Nintendo of America has announced that Nate Stehley of Clarksville Tennessee has won a life-sized Mario Kart. Stehley won the special edition vehicle, developed by West Coast Customs, through the GameStop PowerUp Rewards program. The special kart comes complete with a decorative glider wing, as represented in the game. Who’s jealous?
Games developer Nnooo has revealed via a press release that their award-winning game escapeVektor is coming to the Nintendo 3DS. escapeVektor is a retro styled arcade game in which the player controls Vektor, an entity trapped inside the console’s CPU. The new version of the game will have new enemies and obstacles, plenty of extra levels and online leaderboards. An early build of the Nintendo 3DS version of the game will be showcased at GDC and the game is expected to be released late 2012.
“We were delighted by the reception the WiiWare™ version of the game received. We originally planned to have four Chapters but have now decided to roll them all into one game and bring it out on these new consoles to reach a wider audience.”
“Playing the game in 3D on the Nintendo 3DS is really cool. With the background to each level pulsing in time to the cool chip-tune soundtrack you really get drawn into game’s environment.
- Nic Watt, Creative Director at Nnooo.
Epic Games has announced that it will be showcasing an array of stunning Unreal Engine demos at this years Games Developer Conference next month. Epic Games were the studio that developed the Japanese Garden Wii U demo which Nintendo used to show off the graphical capabilities of the Wii U at E3 last year.
Just reviewed all projects and GDC @UnrealEngine demos. I felt like a proud papa. Demo made people gasp, literally.
- Mike Capps, Twitter
Nintendo 3DS UK has uploaded a new promotional trailer for the recently released Resident Evil: Revelations on the Nintendo 3DS. The video features a Jill Valentine look-alike cautiously roaming around a dark and dingy ships hull, which is bound to please some of you. Resident Evil Revelations is available to purchase now throughout the world.
I reported earlier in the week that GAME was cancelling pre-orders for the limited edition version of The Last Story, but now it turns out the troubled retailer is cancelling all pre-orders of the game. Consumers who have pre-ordered the game, which is due out tomorrow, have been notified that their pre-orders have been cancelled.
Hi,
Unfortunately we are no longer stocking The Last Story on Wii. If you return to the store they will be happy to refund your £5.00 deposit.
I apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has stated that Kid Icarus: Uprising’s battle mode provokes fond memories of Smash Bros Brawl in terms of richness, volume and all-out chaos. Kid Icarus: Uprising is due for release March 23rd in North America and Europe.
”I was able to play the final version before this interview, and its richness, and an unparalleled sense of volume really came across, just like when I played Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the first time.
“When I saw the battle mode, one of the things I thought was that this was how the Super Smash Bros. games would look like in 3D. In many ways, like the fast pace, for example.”
Monolith Soft, the developer behind the fantastic Xenoblade Chronicles, is currently recruiting staff for a brand new Nintendo 3DS game. The developer is looking for effect designers, motion designers and 3DCG designers. We already know that Monolith Soft is hard at work developing a game for Nintendo’s forthcoming Wii U console.
