Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition live on Amazon Canada
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments
Update: Sold out.
Original: For those of you in Canada, the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition can now be pre-ordered from Amazon. It’s up on the retailer’s site here. If it goes out of stock, we’ll let you know.
Amazon opens pre-orders for Neon Switch system
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch | 9 Comments
Update: This has now sold out.
It took Amazon awhile, but pre-orders are finally open for the Neon Switch. This is the hardware with the Neon Red/Blue Joy-Con. Get it here if you’re a Prime member.
Switch Pro Controller live at GameStop, Best Buy
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Axiom Verge dev on Switch chances: “Probably, eventually”
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Axiom Verge is already out on one Nintendo platform – that being Wii U, of course. But creator Tom Happ has previously shown interest in bringing the game to Switch, which he recently reiterated on Twitter.
When asked about Axiom Verge for Switch, Happ said the following:
@GrayAdamson Probably, eventually.
— Tom Happ (@AxiomVerge) January 22, 2017
Happ did say Axiom Verge happening on Switch was “fairly likely” back in August, though he was a bit less certain at the time.
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Yacht Club Games on next project, Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack exceeds expectations
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Yacht Club Games is committed to starting work on something entirely new this year. The studio will finally be moving on from the original Shovel Knight, which released way back in June 2014.
Shovel Knight could still be in Yacht Club Games’ future though. Yacht Club Games programmer David D’Angelo informed GamesIndustry that the team is trying to decide between creating something new within the Shovel Knight franchise and a new IP.
D’Angelo explained:
“We’ve talked about wanting to extend the Shovel Knight franchise. How about we make Shovel Knight 2, or Super Shovel Knight, or Shovel Knight 64? Maybe we could take Shovel Knight through the ages, that is something that is very appealing to us. But also, we are all very burned out on Shovel Knight for sure, so we thought: ‘What if we made a new IP? What would that look like?’
“The true reason we made Shovel Knight a 1980s-style game is because we wanted to cram as much fun gameplay into it as possible. And to us, if we could limit the burden on the art style, then we could iterate and really put in loads of enemies, objects, bosses, and everything you can imagine. I think that idea will remain pretty central to our studio, no matter what. You won’t see us making The Last of Us anytime soon.”
Also worth noting, we have an update on the performance of the Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack that Yacht Club Games published in North America. Although it apparently wasn’t as successful as the company had hoped, the firm’s distributors as well as GameStop say it exceeded expectations.
Codemasters not ruling out Dirt 4 for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 15 Comments
Codemasters announced Dirt 4 yesterday. It’s the next entry in the company’s long-running racing series. At least initially, the game won’t be coming to Switch, but senior designer Darren Hayward isn’t ruling out the possibility of it happening in the future.
Hayward told Daily Star:
“Personally, I’ve got my Switch pre-ordered and I’m getting it day one. Obviously at launch [DiRT 4] is not coming to Switch. We’d already picked our platforms. We’ve nothing to announce right now, but, I wouldn’t rule it out.”
Hayward was also asked how he thinks racing games can work on a system like Switch. He said in response:
“There are signs of more traditional games coming out for Switch with full controller support like Skyrim, but would Dirt Rally or Dirt 4 work on a split Switch controller? I think we’d have to do quite a lot in terms of extra tweaks.”
“When you take it away and you’ve got it in tablet mode with the Joy-Cons it’s great, but those split controllers, that’s custom game design right there specifically for that platform. There are not many inputs, so you’d have to have super simplified controls and because of that, it may not be the ideal scenario for DiRT 4. That said, I could definitely see Nintendo Switch having some compelling racing experiences.”
More: Codemasters, Darren Hayward, Dirt 4, interview
Overview of the Switch system, Dock, Joy-Con, strap, grip
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 41 Comments
Nintendo UK updated its website today with detailed information about the various parts of Switch. The system itself, Dock, Joy-Con, strap, and grip are covered in detail.
Continue on below for the full breakdown of the Switch hardware.
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Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – “Discovery” trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
With just one week to go until launch, Nintendo created a new “Discovery” trailer for Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. Watch it below.
Video: Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda tries to name as many Pokemon as he can in 20 seconds
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo | 3 Comments
Pokemon Bank was finally updated this week to include functionality for Pokemon Sun/Moon. To celebrate, Nintendo of Europe presented a challenge to Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda to name as many Pokemon as he can in 20 seconds. See how he did below.
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New photos of the Switch game cases, PSP size comparison
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 30 Comments
Switch game cases are beginning to pop up at Japanese retailers. Twitter user Gaijinhunter stopped by one of these stores, and shared a bunch of photos today. Not only are there images of the cases themselves, but also a couple of shots showing how the size compares to the PSP boxes.
