The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 21,459
Vita – 11,937
Wii U – 10,715
PS4 – 7,009
PS3 – 6,339
3DS – 4,852
PSP – 2,335
Vita TV – 1,444
Xbox 360 – 214
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 21,267
Vita – 13,299
Wii U – 12,249
PS4 – 8,395
PS3 – 6,564
3DS – 5,308
PSP – 4,325
Vita TV – 1,436
Xbox 360 – 231
These days, it may not seem like Marvelous is investing in as many new IPs as it did just a few years ago. Whereas titles such as No More Heroes, Little King’s Story, and even Senran Kagura came out of the company in recent years, Marvelous now doesn’t appear to be taking as many risks.
Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki told Siliconera that producers at the company “get a lot of freedom” to make the games they desire. Back in the day, Marvelous was creating new IPs to find a hit title, which just so happened with Senran Kagura. Now that attention has been given to the series, Takaki is “thinking of new ideas and I would like to try some of those out.”
“It’s not that orders are coming down from above that we have to make franchise titles. I feel that the producers get a lot of freedom to do what they want to inside Marvelous. When we were experimenting with a lot of little titles, the goal was always to find that IP that hit and can be developed into a series. That happened with Senran Kagura, which is why I’ve been focused on that now. I am thinking of new ideas and I would like to try some of those out.”
“The Kagura series really comes from me trying to make a worldwide hit in the past. I wasn’t able to find success that way, so I decided to focus on what I know by a Japanese person for Japanese people. That was the starting concept for Senran Kagura. I don’t want to lose sight of that, but I do want to listen to feedback from Western users. It’s kind of a difficult situation, things like gameplay systems or how the game plays would be easier to adjust.”
Nintendo Life has published an interview with Bertil Hörberg, the creator of Gunman Clive. Hörberg spoke about the cancelled Zelda-inspired project for 3DS, and shared new information about Gunman Clive 2.
We’ve picked out excerpts from the interview below. You can find the full discussion here.
I have to say: it’s pretty neat seeing Nintendo promote Shovel Knight in a dedicated press release!
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On June 26, Yacht Club Games launches the hotly anticipated Shovel Knight for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, a sweeping classic platform adventure game with awesome game play, memorable characters and an 8-bit retro aesthetic.
You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. But between Shovel Knight and his beloved stands a cadre of villainous knights. These terrible foes, known as The Order of No Quarter, have been dispatched to prevent Shovel Knight from reaching the Enchantress, and will pursue their mission at any cost!
Bombing Bastards is slated for release next week in North America, Sanuk Games has announced. The game will be available on July 3 for $6.99 USD / $7.49 CAD / 89 MXN.
Bombing Bastards is also coming to Europe. A specific date hasn’t been confirmed, but Sanuk hopes to have it out “a couple of weeks later.”
Source: Bombing Bastards
Keeping things a little less traditional today, Sakurai details an interesting cameo to come to the 3DS version of Smash:
The all-time classic Balloon Fight returns to the modern age, now playable with four players. This is only a small piece of this jam-packed game.
Atlus have announced that Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth is getting navigator DLC for Elizabeth, Margaret and Theodore to replace Rise’s voice in combat. Each character’s voice will cost 600 yen and are available from today in Japan. One more round of DLC is scheduled for July 2nd and a teaser image has led people to believe that Persona 4 Golden’s Marie will be the focus. Atlus have released some images of the DLC voices in action (images of the voices..?), see what you think below.
At this year’s E3, Sanzaru Games’ Matt Kraemer caught up with the folks over at NWR about Sonic Boom. Check out what he had to say below
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
2. Pikmin 3
3. New Super Mario Bros. U
4. Wii Party U
5. Mario Kart 8
6. Super Mario World
7. Zelda: The Minish Cap
8. Kirby’s Adventure
9. The Legend of Zelda
10. Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
11. Pushmo World
12. Super Mario Bros.
13. Super Mario Bros. 3
14. Pac-Man Collection
15. EarthBound
16. Zelda: A Link to the Past
17. NES Remix 2
18. Child of Light
19. Super Metroid
20. Art Academy: SketchPad
Videos
1. Nintendo Digital Event
2. Hyrule Warriors E3 2014 Trailer
3. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Red, Blue, Yellow
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS Goddess of Light
5. Mario Party 10 E3 2014 Trailer
6. Club Nintendo – Mario Kart 8 Promotion
7. Yoshi’s Woolly World – E3 2014 Trailer
8. Sonic Boom E3 2014 Trailer
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker E3 2014 Trailer
10. Mario Maker E3 2014 Trailer
11. Introducing amiibo
12. Bayonetta 2 E3 2014 Trailer
13. Splatoon E3 2014 Trailer
14. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse E3 2014 Trailer
15. Deluxe Digital Promotion Video
16. Mario vs. Donkey Kong E3 2014 Trailer
17. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Trailer
18. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire E3 2014 Trailer
19. Linking a Club Nintendo Account Video
20. Xenoblade Chronicles X E3 2014 Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
