10 best Nintendo brand crossovers you can get right now
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
People love gaming crossovers – there’s something very satisfying about seeing characters interact from several beloved franchises. Games such as Super Smash Bros. are extremely popular due to this because Nintendo has some of the most iconic characters in the game industry. The company constantly leverages this popularity to feature their characters in other crossovers as well, including merchandise.
Nintendo has created merchandise with some of the biggest brands in various industries (such as apparel, food, and toys), and there is a lot out there to sift through. Luckily, we’ve pinpointed the biggest brands that the Big N has partnered with, and created a list of the top ten crossovers that can be bought today. Additionally, all of these featured items are available internationally, as Japan gets a lot of exclusive Nintendo brand crossovers.
So, without further ado, here is a list of the best 10 Nintendo crossover merchandise that can be purchased right now.
Top 10 best ports on Switch
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, Switch | 0 comments
Switch has been around for over five years, and we felt now was the best time to share what we feel are the best ports on the console.
There is a common perception regarding Switch (and hybrid consoles in general), that portability requires a sacrifice in playability. Basically, games must play and look worse in order to be in a compact form. While this may be true for some games, developers have proved that this is not always the case.
There are many games that have been ported from other more powerful consoles to Switch that show minimal to no downgrades in their gameplay experiences and graphics. These games range from huge open worlds to quick and snappy shooters, and regardless of playing handheld or docked, they still play perfectly.
Luckily for Switch owners, there are many games that have been ported this well, and a list of all of them could be very long. We’ve narrowed down the top ten Switch ports based on how well the games were reviewed (no one wants to hear about an amazing port of a bad game), and how well the gameplay and graphics were preserved. We have also selected games that were ported from the current generation at the time, as it’s slightly less impressive that a PS3 / Xbox 360 title can run on a handheld.
Without further ado, here are the 10 best Nintendo Switch ports.
10 games with the best graphics on Switch
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, Switch | 0 comments
We’ve put together a new list covering the top ten games we feel have the best graphics on Switch.
Switch often comes under fire for its specs and graphical capability as compared to other current-gen consoles. Obviously it is not capable of running games such as the recent Unreal Engine 5 Matrix demo, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t full of great looking games. Switch has its own library of beautiful-looking titles, and those that love playing to admire great graphics shouldn’t write off the console.
So what are the games that look amazing and can only be played on Switch? Well, we’ve got you covered with a list of the top ten that personally stand out to us. These are games that are exclusive to Switch, which means there will be a lot of Nintendo developed and published titles on here. Setting it up this way provides reasons to own the system and to play them on it specifically.
We generated a new summer Nintendo render out of AI
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
It’s summertime again (at least in the US), and around the time that Nintendo partakes in their sporadic tradition of creating renders of their characters in summer scenes. These are most commonly used for promotional images and can vary from individual renders of characters in a void space (such as this image of Peach with ice cream) or detailed scenes of characters in a natural environment (such as Mario lounging on the beach with sailboats in the background).
However, regardless of the content and the intended use of these images, they almost always cause speculation on upcoming game releases. An example of this comes from 2019 when this artwork of Mario eating a watermelon had people swearing that Super Mario Sunshine was coming to Switch. Since these theories never seem to bear any fruit (Super Mario Sunshine did eventually come to Switch, but there was no relation to the watermelon render), we figured instead of analyzing past renders that Nintendo has released, it might be fun to make our own.
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Why Nintendo Directs will never go away
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
We’re officially in the middle of E3 time (or when E3 would’ve been), and that means that Nintendo Direct discussion is heating up again. From so-called “leaks” to well-informed predictions, it seems like everyone has an opinion on when a presentation is coming, and what we should see in such a broadcast. This is always a fun season of thinking about what Nintendo has planned, but something that also comes up constantly when talking about this subject is: what if Nintendo just doesn’t air a Direct? And, furthermore, what if Nintendo doesn’t air one ever again?
More: E3 2022, highlight, Nintendo Direct, top
Five Nintendo franchises that would make for a great movie
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
The Mario movie is coming out next year and while very little is known about it, its delay in April hasn’t given Nintendo fans a lot of confidence in the production. Of course, it’s too early to tell if it will be a good movie or not, but what is interesting to discuss is what other Nintendo properties would be good movies.
When we consider this, it’s fair to ask – what makes a “good” movie? Is it the plot, memorable characters, an amazing soundtrack, or lots of Morbin’? I would say all that helps (especially the Morbin’), but when it comes to conceptualizing a movie from a video game, there’s a greater thing to consider: how does the core premise fits into a cinematic wrapper?
Idol Manager English trailer released
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
PLAYISM has revealed a new English trailer for Idol Manager. This video gives a good overview of the story and characters, with tons of footage from the gameplay in English.
Idol Manager will be launching on Switch on August 25 for $24.99. More details about the game can be read from the official Nintendo store listing included below.
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Pikmin Bloom update out now (version 45.0), patch notes
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Mobile | 0 comments
The newest version of Pikmin Bloom has been released, and this update adds a couple of features and fixes some bugs. The new features include the ability to change the time of the daily lookback and recharge the detector at the shop.
More: Niantic, Pikmin Bloom
“PROJECT-TRITRI” teased as coming to Switch, a game inspired by classic 90’s RPGs with Xenoblade character designer attached
Posted on 1 year ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
A new countdown website has been uncovered (originally by Gematsu) for an upcoming Action RPG called “PROJECT-TRITRI.” This game is inspired by the classic RPGs in the 90’s and has a stellar group of RPG professionals developing for it as well.
The development team includes:
- Nobuteru Yuuki (Trials of Mana, Chrono Cross) as a World Designer
- Raita Kazama (Xenoblade, Puzzle & Dragons) as a Character Designer
- Yuura Kubota (Octopath Traveler, Bravely Default II) working on the Scenario
- Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana) composing the Music
- Atsuko Nishida, Tomohiro Kitakaze, Megumi Mizutani (Pokemon series) all designing on the game
Additionally, domerica will be handing the animation and Three Rings is labeled as the development studio.
This is an impressive lineup, and that is not all this website has revealed. The full reveal of the game will be announced on May 26, 2022 but in the meantime, there is a game design document that has been released on the teaser website that includes details such as the genre, story, concept, and character designs.
Details from that document have been included below (the translation courtesy of Gematsu).
More: FuRyu, PROJECT-TRITRI, Three Rings
Pokemon Masters EX – Rocket Execs Assemble villain event, Sygna Suit Giovanni Scout, and new story content live now
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Pokemon Masters EX has started the new event Rocket Execs Assemble which allows players to face off against Team Rocket. There will be special event missions and a Custom Silver & Ho-Oh Legendary Spirit that can be obtained.
This event runs alongside the Main Story Villain Arc: Johto Chapter which fills in more story about what Giovanni is up to as he gathers all the Team Rocket Executives together. This event and the story arc will run until June 15, 2022 at 10:59pm PT.
Also live now are a couple of scouts, including the Sygna Suit Giovanni Poke Fair Scout and the 5-star guaranteed Johto Special Scout. The former scout features the sync pair 5-star Synga Suit Giovanni and Nidoking, and the latter features only Johto sync pairs, one of which is guaranteed to be a 5-star sync pair after the Sync Pair Scout x11 is used. These 2 scouts are also running until June 15.
