GungHo Online Entertainment was included in Nintendo’s lineup of Switch developers a few months ago. Now we can officially say that the company has a project in the works, and it sounds pretty mysterious.
GungHo Online Entertainment CEO Kazuki Morishita told Destructoid that the game will be an “action game for all ages with a lighter, comical tone.” We can also say that it’s a new IP with original gameplay. Morishita teased, “No direct comparison exists. It’s a gameplay style that has not been seen before.”
Whatever GungHo is planning, single-player and multiplayer components are planned. They’ve been kicking around the idea for about “4-5 years” before it came to be as it currently is.
Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:
Puzzle & Dragons X (x2) – 100 yen each
Mochi Mochi Panda – 200 yen
Maison de Maou (x2) – 150 yen each
Solar System Disco feat. Hatsune Miku – 200 yen
Nem feat. Kagamine Len – Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku – 200 yen
Carlos Hakamada: Chigau!!! – 200 yen
n.k: This Messed-Up Wonderful World Exists For Me – 200 yen
Yasuhiro: Dance Orchestra – 200 yen
Did you know that a number of costumes in Super Mario Odyssey come from previous games in the franchise? As shown in the picture, clockwise from top-left, those titles are as follows: Picross 2 (1996), Mario x Qix (1990, Game Boy), NES Open Tournament Golf (1987) and Yoshi’s Cookie (1993).
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“Our focus is making sure we launch great games — making sure that we continue to support not only Nintendo Switch, but also the Nintendo 3DS family of consoles. f we do our jobs with great games as well as making sure there’s enough hardware out in the marketplace, then the stock price will take care of itself.”
“Our demographic is much wider. We want consumers from 5 to 95 playing our games. And by doing that we go down a path that makes our IP much more accessible. We’re much more family-friendly. We have a range of content for the most core gamer to a child who is wanting to get into gaming for the first time. So it’s a different approach for us, and that approach is winning.”
“We are fortunate that we have had a series of phenomenons. Whether it’s been Pokemon Go, or our NES classic that we launched last holiday season, and now Nintendo Switch. What we want to do is create these games and these new executions that the consumers feel they absolutely have to go buy.”
This information comes from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot…
“What is fantastic about working with Nintendo and with Miyamoto in particular is that you are working with the best. It’s easy to work with the smartest people in the industry and they have a great understanding of what works and we are very often on the same page about how to solve a problem.
I travel a lot for work, but thanks to the Switch I’ve been able to play Zelda. It’s a great game and we can learn a lot about how we make games by looking at what Nintendo has done.”
