In June, Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword developer Grounding Inc. revealed that the studio is working on another project for Nintendo. This has essentially been confirmed once again through a recent comment from Yukio Futatsugi.
Speaking to Siliconera, Futatsugi said the following when asked what sort of games he would like the company to work on in the future:
“Perhaps we’ll work with Nintendo again, since we have a good relationship with them…”
The Pokemon games have always remained light-hearted. Nintendo has yet to come out with a seriously mature take on the series or a title with a lot of dark elements – and this won’t be changing in the future.
First, here’s what Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda said when asked if the stories could take on a more mature direction:
Capcom’s upcoming 3DS game Gaist Crusher will have a tie-in with Sengoku Basara 4. In the game, players will come across Date Masamune as a boss. Defeat him and you’ll receive a costume just like the character wears in Sengoku Basara 4.
Zelda’s CD-i games weren’t included in Hyrule Historia. There’s a reason for that: they’re not part of the franchises’s canon.
Also worth considering is that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma wasn’t even sure what was being referred to when MTV Multiplayer brought up the CD-i abominations. Ultimately though, he said, “I don’t know that those really fit in the ‘Zelda’ franchise.”
Aside from a mainline console game, one of the more reoccurring requests from Pokemon fans is to see the series taken into the MMO space. Wouldn’t it be neat to see trainers all across the world train, battle, and trade in a connected online space?
Well, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda isn’t entirely sold on the idea. Speaking with GamesBeat, Masuda said the following when asked if a Pokemon MMO has been discussed and why this type of game hasn’t been explored:
“Of course, we hear all the opinions we get from our fans about an MMORPG. But right now, we’re still unsure whether this core gameplay at the center of Pokémon – catching the Pokémon and raising them – would really translate well or really match the MMORPG format. Right now we think the best way for the widest possible audience to enjoy the games is the way we develop them now.”
Puyo Puyo Tetris is on display at SEGA’s TGS 2013 booth for the first time. Details from the game’s playable demo, courtesy of Destructoid, can be found below.
– Has a motion control scheme on Wii U
– First choose a character
– Then you’re asked if you’d like to play Puyo or Tetris
– In a classic competitive match, the other game you did not choose ends up being your opponent’s game
– If you choose Puyo, you can set up combos and match colors to send obstacle lines to the computer opponent’s Tetris board
– Computer’s line clears send random blocks
– Swap mode: games changing for each player in a given time
– 4-player mode also included
– Can also play Tetris vs. Tetris or Puyo Puyo vs. Puyo Puyo
