Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle launches on July 6 in Japan as a free-to-play game
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle now has a release date in Japan. A new scan reveals a July 6 launch, and also says that it’ll be a free-to-play game (with in-app purchases of course).
Konami has also updated the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle website, reconfirming details we reported on a few weeks ago. Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle is about taking part in a new tournament held after Battle City known as the “Legend Challenge”. Speed Duels and cards from the latest Starter Deck will be included.
Check out the gallery below for the latest images, including a look at several characters: Yugi Mutou
Seto Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, Light Tsukiko, and Dark Kuroda.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle receives a few new details and images
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle is featured in the latest issue of V Jump. There isn’t a ton that’s new, but we do have a few images and details pertaining to the game.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle is centered around a new tournament held after Battle City known as the “Legend Challenge”. Speed Duels are in, and it’s currently unknown if regular Duels exist. V Jump also confirms that there are 3D Monster Animations for cards such as “Dark Magician Girl”. Finally, cards from the latest Starter Deck will be included.
Konami will release Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle this summer via the eShop.
Thanks to umejjos for the tip.
Update: No new game – Momotaro Dentetsu game in the works for Wii U and 3DS
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Update (5/4): Bumped to the top. There appears to have been sort of mix-up. During tomorrow’s stream, 2006’s Momotaro Dentetsu 16: Hokkaido Daiidou no Maki will be shown. The Niconico page likely had an error. LEGO Marvel Avengers (Wii U / 3DS / PS4 / PS3 / PSV) was shown during the last broadcast, so Denjin Gacha probably copy-pasted the previous stream’s description when writing the description for the latest broadcast, and did not change the platforms for its featured game.
Original (5/3): The Momotaro Dentetsu series began way back in the late 1980s. Konami has now announced that a new entry in the board game-style franchise is coming to both Wii U and 3DS in addition to PlayStation platforms. This is the first time we’re seeing the IP since Momotaro Dentetsu World on DS back in 2012.
Details on the latest Momotaro Dentetsu title have yet to be revealed. However, it will be featured on the next Denjin Gacha Niconico live stream on May 5 at 9 PM Japan time.
More: Konami, Momotaro Dentetsu, top
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle teaser site open
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Konami has opened the teaser site for Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle following its recent reveal in Jump. Access it here.
For the most part, the site doesn’t offer too much new. It mostly recaps characters we heard about before (Protagonist, Guide-san, Psychic Tendo, Strong 19), though it also looks like Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba will be appearing.
Yugi, the original Duel King. is competing with his power to summon the Dark Magician. Kaiba is a formidable duelist who wields the ultra powerful monster card – the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
We also seem to have the first direct-feed screenshot from the game:
Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle revealed for 3DS
Posted on 9 years ago by Jake in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
A new Yu-Gi-Oh game for 3DS, titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Saikyou Card Battle, has been revealed in this week’s Weekly Jump. The game is due for a digital release in Japan this summer. Featuring brand new characters for the game, the player will face off against numerous rivals in card battles. The scan shows the protagonist, a character named Guide-san who helps in duels, and two rivals: Psychic Tendo and Strong 19. Tendo will use Psychic types, while Strong 19 uses monsters with high attack power.
Though it is currently only announced for Japan, Konami previously announced that they were working on a 3DS Yu-Gi-Oh game for a worldwide release in the summer. Chances are high that this is that game.
Konami releasing new Yu-Gi-Oh! 3DS game worldwide this summer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 8 Comments
During Jump Festa last month, Konami announced a few new Yu-Gi-Oh! games. One of these was revealed as a 3DS title.
Konami has now followed up with an official announcement for the west today, confirming that the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! 3DS entry will be available worldwide. A release is planned for sometime this summer.
Actual details about the project have still not been made known. Of course, that should be changing over the next few months.
