Project X Zone 2 director Soichiro Morizumi announced his departure from Monolith Soft a couple of days ago. Joining him is Koji Ishitani, who acted as the series’ co-producer.
Ishitani wrote on Twitter, as translated by Gematsu:
“As of the end of last week, on March 31, I resigned from Monolith Soft, which I belonged to for about 16 years. I was involved with works from Xenosaga Episode I to Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean to Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED to Project X Zone 2, but to everyone who supported me and worked with me, and above all else to those who played the games, thank you very much!”
HAL Laboratory isn’t traditionally associated with working directly on Nintendo hardware. Fans are likely more aware of the company for having worked on the Kirby and Smash Bros. franchises, among many other titles.
For Switch though, HAL was directly involved with the hardware’s creation. They developed the following parts of the system:
– Web browser component
– Mii library
– Game development environments
– Game development tools
The Web browser components are used for following parts:
– Connect Switch to a Nintendo Account
– eShop
– Posting screenshots to SNS
– And more
Those who are in the photo below are the actual staffers who joined in during development. 32 people in total are pictured.
Lightwood Games released its eShop puzzler Pic-a-Pix Color on Wii U and 3DS a few days ago. Watch some footage of the new title below.
In celebration of Miitomo’s first anniversary, Nintendo has brought back the “I do! Wedding Bliss” stage. Users can obtain popular items in this coin-exclusive special level.
It includes the following:
– Wedding veil w/ flower crown
– Wedding gown
– Rose headpiece
– Rose evening gown
– Chiffon party dress
– Wedding tuxedo
– Rhinestone necklace
– Rose boutonniere
The returning stage will be available until April 8 at 6:59 PM PT / 9:59 PM ET.
YouTube channel Two Angry Gamers TV has a half hour of footage up from Rime, which is coming soon to Switch. See the video for gameplay below.
A new patch for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was delivered this week. Although Nintendo kept quiet about specifics, players quickly noticed that the game’s performance had been improved. Areas with frame rate drops were improved in version 1.1.1.
NX Gamer published a video yesterday that provides a good look at the performance improvements by showing what the frame rate was like before and after the update. You can watch it below, but note that one of the villages is shown.
Jakks Pacific’s World of Nintendo line is still going strong. Toys and other merchandise are in the works, and a number of new additions are on the way.
We previously spoke about the Splatoon blasters. Aside from the strange-looking Link pictured below from Breath of the Wild, upcoming items include a bow and arrow set, jumbo plushies, Splatoon Splat Balls, Nintendo playset featuring Peach’s Castle, a repackaging of Toad at Family Dollar, and more.
A tentative schedule for some of the toys is as follows:
4″ Hitting in March
Ice Mario, Inkling Girl, Lakitu, Bowser Jr (paintbrush this time), and “Classic Mario”4″ Hitting in June
Mario Maker, Luigi (open hands), BotW Link, Iggy Koopa, and Yellow Yoshi2.5″ Hitting in May
Dr. Mario, Blue Baby Yoshi, Larry Koopa, Purple Squid and Red Bob-omb
A new month is here! We’ve just entered April, so that means we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you started up something entirely new for the month? Still playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Or maybe you’ve moved on to something else on Switch like Snake Pass. Whatever the case, let us know in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: Splatoon 2 Global Testfire impressions
Update: Bumped to the top with Shantae demake and more.
It’s April 1 in Japan, meaning April Fools’ Day has already begun. Companies are already coming out with some interesting hoaxes in celebration of the event. We’ll keep this post updated with anything noteworthy that appears over the next day or so.
Fire Emblem: Battle of Revolution
– Fake Switch / 3DS game from Nintendo
– Website here.
This past week, YouTuber Haley Ojedi finished up The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild during a live stream – and received a special surprise in the process.
Sean Chiplock is the voice of Revali in Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s English version. Believe it or not, he actually appeared in Ojedi’s stream. Chiplock not only recorded a special message for Ojedi congratulating her on beating the game, but also gave a generous donation to help raise enough money to send her to E3.
Here’s the relevant recording (note: credits are shown):
