Pixel Entertainment clarifies Starbeast project, has 3DS eShop game in the works
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Pixel Entertainment has sent us some information clarifying the development of Starbeast and the studio’s other projects.
Starbeast is said to be in a “very early stage in development.” Its slow creation process allowed the team “to fine tune every detail.”
At one point, the game was indeed coming to Wii. But when Pixel Entertainment heard about Wii U, the team decided to switch Starbeast to the new console.
The information we posted over the weekend is outdated. It’s “very different now, due to the extra time.”
Pixel put the project on hold in January. This allowed for the development of a simpler, unannounced 3DS eShop game. Once this new title is done – and we should be hearing about it within a month – development will switch back to Starbeast and a formal announcement will be made before year’s end.
NES Play Action Football available on Club Nintendo as downloadable reward
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A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.
Fluidity has been swapped out for NES Play Action Football. The game is available for 100 coins.
You can order NES Play Action Football here. It’s available as a Virtual Console download until September 2.
UK software sales (Week ending 8/18)
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Individual formats
– 1 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 2 SLEEPING DOGS XB360 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 3 SLEEPING DOGS PS3 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
1 4 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME XB360 SEGA SEGA
2 5 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME PS3 SEGA SEGA
4 6 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3 7 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
7 8 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 9 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 10 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13 11 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15 12 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
21 13 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
10 14 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
11 15 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 16 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
12 17 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
17 18 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WII WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
14 19 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
24 20 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION PS3 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
9 21 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
25 22 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
16 23 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 24 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 25 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
26 26 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
30 27 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
37 28 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 29 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
29 30 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
36 31 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 PC SEGA SEGA
– 32 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 33 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
34 34 SKATE 3 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 35 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 36 SPEC OPS: THE LINE XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
31 37 THE SIMS 3 PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 38 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
32 39 WWE ’12 XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS THQ
– 40 MARIO PARTY 9 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
All formats
– 1 SLEEPING DOGS UNITED FRONT GAMES SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 2 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
1 3 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME SEGA STUDIOS AUSTRALIA SEGA SEGA
2 4 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3 5 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
4 6 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
5 7 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BEENOX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
10 8 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
9 9 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
20 10 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
6 11 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
11 12 FIFA 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 13 BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 14 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 15 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 16 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
8 17 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
14 18 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 19 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
23 20 SONIC GENERATIONS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
30 21 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD VOLITION THQ THQ
18 22 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
21 23 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
26 24 SPEC OPS: THE LINE YAGER DEVELOPMENT 2K GAMES TAKE 2
25 25 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 26 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
24 27 SKATE 3 EA BLACK BOX EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
19 28 WWE ’12 YUKE’S XBOX 360 CLASSICS THQ
33 29 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ROCKSTAR NORTH XBOX 360 CLASSICS TAKE 2
38 30 SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR CITY INTERACTIVE XBOX 360 CLASSICS CITY INTERACTIVE
22 31 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
35 32 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
– 33 TOY STORY 3 N-SPACE DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
28 34 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
34 35 LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
31 36 KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING 38 STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
29 37 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN EA BLACK BOX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
39 38 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 39 BRAVE BEHAVIOUR INTERACTIVE DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 40 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
Source: Chart-Track
XSEED currently not considering Pandora’s Tower localization
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Long after their original Japanese releases, Xenoblade and The Last Story have finally launched in North America. But there remains one “big” Wii RPG that remains “unlocalized”: Pandora’s Tower.
Pandora’s Tower has been translated into English already. Nintendo localized the title for Europe earlier this year.
Unfortunately, there don’t appear to be any plans to bring the title to North America. Chances are Nintendo won’t ship Pandora’s Tower in the states, and XSEED Games, the publisher of The Last Story, isn’t considering localization at the moment.
XSEED’s Jessica Chavez said:
“…As for Pandora’s Tower, I don’t believe it’s in consideration right now.”
If you’re interested in Pandora’s Tower, you’ll likely have to import and… do some things to your Wii.
n-Space interview tidbits: ‘Winter’ isn’t totally dead, ‘Battlefront: Elite Squadron’ was originally ‘Battlefront 3 – DS’, more
Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
n-Space’s first ever game on PS1, ‘TigerShark’!
All of this information comes from my interview with n-Space, but I figured I’d post it in a more agreeable form for news outlets and people who have neither the time nor interest to indulge my silly interview writing. If you DO have the time or interest to read my silly interview writing, you can find the full article here.
– Originally wanted to include DLC in ‘Heroes of Ruin’, but were unable to in the end.
– An announcement about something (no word on what) to come via their Facebook page “sooner rather than later”.
– A typical game development team squashes 5,000-50,000 bugs on a single project.
– ‘Winter’ (old Wii survival horror game, never released) isn’t necessarily dead. There’s always interest in the game from within the dev team.
– ‘Star Wars: Battlefront – Elite Squadron’ was originally just going to be ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3 DS’, but when ‘Battlefront 3’ ran into development issues they went through a rebranding.
Media Create software sales (8/6 – 8/12) – Top 50
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01./02. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2
02./01. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online #
03./03. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2
04./00. [PSP] Kuroko’s Basketball: Miracle Game
05./00. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
06./05. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2
07./04. [3DS] Tohoku University Aging Medicine Research Institute – Headed By Professor Ryuta Kawashima – Train your Brain Effectively in 5 minutes a day with Oni Training
08./07. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena
09./06. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition
10./12. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
11./10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus #
12./11. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set
13./00. [PS3] Sniper Elite V2
14./09. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize
15./17. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D #
16./20. [WII] Mario Party 9
17./15. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
18./08. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2
19./13. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen #
20./16. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012
First Star Beast art, details
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Thanks to the game’s Facebook page, we have the first art and details for Star Beast.
We should preface this by saying that it’s not entirely clear how much of this information is still relevant. Most of the gameplay ideas are probably still intact, but the page does mention that the Wii and 3DS are targeted platforms. That’s no longer the case as a LinkedIn profile states that the game will be released on the Wii U, PC, and mobile devices.
In any case, you can find all of the content below.
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The Last Story manufacturing issues lead to a slight delay
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments
Have you been unable to locate any copies of The Last Story at your local retailer? If the answer is yes, you should be aware that there’s a reason for that.
The Last Story was technically supposed to be out on Tuesday. But according to XSEED executive VP Ken Berry, there were some manufacturing issues relating to the game’s included bonus content with all launch units.
Berry explained:
“It is going to vary depending on the retailer, but considering that 8/14 was our ‘ship date,’ I would say by the weekend is when most retailers should have it on store shelves. We always go by ‘ship date’ as opposed to ‘street date,’ but usually we do try shipping our products a few days earlier allowing some of our previous releases to be available on store shelves on the ‘ship date,’ so I can see why some people are wondering why copies aren’t available yet. To be honest, we’ve had so many manufacturing issues with the bonus content on the launch units, specifically the custom outer box holding the game and art book, that production was severely delayed and we almost missed our 8/14 date entirely, preventing us from shipping any units early like we usually do. We were extremely fortunate to be able to ship our units on 8/14 at all due to this unexpected manufacturing issue, so we ask the fans to please be patient and give it a couple extra days for all the units to arrive – we think it will be worth the wait.”
Some folks have already said that their retailers have received copies of The Last Story today. So if you don’t see it soon, I’m sure you’ll be able to pick the title up by the end of the weekend.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings has 85 playable characters
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LEGO The Lord of the Rings features over 80 playable characters – 85 exactly. Some of the inclusions will be from characters that never appeared in the film adaptations.
The game’s dialogue is being lifted from the films. That means you’ll hear voices from the likes of Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom.
