“It seems the novelty of such projects is wearing off even within just the fighting game community based upon the sales data of our last two launches. That said, we have been quite prolific in these areas (despite the assertion above that we haven’t) and it’s probably time for us to slow down anyway.”
– Capcom USA Senior VP Christian Svensson
I was always wondering when we’d start to see the drop-off in remakes and HD re-releases of old games, so maybe this news from Capcom is a clue that things will start to tire shortly. After all, we’ve gone through Ico, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter games, Resident Evil titles… and so many more! We’re bound to run down soon.
Software
1. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
2. Toki Tori 2
3. LEGO City: Undercover
4. Nintendo Land
5. Runner2
6. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
7. The Cave
8. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
9. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U
10. New Super Mario Bros. U
11. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
12. Puddle
13. Nano Assault Neo
14. Little Inferno
15. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
16. Scribblenauts Unlimited
17. ZombiU
18. Chasing Aurora
19. The Croods: Prehistoric Party!
20. Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
Videos
1. Iwata Plays: Game & Wario
2. Need for Speed: Most Wanted U Trailer
3. Injustice: Gods Among Us Trailer
4. Toki Tori 2 Video
5. LEGO City: Undercover
6. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer
7. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
8. Runner2 Trailer
9. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream Trailer
10. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 4
11. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 2
12. LEGO City: Undercover Accolades Trailer
13. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer 3
14. The Cave Trailer
15. Trine 2: Director’s Cut Video
16. LEGO City: Undercover Vehicles Trailer
17. The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Trailer
18. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Trailer
19. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Video
20. LEGO City: Undercover Disguises Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
Time for another 3DS block size update! Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger, the latest title from Nintendo, takes up 2,295 blocks.
You’ll be able to download Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger this Thursday from the North American eShop. It’s unclear when the title will be hitting the European store at this time.
Only one new video was added to the 3DS eShop this past week. You can watch a trailer for the VC release of Castlevania… and that’s all! Hopefully we’ll be seeing more content with Thursday’s update.
Source: 3DS eShop
These rumors have been floating around for a while now, but a couple of days ago everyone’s favorite Destructoid editor Jonathan Holmes tweeted that he’s heard that Nintendo is giving away Wii U dev kids, presumably to garner long-term support for the console:
Hearing more and more stories of Nintendo giving developers free Wii U dev kits. I hope devs take advantage of that. Could lead to victories
— Jonathan Holmes (@TronKnotts) April 5, 2013
Honestly, this is one of those things that more people should be doing with their companies. Taking a financial hit initially in order to get more people on board with your console or idea should keep them coming back in the future, ensuring that they don’t just make games in the short term and then abandon you altogether– which happened with the Wii!
Software
1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
2. Super Mario 3D Land
3. Pokemon Dream Radar
4. HarmoKnight
5. Pokedex 3D Pro
6. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
8. Kersploosh!
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
11. Star Fox 64 3D
12. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
13. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
14. Gunman Clive
15. Fire Emblem: Awakening
16. Castlevania
17. Mega Man 3
18. Colors! 3D
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Cut The Rope
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. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Video
5. Nintendo Show 3D: March 28, 2013
6. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Commercial
7. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Video
8. HarmoKnight Trailer
9. Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move Trailer
10. Wreck-It Ralph Video
11. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
12. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Video
13. HarmoKnight Gameplay Trailer
14. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer
15. Mega Man 4 Trailer
16. Pokedex 3D Pro Trailer
17. Mario Kart 7 Video
18. Kersploosh! Trailer
19. The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Trailer
20. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Intro
Source: 3DS eShop
Warren Specter’s latest game was Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and it wasn’t terribly successful either critically or commercially. The esteemed game designer has been very quiet recently, likely deciding what he wants to do with his future in the industry, but just yesterday he spoke out about various topics, the most interesting of which was his opinion on where the industry is going:
The biggest risk associated with consoles, at least to me, is that they’re frozen, hardware-wise, while mobile platforms – phones and tablets – will continue to get more and more powerful. I mean, where do you think the iPad or Kindle Fire or Surface or whatever will be in 3 years? 5 years? It’s crazy to think about. And the consoles will still be right where they were in 2013 or whenever they come to market. That’d be a little scary to me if I were a console manufacturer.”
– Warren Specter
I think he hits on a really important point: Speculation is useless. Listening to folks five or ten years ago about talk about the gaming industry, they get more or less everything wrong, and yet we consider them “experts”. Take Michael Pachter for example: That guy said it doesn’t matter if he’s wrong, and he’s said he essentially makes stuff up when he’s predicting things. It’s a silly market niche without a doubt, and I’d argue that it’s more fun to speculate for imagination’s sake than for actually being taken seriously, since… well, you can’t take speculation too seriously!
Game & Wario may be released at a slightly cheaper price than Nintendo’s first round of Wii U titles. GameStop is listing a $39.99 price point, which may very well be its standard MSRP.
Fans are still waiting on overseas release dates for Game & Wario. It was originally supposed to arrive during the Wii U launch window, but I’d say we’re passed that point now.
