Splatoon devs on how Miyamoto wasn’t satisfied with the game’s original ideas
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EDGE brought us a whole bunch of information about Splatoon in its latest issue. One topic covered by the magazine was the game’s development, and Shigeru Miyamoto’s thoughts on its early days.
Co-director Tsubasa Sakaguchi, producer Hisashi Nogami, and director Yusuke Amano spoke with EDGE about how Miyamoto wasn’t originally pleased with what the team had come up with Splatoon. Here’s what the three developers shared:
[After] the prototype phase, we had all these ideas about the height, the ink, the characters, and the image of the character and the squid. But we couldn’t kind of filter it down to a final result that would result in a simple, fun game. And during this period, we were being scolded by Mr Miyamoto all the time.
He was saying, ‘I don’t understand. What do you want to do? There’s no appeal to this game.’
We had the basics and then we were like, ‘Let’s add the hiding [in ink] feature; let’s add jumping; we need height, because it’s a 3D map.’ And then we thought, ‘We need to be able to shoot up and down.’ And we realised we’d added all this stuff, and we got confused. We didn’t know what the game was about.
Splatoon launches for Wii U on May 29.
LEGO Dimensions screenshots, photos of the different packs
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Warner Bros. has shared several screenshots from LEGO Dimensions, which we’ve posted below. You can also find images of the different packs. All of the shots are posted in the gallery.
Project CARS – Renault Sport (trailer)
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Tons of Xenoblade Chronicles X details about Arts and Soul systems
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Last night’s Xenoblade Chronicles X website brought along a ton of details about the Arts and Soul systems. For a summary of what was shared, read the lengthy summary below.
Arts
– Win battles with a combination of Auto Attacks and Arts
– Choose between the 8 arts you set beforehand
– Deciding ‘which arts to use in what order’ will greatly influence the outcome of the battle
– Learn Arts as you rank up your classes
– Can strengthen your favorite Arts as well
More: details roundup, top, Xenoblade Chronicles X
Splatoon screenshot (4/9/15)
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Another Splatoon screenshot hit the game’s Japanese Twitter account a few hours ago, which gives us another look at the Octarian. Take a look at the new image above.
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LEGO Dimensions out on September 27, more details
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Warner Bros. has now officially announced LEGO Dimensions following the game’s leak earlier today.
LEGO Dimensions is described as “an all-new entertainment experience that breaks the rules of traditional gaming to merge physical LEGO brick building with interactive console gameplay in a manner only imaginable in the world of LEGO games.” Warner Bros. is featuring various properties, including DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings, The LEGO Movie, The Wizard of Oz, LEGO Ninjago, Back to the Future, and more.
The LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack, priced at $99.99, is what players will start with. This is comprised of a copy of the game, the LEGO Toy Pad (bring special LEGO minifigures and other LEGO objects into the game), bricks to build the LEGO Gateway, three LEGO Minifigures (LEGO Batman from DC Comics, LEGO Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie), and the LEGO Batmobile.
Warner Bros. will release additional packs in 2015 and 2016. Level Packs, Team packs, and Fun packs offer “new buildable characters, vehicles, tools and gadgets, as well as compelling game content with new mission-based levels and unique in-game abilities.” Each expansion pack is based on well-known properties.
Upcoming packs include:
A small sample of packs available in 2015 include the Back to the Future Level Pack with a LEGO Marty McFly minifigure, a LEGO Ninjago Team Pack with Kai and Cole minifigures, three Ninjago Fun Packs with Jay, Nya and Zane minifigures, two DC Comics Fun Packs with Wonder Woman and Cyborg minifigures, three The Lord of the Rings Fun Packs with LEGO Gollum, LEGO Gimli and LEGO Legolas minifigures, four The LEGO Movie Fun packs with Emmet, Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty characters, and a The Wizard of Oz Fun Pack with a LEGO Wicked Witch of the West minifigure.
LEGO Dimensions will launch on September 27 on Wii U and other platforms.
Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR
LEGO Dimensions announcement videos
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LEGO Dimensions coming to Wii U
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Update: We’ve added a bunch of posts to the site throughout the day. Here’s a roundup:
Announcement video
Out on September 27, more details
Pre-orders
Various images
Warner Bros.’ new toys-to-life game is official. A leak spotted on Reddit reveals that LEGO Dimensions is heading to Wii U.
LEGO Dimensions allows players to scan characters into the game. Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle are included in Dimensions’ Starter Pack, which includes a copy of the title, LEGO Toy Pad, LEGO Gateway building bricks, the 3 LEGO minifigures, and LEGO Batmobile vehicle.
Here’s LEGO Dimensions’ description:
New batch of Xenoblade Chronicles X screenshots/art
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The Japanese Xenoblade Chronicles X website was updated once again today. Along with the latest battle videos, we also have a batch of screenshots and art. You can find the full set above.
