Voice chat undecided for Splatoon
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
It turns out that voice chat hasn’t been officially confirmed for Splatoon after all. Producer/manager Hisashi Nogami and project lead Tsubasa Sakaguchi, speaking with GameRant said that the functionality hasn’t been decided just yet.
“The core concept of Splatoon is that by looking at the way the ink is being spread around and progressing, you know, you can kind of see what your enemies are doing, what your teammates are doing, and then you’re able to decide what you want to do. And that’s kind of the main thing we’re always thinking about, and we kind of get similar questions about the number of people that can be in a multiplayer match, but for this game it’s really that four-on-four is the best number. With four-on-four, the amount of influence that a single player has is perfectly balanced, but also the speed at which the battle changes, the way the battle is developing changes is also completely perfect.”
“The idea being that the core concept is basically that players look at the way the ink is being spread around, the way it’s being painted around, and decide what to do. If in any way that doesn’t disrupt that balance we’ve created, we’ll definitely consider different ways of communication and introduce that to the game as we go forward with development.”
Nogami concluded his comments by stating: “Basically, I haven’t decided.”
More: Hisashi Nogami, interview, Splatoon, Tsubasa Sakaguchi
Japanese eShop update (6/25/14)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Simple DL Series Vol. 30 – The Number Puzzle – 400 yen
Gakki de Asobo Tanoshi D?y? – 100 yen
Gunma no Yab? for Nintendo 3DS – 500 yen
Shizuku – 300 yen
Dokopon Choice Tonari no Atashi 1 – 10-kan Pack – 4,400 yen
Fushigi no Kuni no B?ken Sakaba – 648 yen
Puchi Novel Kongi no Roku-gatsu – 200 yen
Taiko no Tatsujin Dontokatsu no Jik? Daib?ken (retail title) – 5,119 yen (from 5/26)
Metal Fight Beyblade: 4D x Zerog Ultimate Tournament (retail title) – 5,184 yen (from 5/26)
Gacha Racing DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
NA
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Pac-World (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Download only) – 4,000 yen
Kamen Rider Battride War II (retail title) – 7,690 yen (from 5/26)
Wii Sports Club: Baseball – 1,000 yen (can be purchased with Boxing as a set for 1,000 yen, from 6/27)
Wii Sports Club: Boxing – 1,000 yen (can be purchased with Baseball as a set for 1,000 yen, from 6/27)
Virtual Console
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Super Famicom) – 823 yen
Street Fighter II: Turbo Hyper Fighting (Super Famicom) – 823 yen
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (Super Famicom) – 823 yen
PC Genjin 3 (Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure, PC Engine) – 617 yen
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Bayonetta 2 director on decision to make the sequel, Nintendo’s input, interest in continuing the series
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments
A new Bayonetta 2 interview has come online over at CVG. The site spoke with director Yusuke Hashimoto, who talked about the decision to make a sequel, how Nintendo provided input, interest in continuing the series, and quite a bit more.
You can find CVG’s interview in full here. For notable excerpts, head past the break.
More: Bayonetta 1, Bayonetta 2, interview, PlatinumGames, top, Yusuke Hashimoto
15 minutes of Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Latest Miiverse update – “Yeah” changes, embed posts, web User Page update
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
Another update was applied to Miiverse today, which brings about a few changes/additions.
First, the amount of Yeahs have been reduced in the activity feed. You’ll also now see the full post for each Yeah as opposed to just a few words. Also for “Yeahs”, you can prevent them from appearing in the activity feed by applying an option in the Miiverse Settings.
Miiverse now allows users to embed posts as well. Click on “Embed this post” on the web version of Miiverse, and you’ll then be presented with HTML code to add it to a web page.
Last but not least, the web version’s User Page has been updated so that it matches the Wii U and 3DS versions, and includes your favorite handwritten post.
You can find the official update notes from Miiverse’s Marty below.
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GameStop ad (6/25 – 7/1)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii, Wii U | 2 Comments
This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find it in full below (note: very slow week again!).
Hyrule Warriors – Zelda is Queen Zelda, Aonuma gave the dev team a ton of freedom, soundtrack, more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Yet another Hyrule Warriors interview has gone live, this time coming from MMGN. Producers Yosuke Hayashia and Hisashi Koinuma as well as supervisor Eiji Aonuma spoke about Zelda’s role in the game, the large amount of freedom given to the development team, soundtrack, and more.
Excerpts from the interview are posted below. Head on over to MMGN for the full interview.
Media Create software sales (6/16 – 6/22)
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy – 31,080 / NEW
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 30,394 / 1,117,611
3. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 28,112 / 469,316
4. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 20,600 / 123,867
5. [3DS] Persona Q – 11,979 / 230,307
6. [PSV] Firefly’s Diary – 9,744 / NEW
7. [PS3] CV: Casting Voice – 7,524 / NEW
8. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 7,374 / 50,288
9. [PS3] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 6,307 / 24,333
10. [PS4] FIFA 14 – 5,867 / 47,303
11. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution – 5,657 / 25,316
12. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 4,828 / 4,088,012
13. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 4,541 / 23,154
14. [PSV] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 4,072 / 14,421
15. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,983 / 2,339,820
16. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 3,836 / 397,379
17. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 3,383 / 3,296,439
18. [3DS] Card Fight – 3,284 / 42,852
19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 3,051 / 602,562
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 3,004 / 3,749,733
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales, top
Media Create hardware sales (6/16 – 6/22)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 12 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 21,459
Vita – 11,937
Wii U – 10,715
PS4 – 7,009
PS3 – 6,339
3DS – 4,852
PSP – 2,335
Vita TV – 1,444
Xbox 360 – 214
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 21,267
Vita – 13,299
Wii U – 12,249
PS4 – 8,395
PS3 – 6,564
3DS – 5,308
PSP – 4,325
Vita TV – 1,436
Xbox 360 – 231
