In the past, we’ve seen some pretty odd patents from Nintendo. There was one focusing on education, another one for horseback riding, and most recently, a bicycle pedal add-on. Now Nintendo of America is getting in on the action with a new football controller. There are a number of different designs pictured in the photos above. One image shows that the football peripheral can be used with both the Wii controller and nunchuck while another would only allow use of just the Wiimote.
– Need to use stock command to store AP before you can use Fira
– AP can help you use spells, activate commands
– Dark casting = 1 AP, Darkra = 2AP, Darkga = 3 AP
– AP doesn’t disappear after a battle
– Can assign 6 commands for the touch screen (doesn’t include fight, store, item)
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– According to Nintendo’s internal tracking figures, sales of the Wii Sports Resort™ game have surpassed 1 million copies in the United States since its July 26 launch. Japan and Europe have also sold more than 1 million copies each since the title launched in their respective markets. The collection of 12 resort-themed sports activities is on its way to becoming another Nintendo “long-tail” title that sells steadily over an extended period of time as opposed to a single flash on its launch day.
“Millions of consumers worldwide have demonstrated that they want their summer vacations to keep going,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Wii Sports Resort provides both novice and veteran players a fun, virtual escape to a resort island with their friends and family – something that will be even more appealing as the weather turns cooler this fall and winter.”
– 5,580,000 sales for the Layton series worldwide
– the fourth entry in the Layton series is kicking off the “Professor Layton Second Season” says Level 5
– Important tidbits from the for the 4th Professor Layton trailer: new character Remi (female) is show, Luke has the ability to see how the world will end, game takes place 3 years before the original Layton
– hits Japan on Nov. 26th
– Remi is voiced by Aibu Saki, and ending theme is sung by Ando Yuuko
– details from the Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva movie trailer (title is a rough translation): hits theaters in Japan on Dec. 19th, includes characters from the 4th game, involves a puzzle that grants eternal life when solved
– the studio behind the Pokemon films is working on the movie
– Level 5 has plans to make a film every Winter
– Inazuma Eleven anime was just renewed for 2 more years
– Inazuma Eleven 2 storyline includes aliens coming to earth to play soccer, and these aliens have special attacks that involve flying into space and kicking fireballs
– Inazuma Eleven 2 has 4 player local multiplayer
– due out October 1st in Japan
– the Inazuma Eleven manga is the most popular in CoroCoro comic weekly
– Nakata Hidetoshi (ex soccer player) to be in the game as hidden character Hide Nakata. He also lends his voice to the game
– Inazuma Eleven 2 has two versions, and each version will feature its own beginning and ending
– the tournament from the game is being turned into a real-life tournament
– Atamania games are getting word and math puzzle game sequels, as well as a “Mystery Room” sequel
– “Mystery Room” is about Pocho and Sly, two guys locked in the mysterious room
– details from new Ninokuni trailer – battles look similar to Dragon Quest, the mysterious land in the game is filled with dinosaurs and various creatures, due out Spring 2010 in Japan, female character voiced by Nagasa Masami, Oizumi You does the voice of “Gyro”, and main character Olivier is voiced by Tabe Mikako, music done by Hisaishi Joe
– Ninokuni will be on a 4GB ROM, making it the biggest ever for DS. This was done to fit the music on.
– Ninokuni theme sung is performed by “Mai” and written by Hisaishi Joe
– new game shown which is called “Fantasy Life”, which looks like a DS RPG (Famitsu says it’s for the DS – thanks Kadir!). Once again, Brownie Brown is involved, and 21 songs provided by Nobuo Uematsu. Each of the 21 songs pairs up with a character in the game, including their own small story and ending. These all lead up to the final ending for the game.
– rumored version of Inazuma Eleven for Wii is not ready to be shown
– TGS booth will have demos of Inazuma Eleven 2, Professor Layton 4, and more. DVD will be given out with game footage
Ousama Monogatari (Wii): 9/9/8/9
Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki Record U.C. 0081 (PS3): 8/8/9/8
Love Plus (DS): 8/9/7/8
Tabemon (Wii): 8/7/8/8
Simple 2500 Series Portable!! Vol. 12: The Fuhyou 2: Senyuu yo Sakini Ike (PSP): 6/6/5/6
Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyoto Kuramayama Shou Satsujin Jiken (PSP): 5/6/5/6
At Level-5’s annual press conference, London Life was announced, which apparently is somewhat similar to Mother 3. However, London Life is unlockable content from the fourth Professor Layton and is not actually a new game. Once players complete the fourth Professor Layton title, London Life will become immediately available. It’s being developed by Brownie Brown and focuses on making others happy through RPG elements. Level-5’s boss Akihiro Hino stated that it will take more than 100 hours just to run through London Life – Which certainly makes it a worthwhile unlockable!
