser, Toad, and Yoshi – all based on Mario Kart 8 – will be a part of the “Next Happy Meal”. That means we should be seeing these toys in early July.
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Firebrand Games is developing WRC 2014 for 3DS, iOS, and Android. Bigben will be publishing.
Check out an official overview of the game below:
The Official WRC 2014 game only on Nintendo 3DS, iOS and Android. All the official WRC 2014 content: – 13 rallies in 13 countries – 17 drivers across 7 teams – 4 WRC vehicle manufacturers and 18 car liveries – 60+ total special stages to compete within 2 primary game modes The game is developed by Firebrand, the Specialist in partnership with WRC Promoter. Q4 2014 Release.