We have a small but significant update for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. The latest issue of Jump confirms that the game will allow players to summon the Knights of the Round as well as Chocobos.
Did you know that some of the developers from the New Super Mario Bros. series helped out with Yoshi’s New Island? In addition to Takashi Tezuka, we know of the following employees:
- Nobuo Matsumiya, who was the director of Yoshi’s Island DS and worked on level designs for New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Yuya Sato, a level designer on New Super Luigi U and New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Kenta Usui, a level designer on New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, and New Super Luigi U
- Toyokazu Nonaka, who was most recently a producer on the new StreetPass games
It’s also noteworthy that Luminous Arc and Arc Rise Fantasia developer assisted with Yoshi’s New Island’s animations.
Of course, Arzest was the game’s main developer. The company’s Masahide Kobayashi directed the title.
Extended maintenance for the Wii U and 3Ds eShops were scheduled for tomorrow. Now though, it looks like this is no longer planned. Nintendo has updated its official network status page which does not the eShop downtime.
There is maintenance slated for a pair of Nintendo titles tomorrow, however. Online elements for Wii Sports Club will be unavailable between 6 PM PT and 7 PM PT, while Steel Diver: Sub Wars will be affected between 5 PM PT and 6 PM PT.
Thanks to LetsPlayWiiU for the tip.
Shin’en will have an update on Art of Balance for Wii U soon. New content will be released towards the end of March/early April, the studio confirmed on Twitter.
The tweet is as follows:
@Shortiloe Ende März, Anfang April 🙂
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) March 12, 2014
You can ensure yourself a soundtrack by pre-ordering
Conception II.
Two more Virtual Console titles appear to be slated for North America. According to listings on Nintendo’s website, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Wii U) and Galaga (3DS) will be available starting tomorrow. Neither title has been officially announced just yet, but we should be given a definitive confirmation when the Nintendo Download report hits.
A third One Piece collaboration is planned for Monster Hunter 4. Starting on March 24, players can obtain Luffy’s Gigant Pistol and Zoro’s “Pirate Hunter’s Soul” in the form of three swords by completing a quest.
Luffy’s Gigant Pistol is a “Dual Blades” class weapon, featuring an attack power of 322 and a fire attribute of 120. Zoro’s “Pirate Hunter’s Soul” are “Great Sword” class weapons, featuring an attack power of 528 and a fire attribute of 140.
Even more Azure Striker Gunvolt details have come in, thanks to 4Gamer and Siliconera. Here’s a roundup of the latest information:
Story
– Once again, takes place in the near future where wielders of the psychic power “Seventh” have emerged
– Was first thought that these individuals would bring chaos to the world
– The Sumeragi Group has brought peace and order to the world.
– And this peace from Sumeragi came from the sacrifice of the psychics, a forced detention called “Psychic Protection,” where inhumane experiments were performed for the sake of “research”
– All of the Sumeragi group’s actions were odne in confinement, but it didn’t take long for a certain organization to uncover the truth and begin their resistance against the conglomerate
– “Feather” is this group, a private militia
– This anti-Sumeragi resistance group was made from a human rights group consisting of foreign psychics
– Gunvolt is one of the psychics of Feahter
– Story begins when Gunvolt refuses his order to eradicate the virtual idol “Cyber Diva Morpho,” created by Sumeragi
Gunvolt
– 14 year-old protagonist
– Also known as “GV”
– Gunvolt is a codename
– Real name is kept to himself
– He was originally a “Seventh” psychic in the private militia Feathers, but left the group for certain reasons
– Has a calm and mature personality
– Doesn’t like anything that isn’t fair
– Displays his youth and fortitude when it comes to combating the unfair
– Gunvolt’s “Seventh” ability, called Azure Blue, lets him manipulate electricity at will
Sian
– 13-year-old heroine
– Seventh psychic
– Product of the Sumeragi Group’s experiments
– Has “Cyber Diva” as her Seventh ability
– This uses songs, which resonates with other psychics by powering them up
– Confined as an experiment by the Sumeragi Group
– Rescued by Gunvolt, whom she has been living with since
– Pure and quiet personality
– Shows a different side of herself when she’s with Gunvolt
Morpho
– One of the “virtual idols” produced by the Sumeragi Group
– She is the embodiment of Sian’s Seventh, called Cyber Diva
– The idol part of Morpho is a front, as she was actually used by Sumeragi as a tool to detect the psychics
– Strong-wileld and happy-go-lucky
– Her personality actually reflects Sian’s true feelings
