Prior to this year’s E3, we learned that Satoru Iwata would not be attending the expo due to health reasons. Now we know just what happened exactly.
Iwata explained in an official message today that he suffered from a bile duct growth. Fortunately, it was detected very early and was surgically removed last week.
Iwata is now recovering, though it’ll be a little whole longer before he returns to work. He will not be attending the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders this week.
You can find Iwata’s full message below.
Some Zelda news of a different kind through today’s daily screenshot, as Sakurai explains:
Here’s Link in an outfit based on his ordinary clothes in Skyward Sword! The art style looks a little different, but the actual clothing model is still his usual tunic.
More Hyrule Warriors details have surfaced from Famitsu. Check out the latest below:
– Agitha uses a parasol in battle
– Can call upon and attack with insects
– Lana is an original character
– She is a witch who wields a book of magic in battle
– Can create barriers to brush away enemies
– When the barrier is broken the shock will cause her damage
– Link’s Hook Shot is returning
– Can be used to reach places normally not accessible
– When you have certain strengthening items on hand, it’s possible bring down the moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask as an attack
At E3 2014, GameSpot and NintendoWorldReport spoke with Yoshifumi Hashimoto, head of development over at Marvelous AQL, to discuss Story of Seasons. Hashimoto spoke about the game’s name, the separation between the title and Harvest Moon and plans to continue the series, same-sex relationships, and more.
You can find excerpts from the interview below. Head on over to this link for the full thing.
It’s looking like we’ll be seeing at least three more games on the 3DS eShop this week. Skypeace from Sonic Powered, Plain Video Poker, and Toy Stunt Bike are all slated for Thursday.
We have yet another file size for an indie Wii U eShop title. RCMADIAX’s latest effort, Poker Dice Solitaire Future, takes up 97.8MB of space.
The developer shared the news on Twitter through the following message:
#PokerDiceSolitaireFUTURE requires just 97.8 MB of space. Perfect for basic set users. pic.twitter.com/pXhKKsxXW2
— RCMADIAX (@rcmadiax) June 23, 2014
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has previously spoken about unifying its console and handheld development. The company hasn’t said if we’ll ever see a system that embodies both types of hardware, but Nintendo wants its systems to take advantage of the same type of “architecture”.
Shigeru Miyamoto recently commented about what this may mean for the future while speaking with Kotaku. The site went a bit further and even asked if there could ever be a day in which games could be made across Nintendo devices/teams making projects that could be played on the TV/on the go.
Here’s what was shared:
