Solomon Program – “How to Play” videos
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Konami has issued a trio of “How to Play” videos for its upcoming Switch title Solomon Program. We have the full set below.
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Visual novel Mask of the Rose coming to Switch
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Failboat Games opened a Kickstarter campaign this week for its new visual novel Mask of the Rose. To say that it’s been successful would be putting it lightly. After reaching the £90,000 funding goal, a release on Switch has been secured and the campaign isn’t even close to being over.
For more on Mask of the Rose, check out the following overview and trailer:
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SnowRunner Switch boxart, tentative release date
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SnowRunner was one of a few new Switch games that was recently rated by Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. If you needed further evidence that an announcement will be happening soon, it’s now been listed by Belarusian retailers.
Those store listings have provided the Switch boxart for SnowRunner, which we have above. Additionally, according to Gamestore, it will launch on June 12.
Focus Home Interactive and Saber Interactive should be officially announcing the Switch version of SnowRunner soon.
Pre-order updates – February 14, 2021
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UK: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury launch is three times bigger than Wii U original, third biggest Mario platformer launch on Switch
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Early data is in for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, which shows that the Switch release is off to a good start. It’s been revealed that the game’s launch was three times bigger than the Wii U original based on physical sales.
As of now, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is the third biggest Mario platform launch on Switch. It’s behind Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury was the top seller in the UK this past week, and we should have more rankings soon. We’ll post the full chart on the site when it’s available.
Panic Button on decision to cap Doom Eternal Switch cutscenes at 20 FPS, improvements planned
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Many would agree that Doom Eternal is one of the most impressive ports on Switch. However, Panic Button did implement a number of changes to ensure that the game could properly run on the console. One such change is that when watching cutscenes, the frame rate drops to 20 frames per second.
Panic Button lead engineer Travis Archer spoke about why that was done in an interview with Digital Foundry, explaining the need to preserve a high level of detail for cutscenes – which “are sometimes the most graphically intensive scenes in the game”. Interestingly, Archer also mentioned that improvements are planned to boost cutscene performance.
His full words:
Furukawa on ensuring Switch has a long life cycle, approach to developing new hardware
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
Japanese publication Nikkei posted a new interview this week with Shuntaro Furukawa, the global president of Nintendo. The two sides ended up discussing Switch’s life cycle as well as console development in general.
According to Furukawa, Nintendo is “always doing technical and market research” when it comes to creating new hardware. He also said “the thing that makes an idea a reality is whether we can offer a new experience or not.”
We’ve gone ahead and prepared a translation of Furukawa’s remarks. If you’re interested in reading what he had to say, continue on below.
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Taito director on the possibility of bringing back the WiiWare game Space Invaders Get Even
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Space Invaders Get Even, a WiiWare game that first debuted in 2008, may have a chance at making a comeback. Taito director Yuichi Toyama sounded open to revisiting the title when asked about a potential return in an interview with Wccftech.
Toyama mentioned, “we’d love to be able to release it” if there’s enough fan demand. However, there would need to be some tinkering with the control scheme, which could be reworked with the Switch touch screen. It’s also possible to go in another direction with a bit of a different design.
Toyama’s full words:
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Horned Knight heading to Switch this month
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The 2D action-platformer Horned Knight was announced for Switch a few months ago, and now we have a concrete release date. It will be out on February 26, according to an eShop listing.
We have the following overview and trailer for Horned Knight:
Drawn to Life: Two Realms – full patch notes for version 1.1
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505 Games and Digital Continue have shared the full patch notes for the recent Drawn to Life: Two Realms update. We previously noted that version 1.1 adds touch screen support for the Draw Tool and new content, but a number of issues have been addressed as well.
Below are the full patch notes:
