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• Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! – Play minigolf with your Mii™ character and master new cups and trick-shot challenges in beautiful environments. The perfect touch-screen controls make for a fun and rewarding putting experience. (For Nintendo 3DS™)Nintendo eShop and Nintendo DSiWare™
• Zuma’s Revenge™ – An irresistible force has taken our fearless frog to a newly evolved world of Zuma ruled by evil tiki bosses. Fire stone spheres to destroy the deadly stream of balls in this ball-blasting challenge. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi™)
If you sent in an email through NE’s contact form and never received a reply, it’s not because we hate you!
Our system has been plagued with issues for the last month or so. Some emails were delayed while others simply never reached me at all.
All issues have been rectified – fingers crossed. Feel free to resend any important messages that were not responded to through the form here.
Square Enix’s latest Dragon Quest X update features details about the jobs in the upcoming RPG. Additionally, the company has introduced a couple of characters from Ogleed.
The new details are as follows:
– Jobs aren’t like the ones in Final Fantasy
– Take on an actual job in the world and carry out job-specific things
– This includes making items and taking on certain quests associated with the job
– Use items you make as your own equipment
– Can sell items
– Quests include daily offerings and more complex mini story events
– Register at the Guild House to take on a job
– Need a recipe before you can make items
– Purchase recipes at shops
– Find rarer recipes in treasure boxes and secret areas
– Make items through a mini-game
– Example: As a weapon smith, pound away at the weapon and make sure each of the meters hits the green zone
– Job experience rises as does your level as you gain experience in your field
– Learn job-specific skills
– These skills can help make valuable items more easily
– King Bagudo: ruler of the Glenn kingdom
– Find the weapon smith guild at this area
– Bagudo is known by his people as a kind hero
– Eidos the Wise Man: can sense changes in the world
– He travels in an attempt to find/stop the source of these changes
– Eidos is a guiding force as you progress
You can find screenshots of the job system and the characters mentioned above right here.
This is what the roster looks like for Mario Tennis Open thus far:
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Daisy
Boo
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Waluigi
Wario
Mii
Will there be more character inclusions? Or will this be the final roster? Hopefully we’ll find out soon!
Mario Open Tennis is one of the many 3DS games present at Nintendo’s GDC 2012 booth. You can find a control chart for the game above, and some off-screen footage here.
Update: Aaaaaand that’s it.
Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida is speaking at GDC right now. I’ll keep this post updated with any quotes/tidbits/news throughout the event.
“We must strive to make others laugh with strange new ideas”
Mr. Hayashida is explaining all the trouble they went through to perfect the stereoscopic 3D in #SuperMario3D.
Mr. H is talking about how they used 3D illusions in #SuperMario3D
“It’s very important to let people play the game they want to.”
Satisfying both beginner and elite gamers is always challenging, which is why the first few worlds of #SuperMario3D were so easy!
“Enjoy everything!” – Mr. Hayashida
