Fallout: New Vegas – 9
DJ Hero 2 – 8
EA Sports MMA – 9
Vanquish – 9
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light – 8
FIFA 11 – 9
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – 6
Sid Meier’s Civilisation V – 8
Front Mission Evolved – 5
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – 8
Medal of Honor – 6
Wii Party – 6
WRC: FIA World Rally Championship – 7
Batman: The Brave and the Bold – 6
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift – 9
Alien Breed 2: Assault – 8
Ongaku – 7
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future – 6
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock – 7
And Yet It Moves – 8

Thanks to joclo for the tip!

Capcom on the decisions to make Okamiden/Mega Man Legends 3, discussions about moving Okamiden to 3DS

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News | 2 Comments

First, Capcom’s Christian Svensson was asked what the thinking behind Okamiden and Mega Man Legends 3 was, as Okami/previous Mega Man Legends titles haven’t sold too well…

“When we announced Okami, the Nintendo DS was just coming out. People had asked Okami producer Atsushi Inaba about the game not being on DS due to the drawing mechanic. He said he didn’t think we could achieve our vision there; same thing for the Wii with its controller. Our take with Okamiden was fans asked for something clever. We saw the DS as a means of innovating with the touch screen as a drawing mechanic.

The team did some very early technical demos on the visuals and how close we could get to the PlayStation 2 and Wii visuals. It looked as good as anything that Nintendo put out. It’s a very high-budget release on the DS in the form of Okamiden with high production values. But the interface on the DS was what really drove that game.

With the 3DS for Mega Man Legends 3, one of the things you’ll find about new hardware are early adopters tend to be more core. They’re passions and informed about things. Anytime there’s a new piece of hardware, there’s an opportunity to either establish new IP or reboot IP that maybe should have done better last time around. That was really more of the strategy with the 3DS, to reach a new early adopter audience. We won’t be there at launch with the game, but there are some interesting things that we’re doing that will hopefully be perceived as visionary and really fan embracive.”

Svensson was then asked if Capcom considering moving Okamiden to the 3DS…

“There were discussions, but it was too far down the path. The thing you have to remember, by the time you guys hear about them, very often these games have been in development for over a year. While we occasionally get an early heads up on things here and there in terms of new hardware, we were fairly far down the path on DS before we got word on 3DS, and that’s fine. We’ll see what happens.”

If I’m remembering correctly, Okamiden was announced in September 2009, but Capcom staff were working on tech demos back in 2008. Considering how much time and effort was put into making the game for the DS, it’s probably best that the title stayed on the system. I’m still hoping we’ll see more of the franchise, though, whether it’s on the 3DS or consoles.

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More Donkey Kong Country Returns details

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 7 Comments

This information comes from Nintendo Power…

– Many big scripted events
– Giant screen-filling octopus hunts Donkey Kong through a full level
– The octopus has different attack strategies
– In co-op, if one player dies, shake the Wiimote to get the balloon-lifted barrel that your partner is in closer
– Tiki Tak Tribe use their hypnotic powers to turn the island’s animals against DK/Diddy
– They steal Donkey Kong’s stash of bananas, but it isn’t clear what they want with them
– Camera automatically zooms in/out based on what’s around
– Grip & Trip (World 4-2): Mine cart ride, sometimes have to hang from a patch of grass rolling on a rail above you
– Mole Patrol (World 4-4): Navigate through a tight tunnel in a Rocket Barrel as it is being dug, if you touch any side once, you’ll die
– Muncher Marathon (World 5-8): DK’s ground pounding angers a ton of spiders, need to keep running to stay ahead of them, chase goes on for awhile with little room for error

Thanks to Chandler for the tip!

Complete Famitsu review scores

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 2 Comments

World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3/360) – 9/9/9/8
God Eater Burst (PSP) – 9/9/9/8
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS) – 9/8/8/8
Solarobo (DS) – 9/8/8/8
NBA 2K11 (PS3/360) – 8/8/9/7
Phantom Brave Portable (PSP) – 8/8/8/8
Carnage Heart EXA (PSP) – 8/7/8/7
Zack and Ombra: The Phantom Amusement Park (DS) – 8/7/7/7
NBA 2K11 (PSP) – 7/7/7/7
Lucian Bee’s (PSP) – 7/7/7/7
Dream Club Portable (PSP) – 7/7/7/6
Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran * Sangokushi Engi – Wei-Hen (PSP) – 7/6/7/6
Radirgy Noa Massive (360) – 6/6/6/6
Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin (DS) – 6/6/6/6

Rune Factory: Oceans details

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 1 Comment

– Devs looking to cut down on load times
– Transitions between areas only take around two seconds
– Character models are front and center during conversations
– Character portraits have been eliminated for conversations
– Producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto wants characters to feel “alive”
– Hashimoto thinks 3D helps makes the events feel more dramatic

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