Fairy Tail first footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 2 Comments
During a live stream at EGX Rezzed today, the first gameplay from Koei Tecmo and Gust’s RPG Fairy Tail was shown. The footage can be found below.
More: Fairy Tail, Gust, Koei Tecmo, top
Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition EGX 2019 footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 1 Comment
At EGX 2019 this week, the Switch edition of Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition was playable. Get a look at some footage below.
More: No More Robots, Not Tonight
Switch file sizes – Skullgirls 2nd Encore, Garfield Kart: Furious Racing, more
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 Comments
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Skullgirls 2nd Encore and Garfield Kart: Furious Racing.
Here’s the full roundup:
More: file size
Fire Emblem Heroes hosting Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 20, Forging Bonds: Common Virtues starting soon
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 0 Comments
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 20 is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week.
It’s also been announced that Forging Bonds: Common Virtues is starting on October 21. Players can forge bonds and gain friendship with Heroes such as Silque and Python from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. If you grow close to all the event characters, you can unlock and view special conversations.
Forager “Combat” and “Appreciation” updates expected on Switch in the near future
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 Comments
Forger has had a couple of big patches over the past few months. Specifically, the “Combat” and “Appreciate” updates add new areas, modes, features and more. Neither of these have been on Switch yet, but they’ll be released in due time.
Developer HopFrog said on Twitter this week that console updates are handled by another team. That being said, the “Combat” and “Appreciation” patches should be hitting “soon”.
Below are the full details on both:
More: Forgager, HopFrog, Humble Bundle, title update
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Switch announcement teased for next week
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments
Techland has started sending out Old West-themed postcards to members of the press, teasing a reveal of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger for Switch. An image on the front shows a gunslinger playing on the device so it’s quite clear what this is about. Additionally, the back teases more news to come on October 24 at 12 AM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM in the UK / 9 PM in Europe.
Techland previously teased an announcement for Switch earlier in the year. On top of that, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger was recently rated for Switch by the ESRB, which had all but confirmed the port.
Blizzard on why it was late bringing Overwatch to Switch, says it “feels great” despite lower frame rate
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 25 Comments
Overwatch first arrived in 2016, though it has just now landed on Switch. Director Jeff Kaplan explained why it took some time for Blizzard to release its game on the platform in an interview with Ars Technica.
Blizzard’s Wes Yanagi reconfirmed that Overwatch for Switch first came to be a year ago, around the time that Diablo III came to the system. Kaplan said that the team was initially a bit reluctant to move ahead with porting Overwatch since they knew it wouldn’t look just how it does on PC, but eventually got past that hurdle and realized that it’s not all about graphics.
More: Blizzard, interview, Jeff Kaplan, Overwatch
Game Freak says it set out to make “the greatest Pokemon game” with Sword and Shield
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 95 Comments
Game Freak has high ambitions with its next Pokemon game. According to director Shigeru Ohmori, the theme this time around was making “the greatest Pokemon game.”
Ohmori told Game Informer in this month’s issue:
Pokemon Sword/Shield – Gigantamax Pikachu, Eevee, Charizard, Meowth, Butterfree footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 2 Comments
This week, more Gigantamax forms were revealed for Pokemon Sword/Shield. Pikachu, Eevee, Charizard, Meowth, and Butterfree will all be able to transform. Take a closer look at each one with the gameplay footage below.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Shield, Pokemon Sword
Select NeoGeo / Arcade Archives games on sale
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 6 Comments
Hamster doesn’t discount its NeoGeo and Arcade Archives games very often, but at least for now, a few select titles are on sale. Ten releases are eligible in total, split between the two series.
The full lineup is as follows:
