Gorons were originally going to look “drastically” different in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was early on in development, Nintendo had some very different ideas in mind for the design of the Gorons. Lead NPC artist Hirohito Shinoda revealed in the recently-translated Creating a Champion art book that the team was planning a drastic change in which they had bigger heads, a more human-like appearance, and more. However, “none of them really fit.” This led to basing the Gorons on their original design from Ocarina of Time.
Shinoda said:
Sakurai on how he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing in Smash Bros. Ultimate
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DenFamiNicoGamer was recently given the opportunity to speak with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai. At one point of the discussion, Sakurai revealed that he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing for this game.
Siliconera translated the relevant portion of the interview. Here’s what Sakurai said on the subject:
Shakedown Hawaii – “Get to the Mission!” trailer
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Vblank Entertainment issued a new video for Shakedown Hawaii. Watch the “Get to the Mission!” trailer below.
Shakedown Hawaii launches Q1 2019 on Switch and 3DS.
Game Freak wanted Pokemon: Let’s Go’s visuals to be acceptable for parents, not scary
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Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee director Junichi Masuda has commented on the game’s visuals.
According to Masuda, the team wanted to make the graphics approachable – especially for parents. He explained that he “didn’t want to make it a game that would cause parents to feel mistrustful of our games.” Game Freak also “didn’t want it to look scary.” This is partially why the team went about making character proportions “look a bit childish”.
Dragon Quest XI S Switch vs. PS4 comparison screenshots
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Square Enix finally gave us a taste of the Switch version of Dragon Quest XI at Jump Festa 2019. A trailer was released, giving us an idea as to how things are shaping up on Nintendo’s console. However, we’ll still have to wait for actual gameplay.
In the meantime, fans are already putting comparisons together to show how the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions stack up. We have a few of those below. Note that in comparisons without platform labels, PS4 is first while Switch is the second image on the bottom.
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Kirby Star Allies soundtrack trailer
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A new trailer has come online for the Kirby Star Allies soundtrack. We’ve included the video below.
Play-Asia is taking pre-orders for the Kirby Star Allies soundtrack here. A release is planned for February in Japan.
More: HAL Laboratory, Kirby Star Allies
Super Mario Odyssey concept art shows the Snow Kingdom, plus a look at Bowser’s animations
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More than a year after its release, Nintendo is still posting concept art from Super Mario Odyssey. The latest piece below is focused on the Snow Kingdom.
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Dragon Quest XI S – surprise teased for January 1, upcoming stream, new element, site open
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We have a bit of additional news on Dragon Quest XI S coming out of the game’s Jump Festa 2019 stage show earlier today.
First, some sort of surprise is planned for January 1. Square Enix didn’t elaborate further on this and it’s unclear how and when it will be shared.
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Moonlighter update out now – New Game+, new weapons and items, much more
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A brand new update has gone live in Moonlighter. Digital Sun is introducing a bunch of content, including New Game+ as well as new weapons and items. On top of that, many improvements and bug fixes have been implemented.
The full patch notes are as follows:
More: 11 bit studios, Digital Sun, Moonlighter, title update
PlatinumGames’ Hiroshi Yamaguchi on arranging Donkey Kong Country music for Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate brought in a bunch of guest composers to arrange tracks for the game. Among these was Hiroshi Yamaguchi, who works at PlatinumGames. Yamaguchi ended up arranging “The Map Page/Bonus Level” from Donkey Kong Country.
Yamaguchi reflected on contributing to Smash Bros. in a post on PlatinumGames’ website this week. He shared the following:
