In an interview with Wired, PlatinumGames’ Yusuke Hashimoto spoke about what it’s like working with Nintendo in creating Star Fox Zero. On a similar note, Nintendo’s Yugo Hayashi commented on how it can be working with legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
Here’s what the two shared:
“This is the first time I’ve ever done this kind of collaborative design. It’s not just with Mr. Miyamoto, but also with Mr. Hayashi here. I’m struck by how fast this goes. The turnaround between the exchange of the two parties is very quick. It’s a kind of development speed I haven’t really seen before.” – Hashimoto
“The three of us are always working together and it’s very fun, but obviously when Mr. Miyamoto shows you something and is like, what do you think of this, and you have to come up with a good answer, it’s very nerve-wracking.” – Hayashi
Update: Bumped to the top. The results are in for Europe, and rock was victorious over pop.
Splatoon’s first North American Splatfest is finished. How did the results pan out?
While cats took home 51 percent of the wins, dogs ultimately came out victorious. That’s because of the dogs’ popularity (62 percent versus only 38 percent for cats).
The final tally ended up with dogs taking in 160 points compared to the cats side of 140 points.
Aksys Games held a Zero Escape-focused panel at Anime Expo 2015 last night. The full recording has now been uploaded online, and we’ve posted it below.
Some off-screen footage has come in for Pixel Jones, an upcoming title for Wii U. Hard-Circle will be bringing the game to the eShop at some point in the future. Take a look at the video below.
The price of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – The Wild Cards Premium Edition continues to fall on Amazon. As of now, it’s down to $41.23, so you’d be saving about $39 with a purchase.
You’ll be getting a few goodies with the Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – The Wild Cards Premium Edition. Along with the game itself, it also includes a protective case for the 3DS, the “Sounds of the Labyrinth “music CD from Japan, an art book, and eleven Persona Tarot Cards.
You can make a purchase for the Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – The Wild Cards Premium Edition here.
SEGA added a few more screenshots and art from 7th Dragon III Code: VFD to the game’s official website. Check out all of the images in the gallery below.
Microsoft “completely discounted Nintendo” when releasing the Xbox 360 due to GameCube’s performance
The latest episode of IGN’s Podcast Unlocked features an interview with former Microsoft executive Peter Moore and Xbox boss Phil Spencer. At one point of the podcast, they reflected on the launch of the Xbox 360. Moore noted that Microsoft “completely discounted Nintendo” when bringing out the console due to the performance of the GameCube.
Here’s a roundup of everything that was mentioned:
“I also then remember the E3 when, God bless, Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton announced $599, and we were all back stage like ‘Woohoo!’ We knew then we had an opportunity to get ahead, drive ahead, get our games out quickly and get that lead. And I always said that the first to 10 million wins.” – Moore
“It was one of the greatest times of my career. You had to build a team, because we were growing then. We had prematurely put the Xbox to sleep, we needed to get ready for this and we knew what we needed to do. We had a three-day meeting at the Sheraton in Bellevue where we wargamed the scenario, and I actually played Ken Kutaragi. And we brought in a consultancy, it was a lot of fun. And the one thing we’d forgotten about, I don’t know if you remember this Phil [Spencer], we completely discounted Nintendo. Because they came off the GameCube and it was a disaster.” – Moore
“…and they destroyed both of us!” – Spencer
“Yes, with the Wii. But we wargamed for three days, what are you going to do, what do the launch titles look like, what are the marketing budgets, what is the positioning? And it was a fascinating experience which I’ll never forget. And this is a decade ago. And I actually played Ken, and my job was to destroy the launch of the Xbox 360.” – Moore
Of course, you can’t really bank on anything these days! Although the GameCube was far from Nintendo’s most-successful console, we all know what happened with Wii.
Fat City launched on the North American Wii U eShop a couple of weeks ago, but we haven’t seen much footage of it since then. That changes with the video below!
Dragon Quest X has long been the most popular game on the Japanese Wii U eShop. However, that honor has since gone to Splatoon, which is now the top-selling title on the store. We don’t have concrete numbers for digital sales, but it’s estimated that they’re higher than 57,000 units.
Capcom hasn’t slowed down its promotion of The Great Ace Attorney. You’ll find another couple of videos for the game below.
