Media Create software sales (11/3 – 11/9) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
03./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
04./04. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
05./06. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
06./05. [PS3] The Evil Within
07./09. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
08./00. [3DS] The LEGO Movie Videogame
09./00. [WIU] The LEGO Movie Videogame
10./17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
11./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
12./07. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
13./11. [PS4] Metro: Redux
14./22. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online
15./12. [PS4] The Evil Within
16./15. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX #
17./08. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
18./24. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2
19./26. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
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[Interview] The voice of Shulk talks working on Xenoblade and Smash Bros.
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To be the main voice in a strange Japanese RPG that seemed fated for nothing but cult status in the west probably wasn’t the most notable credit on actor Adam Howden’s resume at the time of recording. Indeed, he did the beloved voice of Shulk in Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii – and by proxy, Smash Bros. – but has also lent his voice to things like Assassin’s Creed and The Old Republic, and it’s more or less chance that the 2011 (or 2012… or 2010, depending on your region…) ended up being his most renowned role, at least among the Nintendo-focused.
For some strange reason – being the talent that he is – Adam agreed to answer a few of our questions about Xenoblade, Smash Bros., and voice acting in general in an email interview we did. You can read all of what he had to say after the break!
A few more Splatoon screenshots and details
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New messages continue to hit the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account on a regular basis. Over the past few days, another round of details and tidbits landed on the page. There’s some rehash here, but it’s nice to brush up on some previously-revealed information in any case.
On with the latest content:
– Inklings can climb walls when in squid form
– Walls don’t count toward the result of Turf Battles
– As previously mentioned, you can touch the icon of a team member on the map, and be flown in the air
– The Inklings can move freely while inside their own ink
– However, in enemy ink they move slower and can’t become a squid
– Inklings move faster than their human forms when swimming in ink
– If they don’t move, they can hide from enemies
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Bayonetta 2 “Climax Situations” highlighted in new PlatinumGames blog post
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Bayonetta 2 has been out for a few weeks, but PlatinumGames is still updating its website with blog posts about the game. The latest update comes from designer Hirono Sato, who has discussed the “Climax Situations”.
Here’s a few excerpts:
The first Climax Situation I worked on in Bayonetta 2 was the fight with the giant dragon angel boss Glamor.
I was asked to take this boss and think of a way to fight it that would really blow people away.
When I was assigned to this boss fight, there were actually two versions of it already. The problem was, the director wasn’t a terribly big fan of either of them and was asking me to rework some of what wasn’t interesting about it. You usually get problems like this in development; I always deal with them with the following mindset—
You can’t make something lackluster fun with just a little fix.
Sometimes, you have to look over the entire problem from another angle.
I know that the team tries their best. But if something is boring, it needs to be given a complete facelift.
Head on over to the PlatinumGames website for the full post.
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Video: A look at all character costumes in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
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Video: Reggie on getting consumers to upgrade to Wii U, Nintendo’s broad audience, competition
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker dev info
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launched in Japan a couple of days ago. Some players have already completed the game and accessed the game’s credits.
According to those very credits, roughly 75 people worked on Captain Toad. Most of the employees were also involved with Super Mario 3D World.
Mahito Yokota, who was the composer of the Mario Galaxy games, worked on Treasure Tracker’s soundtrack.
We also learn that Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was co-developed by 1-UP Studio, which also helped develop Super Mario 3D Land/World.
Staff positions are sadly not listed in Captain Toad’s credits. However, we do know that Shinya Hiratake directed the title. Kenta Motokura may have also been a co-director. It’s also very possible that Koichi Hayashida acted as producer.
Big Red Button Entertainment suffered from staff losses before Sonic Boom launch
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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is not a very good game. There are tons of glitches, some of which are game-breaking. The gameplay itself isn’t engaging. You could probably point out a bunch of other issues as well.
What exactly happened with Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric? While no one can say for sure, perhaps at least some of the problems stemmed from the departure of employees.
Liam Robertson from research site Unseen64 stated on Twitter yesterday (based on LinkedIn findings) that a number of Big Red Button Entertainment left the studio in July. Additionally, the original producer for Rise of Lyric moved on from the company in September 2013. Other employees who left Big Red Button Entertainment include senior designers and artists, the project manager, production assists, and more.
TSSZ news points out that if the Big Red Button Entertainment staff departures took place in July, then that would be when Rise of Lyric was heading towards the end of development. On the other hand, some say that something happened between builds shown early in the year and the final game that shipped this week.
High-quality photos of the latest amiibo figures
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker originally imagined as a Zelda game
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Shinya Hiratake is the director of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. It was many years ago that he thought about a game concept that would take place in a series of small diorama-like levels where the hero couldn’t jump. Players would move the camera around the diorama and guide the hero to the exit.
Who was the hero, you ask? Why, Link of course! Hiratake felt that if he removed the jumping mechanic from a platformer, he could greatly shrink a game’s levels. However, he believed that the concept wasn’t a fit for the Mario universe since most of those characters can jump. It was then that The Legend of Zelda’s Link came to mind.
