Remember ‘Two People Playing Games’? Well, my co-host from those days is back to help me get through yet another episode of Eggbusters! Tackling Banjo Kazooie is something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and I’d have to say it went rather well. Enjoy!
Artwork courtesy of Andrew Nixon. :]
Did you hear they’re remaking Super Mario RPG for DS?
The first ever book club discussion definitely has some kinks to be worked out… but part of that is recording a podcast at midnight! Aside from that minor hiccup, all is well this week, from lengthy monologues about Fire Emblem’s storytelling to some truncated user questions to get through just like every week.
This Week’s Podcast Crew: Austin, Laura, and Jack
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Fighting games aren’t exactly known for their single-player content. But in the future, we may see a stronger push in this area from Capcom.
Capcom USA’s senior VP Christian Svensson recently wrote on the company’s official forums that its “strategic marketing group here has for quite a while been pushing for our fighting franchises to have more and better single player content, of which full fledged story modes are one component.” Svensson didn’t elaborate on any specifics, unfortunately.
“The strategic marketing group here has for quite a while been pushing for our fighting franchises to have more and better single player content, of which full fledged story modes are one component.
How and when those requirements manifest in our future roadmap, I’m not prepared to speak about at this time.”
Software
1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
2. Pokemon Dream Radar
3. Pokedex 3D Pro
4. Super Mario 3D Land
5. Castlevania
6. HarmoKnight
7. Super Mario Bros.
8. Kersploosh!
9. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
10. Kirby’s Pinball Land
11. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
12. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
13. Colors! 3D
14. Gunman Clive
15. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
16. 3D Classics: Urban Champion
17. The Legend of Zelda
18. 50 Classic Games 3D
19. Fire Emblem: Awakening
20. Star Fox 64 3D
Videos
1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Demo Video
2. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Trailer
3. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Launch Trailer
4. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Video
5. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Video
6. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Commercial
7. HarmoKnight Trailer
8. Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move Trailer
9. Wreck-It Ralph Trailer
10. Flipnote Studio 3D Samples
11. HarmoKnight Gameplay Trailer
12. Mega Man 4 Trailer
13. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer
14. Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger Trailer
15. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Video
16. Colors! 3D Video
17. Castlevania Trailer
18. Nintendo Show 3D: March 28, 2013
19. Pokedex 3D Pro Video
20. Mario Kart 7 Video
This week’s 3DS eShop video additions are as follows:
Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger Launch Trailer
Clash of Elementalists Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
Software
1. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
2. Toki Tori 2
3. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
4. Nintendo Land
5. LEGO City: Undercover
6. Runner2
7. The Cave
8. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
9. Puddle
10. New Super Mario Bros. U
11. Nano Assault Neo
12. Little Inferno
13. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U
14. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
15. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
16. Scribblenauts Unlimited
17. ZombiU
18. Chasing Aurora
19. Assassin’s Creed III
20. The Croods: Prehistoric Party!
Videos
1. Injustice: Gods Among Us Trailer
2. Iwata Plays: Game & Wario
3. Toki Tori 2 Video
4. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U Trailer
5. LEGO City: Undercover
6. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
7. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer
8. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
9. Runner2 Trailer
10. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
11. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 4
12. The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Trailer
13. The Cave Trailer
14. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 2
15. Nano Assault Neo Video
16. LEGO City: Undercover Accolades Trailer
17. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 3
18. Puddle Video
19. LEGO City: Undercover Vehicles Trailer
20. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Video
Source: Wii U eShop
A mysterious title was rated by the OFLC today. The Australian classification board has added in an entry for something called “Tekken Revolution”, a multi-platform release.
As far as we know, Namco Bandai hasn’t announced any such project. The OFLC does categorize the title under the “Computer Games” category and gave it an “M” rating – targeted for players 15 years and over.
Tekken Revolution’s OFLC rating comes hot on the heels of Namco Bandai’s “Tekken Arena” trademark filing in Europe. Could the two be related?
Thanks to Xolo for the tip.
Capcom has now launched the previously-announced Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate patch for Wii U. Once applied, the game will allow for cross-server support so that gamers in North America and Europe can play together. The update adds in off-TV play as well.
The update should begin downloading automatically. Get to it, hunters!
Nintendo Everything reader Cameron Thomas has brought an interesting retailer finding to our attention. UK outlet ShopTo is listing the “Animal Crossing Limited Edition Console Bundle 3DS” on its website with a release date of June 14 – the same day Animal Crossing: New Leaf launches in Europe.
ShopTo mentions that Animal Crossing is pre-installed on the system. A small box shot of the Japanese 3DS Animal Crossing bundle is included on the product page, too.
Could Nintendo be gearing up for a western Animal Crossing 3DS bundle announcement? One would assume that it’s the same product that Japan received last year. Perhaps we’ll hear something during this week’s Nintendo Direct…
