Watchup: Your Daily Newscast, a new application for Wii U, has randomly popped up on the U.S. eShop. It’s mainly a means to view video news, but you’ll be presented with related articles while viewing. Just in case you’re wondering, Watchup is a free download.
GameSpot has posted a video showcasing gameplay from Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows. Watch it below.
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has now gone live. This week, Kit and Krysta get ready for Super Mario Maker by playing past entries in the franchise. Check out the full video below.
The Shovel Knight amiibo won’t be produced alongside Nintendo’s own figures. As it turns out, it’s instead being made at a separate factory that specializes in NFC toys.
It’s also worth mentioning that the Shovel Knight amiibo base will be purple. Currently, the prototype version features a gold base.
Game Informer has new quotes up from Yacht Club Games’ Sean Velasco and Nintendo’s Damon Baker. Between the two, we learn about how the Shovel Knight amiibo came to be (including how Miyamoto said “no” to one of the pitch documents), third-party amiibo in general, and more.
Continue on below for a roundup of Velasco and Baker’s comments. The original interview is located here.
More Dragon Quest VIII videos are emerging from Japan now that the game has launched in the region. We have one below that compares the loading times up against the PlayStation 2 version. It seems as though the 3DS takes a bit more time to load things, but it doesn’t seem to be a massive bump up in time.
Three modes videos for Disney Infinity 3.0 have made their way to the series’ official YouTube page. Each one has been posted below.
Update: Officially confirmed.
Yes! Happy to finally say 8-4 is working with @NintendoAmerica on the localization of Xenoblade Chronicles X! https://t.co/4qftjZo6B6
— Mark MacDonald (@markmacd) August 28, 2015
We previously heard that Nintendo will be hosting a panel for Xenoblade Chronicles X at PAX Prime 2015 tomorrow. A reminder was sent out on the company’s Twitter account today, and it seems to reveal an interesting piece of information.
If you’re at #PAX, stop by the Wyvern Theater on 8/29 at 2:30 p.m. PT for a #XenobladeChroniclesX panel with Treehouse and 8-4’s @marcmacd.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 28, 2015
The tweet states that 8-4’s Mark MacDonald will be hosting the Xenoblade Chronicles X panel. That’s important for one big reason. Based on the message, it suggests that 8-4 is involved with the RPG’s localization.
8-4 has worked on a ton of games in the past. On the Nintendo side of things, they helped bring over Fire Emblem: Awakening, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and Fossil Fighters: Frontier.
Funky Physics his slated for the North American Wii U eShop on September 10, Petite Games has confirmed.
The indie developer passed along the news on Twitter, writing:
Good News! Funky Physics launches in North America on September 10th! #gamedev #Nindies #eshop @NintendoAmerica pic.twitter.com/Vqr9MrPC6W
— Petite Games (@PetiteGames) August 28, 2015
As the name implies, Funky Physics is a physics-based puzzle game. A price point has not yet been announced.
During a panel at PAX Prime 2015 today, Inti Creates made an announcement about Azure Striker Gunvolt. The company revealed that an update is planned to add Japanese voices to the game.
The Inti Creates Twitter account also shared the news:
Just announced at PAX: @t_aizu says full Japanese voice mode included in GunVolt PC, -and- coming as an update for the 3DS version!
— Inti Creates (@IntiCreatesEN) August 28, 2015
At this time, it’s unknown when the update will be made available.
