[Review] Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy+
Posted on 9 years ago by Vincent Ward in 3DS, Reviews | 3 Comments
System: Nintendo 3DS
Release: February 10, 2015
Developer: Access Games
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Author: Vincent W.
For those who aren’t aware, I’m not what you’d consider an action fan. While most people love to sit back and cause explosions and mayhem, I’ll typically be found cutting grass in the fields of Hyrule and unleashing my Wii Fit Trainer fury in Smash Bros. The last game I thought I would find myself enjoying was an aerial combat simulator, but with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy+, I loved flying through the skies with my highly fashionable Princess Peach-skinned jet and saving the world. However, this title holds one fatal flaw that made every neat looking explosion feel not quite as awesome in the long run.
Famitsu DS+Wii teases announcement of a big game
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
The latest edition of Famitsu DS+Wii has started to make its way out to readers in Japan, and there’s a noteworthy inclusion in the magazine. Towards the end, there is a tease regarding a big announcement about a major upcoming title for Nintendo systems. Sadly, there isn’t much said about this, but we’ll be hearing about it in the next issue of Famitsu DS+Wii.
Some Japanese news websites have speculated that the announcement could be related to Dragon Quest news teased by V-Jump. In a blog post on Dragon Quest X, V-Jump mentioned upcoming news on the series, saying that something concrete would be announced soon. Given that Dragon Quest X is available for the Wii U and 3DS, perhaps the announcement is for an expansion or new game in the series. Others have speculated that the news is related to Level-5’s Vision 2015 event early next month, which promises a look at upcoming titles like Yo-Kai Watch 3 and Fantasy Life 2.
Whether or not these rumors are related remains to be seen, and we’ll likely have to keep on speculating on any future announcements until next month’s Famitsu DS+Wii goes on sale.
[Giveaway] Elliot Quest
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Giveaway, Wii U eShop | 111 Comments
Winners are in! Congratulations to Van Nostrom, Tom, Derek, Pedro Capello, and Link Floyd. We’ll be sending our codes tomorrow!
Thanks a ton to all who entered! This isn’t the end of giveaways, so we’ll have more opportunities for you all to enter in the future.
Elliot Quest launches this Thursday on the Wii U eShop, and we have five codes to hand out to you guys (thanks Max Criden!). Just leave a comment in this post and tell us about your favorite 2D action RPGs. We may give more consideration to those who put effort into their submissions. Note that the code will only work on a North American Wii U console.
Winners will be announced on Friday. Good luck to you all!
SEGA’s console-based 3DS themes were created with authentic sound
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
SEGA has been releasing several 3DS themes in Japan based on classic consoles. Two more came out this week: one based on the SG-1000, and another for the Dreamcast.
How’d SEGA go about making these themes anyway? Photos from the company’s Yosuke Okunari provide some interesting insight. Through pictures shared on Okunari’s Twitter account, it’s revealed that SEGA actually used the old consoles in recording sounds for the themes.
Specifically regarding the SG-1000 3DS theme, Okunari commented:
We wanted to recreate the short “Buu” sound when turning on the console for the SG-1000 theme and so we brought the console to the studio for recording. However, that sound varies depending on the software so we started up roughly 20 games and chose the one which sounded the most authentic.
More: 3DS themes, Japan, SEGA, top, Yosuke Okunari
Sakurai says Mewtwo DLC for Smash Bros. is releasing soon
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 63 Comments
Masahiro Sakurai, director of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, provided an updated on the upcoming Mewtwo DLC at a recent event in Japan. Thankfully, it sounds like it won’t be too much longer before the character becomes available.
Sakurai said that work on Mewtwo “is pretty much done” and the DLC will be released “pretty soon.” Fans are advised to wait for an announcement from Nintendo.
[Just a Chat] Nintendo and DeNA partnership, membership service, “NX” system
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Just a Chat, Videos | 3 Comments
No weekly news discussion per usual today, but you can listen to the recording Austin and I put up a few days ago. It covers all of the big Nintendo announcements made earlier in the week!
There was plenty of Nintendo news to go around today. Austin and I talk about it all, which includes the Nintendo and DeNA partnership, new membership service, and upcoming “NX” system from the Big N.
What do you think about all of today’s news? Leave a comment below!
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D “Your Will Shall Be Done” trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 3 Comments
Nintendo on Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – dev length, challenges, why New 3DS only, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Nintendo Life recently caught up with Hiro Yamada, general coordinator of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. Yamada addressed several topics about the project, including when it began, challenges in porting to New 3DS, why it couldn’t be done on the regular 3DS, use of the two screens for information, and amiibo.
We’ve rounded up the various comments from Yamada below. For those who are interested, the original interview is located here.
Club Nintendo Europe adds a ton of digital games
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 16 Comments
Update: In a strange twist, it seems that despite some games like Metroid Fusion containing a 3DS label, they can only be downloaded on Wii U. So no Ambassador games after all? Someone at Nintendo seems to have messed up!
Take a look at this photo in case it’s unclear:
Club Nintendo Europe has just been updated with an onslaught of digital rewards.
There’s plenty of games to choose from on both Wii U and 3DS. Nintendo has added eShop-made titles, as well as Virtual Console releases. Perhaps most surprisingly, it’s possible to obtain games that were previously only available for 3DS Ambassadors.
You can find the full set of games here.
More: Club Nintendo, Europe, top
Latest Splatoon details cover weapons
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Famitsu has another bi-weekly update on Splatoon. In this week’s magazine, more details are shared on the game’s various weapons.
Famitsu notes that sub weapons use a lot of ink. The magazine goes on to say that special weapons can only be used after filling a gauge that increases the more ink you shoot, and weapons come in pre-set groups of three. Below are two examples:
Main Weapon: Splat Charger – charging weapon, good for long range attacks, can make ‘Ink Roads’ for you and your team mates to use.
Sub Weapon: Splash Bomb – standard bomb, explodes on impact
Special Weapon: Bomb Rush – Allows you to shoot as many bombs as you want for a set period.Main Weapon: .52 Gal – Stronger than the Splat Charger, but uses more ink so can’tbe fired as much.
Sub Weapon: Splashield – Creates a curtain of ink. Good for narrow pathways to attack your opposition.
Special Weapon: Megaphone Laser – Shoots out a powerful ‘laser’ of ink. Good for turning around battles.
The next update on Splatoon will be in Famitsu’s April 2 issue.
