Denpa Ningen no RPG Free continues to rake in downloads. The free-to-play title has now been downloaded by over 1.7 million 3DS owners in Japan.
Developer Geninus Sonority is promising further content additions for 2015. Specifics, however, have not been revealed.
When we last heard about Trashmania Trilogy, the download was targeted for Q1 2015 on Wii U. Those plans have since changed.
Creator Jonathon Bont took to Twitter today and confirmed that Trashmania Trilogy has been pushed back to late May/early June. This is due to “the unexpected size the project has grown to.”
To make up for the delay news, Bont confirmed that Trashmania Trilogy will feature online functionality. There will be “online leaderboards for Classic+ and custom level sharing for Remix+”, and Bont teased that “the latter approaches level sharing in a unique way.”
It's official: I'm pushing Trashmania Trilogy's release date to late May/early June 2015. #wiiu
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) December 28, 2014
Official reasons are not technical or Wii U specific issues, but instead a lack of time and the unexpected size the project has grown to.
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) December 28, 2014
HOWEVER, as a way of saying sorry, here's an announcement to cheer you guys up: online functionality is being worked on!
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) December 28, 2014
Specifically, online leaderboards for Classic+ and custom level sharing for Remix+… the latter approaches level sharing in a unique way.
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) December 28, 2014
I won't give away what makes it unique, but I'll just say it's different from how it's normally done. 😉
— Jonathon Bont (@Animan13) December 28, 2014
Satoru Iwata became the president of Nintendo in 2002. Prior to that, however, Iwata worked at HAL Laboratory for many years and helped program a wide array of games.
In an interview with 4Gamer (via StreetsAhead translation), Iwata spoke about his proficiency with programming. One notable thing mentioned: “… I believed things like that I could write better NES code than even Nintendo’s (EAD) engineers or that I could write the fastest, most compact code.”
Iwata also spoke about the development of Super Smash Bros. Melee, which “didn’t look like it was going to make its release date”. He “did the code review, fixed some bugs, read the code and fixed more bugs, read the long bug report from Nintendo, figured out where the problem was and got people to fix those.” Thanks to his efforts, Melee launched on time.
Head past the break for Iwata’s full comments.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./00. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
05./06. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
06./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
08./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
09./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
10./09. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
11./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century #
12./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Honto no Kimochi
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
14./03. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V #
15./16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu
16./00. [PS3] Godzilla
17./12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./05. [PS3] Shining Resonance #
20./15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
The Music of 2014 – Have Your Say!
It’s that time of year again! Last year’s game music podcast seemed to go over much better than I expected a two-hour show to, so let’s do the same thing for the soundtracks from this year. And once again I’m looking for reader (listener?) input to help put the thing together and narrow down a top 10 list.
The rules are pretty much the same as last year. Vote here to rate each of the twenty shortlisted games and add in any comments if you have them (you can also use that section to tell me if neglected to include certain soundtracks). Since some of them were included in last year’s show, the voting excludes games that were released in other regions last year like Bravely Default, but not ones like Fantasy Life that I previously forgot about. I’ve also excluded any games with an English release confirmed for next year like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – save it for the 2015 list! There are a handful of games like Guacamelee on the list that were released on other platforms last year, but as 2014 was their first showing on a Nintendo platform they’re up for voting.
So please get your votes in and look forward to the final podcast whenever it posts. Maybe there’ll be guests or co-hosts this time? Who can say. Since I’ll be out of the country for a while – I’ll probably have left by the time this posts – don’t expect any results until mid-January at the earliest. That’s kind of late for a retrospective, but I’m sure you’re all sick of top-10 lists at the moment. I know I sure am after putting together all that Nintendo DS stuff.
It’s no wonder a game such as Super Smash Bros. has become the big hit it is today. Even after its near 15 year lifespan, it seems that the Smash community only grows larger and larger every day. I mean, a game where you get to mound Sonic the Hedgehog’s smug little face in with Mario’s fire-spouting fists as Mega Man tries to intervene for that one extra kill is already my game of the century based on that scenario alone. While the series is also known for its kick-ass gameplay that’s just simple enough while still providing the necessary elements to begin a huge competitive scene, it’s mainly known for accomplishing a seemingly impossible task and gathering together all of Nintendo’s star players and making it all seem so… right. As expected, there’s a huge roster of characters to select from, boasting characters from huge series’ such as Mario and Legend of Zelda all the way to lesser known series such as Earthbound and Fire Emblem. I thought it would be fun to delve deeper into some of the more unique newcomers’ history and analyze why the characters might’ve been chosen join the battle, so let’s go ahead and do that, shall we?
