3DS owners can now obtain Ice Station Z from the 3DS eShop. To do so, you’ll need 346 blocks of free space on an SD card. That amounts to 43.25 MB.
Twisted Fusion, which is out today on the Wii U eShop, has received another round of footage. Check a video containing 35 minutes of gameplay below.
The Verge recently spoke with Niantic’s Dennis Hwang, who was previously in charge of designing Google Doodles. Much of the conversation revolved around Pokemon GO.
At one point, Hwang was asked if he considers the game to be a social network. His response was as follows:
“I think we would like for it to be. That’s kind of part of the way we envision our platform, is really bringing people together. It’s not really about the specific game title or mobile phone app, it’s how do you create a shared experience that brings people together. So for Ingress, when we did start seeing boyfriend / girlfriend, husband / wife, people who are having kids after meeting each other playing our game, it was super satisfying and we were overjoyed to see that actually happening.
We’re sort of trying to paint an optimistic future, where technology is really bringing people together, not like you’re strapping a screen in a dark place to your face, where every interaction becomes through a camera, through a computer, through a network — that seems a little too dystopian to us. So we’re trying to see if there’s a better way to do things.”
Hwang later took on a question about Pokemon GO’s design and whether he’d change anything. This prompted him to speak about wanting to incorporate “more heads-up play.” Niantic wants players looking less at their phones rather than more.
Hwang said:
“Oh, there’s a lot that isn’t perfect. We had a pretty tight timeline to build this. I think just generally speaking the biggest element we’re looking to improve is allowing more heads-up play. It saddens me a little bit when I see a lot of hunched over people outside. They’re having fun, they’re outside in a great public park, but we’re always wanting a little more direct engagement with our immediate surroundings. So those are design choices we’re looking at carefully to keep improving it.
Like let’s say in the current interface, some of the information about a pokémon that spawned is in fine detail and the icon is really small. It’s going to make you go closer to the screen. We may just iterate on the design until you feel like the information is being presented to you in a way where you’re not having to stick your nose on the screen. It could be a simple size change, or the way the notification is animated, or it could be auditory cues instead of visual cues. There are a lot of options we’re going to explore.”
Having announced Dragon Quest VIII’s western launch of January 20 a couple of hours ago, Nintendo now prepared a new English trailer for the game. View it below.
Video game voice actors and stunt performers are currently holding a strike against developers in hopes of negotiating better conditions. The union SAG-AFTRA is representing these people, and shared a list of projects that they are no longer allowed to work on. Some interesting information was shared as a result.
On the list, something known as “LEGO Marvel 2” is mentioned. What is that exactly? Well, it’s a bit unclear. Warner Bros. did publish LEGO Marvel’s Avengers as a follow up to LEGO Marvel Super Heroes earlier this year. We may not know what “LEGO Marvel 2” is, but it looks like we can count on another Marvel-based LEGO game in the future.
Nintendo UK added a new interview to its website today centered around the new Animal Crossing: New Leaf update. General producer Katsuya Eguchi and Animal Crossing series producer Hisashi Nogami spoke about various topics, including why camper vans were chosen. You can read up on Eguchi and Nogami’s various comments below.
Nintendo released a new video today showcasing a few European digital game highlights from October 2016. You can watch it below.
Update: Bumped to the top. Nintendo has just confirmed the same date for Europe.
Original: Dragon Quest VIII is heading to North America on January 20, Nintendo has just announced. You can take a look at the official boxart above.
This new version of Dragon Quest VIII features two new playable characters and additional side quests. Also included is a new Quick-Save function and a “Speed Up” feature to increase battle speed. Players can also take photos, customize them, and share images via StreetPass or by nabbing them from the SD card.
Head past the break for today’s full announcement with additional details about Dragon Quest VIII. View some English screenshots below.
Nintendo has now opened a special Japanese website dedicated to all things Animal Crossing. Access it here.
If you’re interested in the Animal Crossing amiibo cards, you may want to view this page in particular. It shows off the fifth series of amiibo cards plus the six Sanrio collaboration cards.
The NES Classic Edition’s controller cord is roughly 30 inches long. If you feel that’s too short, you might be interested in a new accessory from Nyko.
GameStop is listing the “NES ExtendLink Extension Cable”. Its purpose is simple, as it extends the controller cord by six feet. It also works “with some Wii and Wii U wired controllers”.
The extension cable costs $10. Place an order here if interested.
