Following the release of Citizens of Earth’ update earlier this week, Atlus has now sent out official patch notes. We know that loading times have been cut in half on Wii U, bugs have been addressed, and fixes have been implemented for crashes.
Below are the full patch notes:
General Patch Details:
– Minor bug fixes
– Crash/stability fixes
– Reduced encounters in Casino Canyon
– Added checkpoint in Casino Canyon
– Added Retro soundtrackWii U:
– Loading times halved
Citizens of Earth is available via the Wii U and 3DS eShops.
Source: Atlus PR
Game Informer was able to conduct an interview with Monolith Soft’s Tetsuya Takahashi, Nintendo, and Monster Games about Xenoblade Chronicles. Takahashi was able to speak about the original game while discussing cut ideas like wanting to have the ability to fly. He also revealed Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai wanted Shulk in the Wii U/3DS games, and had the idea for the bathing suit skin. Other than that, there’s some Xenoblade Chronicles 3D-specific comments from Monster Games.
We’ve rounded up all of the various quotes below. For those that are interested, you can find Game Informer’s original article here.
Update: Bumped to the top with another comparison:
NintendoWorldReport compiled a brief video comparing Mewtwo in Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. The short clip is posted below.
It’s rather rare to see an Atelier game outside of a PlayStation system these days. But with Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland, Gust Corporation has decided to bring this latest entry to 3DS.
Given Gust’s goals with Atelier Rorona Plus, it makes sense for the game to be on Nintendo’s portable. Series director Yoshito Okamura told Japanese website Dengeki that the company wants to expand the franchise to a more diverse audience.
Okamura said:
Naturally, when you shift to a different platform, the age demographic changes as well. In light of this, we have the super-deformed versions of the characters. However, even if there are many Atelier fans in their 20s, the age range goes up to people in their 40s as well, since many fans from the Mary games are still supporting the series.
Some Smash Bros. players on Wii U are experiencing issues playing the game online after obtaining today’s Mewtwo DLC.
The issue comes about for those who have cleared 10-Man Smash with all characters and then beating it again with Mewtwo. After doing so, they encounter a corruption of save data, which resets the overall GPS for the mini-game to zero. When these players attempt to play online, they receive the message: “You have been disconnected because of irregular save data.”
Players will just need to be patient while Nintendo comes up with a fix. Fortunately, this problem only appears to be affecting the Wii U version of Smash Bros., so the 3DS edition should be safe.
Over on Facebook, Nintendo added a few pieces of concept art for Xenoblade Chronicles’ Shulk. You can find the full set below, along with descriptions from Monolith Soft of the first four images.
Shulk is a composed, intellectual character, not the sort of person to let his emotions get the best of him. I chose an appearance and outfit that, by RPG hero standards, isn’t too aggressive.
The way that the design expresses details with textures and color shades within limited polygon resources.
It expresses Shulk as a character who isn’t a soldier, but a research and designer who works on weapons for Colony 9’s military and tools for its people.
There weren’t any major changes, just things like whether we should make the clothing red or blue.
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX isn’t all about music. SEGA has revealed that two mini-games are included in the game as well.
Here’s what we know:
Puyo Puyo
– Play by yourself against CPU opponents
– Special moves will vary depending on the character
– Can play against friends locally
– Both players need copies of the game
Board games
– Find these in the “My Room” menu
– “Mikkuriversi” is basically the Reversi game with a little Miku twist
– The Reversi mini-game goes by the traditional rules
– May have some sort of gimmicks added
– The game scales according to your skills
