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Sakurai Minecraft

In his 651st column for Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai discussed the new DLC for Minecraft’s Steve. Sakurai apparently had several challenges with implementing the fighter – despite the popularity of the character, he did not want Steve to be a watered-down addition to the roster. Though he kept it vague, Sakurai also stated the music for Minecraft gave the team quite the headache.

Check below for the column’s full translation by Nintendo Everything’s Oni Dino.

Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.

Nintendo continues on with its “Switch My Way” commercial series with adverts for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokemon Sword/Shield. We have both below.

The Game Bakers dated Haven for December 3 on most platforms this week. Unfortunately though, the Switch version has been delayed. Players on Nintendo’s console won’t be able to experience the RPG until the start of next year.

The Game Bakers co-founder and executive producer Audrey Leprince spoke with TechRaptor about the delay. Although the initial plan was to have all versions ready at the same time, the team encountered “unexpected challenges” from the coronavirus pandemic.

Leprince said:

The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta are back with Supergiant Games to rank the characters of Hades in the final round. Check out the full episode below.

In case you missed it, you can watch the first part of the character rankings here, second part here, and third part here.

Pretty Princess Party

After it originally debuted in Japan, Aksys Games is localizing Pretty Princess Party for the western market. Have a look at a new trailer below.

Pretty Princess Party is planned for December 3 in North America and Europe.

Control

Control wouldn’t be possible on Switch without cloud streaming technology, according to Remedy Entertainment communications director Thomas Puha.

Puha told Nintendo Life that the team did “some due diligence on what it would take to produce a Switch port with an external partner, but deemed it not possible for a variety of reasons.” There were a number of factors at play, including technical, finance, and personnel roadblocks.

Puha explained:

Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe has landed on Switch, and we have a launch trailer to celebrate. Check out the video below.

Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe is out on Switch digitally via the eShop.

Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Nintendo has put out a new video highlighting some of the games that were added to the eShop around October 2020. Get a look at it below.

Silesia Games is bringing Piotr Powroziewicz’s 2D RPG Azurebreak Heroes to Switch, according to an eShop listing. The game’s release is planned for November 19.

We have the following overview and trailer for Azurebreak Heroes:


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