Sharpen those blades, polish that armor and get ready as we launch the Monster Hunter Tri teaser site today! Monster Hunter Tri is the latest game in the Monster Hunter series and is making its debut on the Wii in Spring 2010.
Fans of the Monster Hunter series can whet their appetites as we give would-be hunters a glimpse of what’s to come in this HUGE adventure for the Nintendo Wii. So head on over to http://www.capcom.com/monsterhunter and check it out today!
To get the latest scoop, you can check out the blog write up on Capcom-Unity here: http://www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/2009/12/23/monster_hunter_tri_site_now_live!
“For Twilight Princess we used the adult Link and one of the interesting things about that was how we considered the precise proportions of Link and the world. The scale is because we aimed for a more realistic quality in the size of the environments of Hyrule and what that Link faced. But the question is whether or not we were able to incorporate any and all of the interesting game ideas that were able to take advantage of that kind of sheer grand scale within the Zelda universe. I am afraid that definitely no, we were not able to do all the things that perhaps with hindsight we had the capabilities to do. With that as the starting point, we are now developing the Wii version of Legend Of Zelda. In the case of Spirit Tracks it was relatively easier, because regardless of the actual proportions between the player character and the other objects, we can simply concentrate upon the many game ideas we want to realise. But in the case of trying to depict a relatively photorealistic three-dimensional world, we have to be very careful to adapt the ideas so that they seem to perfectly fit with that world. I must admit that’s actually one of my very greatest regrets as regards the Twilight Princess.” – Eiji Aonuma
I enjoyed Twilight Princess a great deal, but one thing in particular always bothered me. While traveling through Hyrule, while the land itself was massive, it didn’t seem like there was a whole lot to do. I would say that a lot of areas lacked “liveliness.” Hopefully the developers will be addressing that in some way for the next Zelda title.
Namco Bandai is packing in a neat little bonus with Dragon Ball DS 2 Assault! Red Ribbon Army. Those who purchase the game in Japan will be able to play Dragon Ball: Shen Long’s Mystery (otherwise known as Dragon Power in North America) on the same card. It’d make sense for Namco Bandai to bring Dragon Ball DS 2 to North America like the first game. When it went through the localization process years ago, Dragon Power turned out to be a tale about a character looking for crystal balls and lost its references to the anime. So the question is, will the company include the Dragon Power bonus? And if they do, will they decide to localize the game in a different way?
1. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII
2. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
3. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
4. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
5. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
6. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard
7. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Great Adventure
8. [DS] Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute
9. [WII] Wii Sports Resort
10. [PSP] Queen’s Blade: Spiral Chaos
An interesting event has been taking place on Facebook over the last few days. More than 271,000 users have changed their pictures to their favorite Pokemon in support of Donte Larry, who started the idea. Craig Fischer created his own group and went as far as to say that December is National “Make Your Profile Picture a Pokemon” Month. While there are only a few days left in December, you can join in on the fun by checking out the Facebook group here as well as the Facebook event here.
Thanks to Jason L for the news tip!
All of this information comes from Steve Papoutsis, who is the producer of Dead Space Extraction…
“The Dead Space Fiction is massive, I mean super duper deep. There are tons of areas to explore in the time frame before Extraction. We hint at some of the stuff in the past in Extraction *SPOILER* specifically the mysterious resource wars. So there is a lot to pull from. Not to mention the discovery of the original Black Marker.” – Steve Papoutsis, Dead Space Extraction producer
“Visceral Games and EA are both very proud of Extraction. We set out to create a high quality Wii game and we feel we nailed just that. Everyone that has seen or played Extraction at the company has high praise for the quality of the game. The team are very proud of what we were able to accomplish with Extraction.”
“I think it is very possible to port the original game. The biggest thing would be making the right compromises and having enough time to do justice to the original. Just to remind everyone another certain Survival Horror game that was ported to the Wii took almost 6 years of development before showing up on that system. So it’s not as easy as flipping a switch to make those types of things happen. Even when you are starting out with a game that runs on very similar hardware to begin with.”
Something tells me that we won’t see another Dead Space game on Wii. Well, not for awhile at least. The game has gotten off to a very slow start in the U.S. in terms of sales, but I’m hoping it’ll continue to sell over time. But for now, I don’t see EA taking another gamble with a Dead Space game on Wii.
Avatar: The Game (PS3/360) – 8/8/8/7
F1 2009 (Wii) – 8/7/7/7
F1 2009 (PSP) – 7/8/6/8
Avatar: The Game (DS): 6/7/7/7
