UK software sales (Week ending 7/8/2017)
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments
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More Zelda books coming to the West
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments
At the Zelda Masterclass panel at Japan Expo in Paris, it was revealed that more Zelda behind-the-scenes books will be making their way to the West.
First up is Hyrule Encyclopedia, which is an extensive visual guide to the world of The Legend of Zelda, containing tons of art and information about the various items, enemies, locations etc across the series. It is currently set to be released in September in France, though we’d be surprised if it wasn’t released at the same time in other countries and languages.
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Breath of the Wild Champions’ Ballad DLC: Link is the player character; Wind Waker lobster shirt is in
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
At the Zelda Masterclass panel at Japan Expo in Paris, producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that Link is still the playable character in the upcoming Champions’ Ballad DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. However, while Zelda or the Champions might not be playable, you will still learn more about them while playing the DLC. A brief in-development gameplay clip of the DLC was released, which you can check out below:
Mr Aonuma confirmed you'll still play as Link in The Champions' Ballad, but learn more about #Zelda along the way pic.twitter.com/DvRbvQuOeb
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) July 7, 2017
Furthermore, Link’s famous lobster shirt from The Wind Waker will be one of the pieces of armor that will be part of the DLC.
Splatoon 2: List of all the removed and new abilities
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 12 Comments
The Splatoon 2: Splatfest World Premiere demo version is now available on the eShop, and while you can’t actually play any matches you, you can run around Inkopolis Square and check out the game’s various menus. Among those is an overview of all of the abilities in the game, which means we now know for sure all of the new abilities – and all the abilities from the first game that have been removed. Here are all the abilities that have been removed:
- Bomb Range Up
- Bomb Sniffer
- Damage Up
- Defense Up
- Recon
- Special Duration Up
And here are all the new abilities:
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ARMS: Max Brass coming on July 12th, available today to visitors of Japan Expo
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 2 Comments
At Japan Expo in Paris today, Mr Yabuki, the producer of ARMS, announced that Max Brass, the game’s first free DLC character, will be added to the game on July 12th. However, if you visit the Nintendo Booth at Japan Expo and bring your Switch with ARMS save data, you can get him today!
Nintendo: “unable to comment” on Monster Hunter XX localization, other tidbits
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 34 Comments
The possibility of a localization of the Switch version of Monster Hunter XX has been quite a hot topic lately, starting with some comments made by Capcom around E3 and now the appearance of the Japanese version at Nintendo’s booth at Japan Expo in Paris. Alex “cvxfreak” Aniel was able to speak to a Nintendo representative at the booth, who told him that “We are unable to comment on localization.” So, no news on that front unfortunately, but the rep also said that “Capcom accepted our offer to show the game at Japan Expo.” It seems like Nintendo pushed to show the game at Japan Expo then, and not Capcom. There seems to be some interest from Nintendo at least to show the game to Western audiences, but again, a localization of the game doesn’t seem to be happening at the moment.
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Developer: A Plague Tale: Innocence not coming to Switch because of the system’s lack of power
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 50 Comments
Asobo Studio’s A Plague Tale: Innocence will be coming to other home consoles and PC – but not to the Switch. Speaking to GamingBolt, Asobo Studio’s Chief Creative Officer David Dedeine says that this is due to the system’s lack of power:
“No. I will not lie by just saying…power. It’s really the power of the device. In this case it was the amount of rats we need to display. We already know that there’s too many rats, too many animations, too many AI at the same time. And if we want to give justice to – it’s like there is a large bridge between [it and ] Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro. And the Switch, it was too hard to make the same game in such a different context.
We’ve done the math, and had all sorts of discussions with Focus Home Interactive (the publisher). So maybe will try, but right now the discussion we’ve had with the publisher was to not make Switch a priority.”
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Sushi Striker might be exclusive to New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 2DS
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido was one of the surprise games revealed during the Nintendo Treehouse Live segment at E3. Back then, the game was reported to be coming to the “Nintendo 3DS family of systems”, as per the fact sheet released by Nintendo. However, on the game’s page on Nintendo of America’s website, it says that the game is compatible with “New Nintendo 3DS systems only”. On Nintendo of Europe’s various websites, on the other hand, the game is listed as being compatible with all 3DS systems.
Lots of conflicting information around – let’s hope Nintendo clarifies this soon, although there’s still some time on the game’s release in 2018.
The Snack World: Trejarers live action commercials
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 2 Comments
Level-5 has released a couple of live action commercials for The Snack World: Trejarers, which will be released in Japan for 3DS on August 10th:
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Magikarp Jump: Update 1.2.1 out now, contains various bug fixes
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
A small update has been released for Magikarp Jump. The 1.2.1 version of the game contains a variety of bug fixes as well as changes to the amount of experience gained in later leagues.