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Dakko Dakko has discussed the different elements of Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails as part of an interview with Nintendo Life.

First up, lead designer Rhodri Broadbent and producer Dan Croucher shared the following about TV and GamePad usage:

RB: Yeah, we let you swap if you want to, if you want to play on the TV that’s one of the strengths of the Wii U that you can change it. But the game is designed for the intimate immediacy of having it right in front of you on the GamePad. So, you control with the left stick and you can shoot as much as you like with infinite ammo. You also have a charged slash attack that you hold down and then release to spin around, and there’s a special jump that you have to experience to understand, as you have to jump and get pulled back in by gravity, a sort of magnetic leash.

And yet the whole time the player is looking at the GamePad, the TV is freed up to display extra information and might help or just be fun to watch.

DC: The TV shows the gameplay as well, so you can follow what’s going on and be excited about things, but then it cuts away to useful info or things you need to collect, just cool stuff. It’s designed for other people in the room, primarily, to entertain / bring extra commentary / give a sports broadcast. You can’t really look at it when you’re playing because it’s so fast, it’s not really possible apart from those key points where it gives extra information.

RB: With the sort of games we make you’re always going to have to be focused on the main screen. When I used to play games with my brother growing up, he used to say “why didn’t you go over there”, so we decided to feed into that and really play it up as we have the second screen, let’s encourage people to get involved with the game.

DC: When I used to play games like this on the Amiga there’d be a quick turnaround, throwing the controller around and waiting for your turn. With this it’s something you can be involved in while you’re waiting for your go.

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EnjoyUp Games has announced its latest title for Wii U. Rock’N Racing Off Road is heading to Nintendo’s console, the company has revealed.

EnjoyUp made the announcement through Twitter a short while ago, writing:

If/when we receive additional details about Rock’N Racing, we’ll have them right here.

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Capcom and WayForward have prepared a new update for DuckTales Remastered. It addresses multiple crashes and adds a new “Quick Cinema” mode.

Quick Cinema allows players to skip through most cut-scenes when activated. The option appears after completing the game at least once.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Wii Sports Club – Tennis – $9.99 to keep
Wii Sports Club – Bowling – $9.99 to keep
Toki Tori – $1.99

Wii U VC

Wario’s Woods – $4.99

3DS Retail

Kid Icarus: Uprising – $34.99
Luxor – $5.99

3DS Download

Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut 3D – $1.99
My Baby Pet Hotel 3D – $29.99
KORG M01D – $34.00
Secret Agent Files: Miami – $7.99
4 Elements – $5.99

3DS VC

Wario’s Woods – $4.99

DSiWare

Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut – $1.99

eShop sale

Games by ATLUS – For a limited time, select ATLUS titles are $10 off exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS – including Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan and Code of Princess. Visit the Nintendo eShop for details. This offer is available starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 11 and runs until 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 18.

Source: Nintendo PR

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REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The five beloved sports from the original Wii Sports game – bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing and golf – are making a dramatic and competitive return on Wii U. Starting today, two of the five sports – tennis and bowling – are now available in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.

The sports are being released individually as downloads in the Nintendo eShop, and feature HD graphics, enhanced controls via Wii MotionPlus technology, as well as a much-requested online multiplayer versus mode, so users with broadband Internet access can face off against friends and family members online. Players can choose to associate themselves with various state or regional clubs and can send messages to one another via Miiverse. People can play casually against members of their own club, or take on members of rival clubs to increase their club rankings.

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Outdoors Unleashed: Africa 3D – 500 yen
Simple DL Series Vol. 22 The Hohei Senj? no Inu-tachi – 600 yen
Gureko kara no Ch?sen-j?! Eitango no Shima to Obake-tachi Step 1 – 500 yen
Gureko kara no Ch?sen-j?! Eitango no Shima to Obake-tachi Step 2 – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice Dragon Ball color-ban (Version) Red Ribbon-gun (Army)-hen 1 – 5-kan +Omake Pack – 2,250 yen
Exstetra (retail title) – 5,700 yen (from 11/7)
Tamagochi! Se-shun Dream School (retail title) – 4,980 yen (from 11/7)
Metal Max 4: Gekk? no Diva (retail title) – 6,980 yen (from 11/7)
Aikatsu! 2ri (futari) no My Princess DEMO – FREE
Cooking Mama 5 DEMO – FREE
One Piece Unlimited World R DEMO – FREE
Gaist Crusher DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Rockman World 5 (Mega Man V, Game Boy) – 400 yen
Shining Force Gaiden II: Jashin no Kakusei (Shining Force: Sword of Hajya, Game Gear) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Monster Hunter Frontier G (Beta Test) – FREE (between 11/5 to 11/11)

Virtual Console
Donkey Kong 3 (Famicom) – 500 yen
Clock Tower (Super Famicom) – 800 yen

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It’s no secret that Beyond Good & Evil did not perform up to Ubisoft’s expectations. While the game was met with a great reception from critics, it wasn’t a financial hit.

The fact that Beyond Good & Evil was essentially a commercial failure still causes Ubisoft to be cautious today. According to Child of Light creative director Patrick Plourde, the publisher was hesitant to move forward the project.

Plourde told GamesIndustry:

“If the game is a missed opportunity, then it’s going to be a missed opportunity for years. Even when I pitched Child of Light, they mentioned Beyond Good & Evil. They said ‘Beyond Good & Evil was not a success, and we made that mistake once.’ And it’s like, yeah, but it’s 10 years ago… If somebody tries something and fails, there are going to be repercussions for other people. For me it would be a shame if that happens. I don’t think people are malevolent or evil about that. It’s just if it fails, they’re going to be careful greenlighting other projects like that.”

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