Next month, New Super Mario Bros. 2 launches on the 3DS and will bring all of it’s loot with it. We know all about the coin gimmickry in this installment, but Nintendo have now released a trailer to show off the gameplay in action.
It looks like your solid platforming fare with the previously announced coin collecting in tow, but this trailer goes a bit further and shows the new White Tanooki hat power-up, which features the classic run and fly mechanic for players who are stuck in a level. Remember the “P” in Super Mario Bros. 3? Well, it’s like that, but with invincibility. New Super Mario Bros. 2 launches on August 19th for the 3DS.
If you are curious about who will be writing the storyline for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, then you may be happy to hear that the person taking the role as lead writer is none other than Rhianna Pratchet.
Some of you may know Pratchet’s work with games such as Heavenly Sword and Mirror’s Edge. Pratchet is a big fan of the original Tomb Raider series, stating that she grew up with the series. She went on to say that “Seldom do we get the opportunity to re-imagine and reinvent a legend, so getting my narrative hands on Miss Croft was a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. It was going back to the genesis of videogame action heroines and exploring how to make such an iconic character meaningful and relatable for gamers today.”
We are now in week two of Nintendo’s 8-Bit Summer, and Ninty have got quite a lot to offer this week in their download scene. The two most notable are Kirby’s Pinball Land and Sword of Hope II, which both seen life on the original Game Boy. Now, Kirby’s Pinball Land is pretty self-explanatory for all of the unfamiliar, and features three tables based on the Dream Land universe, with all of those classic foes in tow. Sword of Hope II came out a bit late for the platform, and is a very classic take on an adventure-RPG, with a young Prince Theo of Riccar trekking out to save a Kingdom. Kirby’s Pinball is priced at $3.99, while Sword of Hope II is a buck lower at $2.99.
Johnny Kung Fu is priced at $5.99, featuring a Donkey Kong/Game & Watch game design blended with beat-em up mechanics. It’s definitely worth a look for those of you with a retro tooth, and was published by UFO Interactive.
Do you like Japanese School Girls and blackjack? Well, you’ll be happy to know that Sweet Memories: Blackjack offers both, featuring anime characters that the player can learn more about as they play their hands. It’s a unique game, and a cheap one at that as this 3D hybrid is only $3.99.
For $1.99, strategy fans can now get their hands on Candle Route, which boasts some waxy, crayon visuals and over 100 levels. Also for the same price (and DSi platform) comes Ace Mathician, which is a learning title with a twist, and lets players assist a Koala in gaining fruit by solving math problems.
For the Wii, Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition has landed on the Wiiware for 700 points, offering a much more updated take on the classic with up to four player street-crossing action and plenty of new modes. Finally, the SNK classic The King of Fighters ’96 has hit the Virtual Console for 900 points.
Mighty Switch Force is back yet again though, and this time it’s on sale for a much lower $2.99 price tag. After the recent DLC we got for free just a couple weeks ago, this may be the best three dollars you can spend on the eShop at the moment as this is an amazing deal for an utterly brilliant game. Offer is valid from 9 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, July 13, through 9 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, July 15.
Yes, another jam-packed week for the eShop yet again. What do you plan on splurging those points on?
Remember when the 3DS was in a slump? Well, that is a distant memory now, as Nintendo have now revealed that the 3DS has sold over 5 Million units to date in the United States alone. Not too shabby at all, considering many called the handheld a “doomed” device.
Here an official statement from the big “N” themselves on this landmark:
“Nintendo 3DS is entering the next phase of its life cycle with new hardware, new games and proven franchises. This milestone shows we’ve got a great foundation to build from,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “The game lineup for Nintendo 3DS last holiday season was one of the strongest in our history. We’re poised to top it this year. Every week, gamers will have the best franchises in the world in a glasses-free 3D experience that can’t be found anywhere else. Add Wii U into the mix and it’s a great time to be a Nintendo fan.”
As many of you know, the 3DS XL is due out next month, along with New Super Mario Bros. 2, which should see these numbers rise even greater. On top of those releases, both Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and Paper Mario: Sticker Star are prepared to lead the 3DS’ software for the holiday, which makes it a great time to invest in the glasses free platform.
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You have to admit, there probably hasn’t been a better use of the song “Wimoweh” than how it was used in the trailer that can be seen below. The trailer itself features plenty of action, explosions, a bit of gameplay but mostly some good ol’ fashioned humor.
