Natsume had a short demo for Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories running at its E3 2015 booth last week. PC Gamer saw it in action, and has shared some details about what was shown. Read on below for a quick summary.
– E3 demo was running on the iPad
– 1 month into development
– Out this winter
– Demo was a small town square with a few NPCs to talk to and houses that can’t yet be entered
– Farming, dating, getting married, having a kid will be in the full game
– Terraforming won’t be back
– E3 demo had one other screen available to walk in, with a farm to the east (not built yet) and a mountain to the north (not built yet)
– 2D graphics
– The team wants to go back to the classic 16-bit style of the older Harvest Moon games
– 3D models flattened into 2D objects
– All versions will look the same
– Natsume is planning to add features to Seeds of Memories for the Wii U/PC releases over mobile
– Wii U and PC versions will cost more than the iPad one
– Devs are still discussing what features will be
A number of new titles are scheduled to hit the European eShop this coming Thursday. You’ll find screenshots of the various games below.
Last year, Nintendo teamed up with the folks behind Robot Chicken for its Digital Event. This year was different, as the company partnered with The Jim Henson Company for unique puppets based on Satoru Iwata, Reggie Fils-Aime, and Shigeru Miyamoto.
Apparently those puppets won’t be a one-time thing. We’re hearing that they’ll be used in future video projects beyond E3. When might they pop up next?!
Europe has a new game confirmed for release on the 3DS eShop next week. Yakari: The Mystery of Four Seasons, which is also coming to retail, is due out on July 2 for €29.99. Based on information posted by various retailers, the game seems to be an action-platformer based on the comic.
While Yoshi’s Woolly World isn’t officially launching until Friday in Europe, some stores are already stocking the game. Take a look at some photos from the amiibo bundle below.
SEGA prepared a new trailer for the recent release of 3D Gunstar Heroes in Japan. Check it out below.
Amazon Japan has posted the boxarts for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 and Nobunaga’s Ambition 2. Check them out above.
The folks over at Nintendo Life have published a devlog on Gory Detail’s upcoming 2D exploration / puzzle game The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup. Check it out below:
The game will see a digital release on both Wii U and 3DS.
The folks over at Unseen64 have once again unearthed information about a game that never ended up being released. Zblu Cops was being developed by Biodroid Entertainment for the Wii and was set to be released in 2010. Based on the French comic book of the same name, Zblu Cops was a classic 3D adventure game with an emphasis of exploration and humour. Be sure to check out the full article about Zblu Cops and watch the video about it below:
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Yoshi’s Woolly World – €39.99 / £34.99
Art Academy: Atelier – €29.99 / £24.99 (€26.00 / £21.40 if you own Art Academy: SketchPad on the same Wii U)
Wii U Download
Cube Life: Island Survival – €6.99 / £5.39
Shiftlings – €14.99 / £13.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS) – €6.99 / £6.29
Kirby: Mouse Attack (Nintendo DS) – €9.99 / £8.99
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo 64) – €9.99 / £8.99
3DS Retail
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 – €39.99 / £29.99
Garfield Kart – €29.99 / £24.99
3DS Download
Tappingo 2 – €2.99 / £2.39
3DS DLC
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts 1 (Koei Tecmo, €3.99 / £3.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts 2 (Koei Tecmo, €5.99 / £5.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts 3 (Koei Tecmo, €6.99 / £6.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts 4 (Koei Tecmo, €6.99 / £6.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts 5 (Koei Tecmo, €6.99 / £6.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Edit Parts Set (Koei Tecmo, €21.99 / £21.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Edit Parts 1 (Koei Tecmo, €0.99 / £0.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Edit Parts 2 (Koei Tecmo, free until July 22nd, then €0.99 / £0.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Mount Pack 1 (Koei Tecmo, €1.99 / £1.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Mount Pack 2(Koei Tecmo, €1.99 / £1.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Mount Pack Set (Koei Tecmo, €2.99 / £2.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Old Costumes 1 (Koei Tecmo, €2.99 / £2.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Old Costumes 2(Koei Tecmo, €1.99 / £1.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Old Costumes 3 (Koei Tecmo, €1.99 / £1.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Old Costumes 4 (Koei Tecmo, €1.99 / £1.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Old Costumes Set (Koei Tecmo, €6.99 / £6.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes 1 (Koei Tecmo, €7.99 / £7.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes 2(Koei Tecmo, €7.99 / £7.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes 3(Koei Tecmo, €7.99 / £7.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes 4(Koei Tecmo, €7.99 / £7.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes 5(Koei Tecmo, €3.99 / £3.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Special Costumes Set(Koei Tecmo, €29.99 / £29.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra BGM Set (Koei Tecmo, €2.99 / £2.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra Scenario Set (Koei Tecmo, €4.99 / £4.99)
Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3: Extra BGM Set (Koei Tecmo, €2.99 / £2.99)
eShop Sales
Wii U
Paper Monsters Recut – €3.29 / £2.79 until 2nd July (Regular price €6.49 / £5.49)
Knytt Underground – €4.49 / £3.99 until 2nd July (Regular price €8.99 / £7.99)
Pure Chess – €2.99 / £2.49 until 2nd July (Regular price €5.99 / £4.99)
Stick It To The Man – €3.99 / £3.49 until 2nd July (Regular price €7.99 / £6.99)
Puzzle Monkeys – €1.49 / £1.49 until 23rd July (Regular price €2.99 / £2.99)
3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99 / £8.99 until 2nd July (Regular price €19.99 / £17.99)
Pure Chess – €2.99 / £2.49 until 2nd July (Regular price €5.99 / £4.99)
Van Helsing sniper Zx100 . €3.49 / £3.49 until 19th July (Regular price €6.66 / £6.66)
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €3.99 / £3.39 until 2nd July (Regular price €7.99 / £7.19)
Special promotion
If you download Yoshi’s Woolly World on the eShop, you will receive a free download code for Yoshi Touch & Go. Deal available until July 23rd, free code valid until August 20th.
