This past weekend, Nintendo hosted a special 30th anniversary Zelda concert in Kyoto, Japan. It was a big event as key staff involved with the series were present – Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Takashi Tezuka, and Koji Kondo. Famitsu shared an in-depth report of what occurred and what was said.
Voice actress Ruriko Aoki hosted the concert. She was actually planning on buying a ticket for the event in Nagoya, and even asked her agency to free up her schedule. However, she was eventually told that she got the job for this concert. Series producer Eiji Aonuma also appeared and introduced Aoki. The two showed up together during a Niconico Majora’s Mask 3D live stream last year, and since she’s a big fan of Zelda, he asked her to be the MC.
Darkrai was revealed – and subsequently released – as a new character in the arcade version of Pokken Tournament during the summer. Bandai Namco is now teasing the announcement of another fighter. On October 13, we’ll be hearing something about the latest roster addition.
We do want to stress that this news only pertains to Pokken Tournament in the arcades for the time being. Even though Darkrai was spotted in update files on Wii U, that Pokemon still hasn’t been made available in the console version. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Darkrai and this other new mystery character have been ruled out for Wii U – we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
A few days ago, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice received another round of DLC. This specifically added the Turnabout Time Traveler full-length episode. Watch some footage of it below.
Siliconera has uploaded some videos of Monster Hunter Stories gameplay footage to their YouTube channel. The two videos show off a few of the new weapon types in Monster Hunter Stories; the sword & shield, the hammer, and the hunting horn. You can watch both of the videos below.
Kotaku has uploaded the footage of their playthrough of the LEGO Dimensions Mission Impossible level set to YouTube. You can watch the video below.
Prior to the North American launch of Yo-kai Watch 2, a special event was held with Mark Ballas of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and star of Jersey Boys on Broadway. See a recap from Nintendo below.
A listing on HMV provides us with a look at the Kunio-kun Nekketsu: Complete Famicom Compilation boxart. It’s not in the actual 3DS packaging, but that’s what the final packaging should be.
HMV also posted some screenshots from Kunio-kun Nekketsu: Complete Famicom Compilation 10316. We’ve rounded them up below.
Earlier today, Dylan Cuthbert held a Reddit AMA. Cuthbert worked on the original Star Fox as well as the cancelled Star Fox 2. Unsurprisingly, he answered a few questions relating to the franchise.
Head past the break for Cuthbert’s comments on Star Fox 2 as well as his opinion of Star Fox Zero. He also gave a brief comment as to whether anything was scrapped from the first Star Fox.
Nintendo is still going with its instructional video series about Dragon Quest VII. Find a new video focusing on the game’s tablets below.
A new commercial has started airing to promote Jakks Pacific’s line of Nintendo figures. Get a look at the brief video below.
