The full extent of Union J’s promotion of Pokemon X/Y has been confirmed. When the two versions launch on October 12, the band will change its name to Union XY… yeah.
Union J member George Shelly suggested the temporary name change. All members of the band are said to be fans of the Pokemon games. Josh and George played Pokemon Black during the filming of X Factor, JJ loves Pokemon Emerald, and Jaymi enjoys Pokemon Crystal the most.
Source: Pokemon Company PR
Nintendo’s North American Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze teaser site is now open. Access it here. The full site is apparently coming soon, though the wait could be awhile given how Tropical Freeze was recently pushed back to February 2014.
The site houses Donkey Kong’s debut trailer as well as a first screenshot. There’s also a very brief overview with a confirmation that six islands are included, featuring Mangrove swamps, Savannah storms, ocean depths, and the frozen landscape of DK Island.
Thanks to Tytygh for the tip.
You may know VD-Dev as the team behind C.O.P.: The Recruit. While the game’s reception was mixed, the company pulled off an impressive feat by creating a 3D open world-type environment on the DS.
We haven’t heard much from VD-Dev in recent years, but they’re working on a brand new 3DS eShop game titled “IronFall”. There aren’t a whole lot of details available on the official website, but hopefully we’ll hear more soon.
Hyper Light Drifter could come to Wii U if funds reach $550,000 on Kickstarter. Developer Heart Machine has been talking with Nintendo, and those discussions are now complete. The studio says that it has “love” for the Wii U “and it makes us giddy”.
After completing talks with Nintendo and wrapping our minds around the time and resources needed, we are extremely excited to announce an official stretch goal for Wii U! Yes, we love this platform and it makes us giddy!
We are placing this at the $550,000 stretch goal: if we hit that all backers at the $15 level and above will be able to choose between a Steam key, a drm free copy, a PS4 key, a Vita key, an Ouya key, or a Wii U key! Super intense times!
You can contribute to Hyper Light Drifter’s Kickstarter here. Heart Machine will need a little over $100,000 in the next seven days in order to assure a Wii U version.
Shovel Knight had been tentatively scheduled to launch in September. However, the month went by without any sort of mention from Yacht Club Games, and it soon became clear that the game wouldn’t be out “on time”.
We now have a new release window, at least. A tweet from Yacht Club’s Twitter account states that Shovel Knight is due out sometime this winter.
Winter 2013? Next year? That’s anybody’s guess at this point!
Shovel Knight is also sailing toward a Winter release on all initial platforms. PC, Steam, Wii U, and 3DS!
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) October 4, 2013
