You may recall that PixelJunk Monsters was rated for Wii U by the USK last October. Nothing has come from that listing yet, but now the game has received a similar classification. A listing for
PixelJunk Monsters just popped up on the PEGI site today as well. Maybe Double Eleven will finally have some news to share soon!
Super Mario Maker’s latest costume and Event Course have gone live. After finishing “Barbara in Tomatoland”, you’ll receive the Barbara the Bat outfit.
Here’s an overview of the level:
“Hello, my dears! I’m Barbara the Bat. …What are those blank looks for? Don’t you know who I am?! I’m the star of a little series called Jam with the Band. It’s quite big in Japan! You should all be thankful for this precious opportunity to join the ranks of my minions!”
And here’s a full playthrough of the Event Course:
Fabraz has confirmed plans to bring Planet Diver to Wii U. It’s unknown when it will be up on the eShop, but development is underway.
Planet Diver has players taking on the role of an interstellar wingsuit diver out looking for thrills. Here’s the overview from the game’s Steam page:
Planet Diver is about an adventurous daredevil tackling her newest obsession: Wing suit diving. With her close robotic companion Buddy she’ll travel across space to seek out the most dangerous planets and their respective chasms to dive in. You’ll dive through a variety of deadly and exotic planets, fighting off the flora and fauna of each locale, while collecting valuable star stuff to further fund your adventures.
Use your hard earned rewards to fly to more distant planets, as well as to acquire new outfits and special ability modifiers! Along the way you can compete online for the best dive or try to unlock rewards by completing tough challenges. Careful how deep you dive though… Who knows what slumbers within the planet’s core?
Features
– An extensive campaign made out of 3 planets, 9 biomes and 75 unique missions with a quirky story and challenges.
– Carefully crafted, randomly generated chasms that make each dive unique!
– An endless arcade mode for each planet that pushes the challenge to the limit.
– All planets have their own special biomes, obstacles, enemies and bosses!
– Fast paced gameplay where you need to avoid, brake and speed up like a pro!
– Unique obstacles and enemies like bats that follow your every move, lava that slowly cuts off your escape or a… giant whale?!
– A lot of terrifying boss fights that require fast reflexes and a sharp mind.
– A vibrant setting with a fun, quirky story to explore in the depth of space!
– A cool astro shop full of unlockables like diving suits, modifiers and music!
– Competitive leaderboards for the score junkies out there!
– Plenty of hidden easter eggs that can be found throughout the extensive planet surfaces you explore!
– NEW: Speed running mode to compete for the fastest completion of each mission!
– NEW: Black hole mode that allows you to customize your dives by adjusting the chasm generation!
You can find a trailer for Planet Diver below. We’ll let you know when we hear more about a specific launch timing.
A few Zelda Wii U Easter eggs have been spotted in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. In Chudley’s Fine Goods and Fancy Trinkets Emporium, pieces of art from the upcoming game can be found. It’s nothing mindblowing, but it’s still pretty neat!
“MissingNo.” is a well-known glitch in the original Pokemon games. By taking advantage of what Game Freak intended to be error handlers, players can encounter a nonexistent Pokemon represented as a graphical mess.
Fans of the series might be happy to hear that the new Virtual Console versions of Pokemon Red and Blue on the 3DS still have the MissingNo glitch in place. Take a look at it in the video below (note: in German).
John Hanke, chief executive of Niantic, says that the company will have more to say about Pokemon GO “soon.” That information comes from an interview conducted by GamesBeat.
Hanke told the site:
“Pokémon Go is looking good. We’ll share more details with the world soon. There certainly are a lot of fans.”
In other news, Niantic has raised another $5 million from companies such as Alsop Louie, former Havas boss David Jones, Fuji Television, Lucas Nealan, and Cyan and Scott Banister. The Pokemon Company, Google, and Nintendo also invested $30 million last October.
Niantic should be discussing Pokemon GO at GDC 2016 next month. Attendees “will get a first-hand, in-depth look at how players are interacting and exploring the world with one another through Pokemon GO, the collaborative approach to design and development for the game and the next evolution of augmented reality and real-world mobile gameplay experiences.”
Despite having launched last year, Big John Games is still working on Cube Creator 3D to provide the game with updates. Version 1.2 is currently in the pipeline.
One feature set to arrive with the next update is multiplayer. You can see what this looks like via the attached screenshot.
As for the update, it’s unclear when exactly it will be pushed out to players.
The very 1st peek at #multiplayer dev for #CubeCreator3D 1.2; view from 1 #3DS showing 2 other live players. pic.twitter.com/8S5O34Uiig
— Big John Games (@BigJohnGames) February 25, 2016
…we still don't have a timeline to announce, but #multiplayer for #CubeCreator3D is certainly on its way. More to come very soon! #3DS
— Big John Games (@BigJohnGames) February 25, 2016
Aksys Games and Spike Chunsoft continues its Zero Time Dilemma teases with another piece of character art. Get a look at participant 5 above.
Update: pokemon-sun.com and pokemon-moon.com have also seen the same activity.
Earlier today, two European trademark filings were found for Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. It’s assumed that both will be announced tomorrow.
Additional evidence has since surfaced pointing to Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon being the real deal. Nintendo of America registered the domain name pokemon-sunmoon.com today, although it only redirects to “pokemon.com”. I imagine that will change tomorrow!
