Famitsu published a new report on the 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, covering a trio of confirmed Wisps found in the game. We’ve translated the details below. You can also check out new screenshots in the included gallery.

Ivory Lightening

– New Color Power
– Ivory Whisp helps you transform
– Ram quickly into enemies and obstacles with this power
– Destroy the areas surrounding as well
– Can attack enemies while simply skipping through the line of electricity
– Can also serve as a conductor by connecting the coils charged with electricity
– Useful for battling on the move

Grey Quake

– Another new Color Power
– Grey Wisp provides this power
– Turn into an iron ball
– Tilt left or right with the 3DS to manipulate the direction of the rolling, iron ball
– Speed becomes very slow when Sonic is in the iron ball state
– Things like quicksand or areas with slimy floors make it even harder to move around freely
– Can go up any wall
– In the case of a problem, if you use the iron ball form while jumping, you can destroy all the enemies and obstacles at once with a devastating impact drop
– Move huge switches, which isn’t normally possible for Sonic

Red Burst

– Transform into a burning flame thanks to the red whisp
– Bounce freely through the air by the power of flame
– Destroy surrounding obstacles
– Deal great damage to enemies
– A big blast increases speed and jump distance

The Wii U version of Batman: Arkham Origins is currently available on Amazon for $49.99. That’s $10 less than other retailers, such as Best Buy and GameStop. You’ll also be getting a $10 credit on top of your purchase, essentially making the game $40 instead of $60.

Walmart also has an Origins Wii U pre-order for $49.99. You won’t be getting the additional $10 credit, though.

Platinum Games has updated its Wonderful 101 blog with a fourteenth post. You can find it here. Today’s update covers the various power-ups in the game.

In an interview with IGN, AlphaDream producer Yoshihiko Maekawa spoke about the possibility of revisiting Super Mario RPG. As we’ve mentioned previously, Maekawa was co-director on the classic title.

Maekawa shared an interesting response about revisiting two of Super Mario RPG’s well-known characters: Geno and Mallow. He said:

“I was wondering if that might be some way to approach using Geno and Mallow in a future game, so that we’d still be able to look for fun new ideas like Mr. Ohtani was talking about. We wouldn’t get bogged down, but we could still provide a view of these characters for fans who really want to see one.”

Geno and Mallow haven’t reappeared since Super Mario RPG’s release. It’d be neat to see how Nintendo and AlphaDream imagine the two characters in a new game, wouldn’t it?

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Katsura Hashino, director of Persona 3 and Persona 4, recently took to the series’ official blog and spoke up about Atlus’ recent troubles as well as future announcements.

Hashino first apologized for concerns caused by bankruptcy issues stemming from parent company Index. He also made mention of the 25th anniversary for the Atlus brand and noted that there are unannounced games “under zealous development”.

Hashino stated:

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The Pokemon X/Y soundtrack will be available through iTunes in the west. In Japan, a physical retail version is planned.

The soundtrack is hitting Japan on November 13 for 2,625 yen. It’ll also come with a 28-page book covering the development and background of the tracks.

212 tracks will be included on the CD, lasting over 3 and a half hours. Fans can expect sharper, higher quality, and more realistic sound.

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Runner2 will be receiving its first DLC on Wii U this week. The official Bit.Trip Twitter account confirmed a release date of August 15 earlier today.

The tweet is as follows:

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Whether The Wonderful 101 is a niche game or not is hard to say. It has the depth of all of Platinum’s brawlers, but (played on easy mode) it’s also pretty accessible and easy to button-mash through. Honestly, I think if a kid and his parent saw it on store shelves, it’d look like the kind of thing they’d want to buy. Maybe that’s the appeal Nintendo is aiming for.

Via MCVUK