Rodea: The Sky Soldier introduces the “R series” and more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a big update on Rodea: The Sky Soldier. The magazine introduces the “R series” of humanoid robots, new characters, and more.
R Series
One portion of Famitsu’s article reveals information about the “R series”. This is a series of humanoid robots with the power of flight.
The emperor of Naga empire, Giado, launched the “R project” to produce robots to use as a spearhead in invading other countries. Rodea has lost the memory of that event, and is now protecting the people of Garuda by confronting his former allies. Rodea was a prototype, so the other members of the R series are more powerful.
Speaking of Giado, Famitsu has a couple of tidbits about the character. He was formerly a good father of Cecilia. That all changes, and he has since enhanced his body with machine parts.
Below is the full rundown of the R series:
More: Famitsu, Kadokawa Games, NIS America, Prope, Rodea: The Sky Soldier, top
[Weekly Screenshot] Affordable Space Adventures #4
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Weekly Screenshot | 0 comments
KnapNok Games has sent us another screenshot from its upcoming Wii U exclusive title Affordable Space Adventures. Check out the new image above, and view the official description below.
Solving puzzles is one of the core gameplay elements of Affordable Space Adventures. While some of them might seem easy at first (you still have to be able to control the SmallCraft alone or collaborating with friends) things will soon get more complicated as you put all of the ship’s systems to good use.
Of course all this without alerting the nearby artifacts that might try to attack you if you produce too much heat, noise or electricity.
Get your Wii U console ready! Affordable Space Adventures launches on April 9.
More: Affordable Space Adventures, highlight, indie, KnapNok Games, Nifflas, top
[Review] Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy+
Posted on 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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.
