Iwata says “Wii U is not over yet”, more unannounced games on the way
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 50 Comments
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata talked a bit more about the Wii U’s future as part of the company’s latest financial results that were distributed today.
Japanese website Sankei relays a message from Iwata, who stated that the “Wii U is not over yet. I want to continue to build on playing on people’s high expectations [for the system].”
While not at all surprising, Iwata also stated that there are multiple unannounced games for Wii U on the way. Some of these titles will almost certainly be revealed at E3 2015 in June.
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Scans roundup – Xenoblade Chronicles X, Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii U | 2 Comments
Games featured in the gallery above: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker, Lost Heroes 2, Terra Formars: Fierce Battle on the Crimson Planet, Theatrhythm Dragon Quest, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D.
Xenoblade Chronicles X details – world size, battle system, GamePad usage, and more
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Famitsu has a big update on Xenoblade Chronicles X this week. There’s a total of ten pages dedicated to the game, including an interview with director Tetsuya Takahashi.
The following information has leaked out of Famitsu thus far:
– Mira is 400km^2, which is 5 times the size of Xenoblade’s world
– Takahashi’s final check play time was over 300 hours
– “Union” Sound; something like factions for quests
– There are 8 of them, and you can join any of them, and change them depending on your goal
– PATH FINDER, COLEPEDIAN, INTER CEPTOR, LAND BANK, AVALANCE, ARMS, TESTAMENT, COMPANION
– Nagi (Takayuki Sugou): Former Captain of the White Whale and current Military Chief in the Autonomous Government of New Los Angeles
– Guin (Yuichi Nakamura): Worked in the same division as Elma and Irina on Earth; was their subordinate
– Many options for player avatar customization
– Kunihiko Tanaka did the preset avatar designs
– Some famous voices actors providing their voice as options for the avatar, will be announced on the Xenoblade homepage later
– GamePad shows character locations, quest locations
– Warp to previously visited areas on the GamePad
– The use of ‘X [Cross]’ has implications for the online functionality
– Not a standard online game, more ‘loosely connected’
– About 90 songs in the game
– Xenoblade had 1 vocal song at the end, but Xenoblade X has many vocal songs (many for an RPG)
– Sawano involved in all aspects of music
– Battles are faster paced, more-actiony than Xenobalde
– Differentiates close and distant attacks
– No healers
– Healing done with new system called ‘Soul Voice’
– 4-player party
– You control 1 character, the AI controls the rest
– More unique monsters and equipment than Xenoblade
– Xenoblade was a traditional RPG, whereas Xenoblade X is an open world RPG
– Xenoblade was linear despite having big world
– Xenoblade X you will get quests from different places and have more freedom
Media Create sales (1/19 – 1/25)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 20,065
Vita – 14,991
PS4 – 13,793
PS3 – 8,600
New 3DS – 8,028
Wii U – 7,088
3DS LL – 3,882
3DS – 3,287
Vita TV – 589
Xbox One – 259
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 25,299
Vita – 16,823
PS4 – 15,480
New 3DS – 9,916
Wii U – 8,894
PS3 – 7,036
3DS LL – 4,776
3DS – 4,238
Vita TV – 682
Xbox One – 300
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria – 340,891 / NEW
2. [3DS] The Legend of Legacy – 53,974 / NEW
3. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – 32,137 / NEW
4. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 31,875 / 2,404,246
5. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 17,035 / 2,474,658
6. [PSV] Atelier Escha & Logy Plus – 15,778 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 12,318 / 2,440,373
8. [PSV] Ken no Machi no Ihoujin – Kuro no Kyuuden – – 11,559 / NEW
9. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 10,475 / 2,122,433
10. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 8,794 / 33,068
11. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 8,728 / 569,714
12. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 5,979 / 3,088,387
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,386 / 901,365
14. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 5,178 / 249,497
15. [3DS] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 5,052 / NEW
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,006 / 3,904,259
17. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 4,397 / 122,296
18. [WIU] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 4,207 / NEW
19. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V New Price Version – 4,133 / 116,633
20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 3,831 / 154,713
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Splatoon screenshots (1/28/15)
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Nintendo bringing Splatoon to Apex 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments
Those who are attending Apex 2015 this year will be able to go hands-on with an upcoming Wii U game. Nintendo has confirmed that Splatoon will be playable at the expo, though the demo will be the same one from last year’s E3.
#Splatoon is coming to #Apex2015! Stop by our lounge to get hands-on time with the demo that was featured at E3 2014! pic.twitter.com/m3jAPJkNza
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 27, 2015
Apex 2015 will take place between January 30 and February 1 in New Jersey.
Have a listen to the Majora’s Mask music used in the new Hyrule Warriors DLC
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments
People have been poking around the Hyrule Warriors’ 1.5.0 update files – specifically the Majora’s Mask DLC. Thanks to that, we can now listen to three new tracks that are featured in the Majora’s Mask Adventure Map. You’ll also find random asset images below.
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Why the Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric patch is so huge
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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s update is huge – as in 1GB huge. So what exactly is included in the massive patch? We did hear about a few things recently, but Sonic Stadium has offered further information as to why the update is so big.
Here’s what the site shared:
