You may have seen the video above split into two Japanese clips awhile back. It’s now available in one long trailer, and more importantly, it’s in English.
Hironobu Sakaguchi’s last big game was The Last Story for Wii. He has since moved on to iOS and just recently released his first title for the platform, Party Wave.
It’s unknown what Sakaguchi (and his Mistwalker studio) plan on doing next, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be tackling any large-scale projects anytime soon.
Sakaguchi has expressed an interest in making “games with a small production team” and would like to “build up a good and solid team.” At the moment, Mistwalker isn’t working on any “big RPG projects.”
“Currently we don’t have any big RPG projects. At this time I would like to create games with a small production team and build up a good and solid team. I don’t know what will happen down the road. But that unknown is the life’s enjoyment, I think.”
This doesn’t necessarily mean that Sakaguchi has ruled out another big RPG for the future. Maybe Nintendo will call on him to make a game for Wii U some day!
Famitsu chatted with another handful of Japanese developers this week. The magazine once again asked a number of directors and producers to talk about their future plans.
Some of the participants include Katsura Hashino, Kenichiro Takaki, and Capcom’s Hiroyuki Kobayashi. There’s a lot of vague talk about upcoming projects, but the comments are very much interesting. Hashino, for instance, revealed that he’s working on a surprise collaboration while Takaki has already confirmed that another Rune Factory game will be made.
Check out a summary of the developer remarks below.
To be fair, this really isn’t big news at all. But since we’re clinging to any hope of Monster Hunter localizations, we can’t help but post this.
Earlier today, Capcom UK posted a message on Twitter asking for Monster Hunter fansites/community to contact them.
This is what was written:
“Head up a Monster Hunter fansite/community?…we want to hear from you”
So yeah, nothing too big there. Although… maybe this could be tied to a Tri G confirmation coming at Gamescom? The trade show is taking place next week, and we do know that Capcom will be having a press event. Perhaps Capcom is trying to arrange something with Monster Hunter fansites prior to an announcement? Yes, I’m desperate!
Thanks to CdS for the tip.
Nintendo has gone ahead and confirmed that the Wii U boxarts we’ve been seeing are real. You probably figured that at this point, but it wasn’t until today that the Big N actually confirmed the design.
Here’s what will happen with Nintendo’s own Wii U boxarts going forward:
“[First party] boxes will appear shortly w/ placeholder logos, and then ultimately with the final artwork for each game.”
So now that the Wii U boxarts are final, what do you think? It’s a change from Wii, but the design is sort of comparable to the GameCube cover.
This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:
01./00. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online #
02./01. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2
03./04. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2
04./07. [3DS] Tohoku Daigaku Karei Igaku Kenkyuusho – Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu – Mono Sugoku Nou o Kitaeru 5-Funkan no Oni Training
05./06. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2
06./09. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition
07./02. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena
08./00. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2
09./08. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize
10./22. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus #
11./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set
12./14. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
13./05. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen #
14./00. [PSP] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2
15./11. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
16./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012
17./16. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D #
18./03. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki #
19./00. [3DS] Smile PreCure! Let’s Go! Marchen World
20./20. [WII] Mario Party 9
Dragon Quest X does top the charts, but this is one of the lowest debuts for a Dragon Quest game in quite some time. The last entry, DQIX, sold well over two million units in its first week. The same goes for Dragon Quest VIII.
