Interview with Renegade Kid
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Renegade Kid has created some of the most impressive games for the DS since the company was established in 2007. And just a few days ago, their third title for the handheld – Dementium II – made its way onto stores shelves. Renegade Kid owner and director Jools Watsham recently took some time to answer a few questions for us about his latest game and discussed other topics, which included the possibility of developing for Wii and his thoughts about the 3DS.
Nintendo Everything: Your most recent game, Dementium II, was just released last week and it looks like hands-down the scariest game on the DS system. What was the greatest challenge for actually bringing a tense, scary feel to players on a handheld system?
Jools Watsham: I think the most important thing, and one of the most difficult, is to create an authentically creepy atmosphere. We also pushed ourselves to produce a ton more variety in environments and enemies, which took a tremendous amount of work.
NE: Another thing that’s terrifying about Dementium II is the boxart – Who came up with such an awesome illustration?
JW: I agree, I think it is fantastic. This is very unglamorous, but SouthPeak hired a talented design company who came up with it. I expect SouthPeak’s PR Queen, Aubrey Norris, had something to do with it. 🙂 The image was sent to me one day and I was just blown away. I immediately thought it looked incredible, and I felt honored to have such a wonderfully disturbing image for our game.
Media Create software sales (5/3 – 5/9) – Top 50
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01. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) – 252.862 / 876.505 (-59%)
02. / 02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) – 140.591 / 574.957 (-68%)
03. / 04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 46.690 / 3.806.779 (+5%)
04. / 07. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 33.342 / 3.190.794 (+24%)
05. / 06. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 32.340 / 2.771.000 (+15%)
06. / 10. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 23.314 / 1.890.761 (+18%)
07. / 03. [PS3] Super Street Fighter 4 (Capcom) – 20.084 / 101.147 (-75%)
08. / 12. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light (Pokemon Co.) – 20.007 / 446.000 (+18%)
09. / 16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 15.902 / 1.886.000
10. / 09. [PS3] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) – 15.858 / 96.921 (-24%)
Disney Club Penguin Game Day (Wii) – E
Trackmania Wii (Wii) – E
Turn (DSi) – E
Wipeout: the Game (Wii) – E10+
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects Revenge (DSi) – E10+
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii) – E10+
Riding Academy 2 (DS) – E
Dungeon Raiders (DS) – E10+
New Pokemon Black/White footage
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Update: Added a second video which features the starters battling as well as some other footage.
First day sales in Japan
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[PSP] Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku (Idea Factory) – LE 10,600 (65%) / SE 3,800 (58%)
[PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts) – 7,900 (28%)
[360] Metro 2033 (Spike) – 4,100 (40%)
[NDS] Trick DS-han: Kakushi Kami no Sumu Yakata (Konami) – 2,400 (23%)
[360] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts) – 1,500 (22%)
[PSP] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts) – 1,300 (8%)
[WII] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts) – N/A (<500)
Sales figures of various SEGA titles
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This information comes from SEGA’s most recent financial results…
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii/DS) – 6.53 million (US/Europe)
Aliens vs. Predator (PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360) – 1.69 million (US/Europe)
Bayonetta (PS3/360) – 1.35 million in (US/Europe/Japan)
Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing (Wii/DS/PS3/360) – 1.07 million (US/Europe)
Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP) – 600,00 (Japan)
Yakuza 4 (PS3) – 560,000 (Japan)
Complete Famitsu review scores
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Lost Planet 2 (PS3/360) – 8/8/9/8
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS3) – 9/9/8/8
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS2) – 8/8/7/7
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PSP) – 8/8/8/8
Winning Eleven Playmaker 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chouse (Wii) – 9/9/8/8
Senko no Ronde Duo (360) – 8/7/8/7
Tropico 3 (360) – 7/8/8/6
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell to Tsuki no Ishi (DS) – 6/7/6/6
Trick DS-han: Kakushi Kami no Sumukan (DS) – 7/8/7/8
Otometeki Koi Kakumei * Love Revo! Portable (PSP) – 7/7/6/6
B’s-Log Party (PSP) – 7/6/6/5
Motto Nuga-Cel! (PSP) – 7/7/6/7
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Fullmetal Alchemist: Yakusoku no Hi e (PSP) – 8/7/8/7