Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag looks like it’ll be the next entry in Ubisoft’s semi-long-running series. Details are mostly being kept secret for now, but a proper announcement is due early next week.
Earlier today, Ubisoft held a press event to showcase the game. According to a tweet from publication MCV, information won’t be available until Monday.
My guess: Ubisoft will make an official announcement on Monday with the first bits of information. Game Informer will have a blowout of Black Flag in its April issue, which will likely be available on Tuesday. The magazine has a tendency to feature Assassin’s Creed games on its April covers.
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance #
02./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden
03./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
04./00. [3DS] Magi: The Labyrinth of Beginning
05./00. [PSP] Toaru Majutsu no Kagaku no Ensemble #
06./04. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
07./03. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
08./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!)
09./06. [3DS] Fantasy Life
10./07. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
11./08. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
12./10. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
13./00. [WIU] Tank! Tank! Tank!
14./09. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
15./13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
16./11. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
17./15. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
18./00. [PSP] Grisaia no Kajitsu: La Fruit de la Grisaia
19./18. [NDS] Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2
20./00. [PSP] Desert Kingdom Portable #
Sakurai says his arm pains are worse than originally thought, and it’s impacting work on Smash Bros.
Last month we reported on some unfortunate muscle pains that were plaguing Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai, but this month we have some even worse news: Doctors say the issue is more severe than originally thought, and he’ll have to cease using his right arm almost entirely in the coming weeks. Don’t take my word for it, though, here’s Sakurai himself explaining the issue in a weekly blog he writes for Famitsu:
“If this disorder lingers, or if it never gets fixed, there’s no telling what impact that would have on the project. I’ve had to control two characters at once in a lot of game projects up to now, so as long as I keep it to simple moves, this works well enough. It doesn’t go that easy with the Nintendo 3DS version, though, and the debug camera is pretty hard to control. Still, now I realize how important it is to have your health. I’m glad I’m still in good enough shape to work.”
– Kirby, Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai
Well… at least we know the 3DS version has a debug camera now! Best of luck to Sakurai, and I think I speak for a lot of folk when I say I hope he gets better both for Smash Bros. and for his own sake!
The back of the rumored Assassin’s Creed IV poster shows a map of Cuba
While most had guessed by this point that the upcoming reveal of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag would be pirate-related, this new discovery (from the same tipster that brought Kotaku the original promotional poster image) cements it. As you can see, the image is a map of Cuba and the surrounding islands as well as a full-view version in the bottom left corner that says “The Coastlands of Florida”.
Whether this is the only location in the game is anyone’s guess, but it will most certainly end up being one of them.
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri D?ch? will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on March 6 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
Since its release, the Wii Mini has managed to sell 35,700 units in Canada. Nintendo of Canada’s Matt Ryan said that the “Canadian market has reacted positively to the great value the system has to offer, and we are seeing this reflected in the sales numbers.”
Wii Mini sales have been fairly strong since the console launched on December 7. Its performance likely motivated Nintendo of Europe to distribute the hardware throughout its various territories. Europe will be receiving the Wii Mini next month.
