Course: Delfino Square
Objective: Finish the race (time trial)
Secondary objective: Avoid Goombas/dead-ends
Tournament date: 8/1 – 8/10
The image above features a photo from Adam Malkovich’s desk. No one seems to be certain about this man’s identity at this point. Just so you guys know, the image shows up during a cutscene following the fight with the giant purple monster.
Thanks to Robert for the tip!
“I am afraid to say that the history of entertainment is also the history of imitation. A great idea will promptly be copied unless protected through patents. At the same time, it is really important for our business to positively surprise people. Will you be surprised by our completed product if we told you how it is surprising three years in advance? Therefore, we basically disclose information on our products as late as possible. We believe this is the best approach for the entertainment products we are developing. Again, we are planning the next products for Nintendo’s continuous growth, but we cannot tell you what, when and how we will release it here. Thank you for your understanding.” – Nintendo Co. Ltd. President Satoru Iwata
It makes sense that Nintendo wants to keep their hardware a secret for as long as possible, as it prevents other companies from entirely copying their products. Of course, it ends up happening eventually (Kinect and Move, for instance), but for the most part competitors have a hard time latching onto what someone would announce when it comes so close to the device’s launch.
This information comes from Eiji Aonuma…
“Basically what leads Link on this adventure is the Skyward Sword. When that sword is actively guiding Link it actually transforms into a feminine figure. I wouldn’t say that it’s female per se but it’s a feminine figure. It would be kind of nice to keep this a mystery, but I can tell you right now that it is not Zelda.”
I never got the impression that the Skyward Sword was Zelda, but it’s nice to have an official confirmation. But now I’m curious to know who the sword really is! What do you guys think?
Kingdom Hearts 3D
– Nintendo was very interested in getting Kingdom Hearts on the 3DS
– KH3DS started because of Nintendo’s interest and because Tetsuya Nomura believed he could make use of the system’s features
– Takes place in the same time frame as the other titles
– Play as Sora and Riku
– Switch between the two characters while you play, Nomura says this will be central to the gameplay systems
– Nomura will take advantage of 3D
– Nomura said the team is thinking about “falling” for using the 3D
– Nomura wants to make “A KH you can touch, a falling Sora, and a flying Riku.”
– Trust is a theme
– By trusting others, you can do things that you couldn’t do on your own
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
– Story/fundamentals from Coded
– Growth system from 358/2 Days
– Battle system from Birth by Sleep
– Wanted to simplify the controls
– Auto-jump feature was in Coded, will return for Re:coded
– There is some assistance when attacking with your keyblade
– “Cheat” option in the menu
– Can change the difficulty on the fly with the cheat option
– Cheat and other areas in the game’s development come from The World Ends With You
– One of the main programmers from The World Ends With You is working on Re:coded
– Nomura says Re:coded is a new title from a gameplay standpoint
– Tag mode functionality
– Trophy system from Birth by Sleep will be in Re:coded
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
– Game described as “true fantasy RPG with the theme of time travel.”
– Concept and Visuals credited to Hiroshi Konishi and Satoshi Takayashiki
– Yoko Shimomura doing the music
– Atlus responsible for “Quality” development
– Ganorg is older than Vainqueur
– Granorg is ruled by Queen Protea, was established 150 years before Vainqueur
– Alicetal formed by former residents of Granorg
– Noah lead a group of Granorgs who were unhappy with the government to form Alicetal
– 70 years after Alicetal’s formation, General Hugo is the head of the army and is the face of the nation
– Alicetal residents have been looking into magical abilities of Mana, have made a magic-based solider who are in early development and have numerous problems
– It’s been 50 years since Alicetal and Granorg started their war
– Stock the most skilled combatant in the Alicetal intelligence agency
– Stock rescuing a secret agent who has top secret info about the Ganorg army, could change the tide of the battle
– Stock told to head out by Hise
– Select a location from the world map to move around
– Transported to a field after you select a location, then can move around and battle
– Enter the Historia world from special points in the fields
– Can travel back to the past and future of two parallel worlds when you’re in Historia
– Story split into chapters
– See progress of the parallel worlds and the current time from the camp menu
