You really have to applaud Capcom for its work on DuckTales Remastered. It wasn’t easy hammering out all of the different aspects and kinks of the renewed collaboration with Disney.
Since two companies were involved, it took awhile before development could proceed. Capcom’s Christian Svensson wrote on the Capcom-Unity boards that over two years were needed just to complete the deal. Svensson first began conversations with Disney in February 2010.
Svensson’s comments in full:
It took more than two years (on and off) to do the deal even before any development started. The first conversations I had with folks at Disney about this were had at Dice in 2010 (Feb 2010).
Initial proposals for greenlight started preparation in mid-late 2011 (when it looked like we would be able to reach a deal with Disney). Active development started a bit later after greenlight was achieved.
In short, it was a lengthy process.
Nothing has changed with the Wii U version of Ghost Recon Online. Just as it was last September, the game remains “on hold”.
The official Ghost Recon Online Twitter account wrote today:
@kakashishinoda The WiiU version of the game is currently on hold while we focus on developing the PC version.
— Ghost Recon Online (@GhostRecOnline) May 17, 2013
Why do I get the feeling that the Wii U won’t end up getting Ghost Recon Online? Prove me wrong, Ubisoft!
Game & Wario ended up as a retail product. That wasn’t always the plan, though.
In a new Iwata Asks, Intelligent Systems’ Naoko Mori and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata discussed how the title originally started out as pre-installed software for Wii U. Mori said that “it wasn’t actually conceived of as being part of the WarioWare series.” With the arrival of E3, the team “began working on something that we could present and which would be easy for people to pick up and play.”
Since this was intended to be included with the Wii U, “we didn’t want to make it overly quirky. We didn’t want something that would only appeal to a certain section of our customers.”
The full exchange between Mori and Iwata can be found below.
Capcom says they’d be willing to do more “retro remakes” a la DuckTales, hint at Aliens vs. Predator (1994) possibility
In an interview with Polygon, Capcom’s senior product manager revealed that the company would absolutely be willing to continue looking to the past for old franchises or games that could use modern remakes, similar to what they’re doing with DuckTales later this year. They’re unable to talk about exactly what games might be getting the treatment, but they did hint that Aliens vs. Predator (the 1994 side-scroller) is the one that fans have been requesting most.
We’ll let you know if they announce anything else for a remake.
A new Animal Crossing: New Leaf is now available to 3DS owners. Simply visit the Puzzle Swap section of StreetPass Mii Plaza to begin filling it out. You’ll automatically receive one free piece through SpotPass.
Amazon has posted
the boxart for The Wonderful 101. Additionally, the game has a new logo. You can find both images below.
Thanks to Yoho, Pir, and Jake for the tip.
SEGA may have let a couple details slip about Sonic Lost World through its official Sonic Facebook page.
Three images are rumored to have been shown on the page while more information had been promised for May 29. The first photo described sounds quite a bit like the official artwork piece released today. Another image, Sonic Stadium writes, “is said to have featured the outline of six ‘guardians’ from the game who may be friends or foes.”
One reader tip sent to Sonic Stadium reads:
