Namco Bandai’s Tekken team won’t be directly involved with the development of the next Smash Bros. titles.
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada told Kotaku that “Sakurai is directing.” Therefore it’s ultimately Sakurai’s project. Harada won’t be telling Sakurai which characters to include or how the gameplay should be.
According to Harada:
“We’ll be providing our expertise when asked, but it’s not like we’ll (the Tekken Team) be making the game.”
While the Tekken staff won’t be making the Smash Bros. games directly, it’s possible that members from the team or those who have experience with Tekken could work on the project.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 director Katsuhiro Harada was recently asked how the Wii U’s online infrastructure stacks up to the setup on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Harada’s response was a bit odd. Apparently, he isn’t too sure how Nintendo will be implementing the online network.
He said:
“Not quite sure at this point. I don’t fully understand it. We’re still working with Nintendo to find out about their network.”
Even with Harada’s uncertainty, he promised that the netcode will be just as good as the other versions of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
At this moment it’s unclear if players will be able to select the Wii U exclusive modes online.
The following games will be made available on the Japanese eShop next week:
3DS retail
Girls Mode (Retail, 4.800 Yen)
3DS Download
Denpa Ningen 2 (eShop, 1.000 Yen)
3DS VC
Mighty Bomb Jack (Famicom VC, 500 Yen)
Rockman/Mega Man 3 (Famicom VC, 500 Yen)
G-Loc Air Battle (Game Gear VC, 300 Yen)
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DSLL – 35,870
3DS – 25,033
PS3 – 13,903
Vita – 10,858
PSP – 9,069
Wii – 6,019
PS2 – 1,120
Xbox 360 – 739
DSi LL – 602
DSi – 471
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DSLL – 38,913
3DS – 25,246
Vita – 14,106
PS3 – 11,813
PSP – 9,065
Wii – 6,958
PS2 – 1,078
Xbox 360 – 815
DSi LL – 672
DSi – 597
Team Ninja is planning several pieces of downloadable content for Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge. Fans will be pleased to hear that the DLC will be free.
At a TGS 2012 conference today, Team Ninja said:
“After launch we are preparing a long list of free downloadable content for Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge. We can’t give details this evening, but we can tell you that series fans are going to love it.”
