Kamiya: Astral Chain’s detective segments were toned down for the final release
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Astral Chain has the type of hardcore action that PlatinumGames fans are accustomed to. On top of that though, there are other detective-like elements as players interact with citizens, question suspects, and more.
Astral Chain supervisor Hideki Kamiya and director Takahisa Taura spoke about the Switch title in a recent of Famitsu. Regarding the the detective portions of the game, Kamiya revealed that the team “toned that stuff down” during development.
Kamiya said in the Japanese magazine:
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons producer hopes fans can use the game “as an escape” in light of what’s happening in the world
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With the coronavirus becoming a global pandemic, many people are staying inside and self-quarantining in hopes of avoid a further spread of the disease. That means many are turning to entertainment, including video games.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons may not have come at a better time. Speaking with The Verge, producer Hisashi Nogami said that he’s “very disheartened and saddened by the events happening across the world”, but Nintendo is hoping that “a lot of the Animal Crossing fans will use this as an escape, so they can enjoy themselves during this difficult time.”
Nogami’s full words:
Nintendo Download – March 19, 2020 (Europe) – Animal Crossing, Doom 64, more
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Nintendo Download – March 19, 2020 (North America) – Animal Crossing, Doom 64, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – $59.99 (available March 20)
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Sakurai’s full comments on the coronavirus and how it may impact Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC
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In Masahiro Sakurai’s most recent column in Famitsu, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director touched on the topic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) affecting the games industry. Sakurai stressed the difficulty the industry is facing when it comes to development specifically, because the nature of the job is handling very confidential material which can’t be taken home. He also expressed his concerns for workers with young children to look after (considering schools have been closed), as he says those people might be forced to take off work.
Of particular note to gamers, Sakurai vaguely detailed how COVID-19 has affected development on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC fighters. Apparently, some plans for a certain fighter have been put on hold for the time being.
You can read our full translation of the excerpts below.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons devs – no cloud saves to prevent cheating, different from time-traveling
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Most Switch games make use of cloud saves through Nintendo Switch Online. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, however, isn’t one of those.
Speaking with IGN, director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami explained that the lack of compatibility is in place to preventing cheating. Nogami noted how Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an online game, and cheating is a concern with such titles. Kyogoku, meanwhile, also said that the in-game economy could be abused if cloud saves were enabled.
Famitsu sales (3/9/20 – 3/15/20)
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons datamine – Froggy Chair missing, codename, engine, list of special NPCs and villagers
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Dataminers have gotten their hands on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, revealing the latest information about the game.
First up, Froggy Chair is currently missing in action. This object simply doesn’t exist in the game’s files at present. Will it be added later? Perhaps, but at least for now, it doesn’t seem to be included.
We have some other details as well. It looks like Animal Crossing: New Horizons used the codename Park, runs on Nintendo’s Lunchpack 2 engine while also using the Havok engine for physics.
And here’s a look at all special NPCs and villagers:
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Indie World Showcase live stream – March 17, 2020
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Nintendo will soon be kicking off its latest Indie World Showcase live stream. The event begins at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe. It will feature around 20 minutes of information regarding indie games for Switch.
You can watch the event as it happens below. We’ll be reporting on the Indie World Showcase while it’s live as well as after it concludes.
Sakurai talks about coronavirus, may impact Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC development and announcements
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai is again publishing a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. It’s actually a bit of a special one, as there’s a conversation with manga artist Saho Yamamoto. It’s also Sakurai’s 600th column in the Japanese magazine.
The full magazine isn’t available just yet, but as usual, some of the tidbits have leaked online. A major highlight is that Sakurai states that he had plans to present a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter to a publisher at some point, but it’s being delayed due to the coronavirus.
