Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has reached another stretch goal on Kickstarter. When combined with donations received from PayPal, the campaign has exceeded the $3.75 million mark. That means Bloodstained will feature orchestrated tracks.
The latest Kickstarter update reads:
With our Paypal backers included — $118k from more than 1400 backers, as of this morning — you’ve hit the Orchestrated Tracks stretch goal with momentum to burn! It’ll be a while before Yamane and Yamada have all the tracks composed for Bloodstained, but now that you’ve reached this stretch goal they did want to allay one fear a few backers have had: There’s still going to be a ton of variety on this soundtrack.
Hitting the orchestra stretch goal allows them to use live instrumentation where it makes sense, but some tracks just make more sense with electronic arrangements. Songs like Yamada’s “Cursed Orphan”, which already includes violin and electric guitar parts, will be performed by a smaller, rock-oriented ensemble.
In short: You’ve added more options, not taken any away. (And that’s without even going into those 8-bit tracks you unlocked from Yamane, Yamada, and Virt…)
Next up for Bloodstained is an online challenge mode. This will be guaranteed if the Kickstarter hits its $4 million stretch goal.
Last but not least, off-screen footage has been posted to YouTube showing footage from the game. This is intended to show an early animation sample.
You can find today’s full Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstarter update here, which also has news about backer rewards
Nintendo brought out a new system update for the 3DS last week. This week, Wii U is getting in on the fun. The latest firmware, version 5.4.0, is now available for download.
Sadly, there’s not much to report on in terms of any new features. This one seems to be all about improving stability/the user experience – just like the 3DS upgrade.
As always, you’ll need the latest firmware before you can enter the eShop.
Art Academy: Home Studio has a built-in time lapse function. You can see it in action through the video below.
Head past the break for another couple of videos!
Before the Nintendo World Championships begin on Sunday, a special pre-show will be held. Nintendo announced via Twitter today that Treehouse Live will be hosting the 25-minute broadcast. We’ll have it embedded on the site, but you can also watch it on Nintendo’s E3 site, YouTube channel or Twitch page.
Watch it live at: http://t.co/UyqjULN9BS, https://t.co/umv5uky92Z & http://t.co/OU4I3vOzFt.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 8, 2015
Pencil Test Studios shared a new trailer for Armikrog today that shows a bunch of new footage. While the pre-order aspect doesn’t apply to Wii U, we do have a rather extensive look at the game. Check it out below.
Now that Tic Toc Games has wrapped up development on Adventures of Pip, fans of the game are starting to wonder what the studio might work on next. Two possibilities exist: the studio could either develop something like a sequel to that title, or create something entirely new. Tic Toc Games definitely appears to be open to either option.
When asked by Hardcore Gamer if Tic Toc Games has an idea already planned for a new game, CEO Shereef Morse said:
Oh, we have so many. Honestly we have a lot of IP we want to explore next, and we’ve actually been a little gridlocked here as to what to green-light next, because we’re so focused on getting Pip out. And you know, we have all these great ideas in incubation, but for now we’re 100% Pip. We’re really just making sure that all goes smoothly. But after that, one of the things we talk about is “Is there an evolution to Pip?”, and the next version of Pip, you know. Maybe a sequel? But then we have all these other cool characters we want to bring onto consoles as well, and we really just have to decide what to go after next. But right now we just want to make sure this one’s done right and 100%.
Adventures of Pip just launched on the North American Wii U eShop last Thursday. There are plans to have it arrive in Europe as well, but a date has not been determined just yet.
Nicalis’ Tyrone Rodriguez posted a couple of direct-feed screenshots from the New 3DS version of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on Twitter today. Both can be seen above.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth will be available for both the New 3DS and Wii U this summer.
Capcom prepared a new trailer to promote the free DLC in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. We’ve added in the video below.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Update: You can see a bunch more patterns below at the 4-minute mark.
Yoshi’s Woolly World has a bunch of patterns that can be unlocked. By using an amiibo, you can obtain patterns based on Mario, Link, and tons of other characters.
Our latest look at an amiibo pattern in Yoshi’s Woolly World is for Ness. If you’d like to see what the design looks like, check out the image above.
YouTube user “Callegos-Y” has created a new fan-made Zelda video in Source Filmmaker. It’s all about Link’s journey to secure enough rupees in order to buy a new shield. I’d definitely say it’s worth watching, so check it out below.
It had to be done. I had to share this here. The video put a smile on my face, and hopefully it’ll do the same for you!
