Two new Virtual Console games are on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and Super Castlevania IV will be out on September 11. Pricing is set at 500 yen and 800 yen respectively.
StreetPass Mii Plaza has been updated in North America. It’s the same download that Europe and Japan received yesterday. It’s nothing too major – it mainly fixes a few issues.
Joy Mech Fight will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on September 11 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
News has come out over the past few weeks that The Wonderful 101 was originally imagined as a Nintendo all-star game. Characters from the company’s stable of franchises would have joined together in a brand new adventure.
Ultimately, that idea wasn’t meant to be. But if it had released as originally intended, The Wonderful 101 director Hideki Kamiya believes it would have been quite a different title.
“Considering the wide range of backgrounds of different Nintendo characters, I imagine [if we’d continued] down that route it could have had some of the edge taken off of it. Not to say that it wouldn’t have come together in the form it is now … being this sort of bright pop design, but it’s actually quite serious, in terms of being an action game. If we had pursued Nintendo characters, I imagine it would have skewed more casually.”
“Since Nintendo characters are so famous and widely known around the world. I had these dreams of becoming very well-known amongst the most famous designers as well, such as Mr. Miyamoto.”
We have a few more English screenshots from Zelda: Wind Waker HD showing the different environments, bosses, and more:
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) – 10/10/9/9
Farming Simulator (PS3/360) – 9/9/7/7
Air Conflicts: Vietnam (PS3/360) – 7/8/6/6
Brothers Conflict Brilliant Blue (PSP) – 8/8/8/7
Shovel Knight was playable at PAX Prime 2013, and details on the game have come in as a result. Some new bits of information are posted below.
– Stars a knight on a quest to defeat an evil enchantress
– Draws inspiration from NES platformers from a gameplay and graphical perspective
– Entire game has an 8-bit style
– Off-TV play supported
– Tricky jumps and enemies
– Attacks include a downward shovel strike and fireballs
– Go through a magical castle filled with spell books, suits of armor coming to life, vats of hot oil pouring down from the ceiling, and a boss battle against an even larger knight
