Aonuma says Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D development started “almost immediately” after Ocarina of Time 3D work finished
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Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma shared an official message about Majora’s Mask 3D over on Miiverse earlier today. There was one piece of information that was very noteworthy.
According to Aonuma, work on Majora’s Mask 3D began “almost immediately” after the completion of Ocarina of Time 3D. That means this project has been in development for a few years. Aonuma said “we didn’t want to say it was being developed until we were at a point where we could proudly say that this is not going to be just another remake and that it’s going to be worth your time.”
Later in his Miiverse post, Aonuma also reiterated what Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said during this week’s Nintendo Direct. The gameplay experience will be “smoother” than the original title, though the team is staying true to the original world.
Head past the break for Aonuma’s full message about Majora’s Mask 3D.
Discussing Everything #6 set for Sunday
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Discussing Everything | 1 Comment
Here’s your weekly Discussing Everything reminder! Per usual, the event will begin at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT / 9 PM in the UK this Sunday. There’s going to be plenty to talk about thanks to this week’s Nintendo Direct!
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Nintendo looking into potential amiibo compatibility for third-party companies
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments
Everything we’ve seen thus far of amiibo has been limited to first-party content. However, Nintendo is now looking into ways its third-party partners can integrate figures into their games.
Nintendo of America licensing manager Damon Baker told IGN:
“We’re having those conversations and we’re still early on because amiibo isn’t even going to launch until later this month. We’re excited to see how that pans out but there’s a ton of interest from our third-party partners and we’re looking at what makes sense in terms of business models and levels of integration. There are really creative ideas that are coming through and we are working towards some opportunities for next year.”
Marketing director David Wharton also said:
“Think about our implementation for our products, it’s really developer-centric. It’s really about opening up new capabilities and new ways of extending the value of games and bringing the functionality into games. As a company we’re interested in as many different creative explorations of that functionality. Exactly what that’s going to be in the future, not only for third-party but first-party, that story has yet to be written. We’ve got a couple of examples of how it’s going to look today — but imagine the future, the sky is the limit.”
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Steel Diver: Sub Wars Version 4.0 on the way
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Nintendo is currently working on a new update for Steel Diver: Sub Wars. Version 4.0 was announced by director Takaya Imamura on Miiverse, which also included a look at the fastest times for completing the single-player missions.
Here’s Imamura’s full Miiverse message:
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshots (11/07/14)
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments
A new stage today, Wuhu Island as first seen in the original Wii Fit! Sakurai explains:
He continues:
For example, here’s the starting line of a power-cruising race. You may also find yourself at a mountain summit, in front of a fountain, on a suspension bridge, in a fighting arena, or riding on a boat. The stage really feels like a resort vacation.
I’ve been so busy with developing this game that I dreamed about tropical islands every time I saw this stage. …Beaches in the summer are great, aren’t they?
Bravely Default DLC coming to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
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Square Enix is bringing Bravely Default music to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, the company has revealed. Songs will be available via DLC starting on November 19.
This DLC has only been confirmed for Japan at present, but we’re hoping that the Bravely Default tracks will be released overseas as well.
Here’s the full lineup of Bravely Default tracks coming to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call:
That Person’s Name Is (battle music)
Horizon of Light and Shadow (field music)
Evil Flight (battle music)
The Horizon-Devouring Serpent (battle music)
Splatoon plot overview
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The official Splatoon Twitter account posted a plot overview a short while ago. Here’s a translation:
Investigative Report from the Squid Research Lab. The protagonist, wearing the Hero Suit, travels through this underground world. The Octopus Army Corps, hoping to invade the Squid’s world, built this underground facility. Is it just me that feels the Octopus’ longing for the world above-ground from the blue sky projected onto those large monitors?
Nintendo showed a first look Splatoon’s single-player during a Nintendo Direct presentation yesterday. Along with a campaign, the game will feature an extensive multiplayer mode.
2DS Crystal system coming to North America this month
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Nintendo is launching a pair of transparent 2DS systems in Europe tomorrow. It appears that there are plans to bring the same handheld to North America, but only in blue.
A leaked ad from Target confirms that the “2DS Crystal” will be available on November 16. You’ll be able to purchase it on release day for $100 ($30 in savings).
Although an official announcement about the new 2DS variation has yet to be made for North America, we’ll probably hear something within the next few days.
Miyamoto teases the future of Pikmin
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 23 Comments
Based on recent comments from Shigeru Miyamoto, it sounds like we can look forward to another Pikmin game in the future.
Last week, Miyamoto mentioned the Pikmin shorts and Pikmin 3 demo, which just released yesterday. He said that these types of campaigns “will lay the groundwork for the next iteration of ‘Pikmin’ in the future.”
Miyamoto stated:
If I am allowed to do a little bit of PR here, we released a series of short films called “Pikmin Short Movies” on October 25 at the Tokyo International Film Festival. If you have not seen it yet, I hope you will check out the information on the Internet. The short film is only about 20 minutes, but this is our very first animated movie that uses “Pikmin” as its theme. We’re planning to make this 3D movie available on Nintendo 3DS and make the HD version of the movie available on Wii U in the near future. At the same time, we have also prepared a demo version of “Pikmin 3” so anyone who hasn’t played Pikmin can experience its unique joy. Continually launching campaigns after the release of software will lay the groundwork for the next iteration of “Pikmin” in the future. And needless to say, we want it to be one of the motivations for potential consumers to purchase Wii U. We are making a variety of different efforts.
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Nintendo Network IDs to deliver some sort of recommendation system next year
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata brought up the “Super Smash Bros. and Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Same-Generation Hypothesis” at the company’s financial results briefing last week. Essentially, there is the thought that those who played Super Smash Bros. Melee and Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire back in the day will also be interested in Smash Bros. 3DS and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata commented on this further during the Q&A portion of the latest financial briefing and brought up another interesting topic as well. Next year, Nintendo will attempt to launch some sort of feature with Nintendo Network IDs involving “options tailored to individual consumers based on the fact that they’ve played game A and game B, and so the probability they’ll enjoy game C is very high.”
Continue on below for Iwata’s full comments!
