In an interview with Nintendo Life, Dragon Quest VII producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto spoke about the decision to remake the game. On the decision to bring it to the handheld rather than Sony platforms, Fujimoto explained:
“There are two reasons. One is that Nintendo 3DS is a portable system and I thought it was a really good fit for DQVII. The second one is that, in Japan, Nintendo 3DS is the most popular hardware, so I thought it would be a really good opportunity to get DQVII to more fans.”
Fujimoto was also asked about Nintendo’s involvement. Regarding this, he said:
“The sheer translation volume of Dragon Quest VII is more than 2 times Dragon Quest V, so it’s a gigantic game. It was really hard to make the business decision to localize the game. With Nintendo, we were able to work it out and work hand-in-hand and make it happen together. To be completely blunt, it’s like Nintendo took half of the bill!”
Nintendo Hall has shared some footage from the upcoming Wii U eShop title Brick Breaker. Watch 11 minutes of gameplay below.
SDK Spriter has been dated for PAL territories. In Europe and South Africa, it’s on track for September 29. Those in the Oceania region will have it one day later.
SDK Spriter will cost €12.50. However, those who purchased previously can save €2.50.
We’ve attached some screenshots from SDK Spriter below.
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Another round of Gear Gauntlet footage has been uploaded online. See the latest gameplay below ahead of the official launch on Thursday.
Brick Breaker is making its way to the Wii U eShop later this week. To download the game, 166MB of free space is required. Look for the title on Thursday from Sanuk Games.
Sanuk Games has another Wii U eShop game lined up for Europe later this month. On September 22, the digital title Mahjong will be available. Pricing is set at €4.99.
Here’s a trailer:
Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 8 is out on most platforms today. With that in mind, Telltale created a new launch trailer. View it below.
Minecraft: Story Mode is currently at Episode 5 on Wii U. We’ll likely see another batch of episodes drop together on the eShop at some point in the future.
RIVE’s initial launch begins today, and as such, Two Tribes prepared a new trailer for the game. Watch it below.
As previously mentioned, it’ll be awhile before we see RIVE on Nintendo platforms. The Wii U version is looking less likely, but an NX version may very well happen.
Following in the footsteps of Pokemon Origins, Pokemon Generations has been announced. It’s a new animated series that revisits each generation of the Pokemon games “to shed new light on some timeless moments.” We’ll see “the earliest days in the Kanto region to the splendor of the Kalos region”.
18 episodes of Pokemon Generations will air each week through December 23. You can expect each one to be around three to five minutes long.
Here’s a trailer:
The first two episodes of Pokemon Generations debuts this Friday at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe on The Pokemon Company’s YouTube channel. Check out some art below.
Nintendo just released the fourth video in a multi-part series about a squad of toads helping Mario in Paper Mario: Color Splash. We have today’s clip below.
