Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars boxart
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GameStop has posted the official boxart for Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Palindrome Interactive and Kalypso Media’s upcoming strategy game. Give it a look above.
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars launches for Switch in Spring 2020. You can pre-order it on GameStop here.
A look at the best-reviewed Switch games of 2019
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Metacritic has a reputation of being one of the top sites when it comes aggregating reviews. Now that 2019 has wrapped up, the site has offered a look at the best-reviewed Switch games of the year.
It’s actually a port that takes the top spot, as Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition is sitting strong at 93. In terms of the best-reviewed exclusive, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is at 83.
Here’s the full top 50:
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Japanese Enies Lobby commercial
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Bandai Namco is back with another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. Find an advert focusing on Enies Lobby below.
Nintendo president wants to maintain a work environment without the company’s devs being restricted
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke with Nikkei regarding the work environment for Nintendo’s development staff. Furukawa stated that he relies on professionals to handle their work, and was met with surprise. When probed further in being asked if he truly did not have to interfere with their processes, Furukawa elaborated.
Here’s our translation:
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Later Alligator announced for Switch
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The well-received point-and-click mystery adventure title Later Alligator has been confirmed for Switch. On social media, publisher SmallBu shared the news.
Here’s an overview of Later Alligator, along with a trailer:
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Nintendo constantly exploring new tech, interested in AR
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In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa discussed the company’s stance on AR and more.
Furukawa noted that the Big N is “constantly researching and developing” new technologies, and there are talks between the hardware and software teams. As for AR specifically, he said Nintendo is actively researching how it can be used.
Here’s our full translation from the Japanese interview:
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Nintendo president talks cloud gaming, doesn’t think dedicated hardware is going away anytime soon
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Update (1/6): We’ve updated a portion of the line in our translation, specifically about Nintendo focusing on improving methods of play on dedicated hardware.
Original (1/4):Cloud gaming continues to become an important topic in the gaming industry. Google, for instance, just entered the scene with its Stadia service a couple of months ago.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently weighed in with his own thoughts as part of an interview with Nikkei. Speaking with the Japanese publication, Furukawa expressed the possibility that cloud gaming could become prominent in 10 years, but doesn’t currently think that dedicated hardware is going anywhere in the short-term. He did also note that Nintendo needs to “focus on improving methods of play that can only be had on dedicated hardware.”
Here’s the full excerpt as translated by Nintendo Everything:
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Fire Emblem Heroes hosting Bound Hero Battle: Fae & Idunn, summoning event, Mjolnir’s Strike
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Bound Hero Battle: Fae & Idunn has started today in Fire Emblem Heroes. The two characters from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade can be found in Special Maps. Tying in with the Bound Hero Battle, there’s a new summoning event featuring Fae: Divine Dragon, Idunn: Dark Priestess, and Roy: Young Lion.
That’s not all for Fire Emblem Heroes, as Mjolnir’s Strike is now live. All players are tasked with cooperating to protect the Kingdom of Askr from the advancing army of the god of War, Thorr.
Megabyte Punch, from Lethal League Blaze dev Team Reptile, in the works for Switch
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Team Reptile is bringing the fighting/beat ’em up game Megabyte Punch to Switch, the studio confirmed this week. It will launch sometime in 2020.
Here’s an overview of Megabyte Punch, along with a trailer:
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Tower of Babel now planned for February
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When we last heard about Tower of Babel, the tower-building party game was due out around Christmas. While that ultimately didn’t happen, it seems we have a final release date. New listings have popped up on the North American and European eShops with a release date of February 21.
Here’s some information about Tower of Babel as well as a trailer:
