Namco Bandai has announced Power Rangers Megaforce for North America. It will offer side-scrolling action based on the Nickelodeon TV series that has players defending Earth against the Warstar aliens.
Thus far, Namco Bandai has provided the following information:
In this new chapter of the popular Power Rangers video game series, fans play as their favorite Megaforce Ranger while the supporting Power Rangers provide their boundless advice and encouragement to players as they battle their way through challenge after challenge. The Rangers’ vocal and physical support will prove valuable as challenging situations and conditions arise in an attempt to foil players’ advancement. Power Rangers MEGAFORCE will plunge players into intense battles against repulsive enemies, but by forming gigantic Megazords, the Rangers will be able to implement powerful combos to help get them on the path to victory.
To enhance the player’s experience, Power Rangers MEGAFORCE will allow fans to scan official Power Rangers MEGAFORCE Morpher Cards to power up within the game. Players will also be able to utilize the Nintendo 3DS camera to take a picture and watch themselves actively morph into their favorite Megaforce Ranger to fend off enemy encounters with their own hands.
Power Rangers Megaforce launches this fall.
Source: Namco Bandai PR
This is a situation that Nintendo fans should be accustomed to by now. A small developer is making a game, and has strong interest in bringing it to the Wii U eShop.
The title in question this time around is “Super Comboman”, a project that was already fully-funded on Kickstarter late last year.
Interabang Entertainment’s Justin Woodward describes Super Comboman as a “2D physics based action brawler that is a mix between Final Fight, Smash Bros. and Marvel Vs Capcom”. Players use “combo momentum” in various ways, including puzzle solving, environment destruction, and enemy takedowns.
When we last heard about the game, Interabang and Nintendo had been… talking. Now a Wii U eShop release sounds much more likely, though nothing is set in stone.
Woodward said that the team is “extremely interested” when it comes to bringing Super Comboman to Nintendo’s console:
We are extremely interested in porting Super Comboman to Wii U but we would need more interest to do another crowd-funding campaign.
Right now, we are interested in getting the Nintendo audience involved with our development and to see what we need to do in order to either launch a Nintendo-focused crowd-funding campaign or just figure out how to fund the port ourselves after the game is completed.
Another wave of Monster Hunter 4 details have been translated from this week’s Famitsu. For the latest on the game’s monsters and Charge Axe, read on below.
– Garara Ajara uses its long snake-like body to entangle its prey
– Its fangs are covered in venom as well
– Kunchuu insects attack in groups
– They additionally roll into balls and fend off hunters
– Yian Kut-Ku’s favorite food are the Kunchuu
– Charge Axe Sword mode: whirling slashes, finishing hits and dashing attacks.
– The axe has horizontal finishers as part of its normal attacks and a finishing attack that changes it to its Sword mode
– Charge sword energy by attacking
– Use this energy for charge attacks
– Weapon overheats and your charge attack will have a chance of not hitting without the energy
You may have heard the news that Nintendo’s stock is on the rise, up 11% in one day after they announced their third party support over the next couple of months via a press release. Don’t excited though: Japanese stock-buys aren’t suddenly loving the company again. The cause of the jump seems to be a shift in value of the yen against the euro, meaning that anyone exporting products from Japan to Europe will be seeing an increase in gains for the time being.
That’s not to say that people might not be suddenly on board with the Big N again or that the increase isn’t substantial (it’s the biggest jump since 2008), but chances are that this is more of a financial-jargon reason than anything we should be invested (pun) in as gamers. As Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham put it:
Thanks to Captain N for the tip.
Ubisoft has announced that the company intends to publish Cloudberry Kingdom across all platforms. The game is set for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U, and PS Vita through digital distribution.
For a new behind the scenes video, take a look at the clip above.
Namco Bandai is preparing a special limited edition release of Project X Zone, and it won’t cost fans anything extra.
Those who pre-order or purchase Project X Zone at launch will automatically receive Project X Zone Limited Edition. It includes “a mini-art book and poster featuring the characters and famous gaming franchises represented in the game and a music CD featuring the high tempo music featured in Project X Zone.” Namco Bandai doesn’t actually say how limited the package is, strangely.
Project X Zone will be available in North America on June 25 and Europe on July 5. You can guarantee yourself a copy of the limited edition by pre-ordering here
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Source: Namco Bandai PR
