The Next Penelope is officially coming to Wii U, according to creator Aurelien Regard.
Regard shared the news on Twitter a short while ago through the following message:
Hi, Nintendo fans!
"The Next Penelope" is now officially in development for WiiU! :)
>reminder http://t.co/tUMpYvkXTT pic.twitter.com/SYYU41Osii
— Aurelien Regard (@AurelRegard) May 28, 2014
Regard previously said in March that he’d look to bring The Next Penelope to the eShop.
XSEED (not Natsume!) is localizing Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land for North America, IGN has revealed. The game will be available later this year.
When the latest Harvest Moon does arrive in the states, it’ll be titled “Story of Seasons”. IGN explains the name change in a new article:
Story of Seasons was launched in Japan earlier this year, where it was known as Bokujo Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shintechi (or Farm Story: Connect to a New World). But due to the involvement of a different publisher — XSEED Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MarvelousAQL — Farm Story could no longer translate to Harvest Moon, at least in the west. Natsume owns that intellectual property wholesale, and as such, Marvelous and its western XSEED offshoot endeavor to continue the series with the same development team and a new name.
Marvelous AQL and XSEED note that Story of Seasons players will be able to “create fully customizable character[s], selecting gender, hair style and facial features as desired. They will then take on their role as the newest resident of Oak Tree Town, a small settlement filled with promises of new beginnings, hard work and significant relationships. In the process of tending to crops, animals and the many other aspects of everyday farming life, players will amass the resources necessary to customize and expand their farms — from livestock and seeds to décor and layout — granting total freedom to shape their homestead as they wish and fit virtually any play style.”
Story of Seasons will make its debut at E3 2014 next month.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen – 35,656 / NEW
2. [PS4] inFamous: Second Son – 34,801 / NEW
3. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 33,974 / 984,009
4. [PSV] To Love -Ru: Darkness Battle Ecstasy – 22,327 / NEW
5. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen – 16,762 / NEW
6. [PS3] Idol Master: One for All – 12,488 / 95,883
7. [PSV] Moero Chronicle – 9,492 / 42,450
8. [PSV] Amnesia World – 8,650 / NEW
9. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen – 7,245 / NEW
10. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour – 7,069 / 93,279
11. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 6,741 / 377,925
12. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 5,489 / 4,068,956
13. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragmnet – 5,267 / 206,648
14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 4,244 / 3,821,369
15. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 4,055 / 588,563
16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,960 / 2,322,537
17. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call – 3,057 / 123,606
18. [PS3] GTA V – 3,020 / 778,762
19. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters (new version) – 2,972 / 39,121
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,932 / 3,737,633
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 18,374
Vita – 14,070
Wii U – 9,024
PS3 – 7,565
PS4 – 7,543
3DS – 4,850
PSP – 1,479
Vita TV – 1,142
Xbox 360 – 202
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 18,350
Vita – 12,810
PS3 – 7,339
PS4 – 6,792
Wii U – 6,716
3DS – 5,250
PSP – 1,642
Vita TV – 1,055
Xbox 360 – 201
Nintendo announced earlier today that Pushmo World will be arriving in Europe on June 19. Now the company has followed up with an announcement for North America, confirming the same release date.
You can get your hands on Pushmo World on June 19 for $9.99. To celebrate the game’s release, Pushmo and Crashmo are being discounted between May 28 and June 13 for $4.69 and $5.99 respectively.
Check out today’s announcement in full below, which includes more details about Pushmo World.
