DSiWare lives! Circle Entertainment is bringing out one more release for the platform, “I am in the Movie”.
I am in the Movie isn’t actually a game. Rather, it’s an app that allows users to add effects to their video clips in real time. They can then be saved to an SD card as an .AVI file.
I am in the Movie will launch in North America on March 27.
Here’s a full overview and list of features included in the download:
Dead Pixel Entertainment has revealed a second Wii U title currently in development for the eShop. The game, titled “Sync” is a Metroid Prime-inspired project.
Here’s what we know thus far:
– Has been in development for 2 weeks
– First-person adventure game
– Focus on exploration and discovery
– Players won’t be given much direction
– They’ll find out that something is terribly wrong in this world and will need to save it
– Team doesn’t want to hold players hands
– They created a world simple enough to explore with a compass
– Inspired by Metroid Prime
– World is devoid of life
– Enemy characters move through specific paths
– Dual analog first-person control scheme
– Will hopefully be out later this year
– Developed alongside Starbeast
Animal Crossing: New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku and producer Katsuya Eguchi just wrapped up a postmortem for the game at GDC 2014 a short while ago. You can find photos from the event above, and some information shared during the session below.
– Ms Ayogoku was the first female game designer at Nintendo EAD when she started just a few years ago
– She emphasizes that we need more female developers in the industry
– Nearly 50% of the Animal Crossing: New Leaf team was female – co-director Aya Kyogoku
– Big success on New Leaf – it saw shortages in Japan
– Suggests development was “smooth sailing” but it wasn’t without challenges
– After the Wii version, New Leaf had to address series fatigue
– Therefore the team remembered its core: “Animal Crossing is a communication tool”
– Like the Zelda team, Animal Crossing: New Leaf rethought the series’ conventions
– Communication was the common thread. It’s its core
– New Leaf didn’t have 11th hour stress at the end of development due to subdued pace
– In-game events helped team mood
– Aya Kyogoku recommends New Leaf to other developers if working on their games becomes too stressful
– The team communicated and celebrated with each other during development using themes from the game
– No matter your role, #ACNL team members were free to contribute new ideas for characters, furniture, etc
– 7.38 million units sold worldwide to date
Note: this is a demo Nintendo is featuring at its GDC booth to showcase the abilities of the Nintendo Web Framework. It’s not confirmed to be a full game.
A demo may be in store for Mario Golf: World Tour. On Nintendo Europe’s site, a notice states, “Nintendo Network ID registration required to download demos from Nintendo eShop.” Another page on the site, which lists all available demos, includes Mario Golf: World Tour. That’s not a confirmation, but it could be a sign of things to come.
Volleyball appears to be this week’s Virtual Console release on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. Nintendo’s website has the game listed for launch tomorrow. For $5, Volleyball can be yours.
