Ace Attorney 5 announced at Capcom’s 10th anniversary event for the series in Tokyo last night. The company didn’t bother to provide critical details like a release date, information about the story, or whether this will be an Apollo Justice or Phoenix Wright joint, but expect to hear more about all that in the coming weeks/months.
And while we didn’t hear anything about what system(s) it will appear on, given that the game’s primary platforms so far were Game Boy Advance and DS — and that we also have Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney coming to 3DS — it’s likely this will hit Nintendo’s new handheld first.
Girls’ RPG Cinderellife’s new boxart (on Amazon) vs. old boxart. This is crazy! With less than two months before the hostess club adventure’s Japanese release, Level-5 appears to have changed the style for character faces dramatically. Also, she’s wearing gloves now, but that’s a different kind of drama.
Strangely, all the screens and trailers on the official site use the original, cuter style, so … maybe it’s just for the boxart? Why make the box less visually consistent with the game? And why change from a totally adooooorable face to one that is maybe just a little creepy?
When I was a young Asian scrap like these two, before receiving formal training in the Shotokan fighting style, I used to pull special moves like this all the time.
That’s how I got in trouble in third grade once, when everyone was running to line up in single file after recess, and I dashed toward the group and jumped in with a flying kick, like I was Bruce fucking Lee in Enter the Dragon.
I accidentally kicked a kid, but it was nothing serious. It’s not like he got knocked out, body all hanging in the air as he dropped in slow motion, elephants trumpeting in the background as an announcer was like, “You Win.”
It’s not like dude lost a quarter or nothing over it. I didn’t follow it up by smashing some guy’s car with mad dragon punches, breaking his sedan down to a molecular level. It wasn’t anything serious, nahmean?
Anyway, a teacher saw it all, pulled me aside by the arm, and threatened to call my mom to tell her about it. At the end of the day, she forgot about the ordeal, but I was stressing all afternoon over it.
“Special trailer” for Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy. This has tons of footage of all the in-game modes — which are basically just variations on tapping and swiping to on-screen icons.
Man, I want to play this. I’ve lost all interest in the Final Fantasy series, but I can still dig the music, and that simple remix of the Final Fantasy theme totally works for me.
I’m unable to control my excitement about getting to reveal the culmination of literally years of secret work: our Tiny Cartridge X Maré Odomo “Tiny Cart Sticker Pack,” produced and sold by Fangamer.
With these, you can decorate your DS or 3DS cartridges (or, anything, really) with the face of our mascot or the cover of an imaginary game by Maré!
Each sheet includes:
Face in a Cart - Tiny Cartridge’s iconic mascot, now available as a for-real tiny cartridge
Kissing Party - Give your lips practice with casual pecks or passionate make-out moments
A special (virtual) gift!
This is basically my favorite thing we’ve ever done, and you can get your own sheet for $5. I hope you enjoy them! Thanks to Fangamer and Maré for working with us on this weird daydream of a project, and thanks to you for even briefly considering a purchase!
You might recall Capcom intended to sell Resident Evil: Revelations for $50, reasoning that the game required a bigger cartridge (4GB) that justified its $10 mark-up.
Everyone thought that was ridiculous, but the publisher ended up changing its mind anyway. A representative posted an announcement today: “After weeks of effort, we’ve been able to lower the price to $39.99.” Who knows what those efforts entailed, but yay.
Amazon hasn’t adjusted its price yet, but I expect it will update the game’s listing soon, so I linked it above. You will notice that I misspelled deflation in the link/headline, making fun of the game’s boxart typo. I am just too clever, aren’t I? I am the cleverest boy there ever was.
“When it comes to the appeal of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3D images have been focused on. I believe, however, the actual users understand that its expanded communication methods like “StreetPass” and “SpotPass” that have a lot of potential.”
Satoru Iwata espousing the “other” features of the 3DS, in an investor briefing. It’s basically Nintendo’s own fault the 3D has taken precedence — marketing and communication with press has heavily favored “glasses-free 3D” as the marquee feature, and the damn thing is called the “3DS” — but as one of those “actual users,” I feel way more impressed by these features.
Few things about the hardware are more exciting than receiving a new inappropriate Swapnote and seeing that blue light come on, or capturing a horde of Miis.
Nintendo is (maybe?) acknowledging the importance of networking, finally, with things like demos, decent eShop games, and the upcoming Nintendo Network, and though it’s not one-for-one with other systems in that department, interesting things happen when Nintendo does care about connectivity stuff.
Four more minutes of Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai that will make you curse 3DS’s region-locking.
Did you know that more Tiny Cartridge readers are excited about this game than upcoming “core” titles like Metal Gear Solid 3D, Kid Icarus: Uprising, etc.? It’s true! Another fun fact: after watching this trailer and hearing its music, more Tiny Cartridge writers are excited about Project Mirai than those other games, too.
Along with announcing a new Mario sidescroller for 3DS, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata talked about his company’s new online platform, Nintendo Network, which acts as a PSN-like service that works across 3DS and Wii U.
You’ve already seen its upgraded capabilities (over the DS’s dinky Nintendo WiFi Connection) in Mario Kart 7 with how the game handles communities, but Nintendo Network will also introduce features like “competitions and communication among users”, and paid downloadable content for both eShop/retail games.
One discussed feature that’s been a long time coming for eShop, though, is downloadable retail games, which Iwata says Nintendo is considering for the future:
In a meeting with investors today, Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata announced that the company intends to put out a new 2D Super Mario title for 3DS some time between March 2012 - March 2013 (I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s toward the end of the period).
His exact statement:
“We are planning to release a totally new side-scrolling action Super Mario in 2D as a key title for the Nintendo 3DS in the next fiscal year.”
He did not provide any additional details or media beyond that, so it’s up to you to speculate on what this will be. Finally a sequel to Super Mario Bros. 2 (US)? Or could it be a continuation of the New Super Mario Bros. line? Whatever it is, my body is Reggie.
“Slime the Planet” transparent stickers by Magnetbeam. For just $5, you can give five things Slime faces.
Slime faces. On anything. 3DS? Coffee mug? Laptop? Human thigh? That is a Slime 3DS, coffee mug, laptop, or thigh now. Are you a teacher wanting to put a message of approval on your kids’ homework? Say it with Slimes. Have a Slime already? I bet it doesn’t have a face on the back? Make it so it’s never not facing you.
You guys I am so excited about this. I totally just ordered some.
