“Until the end of this year, I have my hands full with Metal Gear Online, but at next year’s show, I think it’s okay that I should be able to announce something.” – Hideo Kojima
That’s…So far away! Anyone want to guess what he might be able to present next year?
Videos
Wii Music: This week’s Instruments 2
Wii Music Info Video
G. Love plays Wii Music
Cee-Lo plays Wii Music
Tetris Party Info Video
World of Goo Video 2
Art Style CUBELLO Info Video
Battle of the Giants: Demo is Available NOW
Brain Quest Grades 3&4 Demo is Available NOW
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party Info Video
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Info Video
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts Info Video
Bratz Girlz Really Rock Info Video
AWAY Shuffle Dungeon
Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant Video
Liv Tyler Plays Mystery Case Files
Carrie Underwood Plays Mario Kart DS
Digest Video
Demos (expire 10/19)
Crosswords DS-Anagrams Demo
Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs
Brain Quest: Grades 3&4 and Grades 5&6
Lock’s Quest
MySims Kingdom
“I would like to use Wii MotionPlus for No More Heroes 2 if I could…I haven’t even touched Wii MotionPlus yet so I am not aware with how it works so that’s why I am not sure yet.” – Suda51
Wii MotionPlus might make the No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle pretty interesting. However, if Suda51 uses it, it would be best to make sure it’s not just a gimmick or a tack-on.
As always it’s recommended that you listen to the podcast in full to listen to points that may have been missed. Also, there may be minor inaccuracies/errors in the transcription.
Recent Nintendo announcements/conferences
– Nintendo talked about stuff that concerned the hardcore gamer
– Bozon uses the word “phenomenal” to describe Nintendo’s press conference, Matt would say “good”
– Matt says Nintendo needed to be more aggressive with the storage solution
– Need to wait awhile for the solution
– Bozon and Matt like Cosmic Walker – looks like you’ll fly around in a jetpack, take care of your ship
– Demon Blade, Punch-Out, DS games, World of Goo, Cave Story were all there
– Matt is happier to hear that Punch-Out is being developed by Next-Level Games than internally by Nintendo
– Bozon and Matt excited about Sin and Punishment 2 – it’s a niche hardcore game
– Let’s Tap is funny
– Bozon thinks Demon Blade will be sick, Matt is amazed Atlus didn’t pick it up
– Pay attention to XSEED, getting all of these major games
– Klonoa, Tenchu, Taito Drum Master all looked pretty cool
Ken from XSEED Games has shared a wealth of knowledge regarding No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle and a few other titles for North America…
“No confirmation yet [Discipline in North America], but Marvelous Entertainment USA (MEU) will evaluate if it’s a fit for the US market and then decide to bring it over or not. I don’t know much about the game, but chances are good it will happen…This title [Kizuna] is a hot topic of discussion among publishers so I’m sure it will come over to the US. Whether it’s by MEU, XSEED or some other publisher is yet to be decided.”
“This title [No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle] will definitely come to the US, the official publisher will be confirmed shortly. Still not confirmed at this time, but Marvelous was pleased with Ubisoft on the first one so it wouldn’t be a surprise if they handled the second one as well.”
Ken also mentioned that there is no news regarding Steel Princess in North America, XSEED tries to follow Japanese source material as closely as possible (when localizing, whether it’s the original Japanese names, theme songs, etc.), and that XSEED will look into pre-order items in the future.
Coming from a press release from Rising Star earlier this morning, the company has revealed a number of new details, including a confirmation that No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle will be a darker game than its predecessor. As is already known, series hero Travis Touchdown will be involved in taking part in revenge following the death of his best friend. Rising Star additionally verified that the No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle will take place three years after the events of the first title and will support an overall darker tone than its precursor. Lastly, Rising Star promises enhancements to the game engine and graphics, a busier Santa Destroy city, and a few other surprises that have yet to be revealed.
