Video: Reggie and Bill Trinen battle it out in Mario Tennis Aces
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To close out E3 2018, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime and Bill Trinen went head-to-head in Mario Tennis Aces. Nintendo streamed the match on its Periscope account. It’s not the best quality, but you can watch it below.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 14, 2018
Off-screen Freedom Planet Switch footage
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Panic Button working on a new major Switch port expected to be announced next month
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Variety caught up with Panic Button head Adam Creighton at E3 this week. During the discussion, some interesting information was shared about the company’s plans and porting efforts with Switch.
According to Creighton, Panic Button has spent close to six years working with the Switch hardware, including early development tech.
More: Adam Creighton, interview, Panic Button, top
Ys VIII Switch handheld footage
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E3 2019 dated
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E3 2018 is just about over… which means we can start looking to next year’s show. Show organizers have announced that E3 2019 will run between June 11 and June 13. Once again, the expo will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
As for this year’s show, 69,200 people attended E3. The event had 15,000 gamers and 200 exhibitors.
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First off-screen SNK 40th Anniversary footage
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NieR: Automata devs talk about Switch, may have interest in a port
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At E3 this year, Square Enix announced a new platform for NieR: Automata, as it’s coming to Xbox One. Unfortunately, a Switch version wasn’t revealed – though the possibility of it happening in the future may remain.
During an official Square Enix Presents stream from E3 today, director Yoko Taro, producer Yosuke Saito, and designer Takahisa Taura appeared in a brief message. The three touched on the Xbox One port, but Taro then brought up a Switch version. There was some light-hearted discussion taking place here so it’s unclear how much of it should be taken seriously, but Saito did say that it might be able to happen if enough people show interest by asking Taura on Twitter. Saito then seemed to make a joke that if it were to come to Switch, it could take two years since they want to keep their jobs going “by releasing a little by little.”
More: NieR: Automata, Square Enix
Burnstar coming to Switch on June 29
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Burn Stuff. Collect Stars.
Burnstar is a challenging, fast paced action-puzzle game that puts both your brains and your finger-brains to the test! Use explosives to incinerate the worksites and installations of Evil Inc., an appropriately named corporation intent on ruining the homeland of Burnstar and his friends! Blaze your own trail, or play Co-op for some friendly fire!
In each level of Burnstar, you must figure out how to use your limited number of explosives (bombs and rockets) to cause maximum property damage to Evil Inc. and collect enough precious stars to unlock the Big Star that completes the level. Sound simple? Just wait until you’re surrounded by fire, spinning saw-blades, crushing spikes, incinerators, lasers, and more!
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R.B.I. Baseball 18 footage
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 has a bug to thank for the creation of its Grenadier class
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This information comes from Valkyria Chronicles producer Kei Mikami…
– Valkyria Chronicles 4’s new class, the Grenadier, was inspired by a bug they found during the development of the first game
– Toward the end of development, a bug would pop up that caused your squad’s tanks to shoot grenades instead of shells
– They were able to fix the bug, but the team actually enjoyed this long range grenade style of play
– They even wanted to add it as a new class in the first Valkyria Chronicles
– It was too late in development to make that large of a change and the idea had to be scrapped
– They tried to bring it back for the second Valkyria Chronicles, but couldn’t make it work there either
– Now that Valkyria Chronicles 4 is returning to the large maps of the original, the grenadier fit in much better
– They also wanted to add a more cinematic sort of attack to this game, comparing the falling grenades to WW2 movies where soldiers are running with explosions all around them
– The grenadier is a risky unit to use
– It can shoot grenades very far but is extremely slow
– It also needs to set up before attacking, which leaves them vulnerable to enemy fire
– This makes it a much different unity than most others, so it’s interesting to hear how long the idea has been around for
