Siesta Fiesta details
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
There have been a couple of trailers for Siesta Fiesta, but we haven’t heard much about the game actually plays – until now. GamesRadar put up a preview today with a number of details, and we’ve rounded them up below.
– Game will try to distract you with confetti, dancing bystanders, other effects
– Bounce the rotund boy Siesta from left to right
– Grab grapes, avoid point-draining explosions
– Move his bed to bounce him like Breakout
– Have 5 lives to make it through each stage
– 3 methods of control: classic paddle style, a cannon, or a powerful fan
– Each requires different kinds of finesse
More: details roundup, indie, Mojo Bones, Siesta Fiesta
Toushin Toshi details
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Another round of details have come in for Toushin Toshi. Read on below for the game’s latest information.
– Plumb the depths of hell to advance
– Fight angels sent to protect man from entering such a dangerous place as you seek to enter
– One angel, Label Case, offers you a proposition should you defeat her
– Consumer her special skill or turn the request down
– If Seed (who you’re playing as) accepts, you’ll get a new skill to use in battle
– If Seed declines, you’ll receive several level ups and a host of high-end equipment
– Pullma: magical witch who pulled a fast one at the registration counter as both participant and partner
– In the tournament of Toshin, contestants have to sign up with both themselves and a lady partner, but Pullma escapes that
– Pullma is an amnesiac
– Only remembers that she has to participate in the games
– Japanese princess Shizuka: partner for samurai dude Gaji
– The two are madly in love with each other, and eloped as Gaji had no hope otherwise of marrying her
– Will need to take her out on a date anyway in order to win her affections and earn her special skill
– Will also need to deal with Suzuya, the kunoichi sent after the pair
– Contrary to her looks and training, she apparently is clueless
More: details roundup, Imageepoch, Japan, Toushin Toshi
Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians details
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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
Island Days details
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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
More: details roundup, Island Days, Japan, Klon
More Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land screenshots and details
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More Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land screenshots and details have come to light covering two additional characters in the game. Continue on below for the new content.
Menou
– Animal-loving ranger girl
– Seems to know everything there is to know about safaris
– Active even though she may look like an average cut girl
– Can easily wander into dangerous territory without thinking twice
– Often hurts herself and has numerous scratches and light wounds on her body to show for it
– Has a nice personality, one has yet to see her upset
Nadi
– Landscaper
– Speaks bluntly
– Travels around the world on his own to do pruning and gardening work
– When it comes to work, he’s very serious and thorough
– He might be a little harsh when it comes to words, but he also has his sensitive side
– Can occasionally have his feelings hurt rather easily
– Will sometimes feel bad and dwell on his blunt words after hurting another person’s feelings
Even more Yoshi’s New Island details
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It’s been a busy day for Yoshi’s New Island news between the game’s new trailer and press previews. NintendoWorldReport is the latest outlet to share a write-up, and we’ve rounded up details from the article below.
– Game takes place immediately after the original Yoshi’s Island
– Starts out by showing a recap of the first game, the final screen, where the baby heroes are held high is shown
– Then scrolls down to show the proud new parents
– “These aren’t our babies!” they exclaim
– Stork screwed up
– Mario ends up on Floating Egg Island
– This is the second home for the Yoshis
– Bowser wants to turn the island into a resort
– Little Eggs, Bigg Eggs, Chomp Rock ‘n’ Roll are among the game’s stages
– These are easy tutorial levels
– Little Eggs introduces the egg making and throwing mechanics and the giant egg
– With the giant egg, the more destruction you cause, the more extra lives you earn
– Can create a giant egg by eating a giant Shy Guy
– To do this, you have to rapidly press the tongue button like reeling in a fish
– Two button configurations
– World 1-6: Bouncy Beanstalk Walk
– This stage has beanstalks that grow to reach new places, includes leaves that will hold your weight for only so long
– 2-7: Hidey-Hole Hooligans has the Wall Lakitus who destroy bits of the levels as they target your head
– 4-1: Hop ‘n’ Pop Till You Drop has lots of aerial platforming and floating balloons to traverse
– The level is full of bubbles, many of which contain enemies or bombs
– The bonus ring mechanic has changed, making unlocking each world’s bonus level a different experience
– For each flower you collect in a stage, you’ll get one chance at receiving a medal from the end goal
– Once you obtain 30, the bonus level unlocks
– No StreetPass support
– Can send gameplay data to Nintendo
Another round of Yoshi’s New Island details
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More Yoshi’s New Island details have emerged from IGN’s recent preview. Continue on below for a roundup of the site’s information.
