Shakedown: Hawaii will feature Arcade Challenges
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment
Retro City Rampage featured over 40 Arcade Challenges that players could tackle. In the spiritual successor Shakedown: Hawaii, Vblank Entertainment is bringing the idea back.
Vblank posted a brief teaser this weekend showing one of these challenges in action. Below, you can get a look at Pedestrian Target Practice, which has you mowing down civilians.
Inti Creates trying for physical Azure Striker Gunvolt for Switch in the west, talks Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop | 8 Comments
Inti Creates made two announcements last week. The first is that the Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack is coming to Switch, while Mighty Gunvolt Burst is in the works for both Switch and 3DS.
USgamer spoke with Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu following the news. For Azure Striker Gunvolt, Aizu spoke about how the Striker Pack came to be on Switch and confirmed that they’re trying to release a physical version in the west. Aizu also confirmed that Mighty Gunvolt Burst will be adding more characters and spoke about how Mighty No. 9 isn’t a direct influence on the game.
Read up on these comments from Aizu below. You can find USgamer’s full piece here.
Humanitarian Helicopter currently free on the North American eShop
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
If you’re looking for a free game on Wii U, you may want to give Humanitarian Helicopter a look. It’s currently showing as free on the North American eShop. You can claim it from Nintendo’s website here.
Note that you won’t get any Gold Points on My Nintendo with this one, even though it was originally $10. Nintendo may have cleared up the “glitch” where points were being given out when games were being made available for free.
Thanks to Vinicius for the tip.
Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 should be at least a half hour long
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 37 Comments
Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 will be hosted on June 13. With the video presentation, we’ll be given a look at Super Mario Odyssey and other upcoming Switch games.
You can set a reminder for the Nintendo Spotlight by adding the event to your calendar through the official website. When doing so, Nintendo fills in an hour-long slot. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the presentation will last an hour since calendars tend to work with 30-minute increments. You can at least expect it to be 30 minutes long.
For reference, Nintendo’s E3 2015 presentation was just over 48 minutes. The 2014 edition was about 47 minutes.
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World to the West footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
World to the West, the next game from Teslagrad developer Rain Games, is coming to Wii U soon and potentially Switch in the future. A video with another 18 minutes of footage can be found below.
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ARMS – new Byte & Barq art
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 7 Comments
Following up on images for Spring Man and Twintelle, Nintendo put out another piece of ARMS art featuring Byte & Barq. Have a look at today’s photo above.
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Switch out in Europe this fall as well, lots of screenshots
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Switch | 5 Comments
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 had already been confirmed for this fall on Switch in both North America and Japan. Today, Bandai Namco confirmed the same release window for Europe as well, as expected.
Along with today’s news, a bunch of screenshots were sent out showing Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 on Switch. View the full set below.
Nintendo Treehouse Log update – “Of Swords and Sorcery”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Recently, Nintendo Treehouse posted what could be the final Tumblr update pertaining to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. After previously introducing members of Alm’s army, it’s now Celica’s turn. Read up on the full post here.
Famitsu’s most wanted games (5/21/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 1 Comment
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Things stay mostly the same, though there are strong shifts for some titles such as a big rise for ARMS (up eleven spots).
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between April 27 and May 10.
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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia director on the name, wants to remake Binding Blade the most
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 38 Comments
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, a remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden, takes on a completely new name. In an interview with The Verge, director Kenta Nakanishi explained the change.
Nakanishi told the site:
“Because it wasn’t released outside of Japan, and gaiden means side story, people would think ‘What is the side story for?’ So we thought we’d come up with a new title.”
Nakanishi also commented on the Fire Emblem game he would remake if he had to choose. His selection? Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, a Japan-exclusive GBA title. Nakanishi said that Roy’s story “has never been told, so it would be great if we could release a remake of his story.”
