Author: Rhinus

Side Scroll ACT “Metal Slug: AWAKENING” PS4 / PS5 version announced. “Pokemon Unite” developed source “Metal Slug” series latest work

On February 13, 2022

Developer’s Timi Studios announced February 13, “Metal slug: awakening” PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5 version. Release time is undecided.

This work is the latest work of the “Metal Slug” series, which was announced in 2020 “Metal Slug Code: J”. At that time, it was revealed that it was for smartphones, but this time it was also under development for PS4 / PS5.

The Metal Slug series is a popular horizontal scroll action shooting game that SNK works and continues from 1996. For new work “Metal Slug: awakening”, Timi Studios, which worked on “Pokemon Unite”, “Call of Duty: Mobile”, “Arena of Valor”, etc., is responsible for developing.

With regard to the game content of this work, many information has not been published yet, but from the trailer, the protagonists such as Marco Terama Eri Fio will continue to appear, and while the gameplay of the horizontal scroll action is also followed, It can be seen that the visual style is renewed from familiar dot pictures. In the following video, it can be seen that the fat element is kicked if it is too much. In addition, a search element is prepared in this work, and the whole-wide map wrestling of the entering operation can also be confirmed.

In the veta test video conducted for mobile, it is found that the performance of the gun changes by acquiring items in the way. For example, when you take an item written as “I”, you can eject cold air and froze the enemy and river, and you can shoot a powerful fireball with the “F” item. These are fixed number of bullets and it seems to be a temporary reinforcement item. Guns may also have a cool down system ability.

In addition, there is a camp which is a supply point between the stage, and a weapon upgrade, etc. NPC can also check the figure of Aikawa Retimemi, “General Applicants’ Nice Girl”. Also, the details are unknown, but other players’ s main character characters are also seen. This can only be confirmed in the camp, but at least in the mobile version may have some multiplayer elements.

“Metal Slug: awakening” is developed for PS4 / PS5 and mobile. Delivery time is undecided. This work is also guided from SNK to Japan at the time of 2020 announcement, so it may be expected to be released in Japan.

Defeat for Nintendo Court decides in favor of the players

By Rhinus

On December 8, 2021

Nintendo DS (ニテドー DS, Nintendo DI EU?) Was a mobile videoconsola from the international of Japanese origin, Nintendo, developed to occur to the Video game Kid Breakthrough. It permitted the recreation of video games as well as multimedia, belongs to the seventh generation whose direct rival was the PlayStation Portable. It was the third video game console in which we can connect with the video game by utilizing the touch display.

Consumer protectors have succeeded! The Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main confirms the right of withdrawal for pre-downloads in the Nintendo shop. The company now has to grant its customers more rights.

Pre-orders were not cancellable

This war between consumer protectors and Nintendo already draws quite a while. As early as 2018, a Norwegian rapid protection organization criticized the exclusion of the right of withdrawal in the Nintendo e-Shop as a violation of the EU consumer rights Directive. Finally, the games company successfully resisted a lawsuit in front of the district court. The consumer central association (VIBE) went to the next instance and now won the legal dispute.

Specifically, it’s about Nintendo in advance downloads from pre-ordered playing the right of withdrawal. Consumer protection institutions in Germany and Norway therefore complained against Nintendo. Because the prerequisites for a (proceeds) of the right of withdrawal were not given because the download provided for the pre-order did not yet contain a usable game. Only to the released date the downloaded games are unlocked. Thus, is the game until the release date for the buyers worthless and the Treaty of Nintendo in no way fulfilled. (Source: Consumer Center Bundesverband)

Players receive more rights

Since Nintendo of Europe has its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, the procedure completed was carried out in Germany. The responsible Higher Regional Court has decided that customers have to get the opportunity to make use of their right of withdrawal, even if a game was downloaded in advance.

Nintendo recognizes the entertainment claim. Meanwhile, both the Norwegian and the German version of the Nintendo E shop was changed and adapted.