– MCM Expo London Comic Con – Excel London – 25-27 May –
Nintendo fans will have an exclusive opportunity to get hands-on with some top Nintendo titles as the Unleashed tour returns to MCM Expo London Comic Con this May. Britain’s biggest pop culture festival will see the much anticipated UK debut of RPG Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance on Nintendo 3DS and quirky rhythm-based game Wii game Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise.
Other games on show at the Nintendo Unleashed stand include Mario Tennis Open and action-packed multiplayer adventure Heroes of Ruin™ for Nintendo 3DS, as well as survival horror sequel Project Zero 2: Wii Edition. In addition, Nintendo will be hosting a swap shop and battle table for the exclusive Kid Icarus: Uprising collectible AR cards, which visitors will also be able to win at MCM Expo London Comic Con.
Square Enix’s latest update on Dragon Quest X covers the Ogleed continent in the game. Along with new screenshots, details about this area have been provided.
You can find a quick summary of the information below.
– Ogleed is the land of ogres
– Ogleed locations include the northernly Langao Region
– This area is covered in snow throughout the year
– Lagi Snow Fields, Landon Mountain Range are also in Ogleed
– Mountain Range is located in the south
– Meet Ogleed residents Marine the Sage, and Juliante in the game
– Juliante is a mysterious demon
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
There are a few old screenshots in this batch, but they’re all without watermarks now. Most of the gallery consists of new screenshots.
You know what’s great? When developers actually listen to fan feedback when making their games.
Over the past few months, Square Enix has released a number of demos for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, giving players an opportunity to experience some if its mechanics. Fans voiced some changes that they would hope to see in the final version, and the game’s staff followed through.
Players will find that characters now run 20% faster. Even better, the enemy encounter rate hasn’t been changed. Fans had previously felt that Tiz walked too slow.
Pushing the slide pad affects the running speed. Push just a bit, and the character will move slowly. The character will run at full speed if it’s pushed all the way up.
These aren’t the only changes made in Bravely Default. Character standing positions when you talk to them have been modified and the team has corrected a sound timing issue encountered at the inn.
You can view a comparison video showing the changes here.
There is another Bravely Default demo planned for Japan. The next trial will offer a taste of the title’s battle system.
Thanks to Smeagle for the tip.
The Wii Virtual Console game removals are starting to build up in Japan. Today, the MSX releases Aleste and Eggy were pulled from the Wii Shop Channel. Reasons for their removal were not provided.
The staff behind Assassin’s Creed III discusses what it’s like to prepare their game for E3 and more in the video above. It’ll be one of the many games on-hand at Ubisoft’s press conference and booth.
Killer Freaks from Outer Space may have been in the works since 2009.
A LinkedIn profile from Yoan Fanise lists the development period. In October 2009, Fanise contributed to Killer Freaks’ “Pre production audio direction, Sound effects creation, Music and voice direction.”
We do know that Killer Freaks wasn’t always a Wii U title. It was originally pitched as a completely different project for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It would have featured those crazy Rabbids from Ubisoft’s now well-known IP.
Shigeru Miyamoto continues to receives praise for his work in the video game world. After two days of deliberation, a decision was reached to honor Miyamoto with Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award of Communication and Humanities.
Magnum photo agency and philosopher Edgar Morin were the other two finalists.
Speaking about the award, Miyamoto said:
“I feel very proud to know that I’ve been chosen to receive the Prince of Asturias Award of Communication and Humanities.
“This distinguished award represents not only my work, but the entire work of my friends and partners which whom I’ ve worked in my career.
“In the future, I’ll keep continue working hard to make possible that the videogames keep offering happiness and joy to all the people from all generations and to the whole word.”
