Misunderstood, or just a mess?
Believe it or not, there was once a time when survival horror was well and truly on its arse.
Around 2012, Capcom was shepherding its flagship Resident Evil franchise in a much more action-oriented direction, Konami had seemingly left Silent Hill to rot (until the spectacular P.T demo would provide some welcome, but temporary respite), and EA’s Dead Space 3 was shaping up to be a mere shadow of its excellent predecessors.
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It’s Cubone!
The Pokémon Build-A-Bear line is continually expanding with all sorts of creatures from the long-running franchise, and the latest one to join the range is a soft plush version of Cubone. Yes, another ‘mon from the original Pokédex can now be purchased!
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It continues.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and former Shonen Jump editor Kazuhiko Torishima, co-hosts of radio show KosoKoso Hōsō Kyoku, have addressed the recent controversy surrounding comments made by the pair on a talk show appearance during Tokyo Game Show 2024.
According to the statement, the pair’s comments — which focused on frustrations over changes that add more modest clothing to Akira Toriyama’s original character designs for the upcoming Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake — were both mistranslated and sensationalised by overseas media outlets (thanks, Automaton).
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The Patrick Star Game! Mark of the Deep! Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (Outright Games, 4th Oct, $39.99) – At long last, Patrick Star takes the lead in his very own game! Step into his shorts and create hilarious, physics-based mayhem in an open world playground that puts all of Bikini Bottom at your disposal. Hunt for buried treasure, release rage in Mrs. Puff’s Rage Room and get pulled into quests and challenges by Sandy Cheeks, Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob himself.
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No, not the sport ones.
Well here’s a little sweetness to brighten up your Thursday, Mario has just nabbed the silver medal at the Olympics.
Okay, not quite. Firstly, this isn’t Mario; it’s Welsh plumber Ruben Duggan, who is jokingly referred to as “Super Mario” by his customers on account of his moustache (and, you know, the plumbing). Secondly, it’s not the Olympics — at least, not those ones. This is the WorldSkills competition, known as “the skills Olympics,” to those who take part, and it’s a pretty big deal.
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And it’s got a few nods to Echoes of Wisdom.
Popular and prominent artist Josiah Brooks – otherwise known as ‘Jazza‘ – has posted a video on YouTube in which he recreates the entirety of the Kingdom of Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Measuring in at 2.4 x 2.4 metres, the model is an impressive achievement in design and technology. Jazza worked extensively on sculpting various bits and pieces from the envrionment through virutal reality, before 3D printing everything and painting it by hand.
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Cover art also revealed.
The 2v2 fighting brawler Diesel Legacy has finally locked in a release date for the Switch and multiple other platforms. It will be arriving before the end of the year on 3rd December 2024.
As part of this announcement, it’s been revealed the first official tournament for the game will take place during the ‘CEOtaku x Holiday Matsuri weekend’ later on in December. The team has also shared the game’s cover art, featuring all the playable characters at launch:
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After just one day!
Last week, we got a sneak peek at some of the awesome merchandise available exclusively at the Nintendo Museum. Well, wouldn’t you know it, after just one day of being open to the public, the attraction has announced that it will be limiting sales on select items (thanks, VGC).
As detailed in a post from the official Nintendo Museum Twitter account, the Kyoto site will now be installing one-per-person sale limitations on its Game Hardware Keychain collections, select Hanafunda cards, lanyards and pass cases and the game Magnet Collection. The same limitations also apply to the controller cushions that we were particularly enamoured with last week.
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“…so I have to work and buy many toys”.
In case you haven’t heard, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, is returning home to Square Enix, so to speak, for the first time in 21 years, bringing Mistwalker’s one-time Apple Arcade-exclusive RPG Fantasian to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 (both physically and digitally) and to PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam (digitally) on December 5, 2024, in the form of Fantasian Neo Dimension.
To investigate more about his latest effort, which was first announced in 2018 and released three years later, Nintendo Life met up with Sakaguchi-san a few weeks ago (before the birth of his grandchild!) in Los Angeles to discuss his newest game’s second life, and whether it would be his final Fantasian.
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All thanks to “Company N”.
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was one of the biggest surprise announcements of 2023. While the return of Level-5’s polite professor might have felt like a no-brainer to some, it appears that the studio was initially hesitant about a comeback. That is until certain big names in the industry started pushing for it (thanks, Automaton).
This is according to Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino who, in a recent Tokyo Game Show chat with Dragon Quest’s Yuji Horii, confessed that the team was content to leave the Layton series alone after it had reached a “beautiful” conclusion.
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