Looks like we’re finally getting Flipnote Studio 3D! We’ve been waiting awhile for this one…
Here’s a rundown of what’s shared in the Nintendo Direct:
– Export drawings in the app as animated GIFs, a series of GIFs, or AVI movie files
– Draw pictures in 3 layers, 6 colors
– Sample 3D movies provided
– Friend Flipnote Gallery community service lets you comment, evaluate, and download each others’ drawings
– Releasing this summer as a free download
– World Flipnote Gallery global community service
– This requires a small monthly fee for server
– 30 day trial available
– Specified free hours for this aspect
– Monthly fee may be waived if your drawings are popular enough
– Flipnote Studio DSi community services ending on May 31
And a bonus! If Miyamoto wasn’t working on video games, he’d probably continue work as an industrial designer.
“Originally, I started off as an industrial designer, and the dream of all industrial designers is to create something that sort of amazes and surprises people. I ultimately chose the path of creating video games, but if I hadn’t been creating video games, I think that and hope that I would be creating things that are similar to that. So, when I look at that as being something that perhaps I might have been able to create, but ultimately wasn’t able to because of the path that I chose, I have a tendency to look at the person that created that thing as a potential rival. So that’s sort of where that thought came from.”
There hasn’t been much news about Ace Attorney 5 since TGS 2012. After many months of waiting, a new report finally surfaced in this week’s Famitsu.
One tidbit has leaked out of the magazine up to this point. It seems that Apollo Justice will be making an appearance in the game, who will be wearing bandages on his left arm and eye. Players will see him sporting a new jacket over one of his soldiers as well.
We’ll update this post with any additional details that come in.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3) – 10/9/9/9
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (PS3) – 9/9/9/9
Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
Dead or Alive 5 Plus (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – 9/9/8/9
Atelier Meruru Plus (PSV) – 9/9/9/8
Disgaea D2 (PS3) – 9/8/8/8
Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (3DS) – 7/8/8/8
Little Busters! (PSV) – 8/7/8/8
Tiger & Bunny (PSP) – 8/7/7/7
Pretty Rhythm: My*Deco Rainbow Wedding (3DS) – 7/7/6/8
Square Enix will be announcing a new game for Wii U later this month. An invitation sent out by the company indicates that a reveal is set for PAX East in just a few weeks, though further information was not provided. Could the mysterious project be Straight Right’s AAA Wii U port?
PAX East will take place between March 22 and March 24.
Despite never making it stateside on DS, MapleStory‘s 3DS iteration will be heading to Korea in April, with a pretty decent boxart to boot! No word on whether this 3DS version of the popular MMO will be coming out of Asia and into the west, but we’ll keep you posted if we hear anything.
– Vblank’s Brian Provinciano
Gah, the more I hear about this game’s development process the more I feel like I want to pick it up just to support what this guy’s all about. It doesn’t seem like a bad game either– the problem is that it’s only on WiiWare, so eShop points cards won’t apply to it! If the game comes out on Wii U or 3DS I’d be sure to pick it up– as I think a lot of you new Wii U owners would as well!
