Above is the Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney ad from this week’s Famitsu. It contains the release date puzzle, which apparently hints at a November 29 launch.
It’s time to learn a little more about Straight Right, the developer behind the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3.
Did you know that Nintendo published the GBA version of Top Gear Rally? That was made by Tantalus, Straight Right’s parent company.
Straight Right CEO Tom Crago gave an overview of the company’s history while speaking with Polygon:
“We’ve been admirers of BioWare for a long time and had actually wanted to work with them on the DS a while back. Tantalus did Unreal II on Xbox so we had some experience with challenging ports, and with the Unreal engine. We also have a great relationship with Nintendo, in that they published one of our titles on GBA and in so far as we’ve always supported their platforms. So I guess the planets aligned and we were able to convince BioWare to trust us with their baby.”
Woah… two Nintendo games taking the center stage of Game Informer’s issue in the span of a year (the other being Skyward Sword)? I am shocked!
New Super Mario Bros. U is indeed the magazine’s cover story for the October issue, and that’s a pretty big deal. There’s a ten-page article on the Wii U game and an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Game Informer also promises “an extensive feature that will prepare you for the impending launch of the Wii U.”
Between Game Informer’s October issue and the Wii U press event on September 13, next week will be a pretty big deal for Nintendo fans.
When Fracuted Soul releases, it’ll be the biggest game on the eShop. It takes up nearly 3,000 blocks on an SD card – 2,982 blocks, specifically. The large size shouldn’t come as a huge surprise as Fractured Soul started out as a retail title.
Other big eShop games include New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2,725 blocks) and Order Up! (2,485 blocks).
This one really came out of nowhere!
When you think about G4, a few things may come to mind – X-Play, Attack of the Show, American Ninja Warrior, and… lots of old Cops reruns.
Early next year though, the network could be receiving a reboot along with a name change.
Variety is reporting that NBCUniversal, the parent company of G4, will rebrand the channel entirely. Video games would apparently still be featured, but the network would offer a more upscale and stylish format. The goal would be to entire the “modern male”. G4 would also look to go “in a direction reminiscent of GQ”.
Each one of Renegade Kid’s games has appeared on a Nintendo platform. The only semi-exceptions to this are Mutant Mudds and Dementium II, both of which have also been made for the PC.
Even though Renegade Kid has showed interest in the PC as of late, the studio won’t be abandoning its support for Nintendo platforms. In fact, co-founder Jools Watsham wrote on his blog recently that the company “would like to put the majority of our future development efforts into the 3DS eShop and Wii U eShop titles”.
“Porting Mutant Mudds to the PC, and selling it on Steam, has the potential of bringing some much needed funds into Renegade Kid, which will go straight into the development of new games. As we’re being perfectly – and frankly – honest here; I would like to put the majority of our future development efforts into the 3DS eShop and Wii U eShop titles (we’re authorized Wii U developers now btw – excite!).”
Thanks to Chad for the tip.
Say hello to “Little Masters”. In the game, players catch monsters, train them, and use them in battle. Sound familiar?
Bethesda isn’t in a rush to support Wii U.
PR and marketing VP Pete Hines, speaking with MCV in its latest issue, explained that the company’s “approach has been to put our games out on all of the platforms that will support them.”
Hines went on to say:
“So far the Wii hasn’t fitted into that. Whether Wii U does down the road is TBD.”
