Yasumi Matsuno Hints at His New Level-5 Project
Yasumi Matsuno, one of the designers who defined the strategy RPG genre as we know it today on game consoles, wouldn’t seem like a very good fit with the Layton -ites at Level-5 at first glance. According to Matsuno, however, he and Level-5 head Akihiro Hino have been in talks for over a year now about making a game together.
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Strategy RPG Pioneer Yasumi Matsuno Jumps to Level-5
The biggest story from the latest issue of Famitsu magazine isn’t about a game at all — it’s news of a job transfer that could have major impact for anyone who loves console strategy RPGs. Yasumi Matsuno, creator of Ogre Battle , Tactics Ogre and the Final Fantasy Tactics series, has reportedly taken a new job with Level-5, the Fukuoka-based publisher of both hardcore RPGs ( White Knight Chronicles ) and more casual stuff like Inazuma Eleven and the Professor Layton series. Matsuno was personally invited to the outfit by Level-5 founder and president Akihiro Hino, who said it’d offer the designer an opportunity to work on stuff he’s never had a chance to before, according to Famitsu .
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Wii U’s Screen Was Originally Smaller, Placed on a Table
What we now know the Wii U to be — a system with a large touchscreen-equipped controller — wasn’t always what Nintendo had in mind.
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E3 2011: Wii U Photo Gallery
Wii U E3 2011: Wii U Photo Gallery See what Nintendo's next console looks like from every possible angle in these official shots. By 1UP Staff , 06/07/2011 ????? Share it: Tweet Page 1 of 15 ? VIEW AS: SLIDESHOW LIST ?
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E3 Press Conference Scorecard: Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo
Following the three console manufacturers’ E3 press conferences, invariably the question arises of who had the best showing. From year to year it depends largely on which company decides to show new hardware, something that very often provides an edge you can’t get with games alone. This year there was a lot to see; we got a lot of the important details on the already-announced NGP, Nintendo debuted the Wii U, and Microsoft continued to push Kinect
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Mario Party 9 Confirmed, Xenoblade and The Last Story Nowhere to be Seen
Like Kirby Wii , another title that went without mention during Nintendo’s E3 media briefing press conference was Mario Party 9. A small teaser for the the game could be seen but its name was never uttered throughout the conference. Its name has now shown up on a Nintendo release calendar, albeit with a release date of “TBA” (to be announced).
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Nintendo Celebrates Zelda’s 25-Year Anniversary with Concert and Games for All Platforms
Nintendo made several Zelda-related announcements at the start of its media briefing today as it’s the 25-year anniversary of the series. Besides The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D coming later this month, available today on the 3DS newly-launched eShop is Game Boy Color title Zelda: Link’s Awakening. The upcoming Wii Zelda title, Skyward Sword, will be launching worldwide this holiday season — on Wii, despite rumors that it could be delayed until the launch of Nintendo’s new console.
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Japan Analyst Makes E3 Predictions
As we march closer and closer toward this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, opinions on what the big three hardware makers are going to reveal in Los Angeles are being spouted off everywhere you go, online and off. Japan is no exception, and Famitsu magazine obliged this week by printing some remarks from Eiji Maeda, senior analyst for SMBC and the man they usually go to for predictions at times like these. “Nintendo is definitely the company attracting the most attention at E3 this year, their Wii successor in particular,” Maeda was quoted as saying
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Japan Analyst Makes E3 Predictions
As we march closer and closer toward this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, opinions on what the big three hardware makers are going to reveal in Los Angeles are being spouted off everywhere you go, online and off. Japan is no exception, and Famitsu magazine obliged this week by printing some remarks from Eiji Maeda, senior analyst for SMBC and the man they usually go to for predictions at times like these.
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More Ubisoft Franchises to Get the Assassin’s Creed Treatment
Assassin’s Creed is Ubisoft’s biggest franchise, so it should come as no surprise that it would like to replicate that success with its other properties. It’ll attempt to do so by mirroring that same “product template” with its “other strong franchises,” Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed today. Speaking during an investors conference call, as reported by GiantBomb , Guillemot said, “What is impressive with the release year after year of Assassin’s Creed is our ability to deliver every time with a high level of innovation and creativity in a large and very diverse open world
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