News: Game Announcements

[Da Robot]

Rumored list of upcoming games for 3DS and Wii U apparently leaked from someone at NoA. This is not the whole picture of games being released this year but just a small portion.

www.reddit.com/r/3DS/comments/472093/rumor_internal_noa_us_marketing_budget_and/

With some new and secret titles with code names. Don't look into the code names, they are just code names not references to the secret game in question.

- Disney Art Academy
- Code Name: “Caviar F” (casual friendly smaller budget game)
- Code name: “Torte City” big budget unannounced game for all gamers core/all ages
- Code name: “Cadillac” (casual friendly smaller budget game late summer)
Cadillac may in fact be Style Savvy 3, so don't get too excited.

- Code name: “N-Stars” big budget game for all ages
- Code name: “DMW2” possibly Disney Magical World 2
- Pokémon 20th Anniversary game “Niji” Japanese translation: “Rainbow”


While a Pokemon 20th anniversary game was expected I'm impressed to see Art Academy is getting another spin off with the Disney brand of things! Good to see Nintendo still supporting the franchise.

[Boo Destroyer]

Hasn't Nintendo already wasted enough time going on without any actual news for upcoming games? We're due for another Nintendo Direct eventually.

[Leon]

Art Academy games sell a lot of copies with relatively small investments, so it's not surprising to see another one on the horizon. At least it keeps the lights on at Headstrong.

Hopefully Cadillac is Style Savvy, and Rhythm Heaven is stuck in one of those slots.

[Nester the Lark]

Apparently a new game in the Cruis'n series is coming to arcades called Cruis'n Adventure. It's licensed by Nintendo, and being developed by Raw Thrills.

If you don't know, Raw Thrills is an arcade developer founded by former Midway employees, most notably Eugene Jarvis, who created the original Cruis'n games. Their own racing series based on the Fast & Furious movies was considered a spiritual successor to the Cruis'n series due to having similar gameplay, one of which was even ported to the Wii under the simple name of just "Cruis'n."

I guess the game is only in testing right now, but being that Nintendo licensed the brand out to them, I have to wonder: does this mean there will also eventually be a port for the NX?

[Leon]

I don't think necessarily a console game is coming. It could just be done out of cooperation with a fellow studio like The Last Story content in Terra Battle.

[Nester the Lark]

Cruis'n Adventure has been renamed Cruis'n Redline, and it uses a card system to allow players to save their progress.

Here's footage of the attract mode:



Cool to see the Nintendo logo on the side of the cabinet.

[Leon]

It is nice seeing that big logo, the gameplay reminds me of ExciteTruck a bit.

Nintendo and Grezzo announced a new RPG, Ever Oasis for 3DS. Good to see a new IP from them being localized.

[Da Robot]

Okay, just learnt of the Australia release date for Rhythm Paradise Megamix is in late November. And apparently Nintendo of Europe announced their same-ish release date back at E3 (which I hadn't even heard of until now).

To make it even weirder it's been announced that unlike NA, the PAL regions will get a physical release. Does saving cost really work out as the reason for doing this? It seems strange that the bigger market of NA gets the download copy only while PAL regions put out physical (Eg, Art Academy Wii U, Fatal Frame 5 for PAL, while NA has only had NES Remix 1&2 pack).

[Leon]

Each region has their own needs and budgetary criteria. NoA probably has data showing that retail release wouldn't make sense for them, especially when you have to consider shipping costs across Canada and the US.

[Nester the Lark]

Here are some new Cruis'n Redline details from GoNintendo:

- developed by Raw Thrills, the company founded by original Cruis'n USA director Eugene Jarvis
- being field tested at the Regal City North Stadium 14 movie theater in Chicago
- running on a repurposed Disney/Pixar Cars cabinet
- two linked units each with a 42-inch display
- Nintendo logos are all over both cabinets
- five tracks available: Mojave, Madagascar, London, Rio de Janeiro and Singapore,
- each track has its own theme and some with big moments that occur while you race
- London has you racing through the city as a detached Ferris wheel rolls around, plus you drive atop elevated train cars that eventually derail and crash
- Singapore begins on a skyscraper rooftop amidst a thunderstorm and ultimately routes you through an underwater tunnel
- Rio course sends you smashing through parade floats and taking a soaring leap with the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue
- Madagascar has a Tyrannosaurus Rex wreaking havoc, a burning plane crashing and a beached pirate ship t
- Mojave track is a highway that winds through a desert
- previous versions let you choose a car through an optional physical card system that featured real cars
- this version no longer has any card scanning ability or mention of cards
- this version lets you pick from a handful of in-game cars (mostly Lamborghinis)
- choose one upgrade, such as body, engine or paint enhancement
- your car smashes through a glass wall at the finish line

[Nester the Lark]

The new Cruis'n game has gone through yet another name change, and has been officially announced as Cruis'n Blast. It's scheduled for release in arcades in January 2017. (Source)

Personally, I liked the name Cruis'n Adventure best.  But regardless, I hope I get the opportunity to try it sometime.

[Nester the Lark]

Yet more details on Cruis'n Blast, including an official press release:

- The game was developed by a different team than the one that made the Fast & Furious games, and uses 100% different code.

- The card system was replaced with a keypad for PIN numbers.

- Referred to as "arcade exclusive," so no NX port?

[Leon]

I liked the Redline name, really evokes the feel of a racing title.

[Nester the Lark]

Official trailer for Cruis'n Blast:



Cheesy music confirmed.

[Nester the Lark]

Here's hands-on gameplay footage of Cruis'n Blast. (Should this game have its own thread?)



Pounding cows into beef returns. (This was in the original arcade games, but censored out of the N64 ports.)

Looking really fun, but only five tracks? Hopefully it'll get an expansion pack to flesh it out.