0:42 Could you give us an overview of the monster design process?
1:43 What was the most challenging monster to develop?
3:00 Which returning monster was the most challenging to bring to the MH4U gameplay engine?
4:09 What was the most fun monster to design?
5:33 Which was the most challenging weapon to balance in MH4U?
7:18 How was the process of balancing the Life Honing feature?
9:07 How did you come up with the Charge Blade’s Guard Point mechanic?
11:07 How did you come up with the specific features to Seregios’s weapons (Auto-Sharpening, Auto-Reload)?
12:47 How did you settle on Mounting as the core feature of MH4U?

And questions that aren’t specific to the game:

14:51 Why is Monoblos only available for hunting in Single-Player quests?
16:15 What is the language the Diva uses while singing?
17:48 How is a flagship monster created, and why is that a necessary feature of the game?

More: Capcom, interview, Kaname Fujioka, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Yuya Tokuda

505 Games talks Terraria 3DS, a bit of Wii U footage

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Family Gamer TV caught up with 505 Games producer Dean Scott to learn more about the 3DS version of Terraria. You can listen to the full interview below, which also contains snippets of Wii U footage.

More: 505 Games, Dean Scott, Re-Logic, Terraria

Wind-up Knight 2 New 3DS trailer

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 3 Comments

Wind-up Knight 2 arrived on the Japanese 3DS eShop earlier today as a New 3DS exclusive. View a trailer for the game below.

Rare reveals new footage of Dream, the project that turned into Banjo-Kazooie

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 8 Comments

Many years ago, Rare was working on something known as “Dream” for the SNES and N64. This eventually became Banjo-Kazooie after it was heavily reworked.

We never got a proper look at Dream… until now. Rare published a video today showing the title running on both the SNES and N64. Brand new footage is below, along with staff interviews.