The Wonderful 101 – Kamiya reveals design document, initial designs, prototype screenshots
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Director Hideki Kamiya posted a meaty update to the Kickstarter page for The Wonderful 101: Remastered. We get a look at some very interesting items from the game’s development, including the first draft of the design document, initial designs, and even prototype screenshots.
Here’s the full rundown from Kamiya:
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Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle announced for Switch in the west
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Arc System Works has announced Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle, a collection of legendary beat ’em up games from the arcade and classic consoles. It will launch for Switch via the eShop on February 20.
Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle includes eighteen titles including seven Double Dragon and Kunio-kun vintage games from the 80’s and 90’s, and all eleven Kunio-kun classic titles from the Famicom that have been localized into English for the first time ever.
The full list is as follows:
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected officially announced for Switch, debut trailer
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, which was listed for Switch by multiple retailers, has now been officially announced. Publisher Deep Silver has passed along word that the port will indeed launch on March 27.
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected retains the same zany, open-world antics of the original release. 25 DLC packs are also built right in.
Here’s some information about the game as well as the first Switch trailer:
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Amazon essentially confirms Saints Row IV for Switch
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Saints Row IV was thought to be coming to Switch after it was listed by a French retailer. A page for the game has now popped up on Amazon as well, all but confirming the news.
Amazon says that Saints Row IV will be released for Switch on March 27. GameFly has a listing up as well with the same date.
Here’s an overview of Saints Row IV, along with some screenshots:
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Astral Chain “owned half by Platinum and half by Nintendo”, up to Nintendo for release on other platforms, was “a big success”
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The Wonderful 101 started out on Wii U where it was an exclusive and published by Nintendo. On the other hand, for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, it’ll be self-published by developer PlatinumGames and will release on multiple platforms. Some may wonder what that could mean for Astral Chain, which is in a similar spot.
PlatinumGames studio head Atsushi Inaba confirmed to VGC that Astral Chain is “owned half by Platinum and half by Nintendo.” He also said that it’s “too early to say” whether Astral Chain will eventually take the multiplatform route, but it would be up to the Big N to sign off on such a move.
Inaba’s full words:
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Why PlatinumGames is using Kickstarter for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, “Nintendo’s kindness” helped release on new platforms
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The Wonderful 101 is returning on Switch thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign. Rather than going with Nintendo or a different publisher, PlatinumGames has decided to fund this project directly.
Speaking with Nintendo Everything, studio head Atsushi Inaba discussed the decision to go down the Kickstarter route – a first for the company. Inaba also mentioned that “Nintendo’s kindness has allowed us to expand to other platforms”, allowing for The Wonderful 101: Remastered to launch on Switch as well as other systems.
Inaba shared the following with us:
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The Wonderful 101: Remastered announced, seeking return on Switch through Kickstarter
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The Wonderful 101’s return has been teased for what feels like years now. Those teases continued last week, as PlatinumGames posted an image on Twitter featuring director Hideki Kamiya with the time “1:01” on the PC screen behind him. Today, all of those teases have provided tangible results.
PlatinumGames has announced The Wonderful 101: Remastered, a return of the Wii U game through Kickstarter. Rather than going through a publisher, the studio is handling the project directly.
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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – February 2020
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A new month rolled right on in yesterday. Now that we’re in February, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you started up Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore? Playing a different game or even a system other than Switch? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Sakurai talks about Satoru Iwata’s passing, Smash Bros. Ultimate being Iwata’s final mission for him
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Shigesato Itoi’s company Hobonichi has been publishing new interviews with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai. As part of this, Sakurai spoke about the passing of late president Satoru Iwata. He also discusses how Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the final mission Iwata gave to him.
Here’s a translation of that excerpt, courtesy of Siliconera:
