An official Japanese page for Hyrule Warriors shares a bit more about the Wii U game.
First, as many had anticipated, online play is now officially confirmed. The wording on the page suggests that a unique mode is being prepared for those who intend to play over the Internet.
Aside from a brief mention of online support, Nintendo also confirms the automatic posting of your play status to Miiverse and the ability to purchase DLC (this was a given based on the costumes we’ve heard about).
Lastly, Hyrule Warriors supports 1 save file per user. Oh, and the game’s file size weighs in at 7.8GB.
Capcom sales are down for the quarter ending June 30, 2014. In its financial report published today, the company noted that net sales dipped to 9.57 billion yen ($93 million, £55.1 million). That’s a decrease of 45.1 percent from the previous year.
Net income also dropped from 828 million yen ($8 million, £4.7 million) the previous year to 765 million yen ($7.4 million, £4.4 million).
Why the downturn? Capcom believes the decrease in sales can be attributed to “a lack of new major titles.”
Fortunately, today’s news isn’t entirely disappointing for Capcom. Operating income actually rose by 75.3 percent year-over-year for an increase of 1.26 billion yen ($12.2 million, £7.2 million). Monster Hunter Frontier GG also “performed steadily with major update.”
Capcom says the company is “on track to achieve full-year forecasts with improving profitability” with a desire to improve earnings by “reducing the cost of sales.”
Mega Man Battle Network is out today on the North American Wii U eShop. However, Capcom is just getting started when it comes to Virtual Console releases.
Today’s Nintendo Download report confirms that one new Mega Man title will be hitting the North American Wii U Virtual Console each week. Which games are these? Well, that’s a mystery for now!
If you like Mega Man, then you’re in for a treat – a classic Mega Man game will release every Thursday in August in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U!
Are you experiencing freezing issues with XType Plus? If that’s the case, you can rest easy knowing that you’re not alone.
Various comments on Miiverse mention the freezing woes along with other problems caused by bugs. However, XType Plus’ developer is aware of the situation and is looking to address things as soon as possible.
There seems to be a crashing bug with XType Plus on Wii U. I'm talking to Nintendo to get this resolved asap. Sorry everyone :/
— Dominic Szablewski (@phoboslab) July 31, 2014
Eclipse Games has discussed the upcoming patch for Super Toy Cars and has also provided an explanation as to why the title lacks online play.
As far as what the patch offers, Eclipse told Nintendo Life that it will add leaderboards and off-TV play. Collision issues have been addressed, and other crashes will be fixed.
You can find full comments from Eclipse founder Eduardo Jimenez below, which also cover the lack of online play in Super Toy Cars.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
- Frederic: Resurrection of Music
- XType Plus
- IQ Test
Wii U Virtual Console
- Mega Man Battle Network
3DS Retail
- LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids
3DS Download
- Steel Empire
- Tangram Attack
3DS Demo
- Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot
Sales
- Darts Up 3D – Darts Up 3D is 67 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $0.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 20 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
- Sweet Memories – Blackjack – Sweet Memories – Blackjack is 30 percent off (reduced from $3.99 to $2.79) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 21 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
- WAKEDAS – WAKEDAS is 34 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 21 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Price Change
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag is being reduced to $29.99 (from $39.99) starting Aug. 4 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
Source: Nintendo PR
Like most Wii U games, Hyrule Warriors will be available both at retail and on the eShop. If you opt for the latter option, keep in mind that the title is a 7.8GB download.
Hyrule Warriors is a pretty big game. However, it’s not quite as large as some of the other Wii U titles out there such as Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Last year, SEGA acquired Atlus and its parent company Index. The two have been working together for several months now; so what’s that like?
Atlus representative director and president Yukio Sugino told Famitsu:
“Compared to Atlus, Sega are on a much bigger scale [as developers], and our respective know-how is completely different. They’re much more advanced than us when it comes to tools and middleware.”
Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka added the following when Famitsu mentioned how both Atlus and SEGA seem pleased with each other and that there will be more from them and their synergy together in the future:
“That’s right. The other day, we held a briefing session with Sugino and myself on Atlus’ side, with [Yakuza producer, Sega CCO Toshiro] Nagoshi and others from Sega to discuss our title line-up for the next three years, where we talked about things such as, ‘Ah, with that kind of lineup, we can do this and that.’”
And how about any collaborations between Atlus and SEGA? Sugino said that the timing for joint projects and such is often difficult, but by knowing what both are working on well ahead of time, it makes it much easier for such collaborations to be possible. It may not be entirely surprising to see collaborations in about three years’ time.
