You’ve seen the scan of One Piece: Unlimited World Red. Now you’re probably wondering what this one is about.
As described in Jump, Unlimited World Rep is a “multi-action adventure” game. You’ll be able to team up with three others and experience events such as fishing, bug-catching, and treasure-hunting. It looks like additional elements other than battling can be done with four players as well.
Jump doesn’t list a release date or price for One Piece: Unlimited World Red. Maybe Namco Bandai will have a more specific window to share when the game is officially announced.
There’s a new Zen Pinball 2 update waiting for Wii U players. Developer Zen Studios confirmed on Twitter that the patch fixes a few connectivity issues.
Here’s the relevant tweet in full:
Wii U players, we’ve updated Zen Pinball 2 to fix some connectivity issues. Download and get flippin!
— Zen Studios (@zen_studios) May 23, 2013
Namco Bandai prepared a “Lethal Surprise” demo for Project X Zone. This was released today. Another demo, “Dark Hours”, is scheduled for June 27 and features action in a Ghosts ‘n Goblins stage.
No word yet on when these two demos will be made available in North America.
Neko Entertainment has a new game lined up for the Wii U and 3DS: The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Perhaps that name sounds familiar to some of you. The project is based on the same French/Japanese animated series that originally aired in the 1980s.
Only a few details about the game are known at present. Players will be able to switch between the heroes Esteban, Zia and Tao, and areas will be shown from a top-down perspective.
The Mysterious Cities of Gold will be available this fall.
Jaleco could be no more. Kotaku attempted to contact the company’s Tokyo office today, but there was no answer. A recording noted that the service was “no longer in service.” The blog of Jaleco president Takayasu Katou is also nowhere to be found online.
Game Yarou acquired Jaleco in 2009, though it continued to work on games. No website updates have been posted since 2011.
Jaleco delivered the promising but ultra-disappointing Kizuna for Wii. The company has been around since the early days of gaming with titles such as Bases Loaded for the NES.
Update 2: Pokemon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara and Game Freak director Junichi Masuda are attending.
Update: Kotaku editor Jason Schreier has a few more details. It’s a Pokemon X/Y presentation/Q&A. Time is set for 6 PM PT. Schreier also says that “Nintendo is doing a lot of different E3 events.”
Nintendo won’t be holding a typical press conference at this year’s E3, but the company has scheduled a number of different events for the show.
One happening appears to be a special Pokemon presentation. This will take place during the first night of E3 and will be 1.5 hours long, according to media reports.
Also during E3 are two different hands-on events: one for the media and one for analysts/other business folks. A Nintendo Direct broadcast will be live-streamed on June 11 as well.
