Some folks have been interpreting the Facebook message above as n-Space taking a shot at Nintendo. I’m not entirely sure about that, though. What do you guys think?
Format: Wii™
Launch Date: 11/20/11
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older): Animated Blood, Comic Mischief, Fantasy Violence
Game Type: Action Adventure
Players: 1
Developer: Nintendo
Website: http://www.zelda.com/skywardswordA Link to the Future
One of the most storied franchises in history soars to new heights. The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword shakes up the tried-and-true adventure game formula and marks a turning point for the franchise. The introduction of full motion controls enabled by Wii MotionPlus™ technology synchronizes player movements with Link’s actions while offering the most intuitive play control of any game in the series to date.
My last post was about this game. Why didn’t I just put the two of them together…? Ah well. Here’s a bunch of quotes from the guy behind the KH games, Tetsuya Nomura!
Tetsuya Nomura on the story, and the significance of “sleep” and “dreams”:
“It’s a bit complex, but basically there are worlds that fell into darkness besides the ones Sora returned to normal in the first Kingdom Hearts — some of the princesses’ worlds, Dumbo’s world, and so on. The original story had all these worlds get fixed up in KH1’s ending, but not all of them completely returned to normal, instead lying in stasis between light and dark. Since the worlds themselves are asleep, the game is set in the dreams these worlds are having. It’s Sora and Riku’s job to wake these worlds up, return them to normal, and gain their Keyblade Master certification.”
Got some new details on the marvelous-looking new Kingdom Hearts game, including some TWEWY talk, and possible multiplayer modes…
– All the Disney worlds appearing will be new, and there will be new areas in existing worlds.
– This time Traverse Town is constructed around the reason that Neku and co. have come. He has been separated from his original partner Shiki.
– Will go into more detail about Shiki and the others in a follow up report.
– Concerning a sequel to The World Ends With You, there may be something going on. (Already touched upon in the other thread) (Note from Austin: There is definitely something going on)
– The opening of this title will be in Xehanort’s point of view. Additionally, there will be a surprise unlike anything seen before in the last scene.
– The leveling up of the Dream Eaters is directly related to the growth of Sora and Riku. So far we’ve only seen 2 at a time in battle, but if you give it your all you’ll be able collect all the types.
– Nomura isn’t quite sure off the top of his head, but there are dozens of Dream Eater types.
– There will be multiplayer functions; will explain more in a follow up report.
– KH3D is set to release Spring 2012 in Japan.
– It’s currently about 60% to 70% complete.
Why so grumpy, mister?
Battlefield 3 was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference, but we haven’t seen much of the game since. Perhaps now we know why…
“We definitely see potential in the Wii U, but I wish I had the breakthrough idea for how to exploit the new controller. We’re definitely looking into what kind of new stuff we can do with Wii U. I don’t have that idea yet.” – EA’s Patrick Liu
Well, the Wii U isn’t out for a while, so he probably has some time to think about this before needing to implement it! Still, I’m hoping it doesn’t become a trend in the first few months of the Wii U’s life to just re-release games from the year prior on the console…
“Nintendo has surprised us so many times before. I was one of the sceptics when the Wii came out and it proved us wrong. I think they’re going to prove a lot of sceptics wrong again.” – EA’s Patrick Liu
