Just ahead of ARMS’ launch, Game Informer spoke with producer Kosuke Yabuki and art director Masaaki Ishikawa. The two developers tackled various subjects. The two were asked about the game’s early prototypes, whether it started on Wii U, the story of how people get extendable ARMS, Twintelle’s popularity, and more.
We’ve picked out some of the interesting excerpts from the interview below. You can access the entire discussion here.
Game Rant was recently able to interview Zelda: Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi. Fujibayashi weighed in on the game’s early reaction, timeline placement, motion control puzzles, inspiration for the Divine Beasts, early concepts, and why Ganon doesn’t speak.
You can read up on these excerpts from the interview below. For the full discussion, head on over here.
First 4 Figures is expanding its Sonic the Hedgehog Diorama line. Today, the company unveiled a special 25th anniversary statue.
Pre-orders will be kicking off next Tuesday, June 6. First 4 Figures’ website intends to take orders at the following times:
– 8 AM PT
– 11 AM ET
– 4 PM in the UK
– 5 PM in Europe
An hour before pre-orders begin, First 4 Figures will be hosting a live stream to talk about a Day One Edition and more.
Source: First 4 Figures email
XSEED announced its full lineup for E3 2017 today. When the show is hosted between June 13 and June 15, the company will be bringing along Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection, Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash, and the Switch versions of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star.
Here’s the full rundown on WayForward’s E3 2017 lineup:
Chucklefish shared a short but sweet blog post for Wargroove today. Attached above, the studio showed a first look at the game’s world map. More information about the game is promised “soon.”
I and Me is on the way to Switch, Ratalakia Games announced today. The publisher is working with Wish Fang on the game.
I and Me is a puzzle-platformer which hit Steam last year. You can find a trailer below as well as many additional details.
Nintendo posted a new blog today about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the game’s Japanese website. Mitsuhiro Hikino explains how the various sounds were created like Link’s footsteps and the noise that’s made when equipment clanks.
Hikino worked with SoundRacer in a studio that specializes in sound effects. In all, more than 10,000 sounds were recorded.
Famitsu sent some questions Nintendo’s way in hopes of obtaining more details about the Nintendo Switch Online service. The big N was quiet regarding some topics, but shared a little bit of extra information in some areas.
Famitsu first asks if it’s correct that Classic Game Selection titles will contain local cooperative or versus play exactly the same as they were before except for added online play. In response, Nintendo says that details regarding online play will be announced later.
We found out earlier this week that Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is coming to Switch in Europe on June 8. Thankfully, North America will be getting it on the same day.
WayForward just put out a tweet confirming the official release date. The message is as follows:
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero hits the Nintendo Switch eShop on June 8th! Available in NA and EU with all-new HD Rumble features! pic.twitter.com/7ucic2UMh9
— WayForward (@WayForward) June 2, 2017
Nintendo put out a new ARMS Global Testpunch video covering controls, tips, and more for the demo. This was actually included in the demo’s “Extras” menu last weekend. There’s been some talk that it might be inaccessible from now on though, so it can be helpful if you avoided that portion of the ARMS Global Testpunch before.
