The Straw-Hat Pirates from the popular manga series One Piece are setting sail for South Africa this month. Nintendo and NAMCO BANDAI confirmed they have entered into a distribution agreement for the forthcoming game One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special, exclusive to Nintendo 3DS. Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the game with NAMCO BANDAI remaining as publisher. One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special is scheduled for release in South Africa on 17th February 2012.
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special is a remake of the classic Wii game, One Piece Unlimited Cruise Part 1: The Treasure Beneath The Waves. Enjoy the game and brand-new bonus material, including the new Marineford Mode, on your Nintendo 3DS for the first time.
Based on the popular manga and anime series, One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special brings Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw-Hat Pirates to Nintendo 3DS for the first time. The action-adventure game allows you to explore four strange islands, battling familiar One Piece enemies in real time. With over 50 hours of gameplay and brand new modes to master, fans of the series will have hours of fun. Battle enemies, collect items and create new useful tools from the things you find on the way to discovering the islands’ hidden mysteries.
As you explore the various islands you’ll be able to switch between each of the nine Straw-Hat Pirates at almost any time to best suit the situation. Each of the nine main characters has their own customisable controls and new attacks that can be unlocked as you progress through the game.
New to One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special, Marineford Mode allows you to take on the role of various characters in a series of one-on-one battles based on the events of the Marineford arc of the manga and anime. You can look forward to playing as some of your favourite characters and mastering each one’s unique and individual moves and abilities.
Make sure you snap up your copy of One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special early, as the first print run of the game will be bundled with a limited-edition collectable figurine of Portgas D. Ace. Grab a copy of One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special to find out about this character’s role in the game.
Take control of the Straw-Hat Pirates and explore the world of One Piece when One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special launches in South Africa on 17th February exclusively for Nintendo 3DS.
Good news for fans of action-packed fighting games, Nintendo and NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. have confirmed that they have entered into a new distribution agreement for the forthcoming game TEKKEN™ 3D PRIME EDITION, scheduled for release exclusively on Nintendo 3DS™ in 2012. Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the game, with NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. remaining as the publisher.
TEKKEN 3D PRIME EDITION for Nintendo 3DS will see the famous King of Iron Fist Tournament fought in 3D for the first time, with the unique functionality of the Nintendo 3DS delivering a more realistic and dynamic TEKKEN™ experience. Players will choose from a selection of more than 40 characters and do battle on totally new stages alongside others redesigned especially for Nintendo 3DS. TEKKEN 3D PRIME EDITION will make the most of the Wi-Fi functionality of the Nintendo 3DS, and deliver fast-paced dynamic battles with impressive graphics running at a high frame rate.
For the first time on Nintendo 3DS, a full-length CG movie will be available on the game cartridge. TEKKEN Blood Vengeance is produced by Digital Frontier (Resident Evil: Degeneration, Death Note, Appleseed) and directed by Youichi Mouri (opening movies for TEKKEN 5 and TEKKEN 6: Bloodline Rebellion). Taking the history and legacy of the TEKKEN universe into a full-length CG movie, TEKKEN Blood Vengeance will be included on the TEKKEN 3D PRIME EDITION cartridge, in full 3D.
TEKKEN™ 3D PRIME EDITION, will be available for purchase at all leading retailers from 2nd March 2012 exclusively on Nintendo 3DS. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.co.za and http://www.namcobandaigames.eu.
Nintendo games are always the same price even months after the game has come out. This shows the great quality of the game but do people talk about it and does it sell that much more? Iwata is talking about giving Super Mario 3D Land and bringing DLC through the new services that are available to the new upcoming Nintendo Network.
“Even if the game had the sales potential to other new consumers, they rarely actually bought it because the consumers who already had bought it would never talk about it again and the game would be considered an old one,” explained Iwata.
Another example is the Professor Layton series. So person buys the latest Prof Layton and finishes it. Then hits the weekly puzzles that are update to the game via “DLC” that same person then calculates the amount of weeks since the launch of an older title and buys it to go through the game and all those puzzles. All through this process talking about the wonderful features and sharing puzzles with others.
Iwata continues, “Having said that, what if we could provide add-on content through the network? ... This is the idea of supplying new stages to Super Mario users who want to play the game more but have completed the game and lost interest in the existing stages. This will not only give us new profits but will lengthen the life of a product, in that it will never be out of fashion and can keep attracting public attention as long as many people play it.”
Score for everyone! Good titles and great ideas that benefit us the gamers. Life’s great with a Nintendo 3DS.
Resident Evil Revelations hits the shelves today South African’s so go out and get the extra piece to your 3DS pie! The latest Resident Evil game comes separately and bundled with the Circle Pad Pro accessory for the 3DS. When shopping for mine I almost bought the standalone version and then realized, “No TakeALot that’s too cheap!”
For those of you that have downloaded and played the demo you will have realised that this game is too good not to get, and that the Circle Pad Pro is really required to have a proper gaming experience with the game. For those of you thinking that the price will drop, I’m not so sure, this might be just like a Mario game that never drops its price.
Resident Evil Revelations heralds a return to classic Resident Evil gameplay and is packed with terrifying moments and an intense canon storyline, all in stunning 3D. Set in 2005, Resident Evil Revelations contains new content that answers questions and reveals truths from the main Resident Evil storyline between Resident Evil 4™ and Resident Evil 5™.
I was worried that the Wii U might be coming out this year March, only a year from the 3DS launch, but happy about the new announcement. The Wii U will be launching ready for Christmas 2012. The reason that I was worried was the talk with the local distributors and them not knowing when the date was. Not that normal “I have no comment (but I just can’t tell you now because its 2 months away)”, an actual “they have not told us yet :( “. I want South Africa to stay on its UK release schedule or before.
