Pokemon Generations animated shorts announced – revisits each generation of the games
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Following in the footsteps of Pokemon Origins, Pokemon Generations has been announced. It’s a new animated series that revisits each generation of the Pokemon games “to shed new light on some timeless moments.” We’ll see “the earliest days in the Kanto region to the splendor of the Kalos region”.
18 episodes of Pokemon Generations will air each week through December 23. You can expect each one to be around three to five minutes long.
Here’s a trailer:
The first two episodes of Pokemon Generations debuts this Friday at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe on The Pokemon Company’s YouTube channel. Check out some art below.
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Shovel Knight – Specter of Torment campaign coming Spring 2017
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Yacht Club Games has been hard at work on Shovel Knight’s next campaign. Today, the studio shared an update as to when it’ll be available.
The campaign is still quite far off actually. In an image posted to Yacht Club Games’ Twitter, a release window of Spring 2017 was announced. We also have a final name: “Specter of Torment”.
Here’s the relevant tweet:
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) September 12, 2016
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Pokemon Sun/Moon – Rockruff’s evolutions revealed, new Ultra Beasts
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This month’s issue of CoroCoro has started to leak, bringing the latest Pokemon Sun/Moon news with it.
First, we have news about evolutions for Rockruff. The Pokemon becomes Lugarugan and has a different appearance based on it evolves during the day or night. Rockruff’s day form occurs when bathed in the rays of the sun. When full of the night’s power, it becomes the night form.
We also have a look at two Ultra Beasts called UB02, UB02 Beauty and UB02 Expansion. UB02 Expansion is shown appearing in Pokemon Sun, facing off against Tapu Koko and UB02 Beauty up against Tapu Koko in Pokemon Moon. While UB01’s name is a mystery, it may have a deep meaning.
In non-gaming news, CoroCoro also provides a first look at the Pokemon Sun/Moon anime, which will be airing in November. Ash will receive a Z-Ring and meet the Melemele Island Guardian, Tapu Koko. During the show, Ash is going to school and his goal is to graduate “like never before”.
For its next issue, CoroCoro teases that the magazine will show the true strengths of Type: Null.
More: Pokemon Moon, Pokemon Sun, top
Nintendo Download (9/15/16, Europe) – Dragon Quest VII, Metroid Prime: Hunters, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Aenigma Os – €6.49 / £4.99 / CHF 8.99
Brick Breaker – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00
Gear Gauntlet – €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 9.99
Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing – €4.95 / £4.45 / CHF 6.94 until September 22, 22:59 UTC; regularly €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20
MikroGame: Rotator – €1.99 / £1.89 / CHF 2.99
Shooty Space – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20
Wii U Virtual Console
Metroid Prime: Hunters – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00
Wii U Demo
Just Dance 2017
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One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum, Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden update to allow for cross-play
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Bandai Namco is updating One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum and Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden in a rather interesting way. The two games, both of which are 2D fighters created by Arc System Works, will allow for cross-play before the end of this year. Players will be able to battle against each other locally or online, according to the One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum website.
An update is planned for release to enable the functionality in early November. It will be free to all players.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – September 2016
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When you think about it, September is a busy month for games. We’ve already received the new Ace Attorney, Picross 3D: Round 2, Axiom Verge, and Jotun. Over the next few weeks, we can also expect Dragon Quest VII, Yo-kai Watch 2, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Severed, and Noitu Love: Devolution.
So what’s everyone been playing lately? Maybe you’ve just picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice? Or maybe you’re giving one of the new indie games a try. Maybe you’re holding out until more of September’s big games show up! Regardless, let us know in the comments below.
Highlights from last week’s topic: September 2016 Nintendo Direct reactions
Why Japan’s prime minister lacked Mario’s mustache during the Rio 2016 Olympics closing ceremony
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The closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics had a rather big tie-in to Nintendo. Mario was shown in a video clip, and Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe came out of a Warp Pipe dressed as Mario to ring in the next event in Tokyo.
Abe’s “cosplay” was received favorably. Heck, even the G20 leaders were praising him for it. However, some wondered why his outfit did not include Mario’s famous mustache.
Producer gives insight into the players of Splatoon
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Hisashi Nogami, producer of Splatoon, was interviewed in last week’s Famitsu. There weren’t any major revelations, but Nogami did share some interesting tidbits. We now have some news about those who have been playing Splatoon online.
The ratio between Turf War and Ranked Battle players is roughly fifty-fifty. New players tend to concentrate on Turf War while those who have played for long time usually focus on Ranked Battle. The recent update increased point bonuses for Turf War, which perhaps made some people to go back to that mode. Of course, there are also people who have always enjoyed Turf War since launch.
The interview also says that there were many players during the end of 2015 and start of 2016, which may have been due to the holidays and start of the new year. The current numbers have dropped off in comparison, but there is still a stable number of players.
More: Famitsu, Hisashi Nogami, interview, Splatoon, top
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice director on changes and improvements from the first game, fan feedback, Sonic Bible, more
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GameSpot caught up with Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice creative director Matt Kraemer to learn more about the game. Much of the discussion pertained to how this title improves upon the original and listening to fan feedback.
Per usual, we’ve rounded up the interesting responses below. For the full discussion, head on over to GameSpot.
More: interview, Mat Kraemer, Sanzaru Games, SEGA, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, top
Iwata wrote messages to Nintendo’s various employees before passing away last year
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Since the passing of Satoru Iwata, we’ve heard some interesting stories about the late Nintendo president. For instance, he was said to have worked from his hospital bed on various projects and kept in touch with The Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara on Pokemon GO.
The latest issue of Toyo Keizai has a Nintendo feature, and offers additional background information as to how Iwata approached his work while being ill. It seems that he wrote frequent messages aimed at all employees after leaving the hospital. Thinking about Nintendo’s future, it sounds like he wanted to leave the things he inherited from his predecessors to others.
