Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

A this point we’ve established that Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut is priced $20 higher on Wii U compared to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. That’s just in the US, though. What about other territories?

In an interesting twist, Director’s Cut costs ever-so-slightly cheaper on Wii U over at Amazon UK. Pricing comes in at £23.99 for Wii U and £24.99 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. GAME and Play list the Wii U version at £29.99, but that doesn’t seem too bad either given how other console versions seemed to be priced fairly similarly.

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Pokemon X/Y was a massive undertaking. The two titles were Game Freak’s first crack at bringing a Pokemon RPG into 3D, and they’re also the first big Pokemon games for the 3DS.

To help ease the development of X and Y, Game Freak expanded. The studio’s Tetsuya Watanabe told 4Gamer in an interview that the staff count was expanded by roughly 20-30 members.

He said:

“Right now, we have over 80 employees, but this is the result of expanding for the development of Pokémon X and Y. Previously, we had roughly 50 to 60 people, and before that we had much less. Also, to us, Pokémon is a very important piece of work, so we put a considerable amount of energy into it. So, making something other than Pokémon has always been a tough situation for us.”

“While many of our young staff members have pride in working on Pokémon, I believe that another part of them feel something like, ‘It’s not a game that we created.’”

“So I think that it’s best for our company’s young staff members to take the opportunity to gain that experience. Working independently, and arguing while advancing through projects might be an experience that won’t end well at first; however, thinking ahead five or ten years, I believe that [experience] will become a necessity.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

A new action RPG, Reborn, has launched on Kickstarter for funding. The game “fuses Japanese lore with a futuristic cyberpunk western themed Japan created by a small passionate indie team.” East and west influences are incorporated into Reborn’s structure.

Developer Elemental-Labs is seeking $200,000 to make Reborn a reality and bring it to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PC. The tricky part is a Wii U and Xbox One stretch goal at $1.09 million. That’s quite a hefty figure, but with 28 days remaining in the Kickstarter campaign, hopefully that target can be met.

You can find the official Reborn Kickstarter page here.

Thanks to Christian for the tip.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

Here’s a bit of trivia that people often forget/are unaware of when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: series producer Eiji Aonuma actually wrote the lines for the King of Red Lions.

Aonuma’s son had just been born when Wind Waker was in development. This influenced the way he wrote the part for King of Red Lions, as he wanted his son to play the game and therefore ended up writing the role in “a self-important manner that children would understand.”

Aonuma spoke about this topic, Zelda’s form/appearance in the game, and Tingle in a 4Gamer interview. You can find some of these comments below, and even more translated quotes over at Zelda Informer.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

Hyper Light Drifter will be making its way to Wii U after reaching a stretch goal on Kickstarter. The $550,000 target was surpassed just a short while ago.

There’s still a little under two days remaining in the Hyper Light Drifter campaign, though it’s not clear what stretch goal lies ahead. Something extra will be unlocked at $600,000, but the specifics haven’t been confirmed just yet.

Thanks to Stopga for the tip.

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

MCV recently had the opportunity to interview Nintendo UK marketing boss Shelly Pearce. Needless to say, Pearce had a whole lot to say about the Wii U, including the system’s sales, future, price, audience, and more. Some 3DS and 2DS topics were addressed as well.

You can find the full interview at MCV here. There’s also a Q&A roundup after the break.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

Remember PETA’s Pokemon parody game, Pokemon: Black & Blue? The animal rights organization is now back with a new and related effort – just in time for the launch of Pokemon X/Y.

Pokemon: Red, White & Blue is yet another parody, which puts players on the path of becoming a hero “for real-life animals by pledging to try vegan.” You can play it above, or at the official link here.

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The latest most-wanted games chart from Famitsu (as voted on by readers) is as follows:

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Gorilla Press Games has launched a Kickstarter for its new project, Legend of the Lancer. You can find it here.

Legend of the Lancer’s funding goal is $35,000. A PlayStation 3 and Wii U goal awaits at $75,000, and a PS4/PS Vita stretch goal stands at $215,000.