Bandai Namco bringing a board game to Wii U and 3DS
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Bandai Namco has announced a new board game-based title for Wii U and 3DS.
Take a second to absorb this title: Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Kyara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi. That roughly translates to Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan.
Local Railroads is based on Sugoroku, a board game similar to snakes and ladders. Here’s a quick overview of the game flow:
1. Select which local characters will accompany the player
2. Select which part of the railway network is your destination. You can choose any place that isn’t home to any of your local characters.
3. You head for that place. Movement is done with dice. At times you can use skills of your local characters, too.
4. Various events happen depending on the circle you land on. You may gain fans for your local characters from events.
5. Arrive at the destination. If you are first to arrive, you’ll gain fans and the local character of the destination.
6. Choose the next destination and so on.
Although it’s important to rush to the destination, sometimes it may be useful to take a longer road if you can land on a circle with beneficial effects. There are circles where you can obtain famous products of that area, and there are circles where you compete against rival local characters with dice throws. If you win, a rival local character joins your team. If you lose, you’ll lose fan(s).
Players can gain fans while travelling around Japan, and there are more than 120 local characters in the game. Special skills may help your movement or hinder your opponents. It will be advantageous to collect more local characters as you’ll have more special skills.
Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan launches in Japan on November 27. The 3DS version is priced at 5,210 yen while the Wii U version will cost 6,170 yen.
More: Bandai Namco, Japan
Another set of confirmed characters and stages for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
Update: Added another character plus stages.
Character confirmations continue to roll in for the new Smash Bros. games. While there’s nothing truly surprising here, we’ll keep the photos past the break to avoid any potential spoilers.
Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS music updates
Posted on 11 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Major new Smash Bros. character officially confirmed
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 32 Comments
When the Smash Bros. leaks took place last month, there was one major character in particular that caused quite a stir. Players who are playing the 3DS game early have now finally confirmed its existence.
Head past the break for more!
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshots (9/11/14)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 8 Comments
New characters confirmed for Smash Bros. 3DS
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Update 2: Bumped to the top. Another character confirmed.
Update: Both are now confirmed with footage of each having been shown on live streams.
Some lucky gamers in Japan have already managed to get their hands on Super Smash Bros. 3DS ahead of the title’s release on Friday. Naturally, this has led to supposed leaks. Head past the break for rumors regarding two unconfirmed returning characters.
Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden is nearly 16GB
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments
Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden takes up nearly 16GB of space, according to an official Nintendo page. Save data takes up another 32MB.
The same page also confirms that Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden only supports the GamePad. No other controllers work in the game.
Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori teaser site open
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Bandai Namco has gone live with the official teaser site for Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori. Access it here.
Teaser sites are generally devoid of information, and that’s the case here as well. However, it’s now confirmed that Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori will be playable at TGS 2014 next week.
Activision officially announces The Voice video game
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii, Wii U | 8 Comments
Activision has come forward with an announcement for The Voice: I Want You, which was first unveiled through an Amazon listing. The game will be released on Wii U and Wii on October 21.
Here’s the official blurb:
Take the stage and be heard with Activision Publishing’s newly announced The Voice, a single and multiplayer singing video game based on the Emmy® Award–winning music competition series of the same name. Coming later this year to consoles, The Voice brings all the excitement of the hit TV show to your living room!
Impress the coaches and watch them compete for you to join their team! From the Blind Auditions to the Battle Rounds, all the way to the Finale, experience the show with the ultimate goal of being named “The Voice.” In Party Mode, battle together or against seven of your friends singing chart-topping hits spanning Rock, R&B, Pop and Country genres! Singers can also practice real-world techniques in Voice Coach Mode like singing runs and harmonizing.
The Voice will be arriving October 21, 2014 for Sony’s PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo’s WiiU™ system and Nintendo’s Wii™ system. It is rated E10+ with Mild Lyrics (Everyone 10 and up). For more information, please visit www.activision.com/thevoice.
Source: Activision PR
More: Activision, The Voice: I Want You
Confirmed games for Friday’s Nintendo Treehouse stream
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 10 Comments
Nintendo is continuing to share information about its upcoming Treehouse stream that will be hosted on Friday.
We know of at least six games that will be featured at the event. Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Ultimate NES Remix, and Fantasy Life will be shown between 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT and 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT. Smash Bros. 3DS will follow right after.
