This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
- Wii Party U (available May 16)
Wii U Download
- Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails
- Color Zen
Wii U Virtual Console
- Adventures of Lolo
3DS Download
- Moon Chronicles
- Arc Style: Baseball 3D
- Candy Match 3
3DS Virtual Console
- Mega Man IV
DSiWare
- Deep Sea Creatures
eShop sales
- Big John Games Sale – For a limited time, Big John Games is discounting select games in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS, including Smash Bowling 3D and Big Bass Arcade No Limit. This offer ends at 9 a.m. PT on June 5.
- ATLUS Sale – For two weeks, Code of Princess, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked and more will be at their lowest prices yet! Starting at 9 a.m. PT on May 19 through 9 a.m. PT on June 2, get these cool ATLUS games for $14.99 each in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Source: Nintendo PR
Ackk Studios will finally have news about Two Brothers: Director’s Cut in the very near future.
On Twitter, the indie developer confirmed a few hours ago that an update is coming next month. The message reads:
Information on Wii U release of Two Brothers Directors Cut coming NEXT MONTH I PROMISE.
— AckkStudios (@AckkStudios) May 15, 2014
Masahiro Sakurai published a new Weekly Famitsu column in the magazine’s most recent issue. In his latest piece, the Smash Bros. director touched on his interest in VR technology.
First, Sakurai expressed interest in seeing VR tied into driving. “I often think to myself, ‘if only this dashboard and stuff around my feet were transparent’,” he wrote. Sakurai most enjoys seeing the world around him while driving, but he can’t see below the front of the vehicle. This is something that he believes would feel exhilarating, and the combination of gaming and VR would make it possible to experience.
Sakurai also feels that VR tech is better suited for games in which the direction of movement is fixed (think driving games). “Because, having two concepts of direction – like with movement of a tank and the rotation of its cannon – is quite complex.”
As for what sort of titles he would like to play, Sakurai commented:
“Personally, I’d like to play Jumping Flash! It’d probably be quite scary, though. You could probably make a crazy Love Plus game as well. A horror game like Resident Evil or Fatal Frame could be good, too.”
Of course, we won’t be seeing any sort of virtual reality elements in the new Smash Bros. titles (“Sadly, such a device is ill-suited for the Smash Bros. game I’m working on right now.”) But Sakurai did say he would be interested in using the tech in a first-person 3D game.
It’s been nearly a year since we last heard about HTR High Tech Racing. Fortunately, the game is still planned for the 3DS eShop. A release is currently targeted for August. Developer QUByte Interactive has also said that it plans to use assets and improvements from the PC build in the 3DS version.
Sinobi are reporting that Wii Sports Club is coming to retail on July 17 for 3700 yen. Baseball and Boxing appear to be included, which are yet to be released via the eShop.
Nintendo has lifted the reviews embargo for Mario Kart 8. For an overview of the early verdicts, check out our roundup below.
IGN – 9 / 10
GameSpot – 8 / 10
Polygon – 9 / 10
Eurogamer – 10 / 10
EDGE – 9 / 10
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
NintendoWorldReport – 7.5 / 10
CVG – 9 / 10
GamesRadar – 4 / 5
GameTrailers – 8.6 / 10
Game Informer – 9.25 / 10
Joystiq – 4.5 / 5
DigitalSpy – 4 / 5
VideoGamer – 9 / 10
USGamer – 4.5 / 5
Destructoid – 9 / 10
GamesBeat – 85 / 100
Gamereactor – 9/10
Kotaku – “Yes”
ONM – 96%
NowGamer – 8.5 / 10
