– Early concepts included allowing players to dig for “gold dust”
– The ability to build outdoor scenery (bridges, benches, etc) was one of the very early ideas
– The addition of being able to play as Mayor didn’t come until later
– Because of this, they had to force Tortimer to retire
– Reiteration: Tweak store hours, gather taxes (donations) from residents
– If you do a bad job as mayor, no one will complain
– Tutorial ceremonies for opening your first bridge, planting your first tree, etc etc
– Mr. Resetti’s terrifying image was discussed
– Lisa is an alpaca, Reiji is a sloth, and a tapir (who runs the Dream Emporium)
– 1.5x the number of items compared to City Folk
– Team hopes that players don’t consider the new items filler
– Upload your town data to the Dream Emporium so others can come visit whether they have your friend code or not
– Players cannot modify your town if they visit while you’re not there
– Two categories of friends: Regular pals and “best friends”
– Each category has special permissions in different towns, assumedly with “best friends” being able to modify things
– Region-specific items (plate of grapes for the Spanish New Year)

Via Cubed3

Monster Hunter 4 screenshots

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Classy Mario-themed 3DS XL consoles coming to China

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iQue, the distributor of Nintendo products in China, will be releasing three special 3DS XL consoles in China this December and boy do they look nice. Not only do they sport fancy Mario designs on the outer shell, but they also come with pre-installed copies of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. A warning for anyone planning on importing one of these snazzy consoles – they belong to a standalone region and won’t play Japanese, American or PAL 3DS games.

Via: iQue PR, Kotaku