This trailer is probably one of the best ones we’ve seen for Borderlands 2 so far and with the game’s release set for September 11th, we will probably see at least a few more of them before the game hits store shelves. It is worth noting that those who do pre-order the game will receive a number of bonuses however, so don’t sit there with your money in your wallet, go drop a bit of cash on it and secure yourself a return trip to Pandora.
It has been many months since XSEED revealed that they would be bringing Ragnarok Odyssey to English speaking PlayStation Vita owners. However in that time we haven’t seen much about the game besides what was already revealed in Japan.
Today however XSEED released a collection of English screenshots for the game which can be seen below. It is worth noting that the title is inspired by the popular MMO Ragnarok Online. The storyline of Ragnarok Odyssey involves the Isolated Land and the Thousand Year Mountains. These impassible mountains have crumbled to the ground and the beasts hidden in the Isolated Land have begun roaming the lands.
To fight against these creatures players can select from six different job classes; Sword Warrior, Hunter, Hammersmith, Assassin, Mage, and Cleric. Currently it is unknown when exactly the game will be released, though various retailers have the title currently list the release anywhere from August 14th to September 11th.
HyperDevBox ported their flagship tactical RPG on Android Spectral Souls to the iOS. Available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, Spectral Souls is AirPlay compatible due to its original intended origin as a console game. The game is an epic good versus evil fantasy world pitting humans versus demons in a seven year war in Magic Age 1053 in Neverland. The prologue to Spectral Souls is available to iOS players as a free download. Spectral Souls promises over 100 hours of game play, 84 characters, and 52 songs in the soundtrack. Spectral Souls is 25 percent off to celebrate the release until July 19th. Afterwards, Spectral Souls will return to it’s normal $13.99 price. Check out the game here.
SNK Playmore announced the worldwide release of METAL SLUG 3 for iOS and Android devices. The most famous and highly praised iteration of the METAL SLUG series, METAL SLUG 3 allows players to play through the whole game in Arcade Mode or practice difficult levels in Mission Mode. Players will be able to command multiple vehicles including the Slug Mariners, Drill Slugs, Elephant Slugs, along side the original Metal Slug and Slugnoid vehicles. Coop gameplay is available via Bluetooth while players compete for the best scores in the world via the Network Ranking functions. METAL SLUG 3 is available for $6.99 on the iTunes App Store hereand the Google Play App Store here.
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is absolutely wonderful, but it is lagging behind the actual PC release of the game. However that will change at least a little bit tomorrow when patch 1.73 will be released for the game. Perhaps one of the biggest additions is the fact that pistons will be added into the game.
Besides these there will be a number of new fixes and skins have also been added to the game. For full details about what the patch contains check it out below:
Additions:
Added Pistons & Sticky Pistons.
Added Stackable fences.
Added Shears – required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
TNT needs Flint and Steel or Redstone to detonate.
Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
New textures for Cobblestone and Brick.
Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from Downloadable Content skin packs.
Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.
Added an option for the host to limit online games to only players in their friends list (no friends of friends).
Added a seed display to the level load screen (requires existing levels to be saved out again to add the display).
Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
Added the crosshair to the list of things affected by the opacity slider.
On using the quickselect bar, the opacity of the quickselect, tooltips, splitscreen gamertag display, and crosshair will be set to 80,
and will fade back down to the user opacity setting after 6 seconds of no quickselect bar use.
Added some more Tips & Trivia to the loading/saving screen display.
Tutorial World changes & additions:-
Added optional tutorial for Pistons and Redstone.
Added a self-building bridge to the castle using Pistons.
Added some sugar cane, cactii and clay to the world.
Added a few other things for players to discover.
Patched:
Fix for only the host being shown the pop-up when any player attempts to place lava near the spawn point.
Fixed tooltip for Flint and Steel.
Fix for Note blocks not showing notes.
Fix for Leaderboard reads taking too long.
Fix to block players re-entering a level they have been kicked from, until the level is restarted.
Fix to stop players being able to join a game when they are not a friend of any player in the game.
Fix for Netherracks re-appearing after being mined.
Fix for a rare crash on entering the Nether.
Fix for attacking enemies at a different level not damaging them.
Fixed a problem causing some save games not to load.
Welcome to Capsule Computers’ weekly anime segment, Anime Say! This week, I reveal my Top 3 Anime of Spring 2012 as well as what I am following in Summer 2012.
