Bloomberg has received a status update regarding the health of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
“Iwata is recovering steadily,” spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa told the publication. “There is no interference with his business as president.”
Iwata had a bile duct growth removed last month. He did not attend E3 2014 in June and also missed Nintendo’s recent investor briefing.
GameStop has a pair of 3DS games on sale. Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask are both $10 each. This seems to be online-only, but we’ll let you know if we hear otherwise.
Bravely Default story writer Naotaka Hayashi is not returning for Bravely Second, this week’s Famitsu confirms.
Producer Tomoya Asano and assistant producer Shinji Takahashi are leading the way on Bravely Second’s scenario. Director Kensuke Nakahara and Bravely Default lead scenario planner Keiichi Ajiro from Silicon Studio, as well as series light novel writer Souki Tsukishima, are all contributing to the scenario as well.
Natsume may bring the launch of Alphadia Genesis forward a bit. The company said on Twitter today that localization is currently ahead of schedule, which could result in a Fall 2014 launch. It was initially announced for winter.
Good news WiiU fans! Localization of Alphadia Genesis is moving ahead of schedule! Release date possibly moving from Winter to Fall 2014!
— Natsume Inc. (@Natsume_Inc) July 30, 2014
Nintendo has filed for a trio of “QOL” trademarks with the USPTO. Of course, these all pertain to the company’s upcoming Quality of Life plans.
Just last week, Nintendo filed a trademark for “QOL” in Europe as well. It was also registered with the Japanese trademark database in March.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn director/producer and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call producer Ichiro Hazama will have a final versus gameplay battle at Gamescom 2014. It will take place on August 16 at 3 PM CESt. The video above gives a recap of each player’s total fight record, and the proceedings of the previous matchup which took place at E3 this year.
