Aonuma on why Zelda: A Link Between Worlds’ Hero mode isn’t available from the start
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds both offer Hero modes. In the former title, it’s accessible right away. But in A Link Between Worlds, players must complete the game before tackling the more difficult mode.
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma discussed why this is so while speaking with ONM. In the magazine’s latest issue, he explained that some gamers may have already played Wind Waker on GameCube, but since A Link Between Worlds is brand new, the team “felt that it was more suitable to have the players first enjoy the game at an appropriate difficulty level and then let them try a harder challenge.”
Aonuma’s comments in full:
Ultra Baseball Card Battle screenshots
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Japan: Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land outperforms A New Beginning
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Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land is off to a great start for Marvelous AQL. Media Create data reveals that the game sold 130,782 units in its first week in Japan, making it the biggest opening for a Harvest Moon title in recent years.
Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land did better than its predecessor, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, which sold 81,131 copies in its first week. Siliconera points out that Harvest Moon as well as Rune Factory have been growing since moving to 3DS.
Yoshi’s New Island’s first screen asks you to share gameplay data with Nintendo
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When you boot up Yoshi’s New Island for the first time, you’ll be presented with the screen above. Players are asked if they’re willing to share gameplay data that will be used “to help develop games in the future.” Interesting.
What’s sent to Nintendo is unclear. It’s also unclear how often data is uploaded, but information will eventually reach the company online.
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Famitsu’s most-wanted games (3/5/14)
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The latest Famitsu most-wanted games chart is as follows:
01/03. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 663 votes
02/04. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 649 votes
03/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 634 votes
04/13. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 429 votes
05/02. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 405 votes
06/05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 395 votes
07/06. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 382 votes
08/07. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 347 votes
09/15. [PS3] Dark Souls II (03/13/14) – 284 votes
10/11. [3DS] New Love Plus+ (Konami, 03/27/14) – 270 votes
11/12. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 263 votes
12/08. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 257 votes
13/09. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 253 votes
14/10. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 252 votes
15/18. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 239 votes
16/14. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Tecmo Koei, 2014) – 225 votes
17/30. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix 04/24/14) – 189 votes
18/20.[3DS] Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (Namco Bandai, 03/20/14) – 184 votes
19/21. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 2014) – 183 votes
20/16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 2014) – 178 votes
21/24. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 2014) – 177 votes
22/19. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, movedtomobile) – 170 votes
23/22. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 146 votes
24/—. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (Sega, 03/27/14) – 135 votes
25/17. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 125 votes
26/— [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 124 votes
27/29. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami, TBA) – 117 votes
28/—. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 103 votes
29/28. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 99 votes
30/—. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One For All (Namco Bandai, 05/15/14) – 98 votes
Total: 7,341 votes
European Yoshi’s New Island site open
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Nintendo has opened up the full European website for Yoshi’s New Island. You’ll find it here. The game is set to launch on March 14.
Having a stressful day? Why not head to the new website for #Yoshi's New Island and enjoy some ultra-soothing music: http://t.co/ip5DiWWoMp
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) March 5, 2014
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Conception II demo due out on March 25
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Atlus will let fans sample Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars through a demo being made available later this month. The trial, which allows progress to be transferred to the final version, will launch on March 25. Those who complete it will earn a set of bonus goodies to help them out in the game.