You may recall that a story surfaced in mid-2013 about a cancelled Mega Man X first-person shooter tentatively titled “Maverick Hunter”. This project was being worked on by Armature Studio – a team comprised of staffers who previously worked on Metroid Prime. There were plans for a trilogy, but the game was cancelled in 2010 after just a few months of development.
Maverick Hunter is back in the news today, as new images have been discovered on artist Jaehoon Kim’s website. Take a look at them in the gallery below.
IGN has shared another round of Japanese footage from amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits. Check out the video below.
SEGA demonstrated Stella Glow during a live stream earlier today, and that means we have some new footage from the game. You can check it out below.
The Wii U eShop is currently listing Heart Beaten for release in North America this week. It will be available for purchase on 3DS starting on April 30 for $2.99.
Karous -The Beast of Re:Eden- ($6.99) and My Horse 3D – Best Friends ($4.99) are also two of this week’s North American eShop releases.
Nintendo of Germany uploaded new commercials for Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition today. You can watch it below.
This week’s issue of Famitsu has announced Princess PreCure: Sugar Kingdom and the Six Princesses for 3DS.
Princess PreCure: Sugar Kingdom and the Six Princesses, a puzzle title, is based on the TV anime Go! Princess PreCure. Gummys are spread across the puzzle board, and players can only move one at a time to line them up. It’s possible to erase three of the same gummys in a row. By clearing stages, you’ll earn stickers.
Princess PreCure: Sugar Kingdom and the Six Princesses is due out on July 30 for 4,740 yen. Work on the game is 60 percent done.
Nintendo released a few new English screenshots from amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits. View the latest images below.
amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits launches this Thursday in North America and Europe via the Wii U eShop.
A handful of new screenshots have come in for Yoshi’s Woolly World. You can find them all in the gallery below.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (3DS) – 8/9/9/8
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/9
MLB 15: The Show (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Pokémon Rumble World (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
New Kersploosh! (3DS) – 7/7/7/8
Monster Bag (PSV) – 8/7/8/6
@Simple DL Series Vol. 38 (3DS) – 6/7/7/7
A new preview from Nintendo Life contains a bunch of fresh details about Yoshi’s Woolly World. We’ve rounded up the information below.
– Traditional health bar
– Yoshi takes damage as you’d expect him to
– Recover health by collecting hearts that are like the jumping star collectables from previous Yoshi games
– Yoshi’s tongue is the main method of taking down enemies
– Yoshi unravels them and turns them into balls of wool
– Use eggs to bind larger enemies made of materials other than wool, create warp pipes, boxes, platforms, and many other parts of the world to help Yoshi achieve his goal
– Uncover hidden areas simply by unraveling them via a loose bow
– Doing so reveals secret passageways or hidden items
– The game has dozens of hidden items
– This includes Flowers, new items such as Beads that have replaced the traditional coins, Stamp Patches that are hidden within certain Beads, and Wonder Wools
– Flowers: allow you to achieve 100% in a stage and access a mini-game to garner more Beads
– Beads are used as a generic currency and can be used to buy special badges that can assist you in a level
– Stamp Patches: used to unlock Stamps to use on Miiverse once a certain amount have been collected
– Wonder Wools: collect all five in a level to unlock a new Yoshi design to use throughout any and every level should you so desire
– Designs include Flower Yoshi, Circus Yoshi, one that’s based upon the Shy Guy enemy
– Yoshi has different transformations: umbrella, a mole, a giant version of himself, and a motorbike
– Transformations happen a few times in each world
– They task you with reaching a goal within a certain time limit, or face having to restart it all again
– Mellow Mode: control Winged Yoshi whose Flutter Jump is replaced by the ability to float at Yoshi’s current height indefinitely
– Still take damage in Mellow Mode
– Can still fail in this mode as well
– Can have a friend join in the fun as a second Yoshi
– If you run out of wool in multiplayer, one Yoshi can be used as a short-range substitute
