Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is launching for 3DS on September 27, SEGA revealed today. That announcement was just made during a panel at SXSW.
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice was originally on track to release last holiday. However, SEGA delayed the game last September. The company said this was done “to make sure the game has the time and polish needed”.
Liam Robertson is back with another report on a cancelled Factor 5 project. In a new video posted today, Robertson digs into the studio’s work on an open world Superman game in partnership with Brash Entertainment.
Factor 5’s Superman project was mainly planned for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. However, the company insisted on making a version for Wii as well. Brash only ordered for game for the PS3 and Xbox 360, but Factor 5 still wanted to work with Nintendo’s console even though they wouldn’t be paid extra. Had the Superman game materialized, it’s expected that the Wii version likely would have been a scaled back form compared to the HD counterparts.
Check out Robertson’s full report below.
Petite Games announced today that Midnight 2 will be coming to Wii U as an eShop download. This will mark the indie developer’s first release in Europe.
A few minutes ago, Petite Games posted on Twitter:
Midnight 2 is coming to WiiU and it will contain the additional levels from Steam ver. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday pic.twitter.com/S1mL9C7puO
— Petite Games (@PetiteGames) March 19, 2016
Midnight 2 is my first title will be released in Europe too.
— Petite Games (@PetiteGames) March 19, 2016
The original Midnight hit Wii U last January. It has players navigating a square-shaped fairy through various levels.
Krysta (from Nintendo Minute!) stopped by the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards Orange Carpet last week to catch up with some celebrities on all things Nintendo. Check out the full video below.
Plenty of gameplay is in for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games’ story mode on 3DS. Take a look at 2 hours of footage below.
This month’s issue of V Jump has another update on Dragon Ball: Project Fusion. Thanks to the magazine, we have new information about some of the fusions.
V Jump introduces three fusions that can be found in the 3DS game: Pirilin (Piccolo x Krillin), Gorilin (kid Goku × Krilin), and Krigohan (Krillin x kid Gohan). Pirilin (some are also calling this Prilin) looks to be a standard fusion, whereas the other two are a bit unique. Gorilin and Krigohan use EX Fusion through a special arm band/bracelet created by Capsule Corp. This allows two people of different strength to merge.
Dragon Ball: Project Fusion is due out in Japan later this year.
A few days ago, some news surfaced about Hive Jump not supporting online co-op in the Wii U version. Graphite Lab director Matt Raithel actually took some time to explain the decision further right here on the site.
Graphite Lab did look into the possibility of including online multiplayer in the Wii U version extensively. However, after careful consideration, the tough decision had to be made as the feature “was going to be beyond our scope for this release due to time and budget constraints placed on our team.”
Raithel explained:
Nintendo has added in an official listing for Disney Art Academy on its website. The page contains some English screenshots, along with a fact sheet of sorts with additional details about the title.
We’ve rounded up the images in the gallery below. You can also head past the break for the fact sheet, which details elements like the Magic Brush, sharing a demo via Download Play, and more.
As part of a new feature on Yo-kai Watch, MCV spoke with Nintendo UK product manager Remy van Leeuwen about the series.
First, van Leeuwen discussed Yo-kai Watch’s potential in the west. The Yo-kai themselves, their emotional abilities, and the comedy aspect could all help to connect with kids.
He said:
“It is difficult to say whether it will have the same impact in the West, but I definitely think that there is a lot of potential for it, especially working together with the likes of [toy company] Hasbro and [TV company] Turner. Everyone is going to back it to its fullest. Because of the nature of Yo-kai and their emotional abilities, it makes it quite easy for kids to relate to them. For instance, there is a Yo-kai called Cheeksqueek, which basically makes people fart. That’s been a hit with kids in our research.”
“One of the other key aspects that will definitely resonate with kids in the UK is the comedy aspect to it. The characters themselves are just funny, and they’re quite deep, too. We will be trying to bring that out in our campaign.”
