Namco Bandai could be gearing up for a new Pac-Man announcement. The company’s Japanese division registered a European trademark for “Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures”. Along with the filing, a logo was made available.
Because this is only a trademark, it’s unclear as to what Namco Bandai has in store. This does appear to be video game-related, though.
EA is starting to get more specific with regard to its plans for Wii U.
The company has two unannounced titles in development for the platform. Right now it’s looking like they’ll be announced later this summer. EA label president Frank Gibeau has said that the company will “have a bigger line-up for Wii U than we did on the Wii.”
According to Gibeau:
“We’ve got a couple of more games in development for Wii U and we’ll have a bigger line-up for Wii U than we did on the Wii. It is the first next-generation platform coming out so we’re really supporting it. Just looking at E3 and where we’re at, we wanted to hold our fire a little bit on a couple of the other games that we’re working on. We’ll have more announcements this summer on the rest of the Wii U line-up. …You’ll hear more later this summer.”
Gibeau also spoke about the GamePad, stating that EA will “do some new, unique things with it on the Wii U controller and the second screen that we’re innovating on”.
Mass Effect 3 is one of the company’s games that will be taking advantage of the new controller.
“We’ll do some new, unique things with it on the Wii U controller and the second screen that we’re innovating on.”
How do you make up for poor financial results and a downturn in business? Well, if you’re Nintendo, you can reduce employee bonuses.
That’s exactly what the Big N intends to do, as reported by Nikkei and Reuters. The publications say that Nintendo will cut summer bonuses by 20 percent.
Last week, Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition received a September 2012 in North America. Japan, on the other hand, is getting the package a couple of months earlier.
Kirby’s Dream Collection launches in Japan on July 19. That’s only a month away, so Nintendo should be providing details and screenshots soon.
This video was taken from the final European build. Unfortunately, Rayman Origins 3DS won’t be available in North America until Q3 2012.
It’s been a long wait for European 3DS owners, but Mutant Mudds will be available on the eShop very soon – next week, actually!
The official Nintendo UK Twitter account has provided the release date news, so it’s official: European gamers can purchase Mutant Mudds on June 21.
A Dragon Quest X Wii hardware bundle is on its way to Japan.
Although not officially announced, Nintendo’s release calender lists “Dragon Quest X Wii System Bundle”. It’ll include a hardware system, a copy of the game, a black Classic Controller Pro, a Wii USB Memory card, and a ¥1000 Nintendo Prepaid card. Pricing details will be provided once the bundle is made official.
There’s also a second, non-hardware bundle planned for Japan which includes the game and a Wii USB Memory card. You can find the boxart for its packaging above.
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
Max Factory is readying a new Figma Zelda: Skyward Sword figure featuring Link. The product will be releasing in Japan this October for 3,800 yen. That’s only $48 or so – not a bad price for an impressive figure!
