Some off-screen footage has been captured from Super Mario Run’s intro through the game’s playable demo at Apple Stores in Europe. Check it out below.
Sushi Typhoon Games, which is Japanese entertainment giant Nikkatsu’s video game division, announced a new game today: Creeping Terror, a side-scrolling horror game, for 3DS. The game will be released on the Japanese eShop in Winter 2017 (i.e. January or February). Check out the trailer below:
Most of you are probably familiar with Pokemon Generations – the webseries has been running on Youtube for a while now, and there are only four episodes left. But did you know that Pokemon Generations wasn’t available in Japanese until today? Despite being obviously produced in Japan, the episodes were only uploaded to The Pokemon Company’s various international Youtube channels in a variety of languages, but never to their Japanese channel. That changed today, however, as the first six episodes are now available in Japanese. You can check them out on the Japanese Pokemon Youtube channel here.
Shigeru Miyamoto made an appearance at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City, where he touched on some of the concepts behind Super Mario Run, as well as his own growth as a developer. Part of what inspired the simple design of Super Mario Run was the difference between advanced and novice Mario players, where the former knows how to properly run, while the latter might find holding the run button troublesome. The constant running was ideal to appease both camps, and items like Special Blocks were added to give some variance. He also noted that the idea for a one-button Mario had been floating around between him and frequent co-developers Takashi Tezuka and Toshihiko Nakago for a while.
Miyamoto was also asked about the differences in developing from when he started to the current day. On his continued enthusiasm for games, he stated:
I keep making games because people keep playing games, and one of the reasons I like to continue to make games is because technology keeps evolving and I keep having my own personal life experiences and I keep looking for ways to combine the two into new games.
He also noted the differences between early games and how small their teams could be, whereas modern games require larger teams, where people’s individual work can get lost. He also pointed out the benefit of how much easier it is to update games.
Bandai Namco has announced their lineup for Jump Festa 2017, which will be taking place on December 17 and 18. The lineup, which includes several 3DS games, is below:
-Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters (3DS) – Playable
-Digimon World: Next Order (PS4) – Playable
-Dragon Ball Fusions (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament
-Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (PS4) – Playable, Game Tournament
-Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament, One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum Cross Battles
-Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto (PS4) – Playable, Game Tournament
-One Piece: Burning Blood (PS4, PS Vita) – Trailer
-One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum (3DS) – Playable, Game Tournament, Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Cross Battles
-Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Shijou Psi Dai no Psi-nan!? (3DS) – Playable
-Twin Star Exorcists (PS Vita) – Playable
Smartphone Games
-Digimon Links – Trailer
-Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle – Trailer
-Gintama: Kabuki District Great Action Movie – New
-Haikyuu!! Donpisha Match – Trailer
-Hunter X Hunter: World Hunt – New
-JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Trailer
-Kingdom: Seven Flags – Trailer
-Kuroko’s Basketball: Cross Colors – New
-One Piece: Thousand Storm – Trailer
-One Piece: Treasure Cruise – Trailer
-Saint Seiya: Zodiac Brave – Trailer
-Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval?Color – Trailer
-World Trigger: Smash Borders – Trailer
Miitomo is offering a special bonus for users who have upgraded to the latest version. By purchasing the standard 1,000 coins ($0.99), users will receive a bonus 4,000 coins for free. This bonus is only available once per user, but it also doesn’t appear to have an expiration date.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV #
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
03./00. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
04./00. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2
05./00. [3DS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution #
06./02. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
07./05. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
08./03. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
09./16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition #
10./13. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
11./00. [3DS] Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
12./17. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
13./23. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
14./04. [PS4] Samurai Warriors: Sanada Maru #
15./15. [PS4] Battlefield 1
16./26. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
17./12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare #
18./20. [3DS] Beyblade Burst
19./00. [XB1] Final Fantasy XV #
20./27. [WIU] Splatoon #
Capcom released a new batch of Monster Hunter XX screenshots based on Famitsu’s new coverage this week. Find the latest images below.
For those that missed it, read up on Famitsu’s Monster Hunter XX report here.
GameXplain has a look at the new Super Mario Run collaboration in Miitomo, which just went live in Miitomo a short while ago. We have some footage below.
Aside from the new Super Mario Run collaboration, Miitomo has added in several new items. The lineup includes:
– High-collared woolen coat
– Pearls & flowers hairclip
– Floral print dress
– Cropped jacket + grid-check tee
– Cardigan + striped tee
– Beaded moccasins
– Leather briefcase backpack
Items can be obtained using Miitomo coins in Miitomo Shop.
