Over on Kickstarter, Playdek shared several new details for Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians. A roundup of the latest information can be found below.
- State of game: Got a good story basis; building the battle system right now
- High or low fantasy? Playdek are fans of high-fantasy, but exact level of fantasy not final yet and still being decided
- How many classes in the final game? So far six classes and six professions revealed; leaving it open for Yasumi Matsuno’s design in full game
- Leaning toward visual character customization using equipment
- Undecided on permadeath so far; will decide later
- Game will include a mix of rendered and in-game cutscenes
- First user-end tool being created is the map editor; leaving option for other user tools open; will figure it out later
- Matsuno is reviewing fan suggestions and design ideas for the game
Treyarch is working on a new title update for Call of Duty: Ghosts on Wii U. Although we don’t have any details about the patch (including an ETA), we do at least know it’s coming.
Treyarch’s “A_Trey_U” confirmed on Twitter yesterday:
Also working on a new patch. No ETA yet, but I'll update once we know.
— A_Trey_U (@A_Trey_U) January 30, 2014
According to a listing on Nintendo of Europe’s site, NES Open Tournament Golf will be launching on the European Wii U eShop next week. The game will be available as a Virtual Console download starting on February 6. Pricing is set at €4.99 / £4.49.
Sony has officially announced its acquisition of a Japanese factory operated by Renesas Electronics, the plant which produces Wii U’s embedded DRAM. Going forward, the factory will be known as the Yamagata Technology Center under Sony Semiconductor Corp.
Renesas will need to transfer its Tsuruoka assets to Sony by March 31. Sony Semiconductor Corp. will still produce some semiconductors (which may include Wii U’s eDRAM chip) “for a certain period of time,” but will eventually move manufacturing to its Naka plant or completely cease production.
Nikkei has published another interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, this time in English. Iwata spoke about Nintendo’s poor financial performance as of late, those who are concerned about the company’s business operations going forward, and more.
Iwata also mentioned the need to “abandon old assumptions about our businesses”. This includes M&As (mergers and acquisitions), he said.
Head past the break for Iwata’s comments in full.
New details have come in for Klon’s Island Days. Check out the latest information about the game below.
– Makoto Ito is back from School Days
– He’s stuck on a deserted island in this game
– Two goals in Island Days: find a way off the island and start a relationship with one of the girls there
– Decide if Makoto should spend time with one of the heroines to raise their affection for Makoto or forage for food and weapons
– Pick up weapons and food to be used in battle
– Battles are tower defense-based
– Protect your rations
– Place heroines on the map and equip them with weapons like an ax, knife, spear, bow and other items – Food you save carries over to the next battle
– If your food supply is low you’ll have a disadvantage in the next battle
– Building relationships has its perks since the affection level heroines have for Makoto powers heroines up
– Heroines you choose for the battle part are more likely to show up the next day
– Out on May 1
