This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Duck Hunt
3. Super Mario World
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Kirby’s Dream Land 3
6. Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
7. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
8. Zelda: A Link to the Past
9. EarthBound
10. Shovel Knight
11. Super Mario Bros. 2
12. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
13. Super Mario Bros.
14. Metroid
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Mario Kart 8
17. Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
18. Super Metroid
19. Teslagrad
20. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Videos
1. Mario Party 10 E3 2014 Trailer
2. Mario Party 10 Trailer
3. New 3DS XL Trailer
4. Nintendo Direct 1/14/15
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World E3 2014 Trailer
6. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Trailer
7. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse E3 2014 Trailer
8. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Gameplay Trailer
9. Meme Run Trailer
10. Mario vs. Donkey Kong E3 2014 Video
11. Captain Toad TV Spot
12. Hyrule Warriors amiibo Trailer
13. Citizens of Earth Trailer
14. Upcoming Fire Emblem Teaser Trailer
15. Xenoblade Chronicles X Exploration Trailer
16. amiibo Launch Announcement
17. Nintendo Minute – Captain Toad New Levels
18. Introducing amiibo
19. Mario Maker E3 2014 Trailer
20. Super Mario 3D World
Source: Wii U eShop
This week’s video additions to the Wii U/3DS eShops are as follows:
Wii U
Breezeblox Trailer
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight Trailer
Super Indie Connection Sale #2 Video
3DS
Undead Storm Nightmare Trailer
Source: Wii U/3DS eShops
Monolith Soft updated Xenoblade Chronicles X’s website today with another two character profiles. We’re introduced to Irina as well as Van Damme.
Irina belongs to the private military organization known as “BLADE”. She worked for Elma when she was a part of the United Government Special Operations Unit, which is otherwise known as “Doll Corps”. Irina eventually became a member of BLADE, but even now idolizes Elma as she holds her to the highest esteem. Though she has a strong-minded and frank personality, Irina has a strong sense of duty to protect the people of Planet Mira. Monolith says of the character: “The BLADE member with an overflowing sense of duty”.
Van Damme is a commanding officer of BLADE, with the slight flaw of being sarcastic. He used to work as chief engineer aboard the immigration ship “White Whale”. He is broadminded and overbearing regardless of who he talks to, with his sarcasm as the flaw in the crystal.
Mario Party 10 is yet another Wii U game that won’t cost full price (given that most releases these days cost $60). Based on listings from Amazon
and GameStop, Nintendo is only asking for $49.99. Newegg has the Mario Party 10 bundle priced at $60.
Pokemon as a gaming franchise has been around for nearly two decades. Given its popularity, Pokemon won’t be slowing down any time soon and we’ll continue to see new entries in the franchise.
Where might Pokemon go from here though? Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda won’t give any specifics away, but he did tease to Polygon that he has “some big-picture ideas” for the series.
Masuda said:
There’s probably going to be a lot more games; we might not be able to use the “Gotta catch ’em all” catchphrase anymore [laughs]. Of course, we want to keep creating things that will surprise and delight fans. I don’t think that’s going to change. … I have some big-picture ideas, but I can’t really talk about them.
Last year, Koei Tecmo executive vice president Hisashi Koinuma mentioned that he’d love to use Mario in a Musou-type game. That was not a joke – Koinuma was being completely serious.
Koinuma elaborated on his original comment while speaking with Polygon, with the site reporting:
He sees Mario as a character that would need to branch out from hand-to-hand combat but could focus on his distinctive moves. Speaking hypothetically, Koinuma suggests Mario could “blast enemies off the screen or knock them unconscious” with his moveset. “I suppose the game would be balanced so the kids could enjoy it as their first action game experience, whereas the adults could enjoy the game with friends and families as a group,” he says.
Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda also weighed in on Musou. He’d be open to seeing the Pokemon franchise cross over with Koei Tecmo’s IP if it wasn’t too violent. During his discussion with Polygon, Masuda suggested that perhaps players could throw out a lot of Pokeballs. It would also need a new form of gameplay so as to not feel too familiar.
Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada briefly touched on Pokken Tournament’s origins while speaking with Polygon. When Bandai Namco met with Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara about licensing music for Taiko Drum Master, Ishihara surprised them with an idea for a game similar to Tekken. Harada says he is spending a lot of time on Pokken Tournament since it’s the first title in a potential new franchise and because the team has less experience than the group behind Tekken.
