Photos snapped at the Wonder Festival in Japan this weekend show a new 1/8-scale figure of Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Tharja. Max Factory, the company producing the product, has also announced a Marth figure. Shizue from Animal Crossing: New Leaf will be turned into a figure as well.
There’s been a lot of talk about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate coming to other platforms. It’s just not going to happen, though.
One of the points brought up in recent days is that MercurySteam made all of the game’s assets in HD. That would lead to easier development of a console release, wouldn’t it? Well, producer David Cox has said that this process is a “common technique” in video game-making – and nothing more. He reiterated that there are “no plans” to bring Mirror of Fate to any other system.
The reason we’ve first made Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate in HD to then downscale the graphics to the 3DS is because it ensures that the quality of the images is maintained. It’s a common technique when making videogames. We used a lot of PC’s while developing the Nintendo 3DS-game, but that doesn’t mean there’s also a PC-version coming.
Even though we’ve got HD-assets of the game, the game is pretty much designed for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s always been our focus and intention to the release the game for that platform. We have no plans to bring the game to HD-consoles. We have no plans to create a different version. The game is pretty much designed to play with the dual screens and to use the capabilities of the 3DS.
It’s not uncommon for developers to save the HD-assets of a game to possibly use them in future projects, but at this time we’ve got nothing planned.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour used to be a big deal on Nintendo platforms. During the Wii’s brightest years, EA put out a fantastic experience that rivaled its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 counterparts.
EA ditched Tiger Woods PGA Tour for Wii starting with 13’s release, which was understandable given the platform’s position at the time. But now the Wii U is here, and as far as we know, the console won’t be getting in on the golf action.
When asked about Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 for Wii U and the series’ future on the system, an EA representative said:
“We’re currently focused on delivering a great Tiger Woods PGA TOUR experience for our fans on the Xbox 360 and PS3, where we have a great opportunity to connect fans to the real world of golf and each other. We don’t have any further platform announcements at this time.”
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 producer David Cox has said time and time again that a Wii U version isn’t in the cards. However, we’ve never really seen any concrete reasons as to why it won’t be happening.
Cox was once again asked about Lords of Shadow 2 recently, but this time outlined reasons for the lack of a Wii U port.
It all comes down to resources. According to Cox, MercurySteam possesses “a limited amount of people working on the title.” He would anticipate needing to have an extra 20-30 staffers in order to complete a Wii U version. Development has also reached a certain point in which “it would be very hard for us to work on a Wii U version without negatively effecting the general development of the title.”
“The reason that we’re not making a Wii U version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is because of our resources. We have a limited amount of people working on the title. About 60 people worked on the first title and that’s a pretty small team. With the sequel we have slightly expanded that team, but in order to make a Wii U-version, we need about 20 to 30 extra people. Next to that, we’re already pretty far into the development of Lords of Shadow 2, so it would be very hard for us to work on a Wii U version without negatively effecting the general development of the title. That’s the only reason there won’t be a Wii U-version, it’s not that we don’t want to make it, it’s just that it wouldn’t make sense for us to do so right now.”
Project X Zone is now available for pre-order. Reserve the title at Amazon here
or GameStop here.
Namco Bandai unexpectedly announced localization for Project X Zone last month. Due to the niche nature of the game and tremendous properties involved, no one was anticipating its release in either North America and Europe. Thankfully, Namco Bandai believed it was worth bringing over!
Resident Evil: Revelations HD details have started to arrive from the latest issue of ONM.
The magazine confirms support for off-TV play. With the feature, gamers will be able to experience the full title directly on the GamePad.
Revelations HD will also feature a refined version of 3DS version’s touch screen controls as well as an optional Wii U Pro Controller configuration.
Look out for more details about the new release of Resident Evil: Revelations soon.
01./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
02./05. [3DS] Fantasy Life
03./02. [PS3] DmC: Devil May Cry
04./10. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
05./00. [PS3] PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
06./11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!)
07./00. [PS3] Accel World: Kasoku no Chouten #
08./04. [PSV] Demon Gaze
09./16. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
10./00. [PSP] Accel World: Kasoku no Chouten #
11./12. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
12./07. [PS3] Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradox #
13./13. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
14./08. [PS3] Hitman: Absolution
15./14. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
16./09. [PSP] Digimon Adventure
17./17. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
18./00. [PSP] Renai 0 Kilometer Portable #
19./15. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
20./18. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
Star Wars Pinball content is coming to Pinball FX2, Zen Pinball, and Zen Pinball 2. Strangely, when Zen Studios announced the DLC, it made no mention of the Wii U eShop version.
No need to fret, though – it seems the Wii U will be getting some love after all.
When a fan made a remark about Star Wars Pinball for Wii U on Zen Studios’ blog, one staffer said: “The force is strong with Wii U”. The employee later replied to another Wii U comment, noting: “Details coming soon!”
It won’t be long now before we receive new information about Pokemon X/Y. The latest episode of Pokemon Smash confirmed that an update will be shared during next week’s show, and Japanese magazine CoroCoro will have details (and presumably new shots) as well. CoroCoro should leak out before Wednesday, so keep your eyes peeled!
Between March 20 and May 6, gamers in Japan can add a special Pokemon to their copies of Black/White 2. The Pokemon Center in Nagoya will be distributing a level 99 Shiny Magikarp to celebrate the moving of the store into a new building.
Each Magikarp comes with a Rare Candy. Flail, Hydro Pump, Bounce, and Splash moves are attached to the Pokemon.
