Nintendo’s NYCC 2013 lineup – Aonuma hosting a speaking session
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Nintendo has announced its lineup for this year’s New York Comic-Con. Playable titles include Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 2, Pokemon X/Y, Zelda: Link Between Worlds, and more.
Nintendo has also confirmed that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma will be hosting a “speaking session” and other activities. On October 13, attendees can participate in competitive tournaments, artist demonstrations, and giveaways as part of “Kid’s Day”.
You can find the official announcement with more details below.
Mega Man X2 hitting the Japanese Wii U VC next week
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One new Virtual Console game is on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Mega Man X2 will be out on October 2. Pricing is set at 800 yen.
Mighty No. 9 donations exceed $4 million, game will include retro chiptune soundtrack and online battle race mode
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Mighty No. 9 hit its final two stretch goals prior to the end of the game’s Kickstarter.
Earlier today, the campaign (including PayPal donations) hit $3.8 million, guaranteeing an 8-bit-style chiptune soundtrack for the final product. The optional soundtrack will feature classic sound effects as well. Players will be able to toggle it on or off in the settings menu.
With funds reaching $4 million, Mighty No. 9 will also incorporate an online battle race mode. You’ll be able to compete online with others through “slightly customized versions of single-player stages.”
Here’s the official lowdown:
The ultimate online competition! You and a friend compete online, racing to the end of slightly customized versions of single-player stages. You can see your rival as a “ghost” image in your game, but you can’t affect each other…save for the enemies you defeat being sent over to impede your opponent’s progress! It’s an all new twist on versus mode play that will give Mighty No. 9 life well beyond the single-player campaign!
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Hyper Light Drifter feature crossovers with each other
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and Hyper Light Drifter will feature crossovers between the two titles.
In Shantae, Kickstarter backers will receive a code for an exclusive Risky Boots quest featuring “Drifter”. This will be available to those who pledge $12 or more.
An overview of the quest published by WayForward reads:
“Risky Boots is searching high and low for the magical artifacts she needs to enter the Genie Realm and destroy the do-gooding Shantae once and for all. She soon crosses paths with a wandering stranger named “Drifter”. By fulfilling Drifter’s Quest, Risky Boots will gain the Drifter Blade, a brand new weapon with special properties designed in collaboration with Alexander Preston, creator of Hyper Light Drifter!”
Hyper Light Drifter will also feature its own collaboration. Heart Machine has teamed up with WayForward to include a Risky Boots bonus quest, which will be offered to backers who pledge $10 or more. Players will receive a special item – not yet announced – for completing the quest.
Mighty No. 9 will have single-player Call stage and boss
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With just four hours remaining, Mighty No. 9 has managed to obtain enough funds on Kickstarter for another stretch goal. Total donations of the project, including PayPal, have now exceeded $3.7 million. That means a single-player Call stage and boss are in.
What exactly does this entail? It’s described as “an all-new single-player level, including a boss fight, where you can play as Mighty No. 9’s heroine, Call”.
Chimpuzzle Pro coming to the Wii U eShop
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Chimpuzzle Pro is a new game from indie developer CW-Games. The “jungle-Tetris”, containing 20 original levels, is expected to hit the Wii U eShop in February.
Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails trailer
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New version of Chompy Chomp Chomp heading to Wii U
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Chompy Chomp Chomp is in the works for Wii U, developer Utopian World of Sandwiches has confirmed. A release is planned in 2014.
Chompy Chomp Chomp was previously released on Xbox Live and PC. A new version titled “Chompy Chomp Chomp Party” began development on Wii U last week.
Co-founder James Woodrow explained how the game in a message provided to us:
Mighty No. 9 adds support character
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Unsurprisingly, Mighty No. 9 has reached a new goal on Kickstarter. Total donations – including PayPal funds – have surpassed $3.1 million. As a result, Mighty No. 9 will be receiving a support character.
Players will be able to use the sidekick, who possesses special powers, during Beck’s “time of greatest need”. The support character “will be some kind of assistant that will drop in for a limited time, help out somehow, and then zoom away”.
Next up for Mighty No. 9 are PlayStation 4/Xbox One versions at $3.3 million, and PS Vita/3DS versions at $3.5 million. Will these stretch goals be reached before the campaign ends in less than two days?
Video: Mighty No. 9 rough engine test
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The video above is “A super-short, super-rough engine test Inti Creates made in just seven days to see if Unreal would be viable for Mighty No. 9.” The game may not necessarily look like the footage shown, but it’s still neat to look at!
Here’s an official overview of the video:
“A super-short, super-rough engine test Inti Creates made in just seven days to see if Unreal would be viable for Mighty No. 9. To be 100% clear (caps lock on!): THE GAME WILL NOT NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE THIS VIDEO, MOVE LIKE THIS VIDEO, OR ACT LIKE THIS VIDEO — THIS IS A COMPLETELY ROUGH TEST ONLY, MADE IN LITERALLY ONE WEEK, USING ALL PLACEHOLDER ASSETS AND ANIMATION just to test how parts of the engine work. With no shaders, filters, or even models and key art in place yet, normally we would never show anything like this since it’s not representative of the final game at all, but in the spirit of this Kickstarter in showing how the game is made, even from the very earliest steps, we thought it would still be pretty cool to see a glimpse of Beck moving around in the engine (even if it is a placeholder Beck, moving through a placeholder level with placeholder enemies and animations!).”
