WayForward’s Matt Bozon has just confirmed the North American release date for Shantae’s 3DS VC release. It will launch on July 18, Bozon confirmed on Twitter.
This just in– Shantae (3DS Virtual Console) will arrive in North America next week on July 18th! pic.twitter.com/1l0Q03v23i
— Matt Bozon (@MrBozon) July 10, 2013
Shantae was originally slated for launch on June 20. However, it was pushed back for unspecified reasons.
Two Tribes was presented with an incredible opportunity prior to the release of Toki Tori 2. The studio could have put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori. Likewise, Toki Tori would have been in Angry Birds. In the end, however, Two Tribes decided against the idea.
Angry Birds soon went on to become a smashing success. Of course, Two Tribes had no way of anticipating that the game would have taken off like it did. But looking back on the situation, Two Tribes director Martijn Reuvers calls it his “worst decision ever”.
Reuvers said:
“Finding the next Angry Birds or Temple Run or whatever is of course the holy grail. But we haven’t found it either. In fact, I think a lot of those successes are based on luck as well. To give you an example: when Angry Birds released back in 2009, its initial success was quite limited. In fact its publisher, Chillingo, contacted me to see if there were possibilities to put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori to raise awareness of their game. Back then Toki Tori was a success for Chillingo, whereas Angry Birds (which was released on their B-label: Clickgamer), was not (yet).
The idea was to put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori and they would then put Toki Tori in Angry Birds. But when I played the game, I strongly felt that it wasn’t a right fit to put in Toki Tori. And I declined. A couple of months later, the sales suddenly picked up massively. The rest is history. In retrospect, it has been my worst decision ever”
Gaijin Games has revealed the final three characters that will be included in Runner2’s “Good Friends Character Pack” DLC. Spelunky’s Spelunky Guy, Bit.Trip’s (Invisible) CommanderVideo, and the Steam-exclusive Atlas from Portal 2 have been announced today. They’ll be joined by Cave Story’s Quote, Psychonauts’ Raz, Super Meat Boy’s Dr. Fetus, and Machinarium’s Josef.
Last month, SEGA opened a teaser site for “Project 575” and released a teaser video. There hasn’t been any news on the game since then… until now.
SEGA now says that Project 575 will be unveiled on July 18. The company also published a new teaser – view it above.
A new scan from this week’s Jump reveals that One Piece: Unlimited World Red will be available in Japan on November 21. Downloadable content will be offered in the game.
Other bits from the magazine:
– Free DLC for preorders (Luffy SW costume, playable Ace)
– Luffy gum-gum actions let him reach new areas
– Ingredients/materials will be used to develop and grow a town
Dreamken Studios’ 2D RPG, “Whilom: Sins”, could make its way to the Wii U eShop, assuming the project’s Kickstarter campaign stretch goal is reached. If funds hit $80,000, it’ll be made for Nintendo’s console as well as the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita.
Whilom: Sins is planned for release in 2014.
You can find the official Kickstarter page and more about the game here. Dreamken needs $25,000 in order to receive funding.
Though I’m sure they don’t mind in the slightest, game developer/publisher Level-5 was recently forced to publish a special wallpaper with characters from many of their most popular franchises… as well as the airplane and the “porter” from AeroPorter! The 3DS download title apparently held a spot in the popularity poll that they put up to determine which characters would be drawn into the wallpaper, and so many people put down their vote for the non-living, metallic flight-body that Level-5 had to include it! The airplane managed to snag 46,263 votes, ahead of the second-place Inazuma character who pulled in 38,339, and the porter himself (a character with no face or personality, mind you) got ninth, with 17,889.
Take a look at the wallpaper above, or click here to download a full-sized version.
More tidbits from Hobby Consolas’ interview with the Fire Emblem: Awakening team have appeared online.
First, a few notes about the 3DS game:
– Nintendo said that 80% of players should can finish Fire Emblem: Awakening, but as there would be a 20% that wouldn’t was the reason for including Casual mode.
– According to them, you can finish the game without using the “Pair up” system.
– According to Tohru Narihiro, the game is exactly the same in Japanese and Western versions
– They consider the Fire Emblem public a “Purist” one, but should also attract the general public.
