Did legendary music artist Michael Jackson contribute to Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s soundtrack? That question has long been something that no one has been able to answer with absolute certainty. However, a new article from may finally clear up the situation.
The Huffington Post reached out to several songwriters who were involved with Sonic 3. Brad Buxer, Doug Grigsby III, and Cirocco Jones all claim that Jackson did indeed work with them on the game’s music. Not only that, but the three men also say that these tunes ended up in the final game.
Here’s the notable excerpt from The Huffington Post’s piece:
“Sega maintains it never worked with Jackson on Sonic 3, and is “not in the position to respond” to questions about allegations to the contrary. “We have nothing to comment on the case,” the company said.
But the men whom Sega credited with writing the music say otherwise. Six men — Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Doug Grigsby III, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace and Cirocco Jones — are listed as songwriters in Sonic 3’s endgame scroll. Buxer, Grigsby and Jones tell The Huffington Post that Jackson worked with them on a soundtrack for Sonic 3 — and that the music they created with Jackson ended up in the final product.”
Rainy Night Creations confirmed via its Facebook page that FreezeME is arriving on the North American Wii U eShop next week. It can be purchased and downloaded on the eShop starting on February 4.
If you purchase FreezeME during its launch week, you’ll only need to pay $9.99. It’ll go up to the normal $13.99 asking price after this period.
FreezeME is still coming to Europe as well. All that’s left for PAL regions is ratings in different territories.
FreezeME will release for Wii U on USA, Canada and Mexico on the 4th of February!Also, FreezeME will launch on a…
Posted by FreezeMe on Monday, January 25, 2016
30 minutes of footage has come in for Final Fantasy Explorers. Watch the latest gameplay below.
The Pokemon YouTube page has just gone live with the official commercial for the series’ 20th anniversary set to air during the Super Bowl. View it below.
The ad, coming in at over a minute long and shot in Rio de Janeiro, promotes the franchise in general as supposed to specific products. It “celebrates the millions of Pokemon fans around the world, encourages them to enjoy the Pokémon references hidden in the ad and Train On.”
A 30-second version of the ad above will be shown at the beginning of the third quarter of Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, February 7.
Peg Solitaire is slated for release on February 4 as a Wii U eShop download, RCMADIAX announced today. Pricing will be set at $1.49.
Here’s the news straight from RCMADIAX’s Twitter:
[UPDATE] #PegSolitaire for #WiiU #eShop will launch at $1.49 in North America on February 4th. #Nindies pic.twitter.com/WZnolBetDO
— RCMADIAX [+=••] (@rcmadiax) January 25, 2016
RCMADIAX also confirmed that Tap Tap Arcade will be available on February 18 for $1.99.
[UPDATE] #TapTapArcade for #WiiU #eShop will launch at $1.99 in North America on February 18th. #Nindies pic.twitter.com/SiTOdTjje1
— RCMADIAX [+=••] (@rcmadiax) January 25, 2016
On Thursday, Wii U owners in Europe will have access to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance as the latest Virtual Console title. Watch the official trailer below.
Additional content is heading to New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward later this week. On January 28, players will have access to a Splatoon pack.
Nintendo shared the news on Twitter:
Show your style with the sporty #Splatoon pack, coming to #NewStyleBoutique 2 on 28/01/2016! pic.twitter.com/aH1CF3JqCl
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 25, 2016
Get a look at the Splaoon pack above.
After its phenomenal success on Kickstarter, Mighty No. 9 has had a somewhat troubled development period, with multiple delays and lukewarm receptions to its gameplay. Today, an e-mail was sent to backers of the project from Keiji Inafune himself, informing them that the game would not be ready in time for its targeted release date of in February. Inafune cites bugs in the game’s network / online as the reason for the delay. The new release date is, for the moment, set as “Spring 2016”.
Here’s Inafune’s statement in full:
To the fans eagerly awaiting the release of Mighty No. 9,
Unfortunately, we have an announcement that will be very disappointing to all of you. In preparation for the February release of Mighty No. 9 we have been working hard with our partners to resolve any network issues and porting work necessary to publish Mighty No. 9 on the various platforms. However, the issues relating to the network modes were more critical than expected, and it has become apparent that we will need to delay the game from its February 9th release date. We have been working up until the very last moment to resolve these issues in order to make the February release, but it has become clear that we no longer have enough time to fix the issues and have everything prepared for release.
Nintendo will perform some additional maintenance on a couple of services this week, meaning that online functions won’t be available. Minecraft: Wii U Edition will undergo maintenance at the following times:
January 26, 4:50 PM – January 26, 6:30 PM Pacific Time / January 27th, 1:50 AM – January 27th, 3:30 AM Central European Standard Time / January 27th, 9:50 AM – January 27, 11 AM Japan Standard Time
Super Mario Maker Bookmark, the web portal for Super Mario Maker, will also undergo maintenance and won’t be available at the following time:
January 25, 9 PM – January 25, 10 PM Pacific Time / January 26th, 6 AM – January 26th, 7 AM Central European Standard Time / January 26th, 2 PM – January 26, 3 PM Japan Standard Time
