Art Academy for Nintendo DS launches Oct. 25
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Art Academy, which launches Oct. 25 at a suggested retail price of $19.99, provides everyone from beginners to experts with tools to create their own works of art plus simple tutorials to learn about color, shading, movement and perspective. The skills learned in Art Academy are transferable to real-life art materials outside of the Nintendo DS environment. Art Academy includes all 10 of the lessons and tools from both Art Academy: First Semester and Art Academy: Second Semester, which are available separately as Nintendo DSiWare downloads. Plus there are 10 Mini Lessons and more than 80 motifs that players can choose from to use as reference material when creating their art.
This picture, by Nintendo of America Inc. employee Krysta Yang, was created using Nintendo’s Art Academy software, a portable art course made exclusively for the Nintendo DS family of systems.
Source: Nintendo PR
Zack & Ombra’s Phantom Theme Park announced in Famitsu
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– Comparable to Professor Layton
– Takes place on Delphino Island
– Festival occurs every 50 years on the island
– Zack (main character) comes to the island, takes part in the festivities
– Mysterious bipedal blob-like creature, the Ombra, has taken over the island, causing trouble for the residents
– Zack one of the few people who can see the Ombra
– Need to complete “pranks” in the game that the Ombra has put out on the island
– Need to find the Ombra, touch it with the stylus after you hear a claim from a resident, which will start a mini-game
– Two action-oriented mini-games shown in Famitsu
– One game: Use stylus to move crates around
– Second game: Tap Ombra with the stylus
– Over 180 mini-games
– Can choose difficulty level
– Voice acting for characters
– Studio 4°C doing animation
– Releasing October 28
– Konami game
– Some mini-games have you performing tasks within a time limit
– Directed by Junko Kawano (Suikoden)
– 4980 yen.
– Characters:
Zack
– Skilled magician
– Can make people happy
– The Ombra like him
Polly
– Comes to Delphino Island
– Staying with her grandparents
– Takes interest in Zack
Jino
– Elderly man
– Invited Zack to the festival
– Head hurts at the changes the Ombra have introduced
Raphaelo
– Popular magician
– Works at a hotel resort on the island
– Zack’s rival
– Will meddle with Zack’s affairs
Gorongo
– Mysterious man
Thanks to Robert for the tip!
Famitsu software sales (7/26 – 8/1)
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1. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd
2. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3
3. [Wii] Wii Party
4. [DS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen
5. [Wii] Sengoku Basara 3
6. [DS] Metal Max 3
7. [PSP] Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga
8. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 3
9. [Wii] Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Victory
10. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2010
Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary
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NBA Jam
– Not a Wii-exclusive anymore
– A lot of people are upset
– It had been announced as a Wii-exclusive
– 6 months later, that’s not the case
– Need to buy NBA Elite 11 for the PS3/360
– Comes with a download come to download a different version
– Wii game is the full version
– Craig thinks that you’ll be able to buy the game on the download channels eventually
– Craig ticked off that EA immediately announced that it’ll be online for the PS3/360 versions
– From what Craig has heard, Wii version will still be fully-featured for single-player, still 4-player local NBA Jam and a huge progression by yourself that won’t be in the PS3/360 versions
– Extra stuff on Wii
Metroid: Other M
– Just as many pickups as there are in other games
– Find about 30% of the pickups in a normal playthrough
– That news seems to confirm that it’s more of an exploration-based game than Sam previously thought
– It was said in Famitsu that the devs are really focusing on cutscenes
– Theater mode features all the cutscenes from the game and pre-rendered gameplay
– Really worked on loading times
– Seamless saving
– Sam not sure what to make of all the cutscenes
Pokemon Black/White details (finish the game to see old Pokemon)
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– Won’t see old Pokemon until you complete the game
– GameFreak’s Junichi Masuda said they did this to put newcomers and followers on the same starting line
– Want players to give the feeling of “What is this Pokemon?”
– Comments from players inside/outside of the company
“It’s like playing something completely new, similar to when I played Red & Green”
“You don’t even know the type of the Pokemon, so you’re surprised at the skills”
“There are only Pokemon that you’ve never seen, so it’s fresh and new”
– Impressions of the game have been good so far
– Matsuda says designing the Pokemon has been difficult
– GameFreak graphics staff will be happy if players have fun with the game
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
A.C.E.: Another Century’s Episode R (PS3) – 9/8/9/7
Corpse Party: Blood Covered – Repeated Fear (PSP) – 7/7/7/7
Idol Janshi Suchi-Pai IV Portable (PSP) – 7/7/7/5
MLB2K10 (360) – 7/6/7/5
Lilpri DS: Hime-Chen! Apple Pink (DS) – 6/6/6/6
