From the pages of the latest issue of Famitsu, Tecmo Koei shared information regarding the first downloadable content in Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2. Amiba, Han, and Nameless Asura will all be joining the game as playable characters. Apparently there’s a risqué costume for Rin on the way as well.
The Wii lives on! Famitsu has revealed a new PreCure All Stars dancing game for the old console. Namco Bandai will be publishing the title on March 28.
2D Mario games tend to sell better than the 3D entries. New Super Mario Bros. Wii outperformed both Galaxy titles combined, and New Super Mario Bros. 2 is quickly catching up to Super Mario 3D Land despite having been released nearly a year later.
New Super Mario Bros. U director Masataka Takemoto was asked for his thoughts as to why he believes 2D Mario games are more popular than the 3D ones in this month’s issue of GamesTM. Takemoto responded by noting that some players may not be as comfortable with 3D controls, and “maybe a wider range of people were more accepting of the New Super Mario Bros. series, which may have seemed simpler to them.”
Takemoto’s comments in full:
“I don’t think it’s because one game is better than the other. It’s just that compared to 2D, there seems to be more people who are not as comfortable with 3D controls. And maybe a wider range of people were more accepting of the New Super Mario Bros. series, which may have seemed simpler to them.”
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Capcom’s Monster Hunter spinoff series, Monster Hunter Diary, has been around for a couple of years now. A trio of games have been released since 2010.
Now it looks like Capcom is looking to take Monster Hunter Diary in a different direction. A trademark for Monster Hunter Diary: Puri Puri Poogie Race was spotted in the Japanese database, hinting that the Poogie racing aspect from Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Felyne Village will be turned into its own title.
Surprisingly, Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the first 3DS game to reach 2 million units sold in Japan. The game has beaten out the likes of Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart, and Monster Hunter.
That’s quite a milestone, isn’t it? It’s even more amazing when you consider how Nintendo wasn’t able to keep up with demand for awhile and New Leaf was experiencing constant sell-outs.