Source: Konami PR
Konami bringing new Yu-Gi-Oh! game to 3DS
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 90 Comments
Konami has announced plans to bring a new Yu-Gi-Oh! to 3DS at Jump Festa 2016. Specific details about the project are currently unknown, but the title is confirmed for launch this coming summer in Japan. Stay tuned for additional information.
Konami lends license for Momotaro Dentetsu to Nintendo, due for release next year
Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in News | 26 Comments
Nikkei recently put out a report discussing all the trials and tribulations going on internally with Konami. Lots of interesting tidbits are in there regarding drastic changes as well as a good look into why everything has shifted so much in the last couple of months, but one of the most notable points is to hear that Konami has lent the license for Momotaro Dentetsu to Nintendo to release on their platforms.
For those unfamiliar, there has been quite a bit of animosity between Konami and the series creator Akira Sakuma lately in regards to Momotaro Dentetsu – the extremely popular board-game style video game in Japan – due to creative issues, power struggles, financial disagreements and more. A couple of months ago, that all came to an end when Akira Sakuma had announced via Twitter that he was done with the Momotaro Dentetsu series due to repeated disagreements, stating in early June “Konami hasn’t gotten in touch with me at all. This is how they’ve tossed me aside for a while now. I’m announcing here that Momotaro Dentetsu is officially done. Ishikawa at Konami squelched everything.”
Fast-forward to now and it seems the series will continue even without its beloved creator with Konami lending the license to Nintendo for a planned 2016 release, only asking for the licensing fee in this partnership. Konami owns the IP as well as former developer Hudson Soft, so they have every right to continue developing and licensing Momotaro Dentetsu, even if fans and its creator say it’s done.
It’s certainly an interesting choice that Nintendo would scoop this particular title up and not some of their other well-known properties. Though this is certainly something that will only be released in Japan, what are some of Hudson Soft’s IP that you’d like to see revived and on Nintendo platforms?
More: Konami, Momotaro Dentetsu
Igarashi reflects on making Castlevania Judgment
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 5 Comments
A new interview from USgamer has extensive comments from Koji Igarashi about Bloodstained and the game’s recent Kickstarter. You can find that here.
In one section of the interview, Igarashi reflected on some of his previous titles. What he said about Castlevania Judgement seemed particularly interesting. Here’s what was shared about making the nontraditional Castlevania title for Wii:
So there are games, and then there’s succeeding and/or not succeeding. Video games are a tough business, and a lot of games don’t succeed. The smart man will try to learn from his mistakes.
When it comes to Castlevania Judgment, the one thing I learned was from the production side – how to make the best game I possibly can with a variety of different limitations: budgetary, time, etc., thrown on you. Obviously, that wasn’t the best game ever, but it was the best game that I think anyone could have made within those limitations. And the game did get out the door.
More: Castlevania Judgment, interview, Koji Igarashi, Konami
Renegade Kid pitched Dementium: The Ward as a new Silent Hill game for DS
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 1 Comment
Renegade Kid is known in the horror genre for Dementium: The Ward. Interestingly enough, that game was originally pitched as a potential Silent Hill title for DS.
On Twitter earlier today, Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham said:
Little known fact: We pitched "The Ward" to Konami in 2007 as something that could have become a Silent Hill DS game.
— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) April 27, 2015
Watsham also told IGN:
Our goal was always to release The Ward as an original game, but we were also open to the idea of turning it into a licensed horror game and approached Konami to see if they wanted to work together to mold it into a Silent Hill game for the Nintendo DS.
They were kind enough to meet with us, but the meeting only lasted a few minutes and ended with their [representative] saying they wouldn’t let a team like us handle the Silent Hill license.
That was Renegade Kid’s first pitch in 2007. The studio reached out to Konami again a few years later, with a new pitch based on the Dementium II engine. Sadly, Konami still wasn’t open to the idea.
“Konami’s response that time wasn’t dismissive like the first time,” Watsham mentioned to IGN. “They simply didn’t want to venture into the DS space with a horror title at that time.”
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