The first Epic Mickey 2 details have arrived from the latest issue of Nintendo Power. We learn that Dreamrift is making a sprite-based follow-up to the first Epic Mickey, and it appears to be a spiritual successor to Castle of Illusion for the Sega Genesis.
For the first bits of information, read on below.
– Game is a follow-up to Epic Mickey as well as Castle of Illusion (classic Sega Genesis game)
– Heavy use of the stylus
– Tap item icons that are in every level to “paint” (trace) items into existence
– This includes cliffs, cannons, floating platforms
– Better tracing will cause better things to happen
– Flawlessly-painted canon will only damage Mickey’s enemies
– Messing up the painting can result in danger to everyone in the area
– Sometimes have to erase objects
– Erase with thinner by using the stylus
– Hand-drawn sprites
– Every level is based on an animated Disney adventure
– This includes “Sleeping Beauty”, “Peter Pan”, and “Tangled”
– Each character Mickey saves will take up residence in the fortress that Mickey uses as his home base
– This fortress is a hub
– Characters will decorate the fort
– Witch from Snow White is the main villain
– Worlds from all eras of Disney
– Scrooge Mcduck, Oswald, and Minnie is in the game
There are a couple of benefits to scanning these cards in your game. You’ll get more hearts, and you’ll be able to add some virtual figures to your collection.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing more card scans/photos pop up soon, but here’s the latest batch:
A few days ago, Nintendo of Europe added the Iwata Asks: Spirit Camera interview to their website. Keisuke Kikuchi, Toshiharu Izuno, Kozo Makino, and Satoru Iwata participated in the discussion.
I’ve finally had a moment to read through and transcribe a number of points from the interview. You can find all of the details below. The group goes into the project’s development process including how the first pitch was essentially Fatal Frame ported to the 3DS, title ideas, and more.
A quick reminder to the Kid Icarus: Uprising players out there.
Nintendo has started to transmit SpotPass gems for the game (this actually began a couple of days ago), which can be used to acquire new weapons. Be aware that all gems can be found in the StreetPass menu – even ones acquired through SpotPass!
Four different Ubisoft development studios are contributing to Assassin’s Creed III. We already heard about Annecy working on the game’s multiplayer, but Montreal, Quebéc City, and Singapore are involved as well. Ubisoft Montreal is the main developers behind the project.
Assassin’s Creed III creative director Alex Hutchinson isn’t willing to discuss Québec’s role with the title for now:
“Annecy is still doing an evolution of the multiplayer. There’re a few things that are being done in the Québec studio. So there’s an evolution there. We cannot talk about specifically what they are working on.”
Hutchinson also commented on how Ubisoft Montreal has been focusing on Assassin’s Creed III for well over two years:
“80 percent of our team have come through from AC1, AC2. A lot of them didn’t do ACB or ACR ’cause they were working on AC3. The turnover has actually been scarily low for a franchise that’s been going for seven years. You still have the same lead writer who wrote the first words on AC1, you have the same guy doing the navigation that did AC1.”
“At its core, it is a Ubisoft Montreal game. The thing with other studios is that they have different skill sets. At the end of the day, it’s what makes it sometimes harder to manage the game, but it also makes the game richer.”
Software
1. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
4. Pushmo
5. Dillon’s Rolling Western
6. Fun! Fun! Minigolf Touch!
7. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
8. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
9. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
10. GO Series Undead Storm
11. Cut The Rope
12. Dragon Crystal
13. Plants vs. Zombies
14. Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
15. Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword
16. Mario’s Picross
17. Photo Dojo
18. Shinobi
19. Bloons TD
20. Metroid
Videos
1. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Video
2. Nintendo Spokesdog Uggie Training for His New Job
3. Nintendo Show 3D: March 8, 2012
4. Kid Icarus: Uprising Medusa Video
5. Nintendo Show 3D: March 15, 2012
6. Nintendo Show 3D: March 22, 2012
7. Super Mario Bros. Video
8. Sonic Generations Video
9. Mario Party 9 Video
10. Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games Video
11. Kid Icarus: Uprising Overview Video
12. nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever Video
13. Pokedex 3D Video
14. Dragon Crystal Video
15. Fun! Fun! Minigolf Touch! Video
16. Mario Tennis Open Video
17. Kid Icarus: Uprising Video
18. Shinobi Video
19. Zombie Slayer Diox Video
20. Kid Icarus: Uprising Multiplayer Video
