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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 298 Comments

In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai published his latest bi-weekly column. The Smash Bros. director goes into a number of topics in his piece.

First, regarding the roster, Sakurai mentioned that even though many characters are included, there are some who worry about those who didn’t make the cut. He specifically addresses the absence of the Ice Climbers as well. It seems they were running in the Wii U version, but due to the required hardware power, the team couldn’t make them work in the 3DS game. There wasn’t as high a priority given to series that are unlikely to have another installment at this time.

On the topic of different release dates for Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS, Sakurai mentions that this was for debugging, which was necessary to avoid there being considerable differences between the two versions. If both games had a shared release date, a launch in 2015 may have occurred.

Finally, Sakurai shared a tidbit about the trophies in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 3DS. Akihiro Toda – known for the texts in the Mother series – wrote the descriptions.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Renegade Kid has regained the rights to the Dementium IP. That means, going forward, the studio can choose to make additional sequels.

Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham passed along the news on Twitter a few minutes ago. He wrote:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Curve Studios has four games coming to Wii U. The company previously announced Stealth Inc 2, The Swapper, and Lone Survivor for the eShop. Thanks to a listing on the USK, we now know what the fourth game is.

The German ratings board has outed Thomas Was Alone for Wii U. It’s unclear when the game will be available, but I imagine it could arrive before the end of this year.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Image & Form has confirmed all platforms for SteamWorld Heist’s release. The game will be available on 3DS, Wii U, PC/Mac/Linux, PS4/Vita and Xbox One. Additionally, Image & Form says SteamWorld Heist is targeted for a February/March launch.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

NintendoWorldReport has put up a preview with some of the first details about SteamWorld Heist. You can find them rounded up below.

– Play as a captain going on a massive raid in space
– Go from base to base with your ship
– Side-scrolling turn-based strategy game
– Defeat enemies, collect the loot, and get out of the base
– Need to strategize to get out of each scenario with your crew intact
– Each character can only move a set amount of steps and can only do so much once they are settled
– If your steps remain within a certain buffer area, you are able to fire at your opponents
– Each character can use an array of guns
– These fall into a wide variety of shot types
– Some only shoot one strong bullet, while others shoot three weaker ones
– Combine these skills with abilities
– Abilities example: let bullets bounce against the walls
– More than just guns
– Can throw grenades and use other special items to get to the loot and harm enemies
– Outside of battle, you have to go to various bars and recruit new crew members
– Once the initial payment is done, they become part of your team until they are defeated
– Need to make sure your captain doesn’t get defeated because that makes you lose all of your crew
– In those rougher places, multiple paths come into play and you have to use your team wisely to explore every nook and cranny
– View maps on the touch screen
– Massive overview map lets you travel to the specific locations

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U coming to Europe on November 21? Apparently so! An official ad was spotted on French website Puissance Nintendo along with the aforementioned release date.

While Nintendo has yet to officially confirm launch plans for Smash Bros. Wii U, November 21 is certainly plausible. It wouldn’t be surprising if the game were to launch in North America on the same day as well.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

Image & Form has finally unveiled the next entry in the SteamWorld series. Today, the company announced “SteamWorld Heist”.

Here’s an official “elevator pitch” from Image & Form:

SteamWorld Heist is a game about space adventures and survival. Recruit a team of ragtag robots to explore and scavenge the remains of a destroyed world. Board enemy ships and command your crew in a unique variety of turn-based combat.

Taking place some time after SteamWorld Dig, a cataclysmic event has shattered the planet and forced its population into steam-driven spaceships. It’s a robot-eat-robot world out there, and water is desperately hard to come by. Heisting other ships and bases – bad guys fortunately, the lot of them – is their only way to remain in operation.

“Heist isn’t a sequel to SteamWorld Dig,” Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson said of SteamWorld’s Heist announcement. “It’s set in the same world and the cowbots are still the heroes. But a lot has happened to SteamWorld since then, and we want to make a game that is radically different. Partly because we really wanted to make a turn-based strategy game, but also because it felt like a clever move. The obvious follow-up would’ve been Dig 2; we wanted to surprise instead.”

SteamWorld Heist will be available in spring 2015. Check out a teaser trailer above.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 17 Comments

Shin’en has finally shared the first screenshot from FAST Racing Neo. Check it out below:

Despite being announced nearly a year ago, this is the first piece of media we’re seeing from the game. It looks quite nice!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News | 21 Comments

Nintendo announced today that Super Smash Bros. for 3DS is now the 4th game in the 3DS library to ship over a million units in its first week in Japan, after Monster Hunter 4, Pokemon X/Y and Youkai Watch 2. This number includes digital copies and though the wording in the PR report was a little ambiguous as to units sold/shipped, we can assume the number of units sold was quite close to this figure.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Screenshots | 2 Comments

Sakurai eases up on the feature talk today and instead opts for a helpful gameplay tip for players:

Announcement: Originally, the pic of the day was only supposed to continue for about two months, but I’ve ended up posting pictures until even today. The 3DS version has already been released in Japan, so I would like to talk about how future posts will be handled.

First, I will not talk about hidden features until the game is released overseas. On the other hand, I definitely will talk about them after the game is released abroad.

In addition, I am planning to continue making posts at least until the Wii U version is released. I haven’t decided if I’ll go by the Japanese version release or the release of versions abroad, but the point is that I’ll continue posting for a little bit longer.

Pic of the day won’t focus on introducing new information anymore in the near future, but I hope to entertain you with interesting and funny photos like I originally intended to. Thanks.

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