Sons of a Bit Entertainment is now a Wii U developer, the studio has confirmed.
IslaBomba could be the company’s first title on the Wii U eShop. Nothing is set in stone, but Sons of a Bit Entertainment does “hope” it will happen.
@Emi1yRogers Can you help us spread the word? @SonsofaBit_Ent are #WiiU developers! #IslaBomba on #WiiU? We hope so! pic.twitter.com/6FIySiXpjS
— IslaBomba (@IslaBomba) December 5, 2013
Puyo Puyo Tetris includes a neat little Versus mode. The rules are quite simple: one player takes on a game of Tetris while the other is put in charge of Puyo Puyo. When playing Puyo Puyo, traditional Puyo Puyo Tsu are used, so erasing puyos drops nuisance puyos on the other player’s board. Tetris, on the other hand, makes use of classic Tetris rules.
There’s another mode in Puyo Puyo Tetris, too. Swap mode features a game board for Tetris and another for Puyo Puyo. Players switch off on the games when the time runs out.
Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil, says it isn’t as easy to scare players these days. This is because people have become accustomed “to the tropes of horror and they know what’s coming next,” he believes.
Mikami was sharing his comments about horror while speaking with EDGE. He told the publication:
“Not much has changed when it comes to instilling terror in the player. But people have got used to the tropes of horror and they know what’s coming next, so in that sense it is harder to make them afraid.
“The scariest parts will be when you encounter enemies that cannot be killed with a gun. Even if you shoot them they won’t die, so you’ll have to run or use a trap to beat them. That should be fun – and also scary.
“Making games is always like a rollercoaster: really fun times, but also really busy times. When you ride a rollercoaster, the uphill part is scary and fraught and lasts for a long time, and the downhill part – the fun, exhilarating part – is over in a flash.”
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
The Villager’s special attack, the Lloid Rocket, is a projectile weapon like no other–you can either launch it or ride on it. When you fire it off, keep pressing the button to hop aboard–you can even control its speed. It’s more powerful when you’re riding it.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
3DS Retail
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $29.99
3DS Download
3D Sonic The Hedgehog – $5.99
3D Altered Beast – $5.99
Brilliant Hamsters! – $9.99
3DS VC
Donkey Kong 3 – $4.99
DSiWare
Hooked on Bass Fishing – $4.99 / 500 points
Wii U VC
The Legend of The Mystical Ninja – $7.99
eShop sale
Donkey Kong headlines the final week of this special offer on select games in the Nintendo eShop. Now through 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 12, get 30 percent off on Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3 for Wii U, as well as Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Game & Watch: Donkey Kong Jr. for Nintendo 3DS.
Source: Nintendo PR
