Alright, so we made it through week one. Not bad, everyone! Hopefully folks are still enjoying things and finding a lot to discuss in the forums, and if you’ve made it through section 2 of the play-through you can head there right now to talk about it. If you missed out on the first week but you still want to participate, you’re looking at a total of about 4 hours of game-time this week to catch up!
Deadline for email submissions this week: April 19th
Since last week we obtained the first Star (out of seven!) in the game, this week we’ll do our best to get Stars #2 and #3! You should stop as soon as you get to a save point after Star #3. I’m guessing this will take about 2 hours or so. Maybe a little more, so get crackin’!
Also, please do not send us emails discussing portions of the game beyond where the book club is. We want to avoid spoilers and we don’t want to feel unable to answer your questions/respond to your comments, so if you’ve gotten ahead of everyone (which is fine!) do your best to only talk about the parts that we’ve all agreed upon. :]
Hit the break for info on how to participate in a discussion, plus other ‘Frequently Asked Questions’!
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