Sakurai doesn’t toy with our heartstrings quite so much today, giving us a look at some fresh 3DS stages:
He continues with a callback to another entry in the Paper Mario series:
Since the stage is paper, it transforms when it folds over and opens up again. This ship is the S.S. Flavion from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Hyrule Warriors will be seeing another streaming event this week. On Thursday, a special presentation will be held to celebrate the game’s completion.
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Zelda series producer and Hyrule Warriors supervisor Eiji Aonuma, Koei Tecmo president and CEO Yoichi Erikawa, general producer Hisashi Koinuma, and development producer Yosuke Hayashi will be attending.
The stream can be watched here at 2 PM Japan time. That should be 1 AM ET / 10 PM PT, assuming my timezones are correct!
USgamer has published a massive feature in which it delves into the topic of Nintendo’s quest for inclusivity. It features plenty of comments from EAD manager and original Animal Crossing director Katsuya Eguchi as well as Animal Crossing: New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku.
Among the topics discussed is Nintendo’s mission to create games that appeal to all types of players. Eguchi started off by saying:
The tune above can be heard in both the North American and European Wii U eShop!
Notion Games shared new details about Up Up Ubie Remix in a website posting today. We’ve rounded up the information below.
– Originally released in early 2012
– Will have a bunch of elements not in the original version
– The game will feel a lot more hectic to those that are good enough to get that far
– Pacing has been improved in terms of speed/difficulty
– Unlockable characters and stages are back
– More characters will be added in as updates
– Cross promotion characters planned
– Syrek from Varia Games’ “Reven” will make an appearance in the future
– Pure Nintendo Magazine’s character (Pure Nintendo Man) will be in the game as well
– Honey Bee also included
– Honey Bee will have challenges for the player to complete and will reward players with additional coins to use for in-game boosts and unlocking characters and stages
– More enjoyable and more replay value than the original
– Will be out very soon on Wii U
– Testing and seeing if there are any problems with the Wii U version currently
Renegade Kid will be announcing a new 3DS eShop game in just a few days. The news is expected to land on August 3/August 4. We don’t have any clues as to what will be revealed, but we’ll have it on the site once the news goes live!
A few more developers are now on board for the indie Q&A event. When we first heard about the chat, Sinn Development, Hullbreach Studios, Blue Comet Games, John Whitmer, and Ninja Pig Studios confirmed their participation. Pocket Dragon Games, XenoHorizon, and Wildcard Studios are now joining the festivities as well.
The eShop developer Q&A will take place tomorrow starting at 9 AM PT / 12 PM PT and will last until 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
Curve Studios is planning a few games for Wii U. A few months ago, the developer confirmed Stealth Inc 2 as an eShop exclusive. And just last week, we learned that The Swapper is Wii U bound as well.
There’s one more title coming from Curve that seems to have gone under the radar. At E3, the company announced plans to port Jasper Byrne’s indie title Lone Survivor to Nintendo’s console as well. It’s due out in Q4 of this year.
