Update: Confirmed on Nintendo’s website! Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament comes out tomorrow on the North American Wii U eShop for $6.99.
Could Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament end up as this week’s North American Wii U Virtual Console game? Quite possibly! The ESRB has now rated Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament for Wii U, so we could see it on the eShop as early as tomorrow. Stay tuned!
TIME has gone up with a big interview featuring Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
Some highlights include:
– Decided to try out mobile after finding solutions to Nintendo’s problems; not porting games from their systems, but instead making new software
– “for each title, we will discuss with DeNA and decide the most appropriate payment method”
– Not against Miyamoto getting involved with development, but he’s currently focusing on Wii U games for this year
– “Development of smart device games will be mainly done by Nintendo”
– Wanted to talk about NX so there wouldn’t be a misunderstanding that Nintendo isn’t as interested in dedicated games
– Iwata promises not to do anything that may hurt Nintendo IP
We’ve rounded up the full Q&A after the break. Be sure to check out TIME’s full piece here as well.
RCMADIAX has confirmed that Tabletop Gallery is hitting the European Wii U eShop on April 16. Rather than releasing separately, Poker Dice Solitaire Future, Shut the Box, and Toss N Go are coming to Europe as a single digital download. Watch a trailer for Tabletop Gallery above.
Circle Entertainment has indicated that the company will be releasing Samurai Defender in North America and Europe.
As stated in a tweet earlier today:
Our new game!? 😀 EU and NA versions on the way! pic.twitter.com/YP2X0TFZv1
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) March 18, 2015
Samurai Defender is coming to the Japanese 3DS eShop next week for 400 yen. Check out the trailer below for a look at the game:
Siliconera published a new interview with Hiro Maekawa, the president of Natsume. Maekawa ended up addressing a variety of topics, including Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, why the company decided to localize A-Train, and more. Maekawa also said that Harvest Moon 64 won’t be coming to the Virtual Console due to technical issues, and noted that there isn’t any news on Natsume returning to older games such as Wild Guns.
We’ve rounded up a few of Maekawa’s comments below. You can find the full interview on Siliconera here.
It was recently revealed that Akari Uchida and Mino Taro have left Konami. Both staffers played a significant role in the creation of the LovePlus and Tokimeki Memorial titles.
Konami followed up with an official notice today, and said that the LovePlus series will continue despite the departure of Uchida and Taro. The full message reads:
Thank you for your continued interest in our product line.
Given the resignations of Akari Uchida and Mino Taro as staff members who were formerly in charge of production on the Love Plus and Tokimeki Memorial franchises, we are aware of everyone’s concerns about the future of both franchises.
Love Plus and Tokimeki Memorial are both series of games that are deeply important to us and have earned your love and adoration for many years and as such, production of them will continue unabated and it is our sincere hope that you will likewise maintain your enduring support moving forward.
If there are still any remaining points that you wish to see clarified, you may reach us at our customer service line.