– Stork accidentally delivered Baby Mario and Luigi to the wrong house before it lost them over Egg Island
– The villainous Magikoopa named Kamek has rushed away with Baby Luigi in tow.
– Areas include playful hills, a jungle area, and a mountain area
– Small floating pair of binoculars lets you scan around a stage using the accelerometer
– Different control options
– Two different configurations for jumping and moving
– These options specifically altered placement of the lock-on button
– Choose between Hasty, Patient, and Gyrosensor controls to customize how lobbing Yoshi eggs worked
– Hasty: follows the same rules as the original; holding the R button kept the targeting cursor moving, let go to fire
– Patient: requires two taps to fire an egg – one to start up the aiming cursor and another to throw
– Gyro: tilt a 3DS to line up shots
– Find 20 red coins, 5 flowers, 30 stars to reach 100% in each level
– Vehicle portions have you navigating with the 3DS gyro sensor
– Go through an area dressed up as a Yoshi Kart and speed through a later space as a helicopter
Yoshi’s New Island details
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A few new details have come in for Yoshi’s Island. You can find a roundup of the latest information below.
– Baby Mario is in need of help of finding Baby Luigi
– There are plenty of Yoshis, distinguishable only by color
– All Yoshis jump across platforms
– Yoshi can also stomp on enemies and eat them using its tongue
– Can then lay an egg which is useful as a weapon
– “Mega Eggdozers” can be launched in a variety of strategic directions laying waste to huge swathes of landscape, and picking up all those stars, flowers and other useful goodies that are strewn about the world
– Directing the large egg correctly is important
– 3D backgrounds
– Yoshi can transform into different vehicles including a mine-cart or a helicopter
– Yoshi can also go off on little time challenges making use of tilt controls
– These challenges have a lot of bonuses and goodies
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze details
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New previews are starting to hit for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. You can find information rounded up from IGN’s report below.
– Game has a lot of secrets
– Puzzle pieces, collectible letters, bonus rooms, concealed coins, alternate exits, and scores of bananas
– One secret: tucked away rendering of Samus Aran’s Gunship
– Familiar Donkey Kong Country melodies
– Tropical Freeze’s level designers creatively integrate the artistic aesthetic into the exploratory mechanics
– Every theme is new and originally composed
– Buy extra lives, items, sidekicks, and the assistance of Squawks the Parrot in Funky Kong’s chain of Fly and Buy stores
– Rambi the Rhino returns in select levels
– Enguarde the Swordfish is nowhere to be found
– New zipline stages
– One boss battle: simple timing-based fight against a giant anthropomorphic viking seal sliding on his belly along a half-pipe
– Another boss: sorcerous owl, has seven unique attacks
– Chase the owl through three arenas
– Post-game Hard Mode confirmed
– Time Attack: speedrun stage replay variant
– Post best time for each Time Attack challenge to online leaderboards
– Compare scores with friends and the community
– Leaderboards will also keep track of which sidekicks are used to help complete these stages
Island Days details
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A retailer leak has revealed some of the first details for Island Days. Check out the summary below for gameplay information.
– Genre: love survival
– Makoto Ito returns from School Days and he’s on spring break
– Stuck on an island desert with his female classmates
– Need to help him forage for food, find a way off the island, and befriend girls
– Plays like a visual novel in story mode
– Spend time with the heroines and make decisions that changes your relationship during events
– Makoto might be friends with a girl or spark a romance
– Fights may break out on the island if you don’t consider the temperament of everyone in the group
– Game includes battle aspects which play like a tower defense game
– Protect your food from wild animals by placing characters on the map to block the animals from moving forward
– Fail to defend your base and you may get a bad ending
– The two modes are connected
– You can get weapons for the battle part in story mode
– How the girls feel about Makoto can rise during the battle part
– Out on May 1
– Some retailers will be giving out an art book and soundtrack CD as a bonus
