Iwata talks Wii success, 3D will be minor element of future consoles, third-party Wii U announcements this fall, lots more
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The Indepdent recently chatted with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The publication asked Iwata a bunch questions, and he was more than willing to provide a few juicy tidbits.
Iwata commented on the company’s first-ever operating loss, the surprising success of Wii, Wii U’s asymmetric gameplay, specs and third-parties, the future of 3D, and a whole lot more.
In the process of responding to these topics, there are a few points we’ll mention right off the bat. Iwata said that more third-party Wii U games will be announced this fall, the same time that the console’s price and release date are revealed. He also commented about the future of 3D, noting that it will likely play a minor role in Nintendo’s future systems.
Head past the break for all of Iwata’s comments. Believe me, you won’t want to miss this Q&A roundup.
New Dragon Quest X screenshots, details
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Square Enix is keeping up with its mid-week Dragon Quest X updates. The latest batch of content mainly relates to party details, including CPU and player formation.
The new information is as follows:
– Find other players by looking at characters with their name written in blue above their head
– Characters with pink and white names are CPU controlled
– If you see a white name, you can talk with the CPU and it can talk to you
– Choose “speak” from the main command window to choose a specific name
– Pink name indicates that the NPC is important to progress in the story
– Choose “adventure together” to play with others online
– Head to the pub to adventure with NPCs
– Speak to the person at the counter
– You’ll be in introduced to a support ally based off the level and job that you’ve selected
– Dish out some gold to make this ally join you
– CPU allies are hired hands
– They’ll follow the strategy you specify
– Weapon and armor shops, an inn, and a church are in the town
– DQX saves automatically
– Visit the church to revive dead allies, cure poison, and rid yourself of curses
– Investigate the jars and barrels you find around town, and you could get some handy items
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
Activision’s San Diego Comic-Com 2012 lineup
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Activision has announced its San Diego Comic-Con 2012 lineup.
For Nintendo fans, Transformers Prime will be playable. It’s coming to the Wii, 3DS, and DS.
More details can be found below.
Japanese Just Dance 2 trailer, commercial, player experiences
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Media Create software sales (7/2 – 7/8)
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01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2
02./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin
03./00. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost
04./00. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2
05./00. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
06./05. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D #
07./00. [PS3] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
08./00. [PS3] Max Anarchy
09./02. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of the Land of Twilight
10./03. [3DS] Culdcept
11./13. [WII] Mario Party 9
12./15. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open
13./11. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden
14./06. [PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Selection
15./13. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle
16./04. [PS3] Robotics;Notes #
17./00. [360] Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
18./08. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition
19./19. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
20./16. [PSP] Kenka Bancho Bros: Tokyo Battle Royale
The Last Story dated for North America, pre-order bonus
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After experiencing a few, short delays, The Last Story has been dated for North America. It’ll be available on August 14.
Consumers who pre-order the game from Amazon.com, EB Games Canada and GameStop will receive a bonus soundtrack CD featuring seven tracks from the RPG. Each song was composed by Nobuo Uematsu. A photo of the soundtrack is attached above.
Nigoro still pushing for La-Mulana overseas release
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Nigoro has provided an update on the overseas WiiWare release of La-Mulana. The company is saying that there remains a strong chance that the game will arrive in North America in Europe.
When the title does make it out – which is basically fait accompli at this point – it won’t come with the Hell temple.
Right now the publishing plan is “proceeding smoothly”. Nigoro will share another update “when the release is entirely confirmed.”
Nigoro said:
Japanese Metal Slux X Wii VC trailer
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Media Create hardware sales (7/2 – 7/8)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS – 52,421
PS3 – 14,536
Vita – 13,758
PSP – 10,999
Wii – 6,818
PS2 – 1,123
Xbox 360 – 967
DSi LL – 560
DSi – 550
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS – 66,391
Vita – 25,636
PS3 – 17,292
PSP – 10,674
Wii – 6,987
PS2 – 1,250
Xbox 360 – 1,156
DSi – 840
DSi LL – 728
Japanese Just Dance 2 track list features includes Western songs
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Famitsu has published a listing of the extensive track list that will be featured in the Japanese release of Just Dance 2. The game includes Japanese and Korean songs as well as Western selections.
This is what the track list looks like:
Japanese/K-Pop
INDEPENDENT WOMAN (AI)
Lonely Tropical Fish (Wink)
Rising Sun?Lovers Again (EXILE)
Maru Maru Mori Mori
GO GO Summer Jet Coaster Love (KARA)
PON PON PON (Kyarypamyupamyu)
Micky Mouse March Para Para Ver. (Cuite Mami)
Suirenka (Shonan no Kaze)
Body&SOUL (SPEED)
Joyful (Megumi Tatsumi) (Cover)
We can’t stop the music (DA PUMP)
Bo Peep Bo Peep (T-ARA)
Age ? Age ? Every ? Kishi (DJ OZMA)
I’m your man (2PM)
We can Fly (Happiness)
Yeah! Meccha Holiday (Aya Matsuura)
Ride on time (MAX)
POP STAR (Ms.OOJA) (Cover)
Western songs
Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne)
Beautiful Liar (Countdown Mix Masters) (Cover)
California Gurls (Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg)
Tik Tok (Ke$ha)
Mamasita (Latino Sunset)
Party Rock Anthem (LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)
Lollipop (MIKA)
Promiscuous (Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland)
Only Girl in the world (Rihanna)
Spectronizer (Sentai Express)
Gonna Make You Sweet (Everybody Dance Now) (Sweat Invaders) (Cover)
Dynamite (Taio Cruz)
Pump It (The Black Eyed Pears)
Baby One More Time (The Girly Team) (Cover)
She’s Got Me Dancing (Tommy Sparks)
Nintendo will publish Just Dance 2 in Japan on July 26.
