Two Brothers still coming to Wii U, being worked on by another developer
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Two Brothers has been out on PC for some time, but AckkStudios hasn’t said much about the Wii U version as of late. No need to worry though: the game is still coming to Nintendo’s console.
On Twitter earlier today, AckkStudios confirmed that Two Brothers is still in the works for Wii U. Keep in mind that it’s being worked on by “another developer” who apparently handles Wii U ports quite well.
@MirbyStudios not at all!! It's being ported by another developer who is really good at wii u ports. Ensuring it gets the love it deserves.
— AckkStudios (@AckkStudios) March 28, 2014
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DrinkBox talks Guacamelee’s Wii U features and origins, potential 3DS version
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
At GDC last week, NintendoWorldReport spoke with animator Augusto Quijano and co-founders Chris Harvey and Ryan MacLean from DrinkBox Studios. The three touched on what the Wii U version of Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition will offer and how it came to be, the possibility of a 3DS port, and more.
Check out a few excerpts from the interview below. You can also find the full discussion here.
2D platformer Twisted Fusion heading to the Wii U eShop
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Twisted Fusion, a new open-world action platformer coming from one-man developer Leuvision, is heading to the Wii U eShop.
Twisted Fusion stars Cora, a girl who is stranded on a new world with strange creatures. She’s trying to find her way home, but an enemy shrouded in darkness won’t make things easy.
The game features a day/night system and weather system. Furthermore, environments change based on what the time of day/weather is.
Bigger enemies will appear at night. Also, enemies become much angrier when it’s raining. Cora will wield dual water pistols to take down foes.
“The whole world is connected without level select, but you don’t need to backtrack to progress,” creator Lewis Pugh told NintendoWorldReport. “Certain areas of the game can also be completed out of order.”
Twisted Fusion will be available in Q4 2014.
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Japanese eShop update (3/26/14)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Arrow of Raputa Kage Nashi Sensei to Kiron no F? Kagi – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice – Stardust Wink 1-11-kan Pack – 3,850 yen
9 in 1 Arcade Collection – 300 yen
Maru G?kaku! ?y?j?h? Gijitsusha Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban – 2,800 yen
Maru G?kaku! Kihonj?h? Gijutsusha Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban – 2,800 yen
Mononoke Taneti Shida no Ayakashi Jiken-ch? – 800 yen
Farming Simulator 3D Pocket N?en (retail title) – 4,781 yen
New Love Plus + (retail title) – 5,460 yen
AiRace Speed DEMO – FREE
Maru G?kaku! IT Pasport Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
NA
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Cloudberry Kingdom – 980 yen
Virtual Console
Ninja Ry? Ken-den (Ninja Gaiden, Famicom) – 500 yen
Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) – 900 yen
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Ubisoft says it’d be “stupid” to not put out a yearly Assassin’s Creed given fan interest
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments
Since the first Assassin’s Creed, we’ve seen at least one new entry in the series released in some form or another. Wondering why that’s so?
Aside from the obvious reasons – such as the fact that it makes total financial sense for Ubisoft – the company’s vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud also says yearly Assassin’s Creed games are put out due to fan interest. “As long as this is true we would be very stupid to not satisfy this need”, Raynaud told EDGE.
His comments in full:
“We are able to offer people a new Assassin’s Creed every year because they want Assassin’s Creed every year. As long as this is true we would be very stupid to not satisfy this need, but it puts a lot of pressure on us to create something that will never disappoint.
It needs to keep the series core values and we need to really make sure that we have a good, high level understanding of what it is to be an Assassin. We have to make sure we always deliver a better feel and overall experience every time while still bringing something that they haven’t seen before that’s consistent with being an Assassin in the world we’ve created.”
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Animal Crossing devs on New Leaf’s diverse team and more
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Wired has published a new wave of quotes from Animal Crossing: New Leaf producer Katsuya Eguchi and director Aya Kyogoku. Most of the comments pertain to the team working on the 3DS game, though there are also a few more general topics, such as the possibility of letting players change their skin tone in the future.
Check out Wired’s article in full (it’s quite interesting!) here. For comments rounded up from Eguchi and Kyogoku, read on below.
Wii U experiencing some online issues
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Some Wii U owners may be unable to connect online with Wii U for the time being. Nintendo is aware of the issues – affecting all network services – which stem from a “server fault”.
A notice posted on Nintendo’s network page reads:
New longitudinal study finds correlation between playing video games as children and aggressive/violent tendencies primarily caused by pre-existing aggressive cognitions
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, News | 6 Comments
A new study conducted in Singapore by Douglas A. Gentile, PhD; Dongdong Li, PhD; Angeline Khoo, PhD; Sara Prot, MA; and Craig A. Anderson, PhD; has found a fairly unmediated correlation between children playing video games and them having more aggressive tendencies 3-5 years down the line. Covering just over 3,000 children over a 3-year time period (73% male, 27% female), the study surveyed each child every year to try and gauge their game-playing habits and their susceptibility to aggression. The researches found that longitudinal latent growth curve modeling demonstrated a positive correlation between the consumption of violent games media and real-life aggressive tendencies, though they make particular note that this is primarily mediated by “aggressive cognitions”, rather than by the games themselves.
“Aggressive cognitions” appears to reference “normative beliefs about aggression, hostile attribution bias, aggressive fantasizing”, which effectively means that children’s thoughts on aggression and violence prior to playing games are the primary factor when determining the effect playing a violent game may have on them. Children who are more open to violence will see a stronger negative effect from playing video games, whereas kids who tend to be less open to or accepting of violence won’t see as strong an effect.
You can read the full study here if you like.
