Two new character skins were announced for Batman: Arkham Origins during a San Diego Comic-Con panel today.
Warner Bros. Montreal will be including “Batman One Million” and “Worst Nightmare Batman” skins. The latter will be unlocked after players have “drained the game of content” and cleared all achievements. How that works in the Wii U version is unclear.
The Worst Nightmare Batman skin will be available for those who are “absolute masters” of the game, according to WB Games Montreal’s Eric Holmes.
Later in the panel, Holmes teased the presence of Batgirl, noting that fans will simply have to wait and play the game to see how Batgirl might be handled. Robin is unlikely to appear given how Origins’ timeline takes place before he exists.
Ubisoft is cooking up some kind of unannounced franchise. Originally, it was planned for launch by the end of the current financial year in March 2014. As part of the company’s financial results released today, however, it was revealed that this mysterious franchise has been pushed back to FY14-15. It’s currently unclear what caused the delay.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies has been rated “M” by the ESRB, one of the higher classifications handed down by the board. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Dual Destinies was given a “PG” rating by the OFLC today.
The lowest level of OFLC classification is “G”. “PG” is one step up and is intended for players over the age of 15. To compare, the ESRB’s “M” rating means that a game is suitable for a person aged 17 or older.
Warner Bros. announced a new assassin for Batman: Arkham Origins during a Comic-Con panel today. Copperhead will be joining the game, it has been confirmed.
Just to clarify, this will be the new version of Copperhead – the female villain that appeared in The New 52.
A number of assassins were previously revealed. Deathstroke, Deadshot, and Bane will be joining Copperhead and four others in Batman: Arkham Origins.
Making the Wii SD as opposed to HD was a bit of a controversial decision at the time for Nintendo. HD televisions were starting to break out, and Sony and Microsoft both adapted this functionality for their own consoles – the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Shigeru Miyamoto, reflecting on the decision to go with SD for Wii in an interview with 4Gamer, said that “it would have been great if it were HD in the first place.” He also relayed a sentiment to move on to HD sooner.
An unofficial translation of Miyamoto’s remarks:
Shigeru Miyamoto recently conducted an interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer. Bits and pieces have emerged since then, but a full translation hasn’t made its way online.
Thankfully, one fan has now painstakingly translated the first portion of 4Gamer’s interview. You can find the full thing here. Get ready for a whole bunch of Pikmin 3 talk!
Nintendo included a brief section about the SEGA 3D Classics Series in its European Nintendo Direct Mini today. However, the downloads weren’t mentioned in the North American counterpart video.
SEGA has since confirmed that its Classic Series lineup will be heading to the states in addition to Europe. The following games are planned for release overseas:
– 3D Altered Beast
– 3D Ecco the Dolphin
– 3D Galaxy Force II
– 3D Shinobi III
– 3D Sonic The Hedgehog
– 3D Space Harrier
– 3D Streets of Rage
– 3D Super Hang-On
