Say hello to the JXD S5100. It’s a handheld system made by Chinese company Jin Xing. It features an ARM A9, 512mb of rom space, a Power VR GPU, a 5 inch 800×480 resolution screen, 4GB of flash memory, HDMI support, and an Android 2.3.4 OS.
Interestingly, the JXD S5100 is apparently being marketed as a device that can compete with the 3DS XL. But as you can see, it’s more comparable to a GamePad – at least in terms of looks – than the Wii U controller.
Some of the Wii U’s earliest indie developers have weighed in on the console. Staffers from Gaijin Games (Runner 2), Broken Rules (Chasing Aurora), Two Tribes (Toki Tori 2), and Pwnee (Cloudberry Kingdom) recently commented on what’s it’s like working with Nintendo, thoughts about the company’s approach to digital offerings and online, how their own games came to be on the new system, and more.
Head past the break for the full roundup of remarks.
Namco Bandai has plans to re-release some of its older Tales games.
According to series producer Hideo Baba, the company will “remake the titles with some improvements” and “improve the graphics to make it more accessible”.
He continued:
“We are planning to re-release old games to other platforms in the future, because the old games have some origin and offer standard features of the Tales series. We want to give some opportunities to current fans to play the old titles.”
Baba said that fans should “stay tuned for more updated information”.
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2 3 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
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– 7 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
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6 9 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WII WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
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8 13 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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– 27 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28 28 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
17 29 MAX PAYNE 3 XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
35 30 FIFA STREET XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 31 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
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36 35 SNIPER ELITE V2 PS3 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
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23 37 MAX PAYNE 3 PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
24 38 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
37 39 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 40 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
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3 4 SPEC OPS: THE LINE YAGER DEVELOPMENT 2K GAMES TAKE 2
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7 6 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
5 7 FIFA 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
34 8 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6 9 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
14 10 FIFA STREET EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
12 11 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
13 12 SNIPER ELITE V2 REBELLION 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
8 13 MAX PAYNE 3 ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
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21 20 HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY 343 INDUSTRIES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
24 21 DIABLO III BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
22 22 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
26 23 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
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23 26 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
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27 31 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
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11 36 THE RATCHET & CLANK TRILOGY: CLASSICS HD IDOL MINDS/INSOMNIAC SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
38 37 SKATE 3 EA BLACK BOX EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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31 39 DIRT SHOWDOWN CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
– 40 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
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Very interesting… Nintendo is bringing out its Japanese photo app on the European eShop. DLC will be available as well.
3DS Download
Sparkle Snapshots 3D – £4.50
DSiWare
99Seconds – £1.80 / 200 points
Topoloco – crazy about topography – £4.50 / 500 points
WiiWare
Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition – 1000 points
DLC – £0.90 each
Sparkle Snapshots 3D – Mario Core Set
Sparkle Snapshots 3D – Mario Kart 7 Set
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – The Archylte Steppe (FF13 – FMS)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – Matoya’s Cave (FF01 – FMS)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – Battle 1 (FF03 – BMS)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – The Final Battle (FF05 – BMS)
Source: Nintendo PR
Wii U won’t be at the expo, but there are plenty of 3DS games available to try out. Plus, it seems that Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition will be playable for US fans for the first time.
Full list has been posted below.
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– At this year’s Comic-Con International 2012 event taking place July 12-15 at the San Diego Convention Center, members of the general public will enjoy an early chance to get their hands on Nintendo 3DS XL, a new version of the Nintendo 3DS system with 90 percent larger screens that launches Aug. 19.
In addition to Nintendo’s booth at the show (#5135), multiple activities will take place at a special Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the San Diego Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis & Marina at 333 W. Harbor Drive, adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center. A Comic-Con badge is not required to gain entry to the Nintendo Gaming Lounge.
Games that are scheduled to be playable at the Nintendo Gaming Lounge include:
Dear Internet,
Two things. Number one, I actually do know how to pronounce the name of the game. Number two, stop telling me to do ‘regular’ and ‘informative’ reviews. Information about the game is on every other video game website ever- including this one. You don’t need me telling you things that you can find elsewhere more easily. Number three, I’m getting a new camera that isn’t crappy.
~Austin
Nintendo has published the English version of Iwata Asks: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. President Satoru Iwata led the discussion as always, and producer Ichiro Hazama was on hand to talk about the game.
Read on below for a summary of the interview. Hazama mentions his gaming origins, how Theatrhythm got started, and more.
More Monster Hunter 4 details continue to pour out of Famitsu. The latest batch covers a variety of gameplay content including the caravan, villages, and more. Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and director Kaname Fujioka provided the new information.
Read on below for the details. For the first official screenshots from Monster Hunter 4, check out this link.
– “4” in Monster Hunter 4 is read as “Four” in Japanese, as it is in English
– Previous games used special readings including “Dos” for MH2, and “Tri” for “MH3”
– Tsujimoto and Fujioka talked about what to do about the name and decided that since they were taking some new challenges with the game, they’d do something different and go with the more simple “Four” reading
– Logo was redone
– “MH” part was highlighted more than in past games
– Footage shown at the 3DS Conference last year was a specially created stage to show off actions that can be performed
– Hunters in that trailer were under control by the staff
– New trailer shows the gameplay elements in actual game form
– Concept of taking on quests from your village and hunting is the same
– Element of “adventure” has been added to the classic Monster Hunter world view
– This is reflected in the game’s new caravan component
– Hunters are hired by the caravan leader and travel with the caravan, visiting a variety of lands
– Villages the caravan encounters have their own mayor and unique culture
– A lot of villages in the game
– A lot of characters as well
– You’ll come across a large variety of characters because the villages themselves are varied
– This is one way the team hopes to offer players a greater feeling of drama in single-player
– For multiplayer, Tsujimoto expects that the drama will, like always, be made by players as they play
– First village: “Barubare”
– Barubare was made in the feeling of a marketplace to give players the sense of being in a gathering spot for many people
– Visit Barubare to register their hunters
– Barubare has the standard facilities one would expect of a Monster Hunter village
– Later villages has the normal facilities and some have special facilities you won’t find elsewhere
– Fujioka hopes players will select a village of their liking for use as their main base of operations
– With a free camera, which MH4 has, there is usual concern about complicated camera controls
– This is why they added a target camera to the game, first as an experiment in Monster Hunter 3G, and now in MH4
– Target camera idea wouldn’t have been made if the system only allowed for button controls and not touch screen controls
