Nintendo News: Nintendo Reveals Comic-Con 2012 Lineup, Including Nintendo 3DS XL
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Wii U won’t be at the expo, but there are plenty of 3DS games available to try out. Plus, it seems that Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition will be playable for US fans for the first time.
Full list has been posted below.
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– At this year’s Comic-Con International 2012 event taking place July 12-15 at the San Diego Convention Center, members of the general public will enjoy an early chance to get their hands on Nintendo 3DS XL, a new version of the Nintendo 3DS system with 90 percent larger screens that launches Aug. 19.
In addition to Nintendo’s booth at the show (#5135), multiple activities will take place at a special Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the San Diego Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis & Marina at 333 W. Harbor Drive, adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center. A Comic-Con badge is not required to gain entry to the Nintendo Gaming Lounge.
Games that are scheduled to be playable at the Nintendo Gaming Lounge include:
Iwata Asks: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy details
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Nintendo has published the English version of Iwata Asks: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. President Satoru Iwata led the discussion as always, and producer Ichiro Hazama was on hand to talk about the game.
Read on below for a summary of the interview. Hazama mentions his gaming origins, how Theatrhythm got started, and more.
New Monster Hunter 4 details
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More Monster Hunter 4 details continue to pour out of Famitsu. The latest batch covers a variety of gameplay content including the caravan, villages, and more. Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and director Kaname Fujioka provided the new information.
Read on below for the details. For the first official screenshots from Monster Hunter 4, check out this link.
– “4” in Monster Hunter 4 is read as “Four” in Japanese, as it is in English
– Previous games used special readings including “Dos” for MH2, and “Tri” for “MH3”
– Tsujimoto and Fujioka talked about what to do about the name and decided that since they were taking some new challenges with the game, they’d do something different and go with the more simple “Four” reading
– Logo was redone
– “MH” part was highlighted more than in past games
– Footage shown at the 3DS Conference last year was a specially created stage to show off actions that can be performed
– Hunters in that trailer were under control by the staff
– New trailer shows the gameplay elements in actual game form
– Concept of taking on quests from your village and hunting is the same
– Element of “adventure” has been added to the classic Monster Hunter world view
– This is reflected in the game’s new caravan component
– Hunters are hired by the caravan leader and travel with the caravan, visiting a variety of lands
– Villages the caravan encounters have their own mayor and unique culture
– A lot of villages in the game
– A lot of characters as well
– You’ll come across a large variety of characters because the villages themselves are varied
– This is one way the team hopes to offer players a greater feeling of drama in single-player
– For multiplayer, Tsujimoto expects that the drama will, like always, be made by players as they play
– First village: “Barubare”
– Barubare was made in the feeling of a marketplace to give players the sense of being in a gathering spot for many people
– Visit Barubare to register their hunters
– Barubare has the standard facilities one would expect of a Monster Hunter village
– Later villages has the normal facilities and some have special facilities you won’t find elsewhere
– Fujioka hopes players will select a village of their liking for use as their main base of operations
– With a free camera, which MH4 has, there is usual concern about complicated camera controls
– This is why they added a target camera to the game, first as an experiment in Monster Hunter 3G, and now in MH4
– Target camera idea wouldn’t have been made if the system only allowed for button controls and not touch screen controls
New Monster Hunter 4 screenshots
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Possible European Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon boxart
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Nintendo hasn’t confirmed the image above as the final boxart for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. I do admit that it looks official, though.
Video additions to the eShop (6/5/12)
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The Legend of Zelda Video
NES Open Tournament Golf Video
Family Tennis 3D Video
Topoloco Video
Heroes of Ruin Video
The Phantom Thief Stina and 30 Jewels trailer
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Off-screen footage of the Mario & Sonic Virtual Card Album
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Release dates, prices for upcoming digital downloads
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Below is a partial listing of digital downloads coming to the eShop, DSiWare, and WiiWare services. More information about each game can be found at the included links.
July 12
Candle Route (DSiWare) – $1.99 / 200 points
Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition (WiiWare) – 700 points
Johnny Kung Fu (eShop) – $5.99
July 19
Petit Computer (DSiWare) – $7.99
The Phantom Thief Stina and 30 Jewels (eShop) – $4.99