You can find the European Kirby Triple Deluxe site here. Footage gathered from the page is posted above.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (3DS) – 9/9/9/*
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (PSV) – 8/9/8/*
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PSV) – 8/8/*/8
Just Dance (Wii U) – 8/8/*/8
NES Remix 1+2 (Wii U) – 8/8/7/*
Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst (360) – 7/8/*/8
Rayman Legends (PSV) – */8/7/7
Chronostacia (PSP) – */8/7/7
JS Girl: Doki Doki Model Challenge (3DS) – */7/7/7
Guruguru Tamagotchi! (3DS) – */7/6/8
Harem Tengoku da to Omottara Yandere Jigoku Datta (PS3) – 7/8/*/5
Maple Story: The Girl’s Fate (3DS) – 6/8/*/7
Ima Sugu Oniichan ni Im?to da tte Iitai! (PSV) – 6/8/7/*
Kuroyukihime: Snow Black (PSP) – 7/*/7/6
Muv Luv: Photon Flowers (PS3) – 5/*/7/7
Ge-Sen Love Plus Pengo! (360) – */7/5/6
Note: Use of the “*” symbol is due to the lack of full scores being unavailable at this time. Leaks have only revealed three scores for each game.
Yoshio Sakamoto is most well-known for playing a prominent role in three Nintendo series: Metroid, WarioWare, and Rhythm Heaven. But Sakamoto has mainly acted as a producer in recent years, and hasn’t done too much with Metroid as of late aside from Other M.
That being said, Sakamoto is still interested in working on the franchises he is most famous for. He told CVG the following when asked if he will continue to contribute to some of his more traditional game series:
I do not intend to do so. There might [currently] be various tasks I might be involved in with past series. However, even if so I would always like to introduce new entertainment and new fun to those series.
I would like to satisfy fans of those series, but also working with other talented individuals I would like to create entertainment that’s completely different and that brings new emotions. I would like to challenge myself in those unique directions.
This might be indirect, but if we can make new types of gamers enjoy video games for the first time through Tomodachi Life, then they might eventually become interested in the more conventional games. I think we need to ensure that video games remain attractive to consumers, and in order to do so new concepts and ideas are important. I would like to challenge myself to do that.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
This is the final destination version of Gerudo Valley. No more surprise visits from Koume and Kotake, and the bridge is gone. There are no distractions and there’s nowhere to run. And the score that plays in the background is “Gerudo Valley.”
A few months ago, Nintendo released special Mario and Luigi Wii Remote Plus controllers. Peach is now joining in on the fun as well.
Starting in late April, consumers can purchase a special pink controller featuring a crown design over the speaker, blue buttons that echo Peach’s royal jewelry, and a golden-yellow plus pad that evokes her regal crown. Pricing is set at $39.99.
Source: Nintendo PR
Developer Agatsuma Entertainment have launched an official English website for their quirky “Rubbering Action” game (their words, not mine), showing that Umihara Kawase will be swinging onto the eShop in Europe and Oceania. The part that’s as unexpected as a giant tadpole giving birth to frogs is that the game will be out as soon as the 24th of April. As suggested by a pair of classifications earlier in the year, Agatsuma Entertainment will be self-publishing the title in these regions, though it’ll be digital only like the American release. Sayonara Umihara Kawase will be priced at 24.9€ and we’re waiting on pricing information for other regions. Seems a little pricey for the nichest of niche games, but if it’s anything like the previous games in the series (which I wrote a bunch of words about), it should be worth a look. Agatsuma are also referring to the game as “UmiharaKawase”, which I will not stand for. Next they’ll be calling it “Yumi’s Odd Odyssey” or some nonsense.
