At Nintendo analyst briefing @Emi1yRogers, Reggie said key for next sales for 3DS are kids and girls of all ages.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) June 11, 2014
Yoshi's Woolly World when it was first announced in Jan 2013 vs now #NintendoE3 pic.twitter.com/NzTst4MjBX
— NintendoTweet (@NintendoTweet) June 11, 2014
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Star Series: 3D Soccer – 400 yen
Dokopon Choice Uch? Ky?dai Vol. 1 1 -10-kan Pack – 5,400 yen
Dokopon Choice Boku ga Ita Vol. 1 1 – 8-kan Pack – 3.520 yen
Picross e5 – 500 yen
Card Fight!! Vanguard Lock on Victory DEMO – FREE
Arc Style: Soccer!! 2014 DEMO – FREE
Taiko no Tatsujin Don to Katsu no Jik? Daib?ken DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
NA
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
One Piece Unlimited World R (retail title) – 7,171 yen (from 6/12)
Virtual Console
Blazing Lazers (PC Engine) – 617 yen
Pac-Land (Famicom) – 514 yen (360 yen until 6/18)
Pac-Man Collection (Game Boy Advance) – 702 yen (500 yen until 6/18)
This information comes from director Yusuke Hashimoto and executive producer Atsushi Inaba…
Bayonetta 1
– Includes optional touch screen controls
– Original Japanese voice track also included
– Gyro sensor functions in certain places
– However, “that’s not a very big part of the game”
– Inaba and Hashimoto say they can’t reveal whether they had planned to develop a port of the original game when they first signed the sequel with Nintendo, or later as a reaction to negative comments online
– Platinum wanted to do it and suggested it to Nintendo
– They also hint that Bayonetta 2 may include certain Nintendo references as well
Bayonetta 2
– Kamiya has been overseeing Bayonetta 2
– Kamiya helped create the story and monitored the world in a supervisory role
– Work is done on Bayonetta 2
– Just working on bug fixes
– Game is coming out 5 years after the original
– Development only lasted 3 years
– Bayonetta 2 went through an experimental phase for its first two years
– In the third year production “spiked exponentially”
