Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include Pokemon Black/White 2, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward.
The issue arrives on newsstands on September 4 and has already started to reach subscribers.
For 180 coins, these Yoshi cleaning cloths can be yours… that is if you live in Japan and have a Japanese Club Nintendo account.
The cloths measure 16cm x 16cm. Nintendo suggests using the cloths to clean the 3DS/DS screens, or maybe even to wipe a pair of glasses.
After weeks of waiting, the Theatrhythm Final Fantasy finally hit the North American eShop. The download went live on the store just a few hours ago.
All of that waiting may have payed off. It looks like we have our first eShop demo that doesn’t contain a play limit – you can try out the demo as many times as you’d like.
I don’t think this is the same situation with the Japanese/European demo version, but I could be wrong. In any case, let’s hope future demos also forgo play limitations.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Titles
Simple DL Series Vol. 4 THE Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu – Nangoku no Resort-hen – 500 yen
Kemono Mix +(Plus) – 300 yen
Rhythm Hunter: HarmoKnight DEMO – FREE
Sengoku Mus? Chronicles 2nd (Samurai Warriors Chronicles 2) DEMO – FREE
Medalot 7 DEMO – FREE
Boku wa K?k? Kansei-kan Airport Hero 3D Honolulu DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Ninja Ry? Ken-Den (Ninja Gaiden, Famicom) – 500 yen
Kirby no Pinball (Kirby’s Pinball Land, Game Boy – 400 yen
Video Content
Nintendo Direct presentation
Bravely Default video
E.X. Troopers video
Video of the new Professor Layton
Friend Collection 3DS trailer
Bravely Default downloadable video
Project X Zone downloadable video
2D streaming video for Kemono Mix Plus
3D streaming trailer for Lost Heroes
Atomic Accessories will have a number of Wii U peripherals on sale by the time Christmas roles around. The company is coming out with the Twin Skin, Soft Case, Stand-Up Station, Penny, Charging Station Slim, Charging Station Pro, and Wheel Pad accessories.
Check out the gallery above for photos of each accessory.
– 207 companies are set to exhibit at TGS 2012 compared to 193 last year.
– 712 games are set to be shown off, but that number is expected to grow.
– 736 games were showcased last year, and 2012 is predicted to top that.
– Smartphones/Tablets have most of the games, with 134 between the duo.
– PS2 (I imagine this is a typo and it meant to say PS3) has the most console support, followed by 3DS and Xbox 360
– No DS games are being shown.
– No Wii/Wii U games yet.
– 6 Vita games, 5 PSP
– 10 360 games
– 8 “other” games.
Earthworm Jim designer David Perry feels that a return to the IP is possible. The character’s creator, though? He doesn’t think it’ll happen.
Doug TenNapel, discussing Perry’s comments, said that he “doesn’t see how it’s going to happen, and if it does, it will likely be done without me”.
Speaking about his involvement with Earthworm Jim, TenNapel said:
“EWJ is not under my character control. I once shook DP’s [David Perry’s] hand in his office, in front of Mike Dietz and he promised me that I would maintain creative control (I don’t), that would always get my royalty (I don’t), and that I would always get credit as the creator of the character (I don’t. Read the back of the Majesco Jim packaging.). D.P. is entitled to his opinion of what would make Jim a great character, all of us would disagree on certain things, and all of us would agree on certain things. But he’s not entitled to his own history. For the record, I would never work on a Jim game if someone else was in charge of expressing the character in the game. I think EWJ has largely been ruined over the last 20 years, and I’ll fix him, but not if I don’t get to make the character and game correctly.”
TenNapel went on to say that he doesn’t think that a new Earthworm Jim is in the cards. If a new game does happen though, it’ll likely be done without his involvement:
“I’d still be honoured to work on the EWJ game, graphic novel, movie and toy line. I’d be happy to work with the original team, D.P., Interplay and if it was up to me there would be 10 high quality, funny, creative, versions of each of these out by now. I don’t have the control, and it hasn’t happened. Unless something changes, I don’t see how it’s going to happen, and if it does, it will likely be done without me. If the fans think EWJ is just a name, then they’ll want those titles. So is a Jim game likely? DP thinks it’s likely, I think it’s unlikely.”
