Most recently known for the successful Japanese franchise Yo-kai Watch, studio Level-5 are gearing up production for a new “major project” announced in the latest Famitsu by bringing on more staff members. It’s unknown at the moment where or what this project is, but expect new details to pop up in the near future
There are quite a few changes being made to the rewards system for Club Nintendo in Japan. First, it looks like the gold and platinum ranks will no longer exist come the end of this month, meaning the next lot of rewards being offered to gold and platinum members will be the last. To go along with this, no Club Nintendo points will be offered for registering a New 3DS and going forward only software titles will be eligble for points and not hardware units. At this time, all other regions remain unaffected, and you can check out the final offerings for gold and platinum members below: an exclusive Picross game and 2015 calendar for platinum and just the 2015 calendar for gold members.
A further look at Mii Fighter customization today, Sakurai talks about a bit about the options players have available to them:
This week’s video additions to the Wii U/3DS eShops are as follows:
Wii U
IGN Presents Bayonetta 2 – The Feel of Fun
Darts Up Trailer
Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade Trailer
Wild Guns Trailer
Super Smashing Sale 9/18 – 9/25
3DS
IGN Presents Bayonetta 2 – The Feel of Fun
Legend of the River King 2 Trailer
Legend of the River King 2 Trailer 2
Super Smashing Sale 9/18 – 9/25
Source: Wii U/3DS eShops
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a substantial update on Final Fantasy Explorers. There’s some recap of previously announced information, but there’s quite a bit new as well.
There will be roughly twenty jobs in the game, including the Geomancer. This job uses the surrounding ground to attack enemies and features moves like Earthquake and Sinkhole. If an enemy falls into a sinkhole, it will be hit with the Stop status effect.
Doryuasu is an original summon in Final Fantasy Explorers. It attacks with tentacles and powerful magic spells such as Earthquake. Poison mist emits from its body into surroundings and as such can cause poison, paralysis, and darkness status effects.
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse will receive an update in the future to take advantage of the New 3DS, WayForward has revealed.
Speaking with Siliconera, director Matt Bozon said:
“We’re really excited about the New 3DS! We have an update for Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse already underway, which will add a ‘quick select’ control scheme, as well as other minor improvements to the game. Look for that to arrive closer to the launch of the New 3DS in the US.”
Bozon did not say what sort of “minor improvements” will be included. However, it’s already been confirmed that Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse will run at 60 frames per second on a regular 3DS with stereoscopic 3D turned on.
