Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

With just a week to go until Nintendo’s big E3 presentation, the name of the event has been officially confirmed. It’ll be called Nintendo Direct: E3 2018.

As previously mentioned, the presentation will highlight the new Super Smash Bros. game as well as other Switch titles. It’ll be held at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe.

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has kicked off the second half of the Digby’s Artful Retreat. Players will find a new kind of flower as well as new tasks. More rewards can be unlocked by helping Digby collect bumblecubes.

In other news, the Artful Retreat Pack is still available for purchase. The pack holds items that will help you capture bumblecubes.

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Nintendo and HAL Laboratory posted a short clip on Twitter offering a look at Dark Meta Knight in Kirby Star Allies. View it below.

Dark Meta Knight will be added to Kirby Star allies this summer as a new Dream Friend. He’ll be joined by Daroach in a free update.

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Freedom Planet appears to be making its way to Switch. GalaxyTrail just posted a photo on Twitter, showing what looks to be the original game running in portable mode.

GalaxyTrail said at the start of the year that the team was looking into bringing Freedom Planet to Switch along with its sequel. Hopefully this is the first step towards that.

Thanks to dondom95 for the tip.

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A second new Mario Tennis Aces wallpaper is up for grabs on My Nintendo. This time, it’s a design featuring Mario with a trophy. The wallpaper can be used with PCs, smartphones, and tablets.

You can find the reward on My Nintendo here. Like other wallpapers, it costs 50 Platinum Points.

Thanks to Ben C for the tip.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Over the past few months in particular, some have said that discoverability has started to become a problem on the Switch eShop. Nintendo has started to address that with a new addition on the store.

Just a short while ago, a new section was added in under the “Featured” name. Here Nintendo is able to highlight upcoming content, recent releases, and past titles you may not have known about.

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NBA 2K19 is coming to Switch, new retail marketing material has revealed. It seems that we’re on track for a September launch, just like last year. Those who purchase the game’s 20th Anniversary Edition will be able to play four days early.

The NBA 2K franchise returned to Nintendo platforms after being on hiatus for several years. Once 2K Sports published NBA 2K13 on Wii U back in 2012, that was it until last year’s comeback on Switch.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Switch | 0 comments

PowerA is creating some new GameCube-styled controllers for Switch. Over on Reddit, user Mew_The_Creator says that he’s seen some new designs that have been delivered to the facility where he works. He adds that “Nintendo sent them to our facility to produce product layout for stores so the actual controllers aren’t in there, but the product is confirmed.”

PowerA is also producing some new controllers with Mario designs – see below.

No word yet on when these controllers will be launching, but stay tuned.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Two new t-shirts are now available in Pokemon GO. Along with a design for Mew, there’s also one for Latias and Latios.

Both shirts costs 250 PokeCoins each. They can be worn by both genders.

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Team Colorblind indicated last year that Aztez would probably release on Switch instead of Wii U. That has been made official, with the developer confirming plans for Nintendo’s current system officially. Console versions are in the works, including Switch.

Aztez is a beat ’em up set in the world of the Aztec Empire. Find some additional information and a trailer below.

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