Marvelous is working with Nintendo to include Mario costumes in Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages. However, that’s not the only collaboration planned for the game. This week’s Famitsu also reveals that a Hamtaro collaboration will be added to the game.
Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages will feature Hamtaro as one of the available pets. Kurumi Mamiya, the character’s voice actress, will reprise her role. Creator Ritsuko Kawai also signed off on the collaboration.
Aside from that, Famitsu confirms that Dessie and Witchie are being brought back for the game. We also know that a new fairy will appear.
We’ll have the new Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages scans tomorrow. For now, here’s a sneak peek of Famitsu’s coverage:
Pokken Tournament will be impacted by three hours of maintenance on Wednesday (Thursday for folks in Europe). The downtime is expected to impact all network services for the fighter.
Here’s when the maintenance period is taking place:
– 6 PM PT (Wednesday) – 9 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 9 PM ET (Wednesday) – 12 AM ET (Thursday)
– 2 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 5 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 3 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 6 AM in Europe (Thursday)
EA will make games for NX “if it makes sense” for the publisher to do so, according to executive vice president Patrick Soderlund.
In an interview with with BBC, Soderlund had this to say about supporting the new console:
“I personally and the company are huge fans of Nintendo, they’re the reason why I started making games. We’re in constant communication with them and when they come to market something – and if it makes sense for us – we’ll be there.”
Many remember when EA appeared on stage at Nintendo’s E3 2012 media briefing to announce an “unprecedented partnership” between the two sides. That relationship fizzled out soon after the console’s launch. EA’s final Wii U game was Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Super Time Force Ultra (PS4/PSV) – 9/8/9/8
Stickman Challenge (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
My Hero Academia: Battle for All (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Period Cube: Torikago no Amadeus (PSV) – 8/8/8/7
Kenka Banchou Otome (PSV) – 8/8/7/8
Tsunagare Numbers (3DS) – 6/8/6/6
Fantasy Pirates (3DS) – 6/6/6/6
Capping off today’s Pokemon Sun/Moon news is the official website. Visit the page here. There’s not too much there at the moment aside from the starter Pokemon and first trailer, but it’ll definitely be updated leading up to launch!
A trailer for Pokemon Sun/Moon was published in Japan which is rather different compared to the overseas one. This one focuses less on gameplay, but still has some footage towards the end. Check it out below.
The Pokemon Company International has now followed up on the just-released Sun/Moon trailer with additional details about the games. Specifically, we have more on the three starters: Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio.
You can find the complete announcement below along with artwork. We also have the two boxarts above.
London, UK– May 10, 2016 – The Pokémon Company International has unveiled the first details of the highly anticipated titles Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, starting with a first look at three new first-partner Pokémon and the packaging. Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will launch in Europe on November 23, exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
Following in the tradition of previous games in the Pokémon series, players choose one of three special Pokémon to be their first partner. These are among the first Pokémon players will encounter in the game. In Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, players will be able to choose between the newly discovered Grass- and Flying-type Pokémon Rowlet, Fire-type Litten, and Water-type Popplio.
For a Pokémon Trainer, knowing the Pokémon types and how they match up against one another in battle is vital. Grass-type Pokémon are strong against Water types, but weak against Fire types. Fire-type Pokémon are strong against Grass types and weak against Water types. And Water-type Pokémon are strong against Fire types, but weak against Grass types.
Meet the three new first-partner Pokémon that will join Trainers on their adventures in the upcoming Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games!
Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were announced at the end of February in celebration of the franchise’s 20th anniversary. Aside from some snippets of development footage, not much was shown. We also haven’t seen much of the games overall since then. Starting today, that’s starting to change.
The first Pokemon Sun/Moon trailer is now up, and it shows quite a bit. Rowlet, Litten, Popplio are confirmed as the starter Pokemon, and we also have a November 18 release date (November 23 in Europe). Alola is confirmed as the major region, and we’re also able to get a glimpse at the two mascot Pokemon.
Take a look at the debut Pokemon Sun/Moon gameplay trailer below.
A preview image for this week’s Famitsu coverage of Ace Attorney 6 has revealed some exciting news: both Simon Blackquill, the rival prosecutor in Dual Destinies, and fan favorite Miles Edgeworth will make an appearance in the game. What exactly their role is remains to be seen – either way, Ace Attorney 6 seems to be full of characters from previous games.
Perhaps we will learn more about Edgeworth’s and Simon’s roles in the game next week – that is when Capcom will hold a special livestream where they will talk about the game itself, “collaboration projects” and more. Unlike many such streams from Japanese companies, this broadcast will also be streamed via both Youtube Live here and on Capcom’s Twitch channel, so international viewers should be able to watch this comfortably.
