A demo for Super Smash Bros. 3DS has now arrived on the Japanese 3DS eShop. It takes up 1016 blocks of space.
If the demo is made available in the west, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Four new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:
Victory Run (PC Engine, 617 yen)
Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Famicom, 514 yen)
Super Mario Ball (GBA, 702 yen)
Lode Runner (Famicom, 514 yen)
The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on September 17.
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that a new 8-hour Treehouse stream will be held at Friday to showcase Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and other Wii U and 3DS titles. What the company didn’t say is when the stream would actually begin… until now that is. You can count on the festivities kicking off at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT.
So happy you’re excited for Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ The Treehouse! The live stream of upcoming holiday titles starts at 10 AM PT on 9/12
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 10, 2014
DrinkBox Studios has interest in developing a sequel to Guacamelee.
In an interview with PS3 Brasil, lead designer Greg Lesky stated:
We’re hoping for it too! There were a lot of ideas we came up with when the original was made and even more with STCE – the Champion Belt for example – so there would be more than enough ideas for a sequel, so it’s just a matter of what we do after Severed is finished.
Guacamelee originally launched last April. And just a couple of months ago, DrinkBox released Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition, which added a bunch of new elements.
Another round of Forbidden Manga details are now in, which cover the Spirit girl abilities. Read on below for a summary of the latest information (courtesy of Siliconera).
– Spirit girls can learn all kinds of new skills
– Obtain more as you increase your relationship stats with them at the inn
– “Magna”: skills and special attacks that can be used in battle
– Skills consume Action Points to pull off a powerful move
– These can be changed by equipping a “Skill Chip” on the weapon
– Purchase Skill Chips at shops
– Can make them through item synthesis as well
– 2 types of chips
– Some can be equipped on all kinds of different weapons
– Another can only be used for the weapons of specific Spirit girls
– Magnas depend on the bond between the Spirit Girls and the protagonist Lux
– After taking enemies out in combat, your Tension meter will increase
– This can then be used to perform a Magna attack
– Heat Cluster, Ice Shield, Cloud Solas and Mete-All can be placed on any weapon
– Charlotte’s support skill, Beatrice’s mass arrow rain AoE skill, Diana’s powerful spear attack and Adelheid’s defense buffing ability can only be used on the weapons of certain Spirit girls
Takashi Tezuka’s number one goal with Mario Maker “is to stimulate the imagination of the people playing it.”
Tezuka spoke about the Wii U game with EDGE this month, and touched on a number of topics. When asked to comment on how the team is going to approach players sharing their creations, he said:
