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Eiji Aonuma is currently in the process of hosting his “speaking session” at the New York Comic-Con. We’re rounding up details from the event below, courtesy of tweets from IGN’s Jose Otero and Nintendo of America.

– Talking about #WindWaker HD. Mr. Aonuma wants to thank fans for their amazing submissions to the WindWaker Fan Art Contest.
– Zelda: A Link Between finished roughly a week ago
– Item shop. You’re able to rent all of the items from the start of the game. Buying them costs a lot of money.
– Item show is at Link’s old house. Or at least it looked that way.
– Link traveled to “lower world” and back. Showed a new collectible called a Maimai.
– Bottom screen zooms in on map. Returning Maimai’s to the Mother Mainai upgrades your items. Upgraded bow fires three arrows at once.
– Smaller dungeons that house treasure can be found as well as standard dungeons.
– Rupees are easier to find in this Zelda and in bigger amounts. Smaller dungeon at the end had a Silver rupee worth 100.
– Mr. Aonuma is talking about new features like the item rental system, free-flowing dungeons and wall merge.
– Aonuma is now going into inspiration and early development. Showing an original bitmap from ALttP.
– Mr. Aonuma is showing fans some prototype maps and screenshots as he discusses the making of a 3D top down #Zelda game.

– “Lower world” equals Lorule. And it has it’s own princess named Hilda.
– Yuga is the name of the enemy in the trailer that turned people into paintings.
– Something related to Majora’s Mask is in ALBW.

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Among the titles Nintendo recently demoed for the press include Wii Fit U. “>NintendoWorldReport has details on the game’s Fit Meter, and a pair of mini-games. We’ve summarized the information below.

Wii Fit Meter

– Simple low-resolution readouts
– Scroll through the different readouts with the face buttons
– These include your Mii with a Calories burned count, distance walked, elevation, temperature, and tiny graphs of changes
– Altimeter as well to calculate grade
– Can detect when you’re in a vehicle so as to not inadvertently credit you for physical activity
– Transfer data through the infrared port to the top of the Wii U GamePad
– Given more detail on Wii U than on the meter
– Game lets you set distance and elevation goals
– This is graphically related to the scales of various worldwide locations, such as city marathons and mountain climbs
– Track activity with the meter and complete these challenges
– Share stats with communities of your choosing
– Compete in virtual marathons with others

Puzzle Squad

– Combination of Wii Remote Plus and Balance Board usage
– Goal is to gain a high score and burn calories
– Back wall of the court is filled with different colored blocks
– Hit the blocks with the ball to earn player point
– Score is multiplied if the block the player hits is connected to blocks of the same color
– Whether you try to place the ball correctly or not doesn’t matter
– Blocks vanish after they’re hit
– More blocks will fall down to fill the gaps
– Hitting the ball plays out similarly to Wii Sports Tennis
– Timing involved
– If the returning ball is far away from the on-screen character, the player must then shuffle their feet back and forth in order to run to the ball’s next location
– Try to get a high score within 3 misses with the racket or before time expires

Rock climbing

– Coordinate movements
– 2 Wii Remote Plus controllers and Balance Board used
– Hold Wiimotes in each hand
– Move your hand toward a grip and then latch onto it by pressing the B button
– Then make stepping motions on the Balance Board to pull yourself up
– Can grip some rocks with both hands
– Most are only for one hand
– If you wait too long hanging by one hand, you risk falling off the wal

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GAME, among other stores throughout the UK, are now selling Pokemon X/Y ahead of the game’s official release date tomorrow. The retailer has since followed up with Polygon and explained why copies are being offered preemptively.

In its statement to the site, a representative said sales were given the go ahead because “a competitor broke street date – so other retailers can now sell this title.” GAME wouldn’t name the retailer in question, in case you were wondering.

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More details on Square Enix’s use of DLC and new “Bravely Second” system in Bravely Default: For the Sequel have emerged. You can find the latest below.

– Bravely Second: pause time in the middle of battles and attack opponents
– Uses SP
– Again, gain SP while the 3DS is in sleep mode
– Can also purchase SP drinks as DLC
– Max amount of damage is usually 9,999
– Bravely Second lets you do over 10,000 damage
– Only takes 30 hours to clear the game now instead of 70 thanks to For the Sequel’s improvements
– Content hasn’t been cut
– Square say that you’ll get more enjoyment out of the game in half the time

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Pre-order Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag at GameStop, and you’ll receive the Black Island Pack at no extra cost (confirmed for Wii U).

One last game has been confirmed for J Legend Biography. As revealed in the latest issue of Jump, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2 will be included. This is the final title packaged in with the compilation release.

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