This comes from Tekken Tag Tournament Two (TTTT) producer Katsuhiro Harada:
“That was an an idea from our side that they approved. We also told them we wanted to use the stars for invincibility and they were OK with that. We do use some of the sound effects from Mario and remix some of the music. Some of these are things we really wanted to do, but we thought Nintendo would not be OK with. They actually were and they made it into the game as you can see. They were very cooperative. We didn’t expect to get as far as we did. There aren’t many third party games that go as far with Nintendo properties so you can see how understanding they were this time.”
Sounds like Nintendo might be opening up to a few more developers in the same way that they have with people like Capcom in the past. Though, I doubt that Namco Bandai will be developing any Zelda games anytime soon…
This makes me so very happy. I’m sick of people saying that Japanese games are dying and they’re outdated and not as good as Mass Effect and Assassin’s Creed.
Bayonetta/Wonderful 101 developer Platinum Games has chimed in on the matter:
“There are tons of terrible Western developers [too]. I don’t like it when people lump Japanese games developers all together into one group. Frankly, I think it’s a joke. What do these people know?” – Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba
I could not agree more, and I’d even make the argument that Japanese games are more original and innovative than western games on the whole. Of course, that matter is left up to subjectivity.
Inaba-san continued:
“Think about Western developers. There are many Western developers making terrible games, and then you see one like Infinity Ward making a game that sells 20 million and everyone goes, ‘hey, Western developers are amazing!’. There are tons of terrible Western developers, just like there are tons of terrible Japanese developers. To lump studios together in great masses misses the point.”
I don’t think there was ever much doubt that Assassin’s Creed would go the way of Halo or Call of Duty, but just in case you were concerned that AC3 would wrap things up a bit, we’ve got some good news:
“Should they decide in the future to do other stuff, there’s plenty of room to explore, plenty of seeds that have been planted that won’t conflict. It was my intent to provide pay-off and to answer questions for those who are invested in them. It should provide a fairly lengthy ending that will also give room for answers and pay-off.” – Lead writer Corey May
It should also be noted that Corey claimed to have no knowledge of additional entries, but I think we all know how things are bound to play out. It’ll be Mass Effect all over again!
Software
1. New Super Mario Bros. 2
2. Art Academy: First Semester
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
5. Fractured Soul
6. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D
7. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
8. Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D
9. The Legend of Zelda
10. Bird Mania 3D
11. Photo Dojo
12. Colors! 3D
13. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
14. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
15. Cut The Rope
16. Plants vs. Zombies
17. Pushmo
18. Rising Board 3D
19. Kirby’s Dream Land
20. Bookstore Dream
Videos
1. New Super Mario Bros. U September 13, 2012
2. Kirby 20th Anniversary Dream Collection Trailer
3. Fractured Soul Video
4. Nintendo TVii Preview: Sept. 13, 2012
5. Nintendo Show 3D: September 06, 2012
6. Nintendo Show 3D: September 20, 2012
7. Kirby’s Dream Collection Teaser Trailer
8. Nintendo Land Trailer
9. Wii U Upcoming Games September 13, 2012
10. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Trailer
11. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush
12. The “Denpa Men”: They Came By Wave Video
13. LEGO City: Undercover September 13, 2012
14. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
15. ZombiU September 13, 2012
16. Paper Mario: Sticker Star Video
17. Marvel the Avengers: Battle for Earth Trailer
18. New Super Mario Bros. Warp Canon
19. Scribblenauts Unlimited Trailer
20. Rabbids Land Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
The Blue/Black 3DS XL model will be released in Japan on October 11. Like the other colors, it’ll be available for 18900 yen.
