Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda will be appearing on an upcoming episode of Pokemon Smash. On September 15, he’ll be around to showcase Mega Evolutions in an Pokemon X/Y “Institute Special”. There’s a good chance that we’ll be hearing about some of the things Masuda intends to cover before then through CoroCoro leaks.
Miiverse is coming to the 3DS eventually. We’ve also heard speculation about Nintendo Network IDs being implemented on the handheld. Apparently, both items are coming in October – after Pokemon X/Y have launched.
Emily Rogers, who tends to be in the know when it comes to Nintendo rumors, shared the nugget on Twitter a short while ago:
For the record, I've heard rumblings that 3DS Miiverse/NNID is indeed coming end of October AFTER Pokemon X & Y are released.
— Emily Rogers (@Emi1yRogers) September 6, 2013
Namco Bandai has sent out a newly updated release schedule for the UK. You can find the full set of dates below.
Source: Namco Bandai PR
Batman: Arkham Origins will offer players a number of different skins. These will be accessible after completing the campaign, creative director Eric Holmes has confirmed.
Holmes wrote on Twitter:
@Nardz7 you can use any SP skin once you've finished the campaign. Why? Inmersion. Some cines are pre-rendered and only show the AO model.
— Eric Holmes (@ericholmeslive) September 6, 2013
Batman: Arkham Origins’ skins include costumes from Adam West 60?s TV show, Knightfall, The Long Halloween, Earth-2, Thrillkiller, One Million, and Worst Nightmare.
Nintendo of Europe’s business development manager Ed Valiente delivered a presentation at the Indie Games Collective “How 2” workshops event earlier today. Valiente’s talk was all about the eShop – how there are few barriers when it comes to indie titles, ideals and functionality that Nintendo promotes, and more. We also received confirmation that Miiverse is coming to the 3DS “soon” and dedicated Miiverse smartphone apps are on the way.
A summary of what was shared during Nintendo’s event can be found below.
– No paid featured slots in the eShop
– It has always been possible to self-publish
– No concept approval
– Not required to use Nintendo features
– Doesn’t have to be an exclusive game
– Set and control your own prices on the eShop
– eShop doesn’t have a sales threshold
– Once again, you also don’t need an office to be a developer on Nintendo platforms
– Nintendo gives out free promo codes and 3DS QR codes before launch
– Nintendo’ Be a licensed dev. Get dev kit. Request game code. Make game. Lotcheck. Set price/rel date. Launch’ simple to self pub
– Devs can get ‘verified’ Miis to be able to interact with their game’s community in Miiverse on Wii U and soon on 3DS
– “We want to surprise people & put smiles on their faces so if your game can do that then bring it to us”
– Smartphone apps will be available for Miiverse
– Nintendo on 4P-games: “For us social gaming is not about people spamming on social networks but playing together in the same room.”
– No indie ghetto: “make a platformer, you’ll appear alongside Mario; an RPG alongside Zelda” on the eShop
– Free-to-play games allowed
– Nintendo curates based on quality
– Change a game’s price whenever you want
– Industry standard revenue share
– Easily update games
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams hasn’t been out too long on Wii U. It’s only been around a couple of weeks on the European eShop, and just launched in North America yesterday. Still, thus far, developer Black Forest Games managing director Adrian Goersch says sales are “at the same level as on the other consoles.”
He added:
“Nintendo sales always have been strong around X-mas so it will be very interesting for us to compare these figures in January.”
Twisted Dreams may very well see downloadable content in the future. According to Goersch, there’s a “high chance” of that happening, though how the game is received will be a factor.
