This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Alien: Isolation (PS4) – 8/8/8/8
Battleborn (PS4) – 8/8/7/8
Battleborn (XBO) – 8/8/7/8
Caligula (PSV) – 8/7/8/7
Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain (PSV) – 8/8/9/7
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone (PS4) – 10/10/8/9
Henri (3DS) – 7/8/7/6
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) – 8/7/7/8
Mighty No. 9 (PS4) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (XBO) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (Wii U) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (PS3) – 8/8/7/7
Mighty No. 9 (360) – 8/8/7/7
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Umbrella Corps (PS4) – 9/9/9/9
Although most of his time has been devoted to discussing current projects, Tetsuya Nomura, producer of The World Ends With You, took a moment in a Famitsu interview to address a potential sequel to the DS RPG. Unfortunately, the news is not necessarily good, with Nomura stating that, while the series is popular overseas, that making a sequel would not be easy (but not impossible). In order to do it, he would like to assemble a team capable of delivering a game just as good as the first.
Even if it were to happen, Nomura’s statements suggest that it is at least not in development at the moment.
Seems that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be truly open to players. According to Eiji Aonuma, in an interview with Polygon, players can skip the story and even go straight to the final boss if they go the right way.
“Users may not actually get the full story depending on how they play this game and how they strategize and solve puzzles. Users are able to go to the very end goal without revealing why Link woke up the way he did and where he did. Whether you want to reveal the storyline and find out why Link woke up, or you want to just go straight to the goal, that’s an option totally up to the user […] Anybody who can go straight to the goal without doing anything else — there’s two possibilities. Either they’re a really good gamer, or they could be somebody that’s a little bit crazy. But it’s not impossible. I created the game like that.”
Though Aonuma suggested that this was not the best or natural way to play, he also suggested the game would be good for players to race each other in.
Gamexplain has uploaded 40 minutes of footage from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, all as direct feed with no commentary. You can check it out below:
The official Japanese website for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now open. The site features an animation and music for Link surveying the overworld, as well as the trailer and screenshots from earlier in the day. You can view the new screenshots below:
A new Battle of Elemental REBOOST video has gone live which acts as a tutorial of sorts. View it below.
A Pokemon Sun/Moon double pack will be coming to Japan, The Pokemon Company announced today. It includes a copy of both games as well as two sets of 100 PokeBalls. Pricing is set at 9,960 yen.
The first day of E3 2016 has come to a close, but Nintendo has plenty to show – particularly with Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nintendo Minute’s Kit Ellis recaps it all in the video below.
The E3 2016 trailer for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is now in. Get the latest look at the title below.
