You will… get some clarity on the Kevin Conroy/Batman voice situation on Monday. Some.

— Rich (@RichIGN) May 19, 2013

 

There is supposed to be a trailer released on Monday for Batman: Arkham Origins, so maybe that is what Rich is talking about here. Maybe we will hear Batman speak in the trailer and then we will be able to see if it is actually Kevin Conroy voicing Batman. How about having Conroy narrating the game as an experienced Batman reflecting on his past while another person voices the younger Batman?

It has been revealed that the upcoming Nintendo Wii U title Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed software on the system and it wasn’t originally a WarioWare game. The Pirates demo that was shown off at E3 sometime back was part of this project and the team didn’t want the game to be too quirky so that consumers would enjoy it.

Eventually, the team came up with too many ideas for a pre-installed software that they decided to make it a retail release. When thinking of a way to throw a story into the game, Wario was chosen.

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The following statement is coming from the president and chief financial offer of SEGA of America, John Cheng:

“With ‘Sonic Lost World,’ we’re going to introduce new gameplay and enemies, which is always fun. In terms of Sonic and his friends, he’ll have his same friends there, and I think there’ll be some new ones as well. It’s not a reiteration. It’s going to be all new.”

I’m guessing the new gameplay is going to be taking advantage of the Nintendo Wii U GamePad in some facet. As for returning friends, I’m pretty sure Tails will be returning since you can see him in the one image that was released for Lost World. Who will be the new friends though?

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Looks like Amazon may have told us a little too early about this, but Deathstroke will be playable in Batman: Arkham Origins as DLC. If you pre-order the game through Amazon you will receive Deathstroke free as DLC. What will Deathstroke be useful for? Will he have his own campaign? Is it for multiplayer?

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Some time ago there was a magazine source saying that Kevin Conroy is not making a return as the voice of Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins. Now there is a possibility that this was false and he is returning.

At the Dallas Comic-Con, Kevin Conroy revealed during a Q&A session that he has been working on the next Arkham game for about nine to 10 months. Arkham Origins is the next Batman game, so it looks like there is a chance he will be returning unless Rocksteady is working on another Arkham game…

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@nikatapi We are aiming for 30 with 3D. The game is not “ported” from Vita – we have developed both in parallel from day 1

— Jack Mathews (@jack_mathews) April 19, 2013

 

Jack Mathews of Armature Studios reveals that they are aiming to have Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate running at at 30 FPS with the 3D. He also revealed that the 3DS version isn’t going to be a port of the Vita version. They have actually been developing the games together since the beginning.

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This information about Pokemon X/Y is apparently coming from the same source who gave out accurate info about the recent Pokemon that were revealed for X/Y. The details may have some truth to them, but they will stay as rumors for now:

Pancham evolves into Pangoro in the early level 30s. In order to evolve Pancham into Pangoro, you need to have one other Dark-type Pokemon in your party. Pangoro’s type is Fighting/Dark.

A Pokemon named Inkay evolves into Malimar. To evolve it, you have to hold your 3DS upside-down when it levels up (the 3DS has an accelerometer and gyroscope, so it can detect that). Malimar’s type is Dark/Psychic.

A Psychic-type Pokemon named Espurr (ESP + purr) evolves into Meowstick (Meow + mystic?). (Sounds like Psychic-type cats. Meowstick’s name sounds too similar to Meowth to me though.)

Like in B/W you have two rivals – one is friendly and the other is competitive. Your rival that is more friendly gives you his/her fully evolved starter Pokemon after you beat the game.

Another professor named Sycamore gives you either Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle.

Even though it shows the player riding on a Gogoat in the new trailer, players can’t ride on their own Pokemon. What was shown is just an alternate way of getting around Lumiose City and it only works with Gogoat.

HMs still exist but there’s a lot less of them.

Players will be able to see their Pokemon’s EVs (probably through the same in-game facility mentioned in the other post).

A new move, Belch, is a Poison-type attack that has a base power of 120. The user must consume a held Berry to perform it.

Draining Kiss is a Fairy-type attack that heals the user for the same amount of damage performed. It has a base power of 60.

If the previously revealed forme of Mewtwo can be said to look roughly similar to Mewtwo’s original design, the second supposed form of Mewtwo can be said to look roughly/vaguely similar to Mew’s design.

In case you missed our correction the other day, the Starters’ final evolutions are Fire/Psychic, Grass/Dark, and Water/Fighting.

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Best Buy is giving out a pre-order bonus for those who decide to pre-order Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. On the day the game releases you will be emailed a redeem code for a free copy of Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels on the 3DS. You can pre-order the game at this link HERE.

We know that Onipunks’ Kickstarter project C-Wars is coming to the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but will they take advantage of the stereoscopic 3D of the 3DS system? In an interview with Cubed3, Sally Liu of Onipunks stated the following about using the 3D:

We’ll see about that. We haven’t ordered the actual Nintendo 3DS dev-kits yet. We will do the best on our part to fully support that magnificent device.

As for how they will use the Wii U GamePad, she stated:

The control will be very similar to 3DS, but we can’t confirm it yet. We need to work on the real device to determinate it, so it’s a little early to talk about details.