The North American eShop has started to update with some of the games coming to Wii U this week. Here’s a look at what’s on tap thus far:
Buddy & Me: Dream Edition – $4.99
Defend your Crypt – $2.99 (should also be on 3DS assuming no delays)
Hot Rod Racer – $2.54
Humanitarian Helicopter – ?
These games (and maybe more) will be out starting on July 21 – this Thursday.
Update 4 (7/19): Sold out again on Amazon Germany, but the controller is now up.
Update 3 (7/18): Now available to pre-order on Amazon France, along with the controller. Also back up on Amazon Germany.
Update 2: Sold out on Amazon Germany.
Update (7/15): Bumped to the top. It’s also now live on Amazon Germany. You can also find it on Amazon Italy with the retailer also taking pre-orders for the controller.
Original (7/14): Amazon UK is accepting orders for the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System, which was announced earlier today. Place an order here. Amazon UK lists a price of £49.99.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot again commented on NX during the publisher’s financial conference call a short while ago.
Guillemot started out by mentioning what Ubisoft has seen thus far “is really great”. He also believes that the system can “take lots more casual players back in the industry.”
Guillemot’s words in full:
“On the NX, what we have seen is really great, so we think having a new machine coming is going to help the industry to continue to grow and to take lots more casual players back in the industry.”
Ubisoft has confirmed one game for NX thus far, that being Just Dance 2017. It remains to be seen what other plans the company has up its sleeves.
Capcom put out the fifth Monster Hunter Stories clip today focusing on a particular creature. View a video for Qurupeco below.
Eiji Aonuma has been closely tied to The Legend of Zelda having worked on the series since 1998 with Ocarina of Time. Could he eventually branch out and try something new in the future, though? Possibly.
In an interview with EDGE, Aonuma revealed that Nintendo has actually told him to make a new IP. But at the same time, they want him to continue with Zelda. Aonuma wouldn’t say too much more beyond this. He did mention that he’s interested in the idea “of a game where I can live as a thief,” but didn’t elaborate further.
Aonuma’s full comments:
“Actually, Nintendo has been telling me to create a new IP. But then, they’re also telling me to make more Zelda games. I can’t really share much; I’m not sure I’m allowed to say anything. But I really like the idea of a game where I can live as a thief. That’s all I’ll say.”
In this week’s Famitsu, it’s announced that FuRyu has a new label Kataruhito. The goal of the project is to cover visual novels made by indies, which originally came out for PC and will now be brought to 3DS.
The initial lineup is as follows:
Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni (The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night)
Release on July 27, 800 yen
Written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion
The House in Fata Morgana
Release on July 27, 950 yen
A long visual novel by Novectale
World End Economica Episode 1
Release on July 27, 800 yen
Created by Isuna Hasekura, of Spice and Wolf fame
We should know more about FuRyu’s plans once we get our hands on Famitsu. Stay tuned for additional details.
Gotta Protectors was planned for release on the North American 3DS eShop this Thursday. The game has been delayed, but not significantly so. It should now be available on July 28.
Ancient wrote on Twitter a few hours ago:
We sorry to postpone Gotta Protectors to July/28.Its a problem of doc's procedure,so we believe not postponed more. pic.twitter.com/UTfL6sSfbO
— AncientGames_JP (@AncientGames_JP) July 19, 2016
Bandai Namco has prepared a new commercial for One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum. Check it out below.
Along with the commercial, Bandai Namco announced today that a One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum demo will hit the Japanese 3DS eShop on July 27.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild wasn’t originally supposed to come out next year. Nintendo had a target year of 2015 set in mind, but that was pushed back last March. It was delayed once more following an announcement this past April, when Nintendo also confirmed an NX version.
Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma both spoke about the reason to delay Breath of the Wild at E3 last month. The main thing we heard about was difficulty in implementing the physics engine. That’s still true, but while talking with EDGE, Aonuma also discussed how development itself ran into some issues.
He explained:
