Switch eShop deals – Blossom Tales, Iconoclasts, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Oceanhorn, more
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A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, Iconoclasts, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Wano Country Pack out on December 17, Kozuki Oden trailer
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Bandai Namco has shared a new One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 trailer featuring upcoming DLC character Kozuki Oden. Give it a look below.
Kozuki Oden will be featured in the Wano Country Pack DLC pack for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, which arrives on December 17. Okiku and Kin’emon are included in the same pack. You can find their trailers here and here.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade – Lyn figure releasing in November 2021, new photos
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Update (12/13): Play-Asia has opened pre-orders for the Lyn figure here.
Original (12/8): As we heard a couple of months ago, Lyn – otherwise known as Lyndis – from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is getting a new 1/7 scale figure. A new status update was provided today.
Intelligent Systems is directly involved with the figure. It’s also based on the illustration from Sachiko Wada, who worked on the GBA game.
Below are a few photos:
Pre-order updates – December 13, 2020
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Persona 5 Strikers not getting a demo in the west, English voices recorded remotely
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Around the release of Persona 5 Strikers in Japan, Atlus released a demo on the Switch eShop. Unfortunately, it appears that there won’t be anything similar for the west. Atlus said that there are currently no plans for a demo in North America and Europe.
Regarding the voice acting, it turns out that this was all done remotely in light of the pandemic that’s taken place this year. Those that prefer the Japanese voices will still have that as an option.
Persona 5 Strikers releases for Switch in the west on February 23, 2021.
[Interview] Moon Studios on the process of bringing Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Switch; iam8bit talks collector’s edition, reception, more
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No one could have predicted a couple of years ago that both Ori games would end up on Switch, yet that’s exactly what happened. Moon Studios managed to bring Ori and the Blind Forest over in September 2019. It was followed a year later by the sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
Moon Studios co-founder Gennadiy Korol and lead artist Daniel van Leeuwen recently spoke with Nintendo Everything about the challenging task of bringing Ori and the Will of the Wisps to Switch. We also got to speak with Jon M. Gibson and Amanda White from iam8bit – the game’s publisher – who spoke discussed the special physical release, Switch sales and reception, and more.
Here’s our full discussion:
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin update out now on Switch (version 1.04), patch notes
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Another update for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin was made available on Switch this week, and version 1.04 can be downloaded now. It comes with adjustments, improvements, and bug fixes.
Below are the full patch notes as translated by Nintendo Everything:
Metal Unit gets new trailer
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Neowiz and JellySnow Studio have released a new trailer for a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Watch it below.
Metal Unit launches for Switch in 2021.
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Switch file sizes – Persona 5 Strikers, Deemo Reborn, Re:Zero, more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Persona 5 Strikers, Deemo Reborn, Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World – The Prophecy of the Throne, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Super Monkey Ball creator on the game’s origins, releasing on a Nintendo platform
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News | 0 comments
Toshihiro Nagoshi has worked on a bunch of different games during his time at SEGA. Super Monkey Ball is one such franchise he’s been instrumental to, and during a recent interview, he reflected on the series’ early days.
Nagoshi was first asked about the idea for Super Monkey Ball came about. Ultimately, the goal was to create “a game that was simple to play and low cost to make”.
He said:
