Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey pre-load, file size
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Nintendo has started the pre-load option for Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey. By taking advantage of this, you can purchase and download most of the required data ahead of launch. It’ll essentially allow digital owners to begin playing as soon as the game is released.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey takes up 5,349 blocks of space. That amounts to 668.625MB.
Source: 3DS eShop
Gurumin 3D themes are now free for a limited time
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Mastiff is getting into the holiday spirit with a limited-time offer. As of today, four Gurumin 3D themes are now free. Head on over to the Theme Shop to pick up the Gurumin Monster Bundle at no extra cost, which features Gurumin Heroes, Gurumin Monster Pals, Gurumin Night Paradise, and Gurumin Orange Twist.
We should also mention that the game itself has been discounted. You can save 35% on Gurumin 3D through January 3.
More: 3DS themes
Six-creature Trainer Battles were considered for Pokemon GO
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Pokemon GO finally introduced the much-awaited Trainer Battles this month. Players can now go up against others directly by making a Battle Party from their collection.
As many fans know, the mainline Pokemon games let players battle with six creatures. Pokemon GO, on the other hand, limits things at three. Designer Matt Ein has said that the team considered using six, but ultimately made things much longer than were necessary.
More: Niantic, Pokemon GO
OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers boxart
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 0 comments
Thanks to a listing on Amazon, we now have the boxart for OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers. View it above.
OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers is coming to retail in early 2019.
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy Jump Festa 2019 footage
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch | 0 comments
Square Enix held a stage show for Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy at Jump Festa 2019, which came with a new round of footage. Check out the full recording below.
Fire Emblem Heroes hosting Summoning Focus: Heroes with Fortress Skills
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
The latest summoning event is live in Fire Emblem Heroes. A trio of Heroes with Fortress skills, which trade attack in favor of increased defense, are available as part of the 5-star summoning focus.
This will be live until January 6. For new summoning events, you won’t have to use Orbs the first time you summon.
Nintendo nabs several entries on Twitter’s most-tweeted video games of 2018 in the U.S.
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
Twitter has provided a fresh set of data about the most-tweeted video games in the U.S. to close out the new year. Nintendo made the list with several spots, including Pokemon and Smash Bros. Unsurprisingly, Fotnite came in at #1.
The full list is as follows:
More: Twitter
Kirby Star Allies director shares secrets from the last update
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Kirby Star Allies was recently given its third and final update. In a news post this week, director Shinya Kumazaki shared a few secrets implemented that players may not be aware of. Kumazaki also goes over some impressive statistics concerning the amount of content that has been added over the past few months.
Here’s the full post:
More: HAL Laboratory, Kirby Star Allies
Gorons were originally going to look “drastically” different in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was early on in development, Nintendo had some very different ideas in mind for the design of the Gorons. Lead NPC artist Hirohito Shinoda revealed in the recently-translated Creating a Champion art book that the team was planning a drastic change in which they had bigger heads, a more human-like appearance, and more. However, “none of them really fit.” This led to basing the Gorons on their original design from Ocarina of Time.
Shinoda said:
Sakurai on how he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing in Smash Bros. Ultimate
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DenFamiNicoGamer was recently given the opportunity to speak with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai. At one point of the discussion, Sakurai revealed that he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing for this game.
Siliconera translated the relevant portion of the interview. Here’s what Sakurai said on the subject:
