Earlier today during Nintendo’s latest Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that The Game Bakers were working on a new game called Squids Odyssey for the Wii U and 3DS. Now a few hours after the presentation, the company has released a handful of screenshots as well as some details for their game.
Squids Odyssey is set to be released on the eShop this Fall and it will be a “tactic RPG” where players will use slingshots to throw squids across the battlefield at enemies. There will be four different classes of squid to choose from, a shooter, a scout, a trooper, and a healer as well as a solid story line and plenty of use of each consoles’ special feature.
Today Atlus USA has released the opening movie for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl which was produced by the anime studio Madhouse, known for anime such as Black Lagoon, Death Note and more. The video can be seen below while the game itself is set to be released on October 1st in North America.
Currently no release information for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl has been announced for Europe. For those who don’t know, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl features the first set storyline in the franchise’s history, though it can be played like a classic Etrian Odyssey title if gamers so choose.
During the latest Nintendo Direct, viewers were able to see some more gameplay of upcoming Sonic Lost World with a bit of explanation of some of the new features for Sonic‘s latest jaunt. With an all new “mind-bending” world layout, players will have much more freedom as they jump, wall run, and destroy obstacles that stand in the path to saving the world once again.
Those that happened to miss the Nintendo Direct are in luck though as the gameplay from the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World that was shown during the presentation can be found in the video embedded below. Players wanting a bit more information can also check out our own Sonic Lost World Hands-On Preview. Sonic Lost World is set to release on October 22th, 2013 for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
Back when Murdered: Soul Suspect was first announced by Square Enix, the company was expecting the title to arrive early in 2014. However it seems that is no longer the case as the company has confirmed that the game is now going to be released sometime past March 2014.
After the game wasn’t included in their release list for the fiscal year, the publisher admitted that it wasn’t going to be making its initial release window. For those who don’t know, Murdered: Soul Suspect places players in the dead shoes of Ronan O’Connor who is tasked with tracking down his own killer.
As you may have seen in our article yesterday, Gust is remaking the original Atelier Rorona under the new name New Atelier Rorona and it is set to be released on the PS3 and Vita sometime this November. Today not only have the first screenshots of Rorona’s revamped character model been released by Famitsu, but more details about the game have also been revealed.
Besides the redesigned character models, the background and map designs have also been given a makeover. There will be a slew of new content in the game, including a private vegetable garden, displaying specific items as decorations that will provide benefits, time capsules to put items inside to create new items and a revamped battle system that will play like the one found in Atelier Meruru.
It has also been mentioned that save data from Totori and Meruru Plus will also provide the player with special benefits, but these have not been revealed as of yet. Currently Tecmo Koei has not announced New Atelier Rorona for Western release, though with gamers currently waiting for Atelier Escha & Logy, it may be some time before an announcement is made.
Deep Silver has just announced today that they will be adding an all new game to Dead Island universe after the fairly successful release of Dead Island: Riptide, which was able to stay in first place on the UK sales charts for 3 weeks. The next game however will not be the same FPS/RPG styled game as the previous two, but branch out in its own way as a ZOMBA (Zombie Online Multiplayer Battle Arena) akin to the currently popular MOBA genre.
The new game will be titled Dead Island: Epidemic and will feature 3 different teams of players all competing for survival. Outside of being set for release for PC as a free-to-play game though, the information is very limited. More information will be forthcoming however, during this years Gamescom. Excited for another romp in the Dead Island universe? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Batman: Arkham Origins will be getting a shiny Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that will make a wonderful addition to any Batman fan’s shelf. This edition will be available for UK area fans. The North American version will be unveiled next week.
The UK version features a collectable statue featuring Batman and The Joker, an eighty page hard cover art book, the Assassin’s Intel Dossier, the first Appearance Batman Skin DLC, the Deathstroke Challenge Map Pack DLC, and an exclusive 3D Metal Pack. The PlayStation 3 edition will also contain the exclusive Knightfall pack. The Collector’s Edition will cost £79.99.
Today some rather pleasing news was announced for GJ-bu. Considered by many to be a sleeper moe hit from this past Winter season, GJ-bu ended in a manner that satisfied viewers, but also left things open for continuation and it just so happens that continuation has been announced.
NTV’s official website has revealed that a second anime season for GJ-bu has been announced and that more details will come soon. For those who don’t know, GJ-bu originally was a light novel series and it was only streamed on Crunchyroll when it was airing in Japan. Currently GJ-bu is unlicensed in the West.
As of right now, Animal Crossing fans are able to download the “Animal Crossing Plaza” app from the Nintendo Wii U eShop. Isabelle, the secretary from New Leaf (check our review here), along with Lloyd and a huge variety of characters from the game will all be making appearances in the plaza. These characters will share information about the game, MiiVerse posts, and information about upcoming calendar events and SpotPass promotions. In addition to learning all the latest and greatest goss about the game, you can also share your clothing and design QR codes straight to the plaza, where anyone can scan them straight off of their Gamepad and into their game.
“Wait! Did you say MiiVerse posts?” Yes I did, thank you astute reader. Iwata also proudly announced the launch of the brand new Animal Crossing MiiVerse. The MiiVerse will operate exactly the same was all of Nintendo’s other MiiVerse channels. You can access the Animal Crossing MiiVerse directly from your Wii U, or through the MiiVerse website here.Lastly, Nintendo also announced a brand new “Animal Crossing Welcome A Friend Promotion.” The Promotion allows you to get a friend a free copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, just for owning a copy yourself. It is a somewhat tricky process, but I will cut down all the nitty-gritty and just put it in a list for you:
Player with Animal Crossing: New Leaf registers their copy to their Club Nintendo Account.
That Player will receive a special Code.
That Player gives the code to a friend
The Friend registers a 3ds XL Console from August 7th – October 7th, and also redeems the code that they received from the original player.
Once verified, the Friend will receive a free downloadable version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
There, simple isn’t it? If you know someone who would love Animal Crossing (which face it, is pretty much everyone), or you just need someone to trade fruit with, then get your code and get sharing.Three bits of Animal Crossing news in such a short span of time, and it is only the tip of the iceberg!
You can check out the Animal Crossing Plaza and MiiVerse section of the Nintendo Direct Presentation below. Stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all of the Animal Crossing and Nintendo news as it becomes available. Oh and see you at the Animal Crossing Plaza!
A lot of the information was stuff that has been said before, but a few interesting pieces did manage to sneak their way out of the event. Firstly, aside from updating the visuals and controls for Wind Waker HD, Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo also said that they had added an extra sailing speed (the speed of sailing was one of the original version’s only downsides), as well as tweaked how some of the late-game exploration and item gathering happened.
During the video, Link is shown pulling a piece of the Triforce out of a chest in a small dungeon area. Players of the original game will remember that you didn’t go through dungeons to collect Triforce Shards, and instead fished them out of the seas with your claw-hook. How big these new dungeons will be remains to be seen, but I am already a big fan of the idea. Check out the Wind Waker
Moving onto Link Between Worlds, Iwata confirmed that the black Triforce seen in the game’s title card was indeed a second Triforce from the “other world.” This is a cool revelation and has implications for the entire Zelda franchise moving into the future.
In addition, Iwata stated quite explicitly that Link Between Worlds takes place “many years after” the events of Link to the Past, and that the Link you play as in the new game is NOT the same Link as the original. With Nintendo stating that the game was a direct sequel to Link to the Past, many people just naturally assumed that you would be playing as the same Link, which makes this one of the biggest surprises of the night.
So there you have it, a few bits of information about the immediate future of The Legend of Zelda series. You will be able to pick up Wind Waker HD in October, and Link Between Worlds in November. Let us know what you think about Nintendo’s changes to Wind Waker’s Triforce gathering, and Link Between World’s NEW Link in the comments below, and always, stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all the Zelda news as it becomes available.
