The Wonderful 101 – blog post 12 now live
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Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with a twelfth post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers the various stages in the game.
Toy Story Play Set announced for Disney Infinity, new characters, Toy Box version of Disneyland available at launch
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Disney Infinity will receive a Play Set based on the Toy Story franchise, it has been confirmed. The news was revealed during a presentation at the D23 Expo just a short while ago.
The three characters included with the Play Set are Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Jessie.
Joining them will be Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey, Skellington, Rapunzel, Wreck-It Ralph, Vanellope, Phineas, Ferb, Agent P, Elsa, and Anna – also new characters announced today. Mickey’s figure will launch in January.
Last but not least, an update about the Toy Box – Disneyland will be available through this mode at launch.
Sakurai talks Smash Bros. visual design, says images of 3DS version “look fine” but don’t do the game justice
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
The new Smash Bros. games are particularly noteworthy for a couple of reasons. On Wii U, this marks the first time that the series will be shown in HD. And on 3DS, Smash Bros. will be making its debut appearance on a handheld, complete with a unique style thanks to character outlines given to the playable characters.
Director Masahiro Sakurai spoke about the visual design of both versions while speaking with GamesTM this month. Regarding Wii U, Sakurai said fans can expect “more details, and bigger stages”. He also shared an interesting comment about the 3DS version, noting that screenshots “look fine” but don’t do the game justice compared to actually seeing it running in person.
Sakurai told the magazine:
“And the same thing with the Wii U screen – since we’re an HD-compatible console, we’re able to do more details, and bigger stages as seen on previous home consoles. Now of course, I want to point out that everything on 3DS is designed for that screen, and that’s where they look the best. It’s unfortunate we can’t show everyone what it looks like on 3DS, rather than screenshots, while they do look fine, do not do that justice once you see it on the system. Too bad we can’t show everybody what it looks like on the system.”
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Rayman Legends – Kung Foot video
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Media Create software sales (7/29 – 8/4) – Top 50
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01./00. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
02./01. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
03./05. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
04./06. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
05./00. [PS3] Killer Is Dead
06./04. [PS3] The Witch and the Hundred Knights #
07./00. [PSV] Mind/Zero
08./07. [3DS] Youkai Watch
09./03. [PSV] Dragon’s Crown
10./02. [PS3] Dragon’s Crown
11./08. [3DS] Fantasy Life: Link!
12./10. [WIU] Pikmin 3
13./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
14./14. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
15./09. [WIU] LEGO City Undercover
16./18. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
17./11. [PS3] Earth Defense Force 2025
18./12. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom
19./00. [PSP] Shiratsuyu no Kai #
20./16. [3DS] Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!!
Video: “Why Zelda Fans want The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD “
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Details from Iwata Asks: The Wonderful 101
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Nintendo has published the official Iwata Asks interview dedicated to The Wonderful 101. Director Hideki Kamiya joined Nintendo president Satoru Iwata to discuss the new Wii U game.
It’s not up in English just yet, but various tidbits from the talk have been translated. You can find those below.
– Kamiya played games (Intellivision and the like) mainly at the game corners of department stores because his family couldn’t afford to buy any
– He sometimes went to an upper-classmans house to play their cassette-vision, but was often teased by them
-His first game console he owned was a Famicon/NES, which he bought in middle school. He bought it with the money he got at new years
– He had trouble finding one, but found a store that was going to get 10 of them in stock. He woke up at 4AM to go to the store to buy the Famicon, but 10 people were already lined up.
– A friend of his cousins offered to sell him their Famicon with 15 games for 30000 yen.
– The first game he bought from a store was “Nuts and Milk”
– He feels his time with the Famicon was the funnest period of his life
– While he really enjoyed playing games, he never really thought about the people that created them.
– He first learned about what a game designer was after reading an talk between Miyamoto and Zebius creator Masanobu Endou in the Famicon Magazine.
– It was then, during middle school, that he decided he wanted to be a game designer.
– He didn’t know what to do to become a game designer, and doesn’t feel he put any real effort into achieving it.
– He bought a PC88 intending to learn how to program, but ended up just playing games on it.
– He attempted BASIC, but felt it was impossible for him and gave up quickly
– Iwata didn’t have a PC in high school, but he made games on a program calculator, which were played by someone else in his year
– One of Kamiya’s friends was a Sega fan, and owned a Mark 3; they would constantly discuss which was better between the Famicon and Mark 3
– They also argued over PC’s, with Kamiya owning a PC88, and his friend owning an MSX
– Kamiya’s other friend owned an X1, but was able to buy an X68000 due to his part time jobs
– Kamiya would buy his own X68000 games and play them on this friends PC
– Due to playing games and noy studying, Kamiya failed the exams for the school he was aiming for, and ended up going to his spare choice.
– This school was near the train station, and right near the game center, which he ended up going to every day on the way home from school
Prima releasing official collector’s edition guide for Zelda: Wind Waker HD
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The next few months will be big for the Zelda series in terms of game guides. A few weeks ago, Prima revealed the special Legend of Zelda Box Set: Official Game Guide
, containing six guides, a unique book holder, bookmark, and certificate of authenticity. We’ve now learned that Prima is also preparing “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Collector’s Edition: Prima Official Game Guide”.
It’ll include the following:
· Detailed walkthrough that covers each dungeon and side quest
· Strategies for defeating each boss and solving all puzzles
· Every secret revealed across the Great Sea including pieces of heart, sunken treasure and more
· All side quests covered in full detail and at the earliest point that they can be completed
· Hard cover with gold gilded pages
· Includes a cloth map of the Great Sea
You can pre-order the collector’s edition guide here
for $36 and save $4 in the process. Amazon doesn’t list a release date, but it should be out alongside the Wii U game in October.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Zatanna gameplay to be shown on Monday, Cyborg Superman comes with DLC
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If you’re looking for a first look at Zatanna in Injustice: Gods Among Us, you’ll want to tune in to to NetherRealm’s Twitch stream on Monday. The studio will be showing gameplay of the DLC character at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT.
We will be showing #Zatanna gameplay and more this Monday night on our Live Stream! Join us on Twitch at 8:00PM CST. http://t.co/wsNLHsZnmC
— InjusticeGame (@InjusticeGame) August 8, 2013
Speaking of Zatanna, it’s been confirmed that Cyborg Superman will come with the character’s compatibility pack:
In case you're wondering… Cyborg Superman will be included with the compatibility pack for Zatanna! http://t.co/RVjERdCOTH
— InjusticeGame (@InjusticeGame) August 9, 2013
