… What? Believe it or not, Namco Bandai and Namco Bandai Games/Studios is developing the next Smash Bros. games. Well, they’re one of the project’s contributors. Kid Icarus: Uprising developer Project Sora is also involved, lead by Masahiro Sakurai.
From Namco Bandai, Kobayashi will be producing. Higuchi from the Tales games will be directing.
The Japanese presentation should begin in a half hour. It looks like it’s a bit longer than normal, clocking in at 53 minutes. Another 11 minutes will showcase bonus content.
We’ll have coverage throughout and after the event, as well as updates from the North America/European presentations.
Quick update on the 3DS Virtual Console release of Toki Tori. The European version will hit the eShop “soon”. The North American release seems to be launching further down the line.
Two Tribes tweeted today:
“Correction on what we tweeted yesterday: looks like the european version of Toki Tori Game Boy Color will launch soon. USA to be announced.”