Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 40 Comments

A special Nindies Showcase video presentation will take place on Wednesday, Nintendo has announced. During the broadcast, upcoming indie games for Switch will be highlighted.

The presentation will be happening at the following times:

– 10 AM PT
– 1 PM ET
– 6 PM in the UK
– 7 PM in Europe

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 25 Comments

If you’re playing Splatoon 2 online with friends, you can’t chat just with the Switch itself. Nintendo set up that the system so that a separate Nintendo Switch Online app is required. LAN play, however, is another story.

Splatoon 2 released several weeks ago. Despite that, one piece of information is making the rounds today. It turns out that when playing the game through LAN, voice chat is built-in.

You’ll be able to hear friends in lobbies and while playing Salmon Run. Other multiplayer gameplay doesn’t feature voice chat since you’re on separate teams. It sounds like as long as you have a headset with a mic included, voice chat is possible without any extras.

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

NBA 2K18 received a new trailer today highlighting the new special commentary provided by special guests. Legends Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett joined the booth on a rotating basis to lend their expertise to the broadcast. View today’s video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 8 Comments

Square Enix announced its lineup for PAX West 2017 today. The company will have several playable games on hand, though only one is relevant to Nintendo fans.

Lost Sphear, Final Fantasy XV, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, Life is Stange: Before the Storm, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition, Flame vs. Blaze, King’s Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon, and Mobius Final Fantasy will all be present.

Lost Sphear launches for Switch in January. PAX attendees who pre-order the game from the Square Enix Online Store can receive an exclusive t-shirt.

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Ubisoft has come out with a new Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle trailer highlighting the accolades it has received thus far. Watch it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 10 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a report on the best-selling games in Japan for July. Among the information shared was debut digital sales for two key titles: Splatoon 2 and Dragon Quest XI.

For Splatoon 2, Famitsu reports that the game sold 60,205 copies digitally. Dragon Quest XI sold 62,939 units on 3DS.

We’ll have a full report on the best-selling games in Japan during the month of July later this week.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments

The review embargo for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has lifted, and plenty of outlets are beginning to share their thoughts about the game. We’ve compiled some of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – Thumbs Up
IGN – 7.7 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 8.5 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 9 / 10
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Eurogamer – Recommended
Destructoid – 7.5 / 10
GameXplain – Liked-A-Lot
GamesBeat – 85 / 100
Polygon – 8 / 10
TIME – 5 / 5

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo’s maintenance had a brief period of quietness, but that’s starting to change this week. Nintendo added even more maintenance to its schedule today which will impact Wii U and 3DS for several hours.

The schedule is as follows:

– 6 PM PT (August 28) – 2 AM PT (August 29)
– 9 PM ET (August 28) – 5 AM ET (August 29)
– 2 AM in the UK (August 29) – 10 AM in the UK (August 29)
– 3 AM in Europe (August 29) – 11 AM in Europe (August 29)

During the maintenance period, all network services such as online play and rankings will be impacted.

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

A new trailer for Tiny Metal has gone live ahead of PAX West 2017 later this week. Take a look at the video below.

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Nintendo has a new update being prepared for Miitomo. It’s not massive, but Nintendo says that “Mii creation will be updated to Nintendo Switch standards, with new skin and hair colors, glasses options and more”. Performance improvements are also planned.

We should be seeing the new Miitomo update “soon”. That likely means this week, or within the next few days.

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