Aksys Games’ teased an upcoming reveal for the latest issue of Nintendo Power. The magazine is finally arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes, and we now know that it contains a confirmation of Extreme Escape Adventures: Good People Die for North America. Aksys will be bringing the game stateside this year.
A final release date hasn’t been announced. Furthermore, Aksys hasn’t settled on a final English name yet.
At least we can rest easy knowing we’ll be getting the game in a few months time!
As far as we know, David Franco is a freelancer in the video game industry. Having said that, it seems that all of his previous work has been for 5th Cell, the developer behind the Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life titles.
So why is this information useful? Well, it looks like 5th Cell might be making a launch title for Wii U.
Franco listed the following games as projects he’s worked on in the past:
LATEST TITLES:
Drawn to Life, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Lock’s Quest, Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts, Hybrid, Unannounced Wii U launch title.
Given Franco’s history with 5th Cell, one would think that the mysterious “Unannounced Wii U launch title” is being made by the studio.
Update: Added in another photo.
Nintendo of America posted the photo above to their Facebook page a short while ago. Additionally, the company wrote the following:
“?#Regginator himself was spotted getting ready to make some announcements. Stay tuned on this page tomorrow for the latest and the greatest!”
So… there will be announcements then? Nintendo Direct presentations have mainly been about games that have already been revealed. Maybe tomorrow’s show will be slightly more special than normal. We’ll see…
Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts blog has detailed some of 3D’s “Memoir” menu functions.
The new information is as follows:
– Kingdom Hearts 3D has a “Memoir” menu
– This menu contains tutorial, game help, recollections, and chronicle options
– Tutorial: mini tutorials designed to teach the controls as you play
– Options include Free Flow Action, Reality Shift, Link with Spirit options
– Recollections: shows a look back at the happenings of the game
– Chronicle: shows a look back at all the past games in the series
– In Chronicle, you can see a summary of the stories of Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts, 358/2 Days, etc.
– Pre-launch event on March 3
– Event will take place somewhere in Tokyo
You can find a couple of Memoir menu screenshots above.
Thanks to 4Him for the tip!
Japan gets a different Swapnote relating to tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct. President Satoru Iwata sent out the following message to fans (in Japanese obviously):
Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct presentation has become an international affair. It appears that Nintendo of Europe will be joining in on the fun for the first time.
Nintendo of Europe’s feature kicks off at 1 PM CET. I believe that’s 7 AM EST / 4 AM PST.
We’ll be covering all three Nintendo Directs as they happen. Make sure to check out the site starting at 6 AM EST for live updates.
Kid Icarus: Uprising development is finished, and the game will soon be out around the world. Director Masahiro Sakurai won’t have much time to rest, as he’ll be responsible for the next round of highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. titles.
Sakurai seems to be doing some reflection. On Twitter earlier today, Sakurai said that he’s been looking over the Smash Bros. Dojo website, which was used to communicate news about Super Smash Bros. Brawl to fans. He said, “However, what’s the word… it’s tremendous. How did we make this?”
Indies Zero CEO Masanobu Suzui saw Sakurai’s message and said something similar. Once a game is done and he check outs the design documents, materials, and development schedule for a project, he isn’t sure how the team managed to put everything together and create the title.
Sakurai’s response? “It’s because we always put our full effort into it. And then, if you rely on that pace, it becomes more and more difficult.”
