A few more details have come in for SoniPro. You can find them gathered up below.
– New rival: Starlight Bellstar
– Starlight is a girl who has also suddenly burst onto the scene as a new idol
– Starlight declares her intention to be Sonico’s rival during a live performance
– Call on and talk to Sonico’s friends Fujimi Suzu and Watanuki Fuuri
– These two are the other girls in Sonico’s three-girl band
– Game has 20 different songs from popular songs and all-original music
– Nitroplus is writing the new original scenario
– Imageepoch is developing the game
Even more quotes from Animal Crossing producer Katsuya Eguchi and Animal Crossing: New Leaf co-director Aya Kyogoku. Polygon caught up with the two at GDC 2014 and chatted more about tying the series into the mobile space and bringing it back to consoles. Also, there are a few words about franchise fatigue.
Head past the break for Eguchi and Kyogoku’s comments. Check out Polygon’s full article here as well.
This month’s GamesTM review scores are as follows:
Titanfall – 9
inFamous: Second Son – 7
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – 7
South Park: The Stick of Truth – 9
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare – 8
Strider – 7
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney – 7
Yoshi’s New Island – 8
Dark Souls II – 9
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – 5
The LEGO Movie Videogame – 6
TxK – 8
Toukiden – 6
Rambo: The Video Game – 4
Earth Defense Force 2025 – 7
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition – 7
Doomdark’s Revenge – 8
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Newegg has a new Wii U deal available – this time for the Mario/Luigi bundle. Through eBay, consumers can get their hands on the console for $260. You can place an order here.
This isn’t the first time Newegg has slashed the price of a Wii U bundle. Towards the end of January, gamers could pick up a Zelda: Wind Waker HD bundle along with Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge and The Wonderful 101 for $270.
Two Brothers has been out on PC for some time, but AckkStudios hasn’t said much about the Wii U version as of late. No need to worry though: the game is still coming to Nintendo’s console.
On Twitter earlier today, AckkStudios confirmed that Two Brothers is still in the works for Wii U. Keep in mind that it’s being worked on by “another developer” who apparently handles Wii U ports quite well.
@MirbyStudios not at all!! It's being ported by another developer who is really good at wii u ports. Ensuring it gets the love it deserves.
— AckkStudios (@AckkStudios) March 28, 2014
At GDC last week, NintendoWorldReport spoke with animator Augusto Quijano and co-founders Chris Harvey and Ryan MacLean from DrinkBox Studios. The three touched on what the Wii U version of Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition will offer and how it came to be, the possibility of a 3DS port, and more.
Check out a few excerpts from the interview below. You can also find the full discussion here.
Twisted Fusion, a new open-world action platformer coming from one-man developer Leuvision, is heading to the Wii U eShop.
Twisted Fusion stars Cora, a girl who is stranded on a new world with strange creatures. She’s trying to find her way home, but an enemy shrouded in darkness won’t make things easy.
The game features a day/night system and weather system. Furthermore, environments change based on what the time of day/weather is.
Bigger enemies will appear at night. Also, enemies become much angrier when it’s raining. Cora will wield dual water pistols to take down foes.
“The whole world is connected without level select, but you don’t need to backtrack to progress,” creator Lewis Pugh told NintendoWorldReport. “Certain areas of the game can also be completed out of order.”
Twisted Fusion will be available in Q4 2014.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Arrow of Raputa Kage Nashi Sensei to Kiron no F? Kagi – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice – Stardust Wink 1-11-kan Pack – 3,850 yen
9 in 1 Arcade Collection – 300 yen
Maru G?kaku! ?y?j?h? Gijitsusha Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban – 2,800 yen
Maru G?kaku! Kihonj?h? Gijutsusha Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban – 2,800 yen
Mononoke Taneti Shida no Ayakashi Jiken-ch? – 800 yen
Farming Simulator 3D Pocket N?en (retail title) – 4,781 yen
New Love Plus + (retail title) – 5,460 yen
AiRace Speed DEMO – FREE
Maru G?kaku! IT Pasport Shiken Heisei 26-nendo-ban DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
NA
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Cloudberry Kingdom – 980 yen
Virtual Console
Ninja Ry? Ken-den (Ninja Gaiden, Famicom) – 500 yen
Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) – 900 yen
Since the first Assassin’s Creed, we’ve seen at least one new entry in the series released in some form or another. Wondering why that’s so?
Aside from the obvious reasons – such as the fact that it makes total financial sense for Ubisoft – the company’s vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud also says yearly Assassin’s Creed games are put out due to fan interest. “As long as this is true we would be very stupid to not satisfy this need”, Raynaud told EDGE.
His comments in full:
“We are able to offer people a new Assassin’s Creed every year because they want Assassin’s Creed every year. As long as this is true we would be very stupid to not satisfy this need, but it puts a lot of pressure on us to create something that will never disappoint.
It needs to keep the series core values and we need to really make sure that we have a good, high level understanding of what it is to be an Assassin. We have to make sure we always deliver a better feel and overall experience every time while still bringing something that they haven’t seen before that’s consistent with being an Assassin in the world we’ve created.”
