Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS & PSVita

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Sony is under the impression that its forthcoming action RPG Sorceryshows precisely why the PlayStation Move is superior to the Wii, citing that its tighter, cleaner and more precise than anything Nintendo’s console has to offer. 

More After the Break...

Does anyone actually think Sorcery could overthrow The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword as the pinnacle of motion controlled games?

‘Oh I can just button mash my way through.’ By actually mastering the system, I can feel like I’m a more powerful gamer. The fact that Move is so precise, it lets us create that very technical focused, skill-based motion control game.
“I think this title does an excellent job of showing what makes Move a better and different system than other motion controls that are out there.”
“It’s tighter, it’s cleaner, it’s more precise – I don’t think you could do a game like this on either Kinect or Wii. I don’t think technically they’d be able to support this kind of gameplay.”

2.- Google has released its annual report for the most popular video game search terms for 2011 and Call of Duty: Black Ops came out top. 

Black Ops was closely followed by Call of Duty, Halo Reach and Super Mario. Surprisingly Modern Warfare 3 didn’t even make the list. Here’s the full top ten game searches of 2011:

1. Black Ops
2. Call of Duty
3. Halo Reach
4. Super Mario
5. Mortal Kombat
6. Skyrim
7. Battlefield 3
8. Dragon Age 2
9. Diablo 3
10. Mass Effect 3


3.- Kotaku has put together a comprehensive size comparison between the Nintendo 3DS and the Playstation Vita. 

It’s not the most useful gallery of images ever uploaded to the interwebs, but if you think size matters then you can click here to check out the photos.

There is a video after the break with a music sample for the “Dearly Beloved” track.

Nintendo World Report has shared their thoughts on Mighty Switch Force, saying that it is “a highly polished game” with “detailed pixel art and animation” and an “exceptional soundtrack”. At the same time though, it’s price of $5.99 also makes more sense as the game is said to be somewhat short and “an initial playthrough will probably be on the order of an hour”. That doesn’t sound like it’s enough to discount a play-through though as speed-runs are encouraged and your level completion times are tracked so you can challenge yourself.

You can click here to read the full impressions and the game itself will be available on December 22nd via the eShop in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

4.- Japanese PSP hacker Mamosuke has announced that he’s successfully managed to get the “hello world” application running on the PlayStation Vita through the embedded PlayStation Portable emulator.

Technically, the idea behind the hack is simple but brilliant: the PS Vita has a PSP emulator, and we have plenty of PSP game exploits lying around… can we assume they will work on the emulator? That’s what teck4 tried, and the answer is yes, so he managed to run unsigned code on the PS Vita.
Practically, although this is good news, there are a bunch of obstacles which will probably not make the exploit so interesting for most users (at least not yet): First of all, the exploit happens within the PSP emulator on the Vita, and will not directly give access to the Vita hardware or features.

XSEED Games plans to bring Sumioni: Demon Arts to the West sometime during Spring 2012. The game uses traditional controls via the physical buttons but will bring new gameplay elements with the inclusion of the back touchpad and the front touch screen, allowing the player to initiate special moves and create new platforms.

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Mister Gaga