We shared iJustine’s new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto a short while ago, but I figured this was worth a separate post. When we get comments about Zelda Wii U, they’re certainly worth paying the extra attention to.
Here’s the Q&A about the new game:
You showed the Zelda trailer and that’s such a huge world. How is that going to be for you guys to approach as far as gameplay and story, because it’s such a huge world.
With Zelda games, what we’ve always done is try to make them where you enter this big world of Hyrule and there’s a lot to explore and discover, but because of the hardware limitations, what we’ve had to do is segment off each area and piece those segments together in a way that make them feel like a big world. Now, with the hardware capabilities of Wii U, we first started by saying if we can take an entire world the size of the world from Twilight Princess, and make that the size of one of the areas in the game.
Do you see that as a game where people will go to complete a certain mission and they end up doing fifty things along the way?
Yeah, there may even be times where you forget what your goal is, because you are doing other things on the side. There may be times where you go in to one big one long dungeon, or you’re headed for a dungeon and doing other things on the side. What we’re trying to do is design it in a way where you don’t have to play it for a super long time, but more matched to today’s lifestyle where you can think for a little bit, and say “maybe I just want to play for a little bit today and do this one thing.” and get that thing done, then take a break.
Steel Divers: Sub Wars was updated to version 4.1 last night. The patch brought about a single modification, which changed the submarine’s diving and surfacing angles back to how they were in version 3.0.
Steel Divers: Sub Wars director Takaya Imamura explained why the team decided to revert things back to how they were previously in a Miiverse post. Here’s what he shared:
The review scores from EDGE’s latest issue have surfaced. View them below.
Far Cry 4 – 9
Dragon Age: Inquisition – 8
Assassins Creed Unity – 5
Assassins Creed Rogue – 6
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 8
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 7
Escape Dead Island – 2
This War is Mine – 9
Never Alone – 6
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 8
EDGE announced its choices for the top ten games of 2014 as well. Here’s how the results panned out:
10. LittleBigPlanet 3
9. This War is Mine
8. Far Cry 4
7. Ultimate SFIV
6. MGS V: Ground Zeroes
5. Nidhogg
4. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
3. Mario Kart 8
2. Dark Souls II
1. Bayonetta 2
Earlier this month, Black Forest Games released a Dream Rush multiplayer mode for Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on PC. The mode allows up to four players to compete race each other. It has yet to hit consoles – including Wii U – though this could change in the future. Black Forest Games co-founder Adrian Goersch told RedBull in an interview that Dream Rush could make its way to additional platforms “if it is received well by the community.”
Goersch briefly touched on the studio’s new Giana Sisters game as well. It was previously said that the title could drop in late 2015 or early 2016, but the project now seems targeted for the latter timeframe.
New details about The Great Ace Attorney have already come in through this week’s issue of Famitsu. You’ll find them rounded up below.
– Asougi Kazuma is a student of Imperial Capital Yuumei University
– Asougi is an attorney
– Close friend of Ryuunosuke
– Asougi hopes to improve the position of the defense attorney in Japan and plans to study in England to do so
– Helps Ryuunosuke in the first trial
– Government has deemed the first trial top secret
– Can cross-examine two people at the same time
– Mustache man’s man Uzukmar
– Autopsy report mentions someone dying at 2 PM
– Cause of death: blood loss due to one gunshot
– Bullet did not leave the body
It’s not Thursday yet, but Mega Man Zero is now available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. Pricing is set at $7.99.
Additionally, a bunch of Mega Man games have been discounted on the eShop. They are as follows:
3DS
Mega Man II GB ($1.49)
Mega Man III GB ($1.49)
Mega Man IV GB ($1.49)
Wii U
Mega Man 5 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 6 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 7 SNES ($3.99)
The deals above are valid from now until December 22 at 8:59 AM PT.
Collectible Badge Center, the new 3DS download that just launched in Japan, allows users to earn a whole bunch of badges. They can then be applied to the 3DS Home Menu.
For a listing of confirmed badges we know of thus far, check out the lineup below:
SMB
Walking Super Mario
Coin
Fire Flower
Block
Broken Block
Koopa Troopa
Goomba
Warp Pipe
? Block
Fire Mario
Fire Balls
Power Star
Jumping Mario
Bullet Bill
Koopa Paratroopa (Red/Green)
Piranha Plant
Dying Luigi
1-UP Mushroom
Breaking Mario
Breaking Super Mario
Spiny
Lakitu
Falling Spiny
SMB 1-1 Floor
Mushroom
Standing Mario
8 bit 3DS App replacements
Animal Crossing
Isabelle (Winter Clothing)
Rover
Green Leaf
Red Apple
Yellow House
Digby
Blathers
Beetle
Fossil (Dug up)
Fossil (examined)
Red Fish
Green Fish
Apple Basket
Pear Basket
Reese
Hamlet
Bunnie
Digby (Mii Plaza)
K.K. Slider (Music)
Tom Nook (eShop)
Reese (Mii Maker)
Blathers (Camera)
Isabelle (Activity Log) *Summer outfit
Rover (Download Play)
Cyrus (Settings)
Mario 3D Series
Mario Portrait
Luigi Portrait
Toad Portrait
? Block
Princess Peach Portrait
Goomba Portrait
Bowser Portrait
Piranha Plant Portrait
Koopa Paratroopa Portrait
Group (Mii Plaza)
Luigi Jumping (Music)
Princess Peach (eShop)
2 Mushrooms (Mii Maker)
Mario Leaning (Camera)
Yoshi Running (Activity Log)
Mario Ground Pound (Download Play)
Toad Waving (Settings)
Mario Kart
Crossing Line Lakitu
Mario (Kart)
Luigi (Kart)
Donkey Kong (Bike)
Bowser (Kart)
Wendy (Bike)
Morton (Kart)
Iggy (Bike)
Ludwig (Kart)
Roy (Kart)
Lemmy (Kart)
Larry
Banana
Green Shell
Koopa Troopa (Bike)
Shy Guy (Kart)
Lakitu (Kart)
Boomerang
Thwomp
Bullet Bill
Yoshi (Bike)
Waluigi (Bike)
Wario (Kart)
Toad (Kart)
Piranha Plant
Gold Mushroom
Other
Pixel Famicom
Pixel Famicom Controller (X2)
Pixel Cartridge (X2)
