Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 3 Comments

Chucklefish published a new blog for Wargroove earlier today covering three different topics. We’re able to learn about archers, passive abilities, and reinforcements. The full details from Chucklefish’s new post can be found below.

Lately we have spent a considerable effort in balancing the game, and figuring out exactly how all the game mechanics need to work for a fun, interesting experience, while preventing the game from becoming too overwhelming. Today I’d like to talk about some of those.

First, we needed an early game ranged unit, to provide tactical coverage for your front line melee units. Units like trebuchets add a lot of tactical options to the game, but are quite expensive. To solve this, we introduced archers, which are infantry units that can shoot at range 3. One thing that makes them behave differently from trebuchets is that archers can move and attack on the same turn, whereas trebuchets can only do one of the two actions on each turn.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 0 comments

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
5. ARMS – Nintendo
6. LEGO City Undercover – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Super Bomberman R – Konami
8. Cars 3: Driven to Win – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
10. Ultra Street Fighter II – Capcom

Wii U

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. Splatoon – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
8. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
9. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo

3DS

1. Miitopia – Nintendo
2. Hey! Pikmin – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 4 Comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

* Note: this data is later than usual due to Chart-Track updating its charts two days late. We finally have all of the data, but we’re unsure what the delay was this week.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop | 8 Comments

Blaster Master Zero has been downloaded over 100,000 times, Inti Creates has announced. That number should be across Switch and 3DS.

To celebrate the news, Inti Creates issued a special wallpaper. You can access it here.

Inti Creates said of the new milestone:

In only five short months, you wonderful people have propelled Blaster Master Zero over the 100,000 download milestone! Thank you so very much for your support! With the upcoming release of Shovel Knight on August 3rd, and with our other plans in the pipeline, we are still working very hard on making Blaster Master Zero as awesome as it can be. In the meantime, enjoy this absolutely adorable wallpaper that takes a peek into the everyday lives of Jason and Eve!

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Miitopia
2. Pokemon Yellow
3. Kirby’s Blowout Blast
4. Pokemon Red
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Super Mario World
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
8. Hey! Pikmin
9. Pokemon Blue
10. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
11. Zelda: A Link to the Past
12. Mario Kart 7
13. Super Mario Bros.
14. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
15. Super Metroid
16. Tomodachi Life
17. The Legend of Zelda
18. Pokemon Sun
19. Kirby Triple Deluxe
20. EarthBound

Videos

1. Miitopia “Look Up, Look Down” Trailer
2. Hey! Pikmin “Hey Helper” Trailer
3. Hey! Pikmin Lift-Off Trailer
4. Kirby’s Blowout Blast – Launch Trailer
5. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Overview Trailer
6. Super Mario Odyssey E3 2017 Trailer
7. Team Kirby Clash Deluxe – Ready for Launch
8. Pikmin Short Movies Trailer
9. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – E3 2017 Trailer
10. Pokemon Gold/Silver return on the Virtual Console
11. Pokemon Sun/Moon Special Demo Version Video
12. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
13. Ever Oasis – E3 2017 Trailer
14. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
15. Mario Kart 7 Video
16. Mario Sports Superstars Launch Trailer
17. Pokemon Sun/Moon – Top 7 Features
18. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World TV Spot
19. Pokemon Yellow Trailer
20. Pokemon Direct 6/6/17

Source: 3DS eShop

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 5 Comments

Update (8/2): The new Pokemon GO update is now officially live.

Original (7/29): Niantic is rolling out another update for Pokemon GO. Players should soon find that version 1.39.1 is available for iOS, and version 0.69.1 for Android.

The latest update mainly addresses a few bugs and issues. It also brings back Spark to appraise Pokemon for Team Instinct Trainers. Players recently noticed that Spark went missing and have been wondering when he would return.

The full Pokemon GO patch notes are as follows:

• Spark has returned to appraise Pokémon for Team Instinct Trainers.
• Resolved a motivation decay bug impacting Pokémon with less than 3000 CP.
• Resolved a bug causing Pokémon GO to freeze after consuming potions too quickly.
• Resolved a bug causing Pokémon GO to freeze after all 6 Pokémon faint during a Raid Battle.
• Resolved an issue causing iPhone 6 devices to crash.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 20 Comments

One of the more interesting areas in Super Mario Odyssey is New Donk City. Mario finds himself in a location he has never visited previously in one of his platformer outings, that being a realistic city with humans.

Today’s Japanese Twitter update for Super Mario Odyssey confirms a neat little nugget about New Donk City. The citizens here are known as “New Donkers”, interestingly enough. This was suggested in Super Mario Odyssey’s in-game map brochure, but Nintendo officially confirms the term.

With New Donk City being a reference to New York City, that does make sense. New York City residents are often called New Yorkers after all.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 3 Comments

Capcom released a new “Hunter Life” trailer for the upcoming Switch version of Monster Hunter XX. View today’s video below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 57 Comments

Virtuos has worked on all sorts of ports and remasters in the past. Their previous projects include Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy X/X-2, HD, Batman: Return to Arkham, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection, and plenty more.

Now the studio is turning its attention to Switch. As spotted by Doctre81, senior programmer Xiaoyu Zhang states on LinkedIn that he’s involved with the porting process of a AAA title.

Here’s the relevant excerpt:

WIP: Porting a AAA title to Nintendo Switch
– Re-implement the renderer with Nintendo’s native graphics API(nvn)
– Design and implement the low level mechanism of graphics resource management and threading
– Exploit the performance advantages of the Vulkan-like API (UMA, explicit management of graphics memory, complete control over CPU/GPU synchronization, etc)

Zhang has been working at Virtuous since last March. It’s unclear how long the Switch project has been in development for, however.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments

Retro City Rampage DX makes its way to the Switch eShop tomorrow. Ahead of the launch, you can watch 20 minutes of footage below.

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