Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono landed in the hospital not too long ago. Ono felt ill and fainted at the Asian launch event for Street Fighter X Tekken.
Ono is out of the hospital, but he says that he’ll be taking a break from his responsibilities.
Ono told fans on Twitter,
“I caused you so much worry for a while. I went back to work. [The Street Fighter] team are working wholeheartedly on patches for SF X TK. Please wait just a little longer.
“I apologise for that. And thanks for a lot of get-well messages! I’ll refrain from work [on my] current job for a while. Another person [is] in charge of the SF series for a while. Of course I’ll [give] constant support to it.
“I’ll be out of the limelight [of] fighting game series for a while. I’ll think about the new future of fighting games after this.”
The patch Ono is referring to will address a bug with online battles. While fighting others, some of the game’s sound effects simply do not play.
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
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ARC STYLE: Soccer 3D – Enjoy fast-paced matches with the simple controls of this casual soccer game. You can customize your teams’ names and uniforms, or even use a photo of your own face. (For Nintendo 3DS™)Nintendo Video™
World Premiere “Skyscrapers” by OK Go (available at 9 a.m. PST) – OK Go hit Nintendo Video once again this week with their latest display of 3D mastery. Don’t miss the world premiere of the band’s newest video “Skyscrapers” on Nintendo Video! (For Nintendo 3DS)
There’s mostly air battle prototype footage in the video above, but you can catch a few seconds of land battle prototype footage as well.
Gearbox Software and SEGA haven’t let any details out about the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines. This has been the case for much all developers/publishers on the console.
However, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford recently dished out a new tease about the Wii U edition of the Aliens project. Pitchford told The Verge, “The Wii U version has so much more to offer … no other platform can do what the Wii U can do.” He added, “Nintendo opens up their kimono a little bit more about that platform and where it is going, we will be there right with them talking about how Aliens is using it.”
Pitchford’s comments in full:
“The Wii U version has so much more to offer … no other platform can do what the Wii U can do. If you love [Xbox] 360 games, you are not used to being in a world where you have this new interface. But once you get used to that, you imagine the possibilities; there are some opportunities that are just not possible on any platform that does not have that device.
“I don’t want to give spoilers away on some of things we are thinking of or things we have actually implemented already, but a lot of cool opportunities with that device that are going to make a very unique and compelling experience on that platform. We have given a lot of attention. I think it will not be too long [before] Nintendo opens up their kimono a little bit more about that platform and where it is going, we will be there right with them talking about how Aliens is using it.”
