Tag Archives: Iwata Asks

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that Game & Wario – due to hit Europe June 28 – was originally planned as a pre-loaded Wii U title called Pirates. It didn’t star Mario’s nemesis at all, in fact.

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The festivals celebrated in your Animal Crossing: New Leaf town will vary dramatically from those seen in other countries.

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Pokémon developer Game Freak has introduced a side-project program to allow its staff to let their creativity flow free – something like Double Fine’s Amnesia Fortnight – with HarmoKnight as its first fruit.

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Wii Street U is the incoming Google Maps app for Nintendo’s console. It’s the subject of this week’s edition of “Iwata Asks”, a panel session featuring developers and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself. The session has revealed Google’s incredible level of detail. They’ve even mapped the sky this time.

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Dragon Quest 7′s emphasis on exploration and famously obscure puzzles owe a debt to series creator Yuuji Hori’s interest in Myst.

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Nintendo TVii has launched in North America, which is extremely interesting and important, but oh my gosh Reggie Asks.

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Capcom managed to get Resident Evil 5 running on Nintendo 3DS while it was developing survival game Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D. The feat would then go on to inspire Resident Evil: Revelations. The studio has discussed the process in Nintendo’s latest instalment of ‘Iwata Asks’.

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The latest edition of Iwata Asks – in which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata quizzes his internal development teams – focused on party game Nintendo Land and the GamePad’s conception, revealing a crude early prototype that consisted of a monitor, two WiiMote controllers and a shit-load of sticky tape. See it below.

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ZombiU’s Survival mode asks players to complete the entire game with just one player character, a challenge its developers weren’t even certain was possible until the very last minute.

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Pikmin 3 has previously been billed as a ‘launch window’ title on Wii U in the States, meaning it will launch before March 31st. New information from Nintendo’s recent ‘Iwata Asks’ panel narrows down the clues a little.

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Pokemon Black & White 2 launched last week to stellar reviews – check out all the scores here – and both games are the focus of Nitnendo’s latest instalment of ‘Iwata Asks’ in which the company president Satoru Iwata asks developers questions regarding their game, including the issue of 100-player multiplayer missions. Check out some choice quotes below.

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Resident Evil: Revelations could have been a core entry rather than a subtitled release, according to producer Masachika Kawata.

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Kirby’s Return to Dreamland producer Shigefumi Kawase has revealed in the latest Iwata Asks that three installments of the Kirby franchise were cancelled midway through development. According to Kawase, the team “spent 11 years making and abandoning these three games.” He also described the titles a bit, once of which was a 2.5D adventure title for four players, and another was a platformer with animated and pop-up visuals. A third on was a 3D exploration title. You can read all about it through the link. Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, which unlike its aforementioned brethren,  will see the light of day on October 25. Thanks, Joystiq.

It’s like the Internet developed the ability to vomit, and I’m on mop duty. You may need to set aside some time for this.

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Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has said he feels Wii was miscategorized by the media as a casual gaming console compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, and while he disagrees with the label, he admitted the console did not “cater” to every gamer’s needs.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s fishing game is one of the franchise’s most beloved mini-games, but it began as an illicit side project.

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Nintendo’s design giant Shigeru Miyamoto has said he never expected The Legend of Zelda to become a mainstream hit, and described it as “plain”.

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Shigeru Miyamoto has wants to set a “world standard for avatars” with Mii, and even joked that the virtual people would be great when used as a form of government ID.

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Yoshinori Ono told Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata in an Iwata Asks segment that Street Fighter III was more “closed off,” to the gaming public at large and made more for the die-hard fans of the series.

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Pro Evolution soccer visionary Shinji Enomoto has told Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that when creating PES for 3DS, the team wanted fans of the series to experience new things when playing it, and give those new to it a way to get good at it.

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