A pair of “Gunvolt” themes are now available for purchase in North America. There are themes for both Azure Striker Gunvolt and Mighty Gunvolt. Each is priced at $1.49.
Yet another blog update has landed on PlatinumGames’ official blog. This time around, we get to hear about how the team went about bug checking.
Check out a few excerpts below:
Now, do we need every aspect of bug checks to be handled by actual people? My policy is: if a machine can do it, let’s make a machine do it. In this instance, we determine a set of actions for Bayonetta to perform, and make the console play the game over and over and over again.
For example, our first method for bug checking, the full playthrough—if we’re just going to play through the game’s main story, we know what that route is, and what we need to do along the way, so shouldn’t this be possible?
Then there’s bug checking by playing the game for extended periods of time. People need to sleep, eat, and take breaks, but we can make a machine play the game as long as we want and it’ll never even have to use the restroom! This is where automated bug checking really shines.
There also happen to be these kinds of bugs that have a very low chance of reoccurring, sometimes even as low as only a 1/50 chance. If there’s a bug that we randomly came across at one point and want to find the exact conditions for reproducing it, we can program the game to try something in the most precise way possible, and experiment around until we figure out what’s causing the problem.
Head on over to the PlatinumGames website for the full post.
ANSES – France’s health and safety executive – recently recommended that children under six not be exposed to stereoscopic 3D images. There is concern about impairing the development of their visual systems by using devices like the 3DS.
Nintendo has since weighed in on ANSES’ report. You can find the company’s full comments below.
Update (11/28/14): New Super Mario Bros. 2 is currently available for only $15
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Amazon officially began its Black Friday 2014 deals earlier today. Most of the significant Nintendo-related sales will be delegated to Lighting Deals, but there are a few things on the side as well.
You can purchase games such as:
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Wii U) for $10
Scribblenauts Unmasked (Wii U) for $10
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Wii U) for $15
The LEGO Movie Videogame for $18
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark for $15
Injustice: Gods Among Us for $14
The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins for $15
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (3DS) for $15
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! for $20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze for $15
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call for $20
The LEGO Movie Videogame (3DS) for $15
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (3DS) for $15
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars for $21
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire guide for $9.20 with code HOLIDAY30
(code works on other books as well)
Also be sure to keep track of Amazon’s Black Friday deals calender here
. We’ll be seeing things like Smash Bros. for Wii U with $15 credit, and sales for Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.
Nintendo won’t be selling a few 3DS XL color variations in Japan soon. These include the Mint x White, Black, and Blue x Black models.
“Production is slated to end shortly”, Nintendo’s page states. A specific date isn’t mentioned, but the models above will be on their way out in the near future.
