Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 6 Comments

Switch has managed to boost Best Buy’s sales. According to a Bloomberg report, demand for the console “helped the retailer post a surprise sales gain” in Q1.

Best Buy isn’t the only retailer benefiting from the launch of Switch. Target said last week that its electronics sales “leapt forward” thanks to the console.

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IGN is giving us a good look at Rime with 19 minutes of footage. Take a look at the site’s full video below.

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Best Buy is taking pre-orders once again for two upcoming amiibo. The Link Majora’s Mask figure is here, and Bayonetta (Player 2) is here. Both are Best Buy exclusives.

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Rime’s initial release is taking place tomorrow, so Tequila Works and Grey Box have put out a new launch trailer. Check out the video below.

Note that Rime won’t be out on Switch this week. It’ll be coming out a little bit later on, though we don’t have a specific release date just yet.

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Pokemon developer Game Freak is hiring, and the company has put out an official job listing. What we know is that the company is looking to bring in a programmer who will be involved with some sort of RPG on 3DS. No further details are included in the listing, so we can only speculate as to what the project is about.

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Rising Star Games is partnering with Bitmap Bureau to bring Ninja Shodown to Switch. The game will be released later this year, the two sides announced today.

We have the news with this message sent out on Twitter:

Hyped to be working once again with the brilliant minds @BitmapBureau! #NinjaShodown is coming to #Switch/#XboxOne/#PS4/#Steam #COWABUNGA! pic.twitter.com/rsp0vCqfdb

— RSG Team (@RisingStarGames) May 25, 2017

Here’s what you need to know about Ninja Shodown:

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Nintendo put out another lovely piece of ARMS art featuring Spring Man. View the latest image above, and check out past images here.

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

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Astro Duel Deluxe – $14.99 (available Tuesday)
Disgaea 5 Complete – $59.99
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers – $39.99 (available Friday)

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’99 – $7.99

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Level-5 continues to promote The Snack World with yet another commercial for the game. Have a look at the latest ad below.

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Atlus sent out more details and screenshots for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. Some of the information is a recap of what Famitsu recently covered, but has been expanded upon. We’ve rounded everything up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

Extra Dungeon: “Vault of Time”

– New element
– After you progress through a certain amount of the game, Lippti will request that you go the “Vault of Time”
– Can then visit the Vault of Time
– Extra dungeon where powerful enemies run rampant
– Can’t use items here
– Divided into a few areas
– The enemies become stronger the deeper into the dungeon you go, but the rewards are plentiful
– If you defeat an enemy in the Vault of Time, you can obtain “Moments”
– This is a special currency used only in the Vault of Time
– Can be exchanged for valuable items
– You can obtain items that cannot be purchased in ordinary shops and can only be obtained here, such as “Secret Books” to learn “Support Skills”

Sub-History

– Once again, this is new in the 3DS version
– Dunamis: ship piloted by Nemesia able to fly about a number of potential worlds
– Nemesia is searching for items called “Artifacts” that are key to stopping the continent’s desertification

Episode: “The Saint Speaks”

– Episode from the Sub-History story
– In a potential world of Alistel, Noah, the founding father and charismatic ruler, was giving an address
– Intel surfaces that someone from Heiss plotting to assassinate Noah has slipped into the castle
– It seems this may have a connection to the Artifacts Nemesia is looking for

Episode: “A Promise that Crosses Time”

– Episode from the Sub-History story
– In searching for Artifacts, Stocke and Nemesia visit a potential world of Granorg
– The two look for a certain pendant

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