3DS details roundup: Fantasy Life, Bravely Default, Epic Mickey, Adventure Time
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What do Fantasy Life, Bravely Default, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, and Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?! have in common? Other than the fact that they’re all 3DS titles, not much!
We do have details about all four games below. Head past the break for a large batch of information on each.
ESRB updates (9/24/12)
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This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:
Girls’ Fashion Shoot (3DS) – E
LEGO The Lord of the Rings (3DS) – E10+
Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze (Wii) – E
Reggie on communicating messages to consumers, Nintendo’s quietness on post-launch window games
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A few more tidbits from Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime have been posted online, mainly relating to the difficulties in communicating messages to consumers.
In this latest Q&A, Reggie talked about the challenges of getting the right word out when it comes to new hardware. He specifically mentioned that it wasn’t so easy communicating the appeal of StreetPass on the 3DS, and the same applies for Wii U’s Miiverse.
Finally, Reggie commented on why Nintendo has been quiet about post-launch window titles for Wii U.
Head past the break for the goods.
Platinum Games “very interested” in 3DS
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Platinum Games is experienced in working with Nintendo handhelds – kind of. The studio made Infinite Space, but this was the only project they made for the handheld.
Platinum hasn’t announced any 3DS games, but the company is “very interested” in the platform.
Executive director Atsushi Inaba had this to say about the portable:
“We are very interested in the Nintendo 3DS as a platform. I view 3DS as a proper, straightforward evolution from a platform that has had huge success. Being able to view stereoscopic 3D with the naked eye is a great innovation, but very straightforward, so I’m very interested in it. Currently we have a lot of titles in development, and we can’t fund a 3DS game ourselves. So there’s nothing in the works. But I’m very positive on it.”
Off-screen Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney footage with audio
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Rumor: Glory Days III heading to the 3DS eShop
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Glory Days has been around since the Game Boy Advance era. The series also appeared on the DS, DSiWare, and it looks like it’ll be hitting the 3DS eShop as well.
The image above, taken from Odenis Studio’s website, indicates that Glory Days III will arrive on the digital store next year. We can barely make out the title at the top of the page, but that does indeed to be what the text says.
Let’s hope we receive some news about this soon…
Thanks to Buck for the tip.
Game Freak wants to bring Rhythm Hunter overseas, smaller projects, more
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Game Freak’s new 3DS eShop game, Rhythm Hunter HarmoKnight, has a good shot at releasing on the North American and European eShops. Producer Junichi Masuda told IGN that the studio is working with Nintendo to see how it could be localized.
“In terms of a North American or European release, it’s definitely something we’d like to do, but we’re working out the details with Nintendo now and seeing what would be the best way to get that to players.”
Masuda was able to reconfirm that the idea for HarmoKnight was created by British designer James Turner, who has been working with a team of 25 staffers on the project.
As far as how that was able to take place at Game Freak, Masuda explained:
“Within Game Freak, we’ve implemented a kind of new system where employees can come up with original ideas for their games. If they can find at least three co-workers to jump on the project and say they want to do it together, then they’ll be able to proceed with that project.”
Game Freak’s policy works in two ways. Not only does it spawn brand new creations, it also causes the Pokemon series to rise in quality.
“One of the nice things about smaller projects like that is… since it’s a project that you really wanted to do, you’ve kind of signed on to do that project. You’re really interested in it. There’s also very few people and a short schedule, so everyone has to work on multiple aspects that they might not normally work with. So by doing that, you really build up experience, which translates back into the Pokémon games.”
Bird & Beans available on Club Nintendo as downloadable reward
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A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.
Art Academy: First Semester has been swapped out for Bird & Beans. The game is available for 100 coins.
You can order Bird & Beans here. It’s available as a DSiWare download until October 7.
