Masato Masuda, known for his work on Fire Pro Wrestling, has died at the age of 48.
Suda51 passed along the sad news on Twitter today, writing:
The creator of Fire Pro-wrestling, Masato Masuda, has passed away. He was 48 years old, still young. I genuinely pray for his happiness in the next world. He was one of the greatest creators of video games and he was my direct teacher. Thank you for giving us our favorite Fire Pro-wrestling. You are the god of it.
In addition to Fire Pro Wrestling, Masuda worked prominently on a number of other titles and series, including F1 Triple Battle and Vasteel.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
Pic of the day. Hello fighters! I’ll assist you with fresh-picked fruit from my town!♪
Update: North American Nintendo Direct page can be found here while the Japanese page is here.
A Super Smash Bros. Direct will be streamed on Tuesday, Nintendo announced today.
The company shared the news on Twitter, writing:
Join us on 8/4 at 11pm UK time for a #SmashBros. Direct focusing on the upcoming #WiiU & #3DS games pic.twitter.com/mjrCfC5LSI
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) April 4, 2014
In an email sent out to the press, Nintendo states that the presentation “will provide new details on the Super Smash Bros. games coming to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.”
You can watch the Direct at 6 PM PT / 3 PM PT on April 8.
Capcom and Treasure are working on a follow-up to Gaist Crusher, a 3DS game released in Japan in December 2013. The new project, titled “Gaist Crusher God”, will launch this fall.
Bike Rider DX2: Galaxy is now in Nintendo of America’s hands for final testing, according to the Chariso DX Twitter account.
And off there goes BIKE RIDER DX2: GALAXY to Nintendo of America for checking. Only a little more time, guys!
— ?????? (@CharisoDX) April 4, 2014
We previously heard that Bike Rider DX2: Galaxy was on track to launch in May on the North American 3DS eShop. Fortunately, that timeframe hasn’t changed. An early May release is currently planned.
@NintendoTweet Check is done in both America and Japan, and if there's no problems, 3 to 4 weeks, so we're up for an early May release atm.
— ?????? (@CharisoDX) April 4, 2014
BiP Media is bringing My Exotic Farm to the Wii U eShop next week. It’ll be available in North America starting on April 10.
Does this game sound familiar? If so, that’s because BiP Media also released “My Farm” on the eShop back in February.
Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball is a unique free-to-play game in that players can haggle the price of the various mini-games.
So what’s the lowest cost for each? Here’s the full rundown:
Haggling/Story-Unlocking Games
1st game: $2.00
2nd game: $1.90
3rd game: $1.80
4th game: $1.70
5th game: $1.60
6th game: $1.00
Discount Coupon Games
All four games: $1.50
The lowest price for all games comes in at $16. And $1.50 appears to be the lowest you can get the Discount Coupon games.