This will give Nintendo and the 3rd party’s time to work on the controller and make the improvements that are needed to make it the best gaming console in the world! (echo vote needed for those last few words).
No confirmation from the local distributors, but I’ll let you know when it is confirmed. Don’t worry too much; I’m sure it will come out at the same time. You’ll have your Wii U for Christmas.
Pokémon in Politics?
Written by Brian Murdoch
It does not matter if you are a Republican or Democrat nor does it matter in South Africa. Not that I know the difference of some of them… It matters and takes a spot in the Nintendo news when a former presidential primary candidate, Herman Cain, sings the whole theme song form Pokémon: the Movie 2000! Yip I thought that it was just a bit, but no it’s the whole thing.
He actually takes the word of encouragement into his speech, and if there were not geeks like us listening you would have thought that they were all his words. The only thing missing to turn that political speech into a religious one was a few “thank the Lord” and “Amen”.
All-in-all it was nice implementation and good singing of the song with a few select words changing to “America” to give the song meaning to the crowd. Enjoy the clip below.
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Demos, Demos and more demos.
Written by Brian Murdoch
Nintendo UK has sent out press release to let us know of the 3DS demos that will be available on the eShop. Starting tomorrow Resident Evil: Revelations and Cooking Mama 4 will be available. Future demos are on their way with the likes of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure.
It’s going to be fun, fun, fun only not as fun as the real game, but it helps when picking which games to buy. Nintendo 3DS games are cheaper than the other console games but it’s still a lot of money. Enjoy the demos and choice your purchases wisely.
It’s actually been back for almost a year now. If you remember the launch event where there was some Ducklett Damage? There have been those that go out to buy the cards to make beautiful decks and play against other just for fun, the collectors to get them all, but the best news is the competition. South Africa has received that approval! Yes, leagues, tournaments, battle roads, regional and national championships are all open in South Africa approved by the Pokémon Company.
It’s new and there are still a few bumps but leagues can now be approved locally, there is support for stickers, cards and badges to be sent from the Pokémon Company to your league. It all starts at a league level, where Pokémon TGC players come together to play “practise” games against each other. Whether you win or lose you get a sticker for the game, 8 stickers gets you a pair of special cycle cards. These are an energy and Pokémon card relevant to the cycle and modified to be different and most of the time better than the standard version. Once you have earned 4 sets of these cards then a badge just like in the cartoons is presented to the player. All the stickers, cards and badges are provided by the Pokémon Company at no expense to the league organizer.
At some of these leagues there will be unsanctioned tournaments with prizes obtained by the organizer running the league and these lead into real sanctioned tournaments. The greater the tournament the more points can be obtained on your Pokémon Player ID. These points can actually qualify you to gain entrance to the World Championships this year in Waikaloa Hawaii for 2012!
The first league session happened last Friday afternoon and this was done just for Jaco and I to test run the league system, and get some player ID’s up. There is another session open for everyone this Saturday starting at 12h00 going on until 16h00. This session is at the Core Group Head Offices for now, across the road from Sandton City, but there is another league starting in PTA. I try run the league session as often as I can but checking when the league is on is as easy as searching for a league on the www.Pokémon.com web site. Follow the links below.
It’s great to start something that players of any age can come to play and learn. There is Gustavo Wada an 11 year old boy, now Junior Division World Champion for 2011 going through to Josue’ Palomino aged 28 and fourth place in the Masters Division.The game is friendly, educating and fun for all. If you play Pokémon or know of others, let them know and send them through with their cards to join us at the FPLSA (The First Pokémon League of South Africa).
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2 more Zelda games coming...
Written by Brian Murdoch
Nintendo have already confirmed that they are working on a new Zelda title but here is an updated rumour. They are adding a bit of Pokémon spice to it. They are working on two Zelda titles for the 3DS one being fire and the other ice. Their full names are The Legend of Zelda: Fire Prophecy and The Legend of Zelda: Ice Prophecy, just encase you can’t read the image.
I like the approach of two titles to the same game with a little different. I’m sure they are going to use a lot of the new features on the 3DS, and I wonder how the StreetPass will work.
Update: The two games (at least the screen shots) are fake. A freelance games translator who speaks fluent Japanese claims this on the following points.
-Using を instead of の, which renders it completely nonsensical
-Writing “fire” in kanji and “ice” in katakana makes the titles inconsistent. They should either write both in katakana or both in kanji
Source Update (My Nintendo News)
Nintendo have revealed the Street Pass details for the new and upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations, but take a minute to look at the very cool box that the game will come in! Nintendo really can sell add-ons and accessories to their hardware. If you were looking to get your hands on the second circle pad accessory then get it with the new Resident Evil. All the box is missing is your 3DS to place in the spot indicated in red and the gore will begin. What a fantastic box art…
On to the main fact of the article it looks like playing the campaign mode by your self will not be as fun without walking past a few people. Street Pass will give the player a parachute icon indicating that the pass has transferred a new item to you. I hope it’s a little bit more than with Super Mario 3D Land, I want a machine gun, not a pistol again! In RAID mode or Co-Op it’s much better with new enemies and missions “unlocked” by passing with others.
This gives us more reason to get out of the house or turn on our consoles when on public transport. I’ve even had a Street Pass in traffic in my car. For those of us in South Africa the @JHBGamers, @PTAGamer, @ctpgamers and @DBNGamers events that will not only enrich our social life but create opportunities to Street Pass. Check them out on their twitter and Facebook accounts/pages. Or just follow me on twitter and I’ll retweet them, @Fanaticit.