Bento’s rail shooter “Cosmophony” is heading to Wii U. The studio is teaming up with Moving Player for the release.
Check out the video above for a Cosmophony teaser. A few details can be found below.
– Originally announced in 2012
– Coming to other platforms later this year, but no date for the Wii U version
– Play as the heart of a fallen goddess
– Avoid obstacles
– Move left/right
– Shoot enemies
– 2 modes
– Practice: train in the eight sections of each level already unlocked
– Normal: unlock the next levels
– Music composed by DJ Salaryman (DnB Arena, RAM Records)
– Music is involved with the level design
– 60 FPS
In North America, you can receive one of three costume sets for Hyrule Warriors by pre-ordering at Amazon, Best Buy, or GameStop. Information has now appeared about a similar situation in the UK.
You can reserve Hyrule Warriors on the Nintendo UK store to nab the Ocarina of Time costume set. Meanwhile, GAME is giving out Twilight Princess costume DLC. No word yet on the third and final set, Skyward Sword.
Nintendo is continuing the “Super Smashing Sale” in North America today. Games on the Wii U and 3DS eShops have been discounted to celebrate the upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS.
Here’s a look at the second week deals:
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – $29.99 (was $39.99)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – $3.99 (was $5.99)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – $3.99 (was $5.99)
Fire Emblem: Awakening – $29.99 (was $39.99)
Mega Man – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Mega Man 2 – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Kid Icarus: Uprising – $24.99 (was $34.99)
Sonic the Hedgehog – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – $4.99 (was $7.99)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – $4.99 (was $7.99)
F-Zero – $4.99 (was $7.99)
Mega Man X – $4.99 (was $7.99)
Mega Man X2 – $4.99 (was $7.99)
Kid Icarus – $3.49 (was $4.99)
These prices are valid between September 11 and September 18. A new set of games will be swapped out each week through October 2.
Two new characters have been announced for Disney Infinity 2.0.
First, Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy will be included in the game. Rocket, Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora and Groot will also be featured in Guardians play set this fall.
Disney Interactive plans on making Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s Falcon available next year as well.
SteamWorld Dig developer Image & Form has announced a new partnership with Zoink, the studio behind Stick It to the Man. From here on out, Image & Form will market and publish titles for both companies. Note that this is simply a collaboration and the two studios will remain as separate entities.
Per usual, head past the break for the latest Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS character confirmations. These characters are being unlocked by players with Japanese copies of the game.
Bandai Namco has announced a new board game-based title for Wii U and 3DS.
Take a second to absorb this title: Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Kyara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi. That roughly translates to Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan.
Local Railroads is based on Sugoroku, a board game similar to snakes and ladders. Here’s a quick overview of the game flow:
1. Select which local characters will accompany the player
2. Select which part of the railway network is your destination. You can choose any place that isn’t home to any of your local characters.
3. You head for that place. Movement is done with dice. At times you can use skills of your local characters, too.
4. Various events happen depending on the circle you land on. You may gain fans for your local characters from events.
5. Arrive at the destination. If you are first to arrive, you’ll gain fans and the local character of the destination.
6. Choose the next destination and so on.
Although it’s important to rush to the destination, sometimes it may be useful to take a longer road if you can land on a circle with beneficial effects. There are circles where you can obtain famous products of that area, and there are circles where you compete against rival local characters with dice throws. If you win, a rival local character joins your team. If you lose, you’ll lose fan(s).
Players can gain fans while travelling around Japan, and there are more than 120 local characters in the game. Special skills may help your movement or hinder your opponents. It will be advantageous to collect more local characters as you’ll have more special skills.
Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan launches in Japan on November 27. The 3DS version is priced at 5,210 yen while the Wii U version will cost 6,170 yen.
In March, Nintendo filed a US patent along with Ambrella and The Pokemon Company for “Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System, Information Processing Method and Recording Medium”. The filing was only just made public today.
That application title may sound confusing, but it’s ultimately for a handheld device incorporating NFC/RFID figures and IC cards (smart cards). As you would expect, the device focuses on Pokemon and gaming.
How exactly this patent will be used is currently unknown. For all we know, it could just be a filing that will never be used. Only time will tell…
