NES Classic Edition didn’t originally have boxarts on the menu
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
Last week, Famitsu published the first entry in its series of interviews with Nintendo about the NES Classic Edition / Famicom Mini (and SNES Classic Edition / Super Famicom Mini). The second section was put online a few days ago. Just like the previous entry, some interesting tidbits were shared.
Similar to what was said in the last interview, Nintendo again noted that very few staff believed that NES Classic Edition / Famicom Mini would be a hit initially. Since Switch wasn’t too far down the road, most staff at the company weren’t really paying attention to the classic hardware. However, Yamato – a former developer and now a manager of the sales department – said that it would make fans happy. He also strongly suggested to make a TV commercial. But since the product itself was met with stock shortages, they could barely air ads.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle coming to Switch in 2018
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 66 Comments
Arc System Works has announced that the 2D fighter game BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is coming to Switch next year. This will be the very first BlazBlue game for the console.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle features characters from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, and RWBY. A new trailer today confirms RWBY’s Weiss Schnee, plus Rachel Alucard and Hazama from BlazBlue. You can watch it below.
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – off-screen Dabura vs. Buu (Gohan Absorbed) footage
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will soon be adding new DLC featuring Dabura and the Gohan Absorbed version of Buu. At Comic-Con last week, the two characters were on display. View some off-screen footage below.
Pokemon GO update rolling out (version 1.49.2 / 0.79.2)
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
It’s that time once again. Pokemon GO is getting another update, and Niantic is in the process of rolling out the patch. It’ll be version 0.79.2 for Android and 1.49.2 for iOS devices.
Niantic says that the update is to implement bug fixes and performance updates. No new functionality at this time.
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Ninian wins the Fire Emblem Heroes: Blood of the Dragons Voting Gauntlet
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 24 Comments
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems held a Blood of the Dragons Voting Gauntlet for Fire Emblem Heroes this past week. Today, a winner was crowned.
Ninian ended up facing Female Corrin in the final round. It was pretty close, but fans ultimately pushed Ninian to victory. The final count was 62,021,191,447 votes for Ninian and 61,409,522,227 votes for Female Corrin.
Source: Fire Emblem Heroes
Splatoon 2 – Japanese Splatfest #3 results
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 1 Comment
Just like in North America, the third Japanese Splatfest in Splatoon 2 has ended. We now have the results for the event that had power going up against endurance.
Team Endurance ended up taking the event. Despite being less popular, there was a slight edge – just a single percentage point – in both Solo and Team battles. That’s ultimately what propelled them to victory by a score of 2-1.
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Splatoon 2 – North American Splatfest #3 results
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Splatoon 2’s third North American Splatfest has drawn to a close. Who came away with the win: Team Vampire or Team Werewolf?
The Splatfest was incredibly close across the board. No category was separated by more than just a few points. However, Team Vampire had a clean sweep across the board in votes and wins.
The final result was 3-0 in favor of Team Vampire.
Source: Splatoon 2
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New Pokemon GO datamine may point to Gen III Pokemon being added during Halloween
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 9 Comments
Pokemon GO has been datamined once again. Based on what players have found, Gen III Pokemon could be added during Halloween later this month.
One of the big hints we have is Pokemon GO’s upcoming loading screen, which features Duskull and Dusclops, Shuppet and Banette and Sableye. It goes without saying that these creatures are associated with Gen III. Audio clips from this generation have also been spotted in the game’s files.
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs on why Hero’s Path Mode was added as DLC, timeline, more
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 76 Comments
Back during the summer, French website Jeuxvideo interviewed Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma. Although it had some interesting comments, the discussion largely went unnoticed. We decided to follow up with a full translation since we felt that it was a pretty worthwhile interview.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and art director Satoru Takizawa were the participants this time around. The two were asked about the game’s difficulty in relation to The Master Trials, why Hero’s Path Mode wasn’t in place originally and was instead added as DLC, timeline talk, and even the possibility of Zelda II remake – plus more.
Continue on below for our full translation.
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Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stage theme (10/14/17)
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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“The ghouls draw near… Halloween Horror” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
– Zombie hood
– Zombie shirt (set)
– Zombie pants (set)
– Zombie slippers (set)
– Frankenstein hood
– Frankenstein outfit
– Werewolf hood
– Werewolf outfit
– Dracula’s soiree outfit
– Mummy costume
– Eyeball tee
– Coffin
The returning stage will be available until October 17 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
