Last month’s issue of GamesTM has a lengthy interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. As you would expect, the discussion is largely focused on the Super Mario Bros. series.
A few interesting comments came about when Miyamoto and Tezuka were asked if they ever made any choices that they were concerned about being controversial. Miyamoto started things off, and spoke about how it’s difficult catering to both advanced players and beginners.
He said:
“For me one of the things was maybe the gap between the really advanced players and the first-time players. The difficulty balance is always something that I hear frustrations about from the public, whichever way we decide to go. We always have the testing team test our game, but whatever they say is really fun, the first-time players might consider to be very difficult. One of the things I do sometimes at the later phases of development is go in and hear the testing team’s requests and actually pull that away and lower the barrier or change what it is they want. Sometimes I even hear from the testing team, ‘You’re destroying the fun’, but on the other hand, the flipside is you hear the first-time players saying ‘If I can’t clear a level it’s not fun for me. If I can’t complete a game it’s not fun for me’. The more years that have passed, the gap between advanced and first-time players has become wider.”
The next news update on Hyrule Warriors Legends should be coming next week. That’s based on a message from the game’s official Japanese Twitter account, which teased the reveal of additional information.
Toon Link was confirmed as a playable character last month, and we also received the first information and footage pertaining to the new Wind Waker content. Perhaps we’ll hear about at least one new character next week? If so, expect the news to leak via Famitsu in a couple of days.
River City Ransom was the latest release on the Wii U Virtual Console. For an extensive look at the title, check out the video below.
Earlier this week, Bandai Namco Europe held a live stream for Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden. The recording has since become available. Due to auto-play, we’ve posted it after the break.
Armikrog isn’t ready for launch on the Wii U eShop just yet, but the game did see its initial release this past week. You can view a bunch of footage from it below.
Let’s Talk #26: What are you playing? – October 2015
A new month is here! I’d love to know what everybody has been playing as of late, or intends to play in the weeks ahead.
I’ve been focusing on two main games really: Super Mario Maker and Ys: Memories of Celceta. Ys has been getting most of my time, but I’ve still been playing Super Mario Maker regularly. It’s fun to just boot up the game and mess around with a few levels. I’m not at all creative myself, yet I’m still finding a ton of enjoyment with it.
But what about you guys? What’s everyone playing these days?
Highlights from last week’s topic: Nintendo and movies
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I think an animated Mario would be great. We never got a proper one, I think everyone would love to finally see that.
Kira – HylianKeyblade
I think a Zelda movie done by Studio Ghibli could be really interesting and there would probably be a lot of high quality work there ^^. Of course the Zelda movie then have to be in a anime format and I think the Zelda series can suit a anime look pretty well :-).
I do think Nintendo should start making movies more or at least anime/animation series to attract a new young audience like Pokémon and Youkai Watch have accomplished. Also I think it could be pretty cool to see Nintendo characters come to life through animation again ^^. (If done right).
Although some amiibo are losing their retailer exclusivity in North America, a new set of upcoming figures will be sold at just one store. It turns out that the amiibo for the Mii Fighters will be distributed at only Toys “R” Us. That information is based on the image above, which is a photo snapped from a display.
All of the Mii Fighters are scheduled for November 1. You’d have to think that after a few months have passed, the amiibo will be available at other retailers as well.
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse has been discounted on Amazon. Rather than $40, you can pick it up for only $32. Orders for the game can be placed here.
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Viewpoint 2064, an old game for the N64, was only shown at Space World in 1999. The scrolling shooter then disappeared for many, many years… until just recently.
On eBay, Viewpoint 2064’s prototype managed to sell for $3,000. Its new owner also shared new footage from the game, which you can see below.
