by Filippo DinolfoXSeed talks about retranslating Y’s VI. Mortal Kombat producer leaves Twitter. OnLive is shutting down. Plus Nintendo hates its community. That and more in this week’s Day 0 Update.
4/5/2015 Show Notes – Easter and more Nintendo
- Note at the top of the show that we welcome listener feedback and questions.
- What are we playing?
- Patrick: Ridge Racers 2, MLB 15 The Show, Magic: The Gathering
- Filippo: Defense Grid 2, Axiom Verge
- Had to scrutinize big this week, 4/1 may as well be a shutdown holiday in gaming media.
- We now know a lot more about Xseed’s Ys VI plans.
- Retranslating although Konami already did? That implies Gagharv trilogy is in play.
- New Halo 5 trailer locks down 10/27 release date
- Nantwich Education Partnership: parental consent for PEGI 18+ games is child neglect
- Mortal Kombat producer Shaun Himmerick leaves social media over threats to his family
- OnLive shutting down, being sold to Sony.
- “OVERCOMING THE PERCEPTION OF BEING DEAD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE UNANTICIPATED CHALLENGES” – That’s only one of OnLive’s problems.
- Fan makes a fun Super Mario 64 HD Level, Nintendo kills it.
- This is why it’s not looking good for that Zelda game jam we discussed last week.
- Angry Joe is done with Nintendo videos.
- It begins …
- Nintendo Direct – they held their own little E3 again, here are the highlights.
- Surprisingly, Splatoon is not to carry the holidays in place of Zelda. It’s out 5/29.
- Mewtwo coming to Smash 4 in April, Lucas in June, open fighter ballot launches.
- STUFF THE BALLOT BOX FOR THARJA!
- N64 and DS added to Wii U Virtual Console
- DS is huge but we need a card adaptor.
- Also, N64 gets button mapping.
- SMT X Fire Emblem gives us one of the best “suck it haters” moments ever!
- “Genei Ibunroku Fire Emblem” in Japan. As in “Revelations: Persona”.
- Fire Emblem If looks amazing.
- Back half of the Mario Kart 8 season pass is live April 23, as is 200cc!
- Iwata says the idea is to encourage more braking. That should do the trick.
- Question of the Week: Should Nintendo let go of their unfriendly IP policies?