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…
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
- KickBeat Special Edition (available Sept. 16)
- Teslagrad
Wii U Demo
- Wooden Sen’SeY
Wii U Virtual Console
- Adventure Island
3DS Download
- The Keep
- Hideaways: Foggy Valley
- Top Model 3D
3DS Demo
- Parking Star 3D
Sales
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is launching soon, so it’s the perfect time to get to know the fighters. Now through Oct. 2, save up to 38 percent on select games starring Super Smash Bros. characters with the Super Smashing Sale. This week features characters like Zelda and Pit.
- For a limited time, save 50 percent on select Just Dance games in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, including Just Dance 2014. This offer ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 14.
- Unepic is 20 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $7.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 1 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
- Bit Boy!! Arcade is 38 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Sept. 24 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
- Parking Star 3D is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 2 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
- Select games from Rising Star Games, including Beyblade: Evolution and Girls’ Fashion Shoot, are being discounted up to 75 percent. This offer is valid until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 25 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Coming Soon
- Legend of the River King 2 – Sept. 18 (Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS)
- Wild Guns – Sept. 18 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Sept. 25 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
Source: Nintendo PR
