Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 16 Comments

Project Octopath Traveler reemerged during last week’s Nintendo Direct following its initial announcement in January. Amazingly, a demo of the game even hit the eShop.

Nintendo UK highlighted the demo’s availability in a news post on its official website today. Towards the end, Nintendo says that Project Octopath Traveler is launching in Spring 2018.

Could this be an error? Absolutely. We’ll just have to wait and see. We’ve only heard on the record that Project Octopath Traveler is planned for 2018, but if Nintendo UK is correct, it’ll be releasing closer to the start of 2018 rather than towards the end of the year.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 2 Comments

A new Pokemon GO update is now officially live on both iOS and Android. For the former platform, the game has been updated to version 1.45.0. Android users have access to version 0.75.0.

Patch notes are as follows:

– Items received from spinning Gym PokéStops and completing Raid Battles are now displayed in the Journal.
– Improved Pokémon Collection screen search functionality enables Trainers to search using “Defender” and “Legendary.”
– Resolved a bug that caused Pikachu hats to disappear from the in-game model and icon.
– Resolved a bug that caused some icons to disappear when scrolling through the Pokédex.
– Various bug fixes and performance updates.

In other Pokemon GO news, players can begin wearing a free Global Goals shirt in the game. Here’s a quick look:

Source: App Store / Google Play

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 2 Comments

Update: Even more stuff up for pre-order here. Fire Emblem Warriors Special Edition, Mario Odyssey amiibo, Doom, Mario Party: The Top 100, orange / white New 2DS XL, and more.

Original: Amazon Canada has started up pre-orders for the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Special Edition. If you’d like to place an order, you can do so here. The game launches on December 1.

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

The situation surrounding the Super NES Classic Edition last month pointed to the hardware not being sold in Quebec. It all came down to French language restrictions in the region. However, we’re now hearing that the Super NES Classic Edition will be sold in Quebec after all.

First, check out these two tweets from Toys “R” Us Canada:

And EB Games Canada:

This is definitely good news. Whatever issues there were, it sounds like Nintendo cleared everything up.

Thanks to Lucas P for the tip.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 28 Comments

NBA 2K18’s launch hasn’t been entirely smooth. One big issue players have encountered pertains to corrupted and lost save data. It’s definitely an issue on Switch, but all versions of NBA 2K18 are affected.

On the bright side, we should be seeing a patch to address the situation soon. It’s not entirely clear when that will happen, but we’ll watch over the situation.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 4 Comments

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle creative director Davide Soliani provided a humorous look at the game’s development today. On Twitter, he shared an early animation from the team created two years ago.

Here’s the clip:

Recognize the music and poses? That’s right: this is a funny play on the Sailor Moon anime.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Two special Metroid: Samus Returns t-shirts are up for grabs through Nintendo’s online store. Both designs are up here.

Keep in mind that these are limited edition shirts. When they’re sold out, they may not return, and supplies are likely to be limited.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

In partnership with PHL Collective, Coatsink is bringing ClusterPuck 99 to Switch. The sporty competitive sports game will be on the eShop at some point in the future.

ClusterPuck 99 was originally released in 2015. The Switch version will include 8-player local multiplayer, instant replays and puck customization, a single-player challenge mode, over 30 maps from the original plus “Switch exclusives”, and an arena creator.

View a trailer for ClusterPuck 99 below.

Source: Coatsink PR

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

A new Natsume sale has gone live on the eShops. In both North America and Europe, you can save 50 percent on nearly all of the publisher’s games.

The lineup of titles is as follows:

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

Update: Now sold out.

Original: Amazon France is taking pre-orders for the SNES Mini. You can place an order right here. Note that despite the page saying otherwise, the SNES Mini will ship to the US.

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