Capcom is continuing its series of development blogs for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. You can read the second one here.
This time around, the discussion is centered about how the developers and artists worked to define the look and feel of the Kingdom of Khura’in. The art director and lead artist for the game go into details about the setting, it’s location in the world, the language, and the culture of the fictional land.
Dragon Quest VII was featured during Nintendo’s live stream at Gamescom earlier today. Series producer Yuu Miyake, producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto, and assistant producer Takuma Shiraishi were all in attendance.
You can watch the full recording of the event below. Not only was gameplay shown, but the developers also fielded some questions about Dragon Quest VII.
The winners are in for this year’s Gamescom awards, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild scored the biggest win. Nintendo’s Wii U and NX game was chosen as “Best of Gamescom” as well as “Best Wii U Game”.
There were a couple of other notable winners as well. Mario Party: Star Rush took home the award for “Best Mobile Game”. Skylanders Imaginators won “Best Family Game”.
Nintendo’s sale of the Seattle Mariners, a baseball team in which Nintendo has owned shares in for some time now, has officially been finalized by the MLB. Nintendo is to retain a 10% share in the team, with the remainder of its holdings to be sold off.
As part of the sale and transistion, current CEO Howard Lincoln has retired from his daily duties and been replaced by John Stanton as the chairman and CEO, who will also act as a Major League Baseball Control Person for the franchise. Lincoln will continue to represent Nintendo’s ownership interests for the team, acting as a member of the FAE Board of Directors. The financial impact of the sale to Nintendo will be incorporated into the company’s next quarterly financial report.
Update (8/19): BlockForm is 329 blocks. That amounts to 41.125MB.
Original (8/18): We originally heard about the platformer BlockForm last June. In Europe, it’s now scheduled for release on August 25. The game will cost €4.99.
It’s worth mentioning that BlockForm will only be playable on New 3DS. We also are unsure if the Wii U version is still happening.
A new Pokemon Sun/Moon trailer has just come online revealed even more Pokemon for the two games. Along with Crabrawler who we heard about moments ago, the new video shows Sandygast, Palossand, and Stufful.
Here’s the trailer:
Art and details for all of today’s new Pokemon can be found below.
Turtonator was revealed as a new Pokemon in Sun/Moon at Gamescom 2016 yesterday. With the 2016 Pokemon World Championships kicking off today, we now have a look at yet another creature: Crabrawler.
The Pokemon Company has shared the following about Crabrawler:
Crabrawler has a personality that really hates to lose, and it’s driven not only to aim for a higher position than its fellows in terms of social standing, but literally to aim for a higher position in the landscape. Perhaps as a result, it’s sometimes found clinging to tall people or to the walls of buildings! If you try to remove one against its will, you’ll be met with a sound punch.
Crabrawler’s favorite food is Berries. It punches the trunks of trees to give the branches a good shake and knock any ripe Berries to the ground so it can feast! Many Crabrawler may gather around a tree, but only the one that emerges victorious in battle against all the others receives the privilege of eating the ripe Berries.
Crabrawler uses its claws to protect its face and belly while getting in close to an opponent to throw punches. Its punches are powerful enough to split tree trunks! Crabrawler’s pincers are sometimes torn off during its bouts—and they are said to be delicious.
Nintendo posted a trailer for the just-launched Metroid Prime: Federation Force to its YouTube page. We have it below.
A pair of titles have been confirmed for release in Europe next week.
First, just like North America, Armikrog is due out for Wii U on August 23. Pricing is set at €9.99.
On 3DS, Pixel Paint is slated for August 25 for €3,99. This was previously made available on Wii U.
GameXplain has uploaded the final boss and ending for Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Just to be extra safe, we’ve posted the video past the break. The very last scene in particular may be worth watching if you’re interested in Metroid – though it goes without saying there are spoilers involved.
