The latest summoning event is live in Fire Emblem Heroes. A trio of Heroes with Fortress skills, which trade attack in favor of increased defense, are available as part of the 5-star summoning focus.

This will be live until January 6. For new summoning events, you won’t have to use Orbs the first time you summon.

More: Fire Emblem Heroes, Intelligent Systems

Nintendo nabs several entries on Twitter’s most-tweeted video games of 2018 in the U.S.

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

Twitter has provided a fresh set of data about the most-tweeted video games in the U.S. to close out the new year. Nintendo made the list with several spots, including Pokemon and Smash Bros. Unsurprisingly, Fotnite came in at #1.

The full list is as follows:

More: Twitter

Kirby Star Allies director shares secrets from the last update

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Kirby Star Allies was recently given its third and final update. In a news post this week, director Shinya Kumazaki shared a few secrets implemented that players may not be aware of. Kumazaki also goes over some impressive statistics concerning the amount of content that has been added over the past few months.

Here’s the full post:

More: HAL Laboratory, Kirby Star Allies

Gorons were originally going to look “drastically” different in Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments

When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was early on in development, Nintendo had some very different ideas in mind for the design of the Gorons. Lead NPC artist Hirohito Shinoda revealed in the recently-translated Creating a Champion art book that the team was planning a drastic change in which they had bigger heads, a more human-like appearance, and more. However, “none of them really fit.” This led to basing the Gorons on their original design from Ocarina of Time.

Shinoda said:

More: Hirohito Shinoda, interview, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, top

Sakurai on how he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing in Smash Bros. Ultimate

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

DenFamiNicoGamer was recently given the opportunity to speak with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai. At one point of the discussion, Sakurai revealed that he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing for this game.

Siliconera translated the relevant portion of the interview. Here’s what Sakurai said on the subject:

More: interview, Masahiro Sakurai, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, top

Snowboarding The Next Phase coming to Switch Switch in January

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

The Switch eShop is showing a new title from Session Games and RedBullMediaHouse. Snowboarding The Next Phase is releasing digitally next month, according to the store listing.

Snowboarding The Next Phase features an Arcade Mode and Career Mode. You can also shred the slopes with a friend thanks to split-screen multiplayer and split Joy-Con support.

More: RedBullMediaHouse, Session Games, Snowboarding The Next Phase

Shakedown Hawaii – “Get to the Mission!” trailer

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Switch, Videos | 0 comments

Vblank Entertainment issued a new video for Shakedown Hawaii. Watch the “Get to the Mission!” trailer below.

Shakedown Hawaii launches Q1 2019 on Switch and 3DS.

More: Shakedown Hawaii, Vblank Entertainment

Game Freak wanted Pokemon: Let’s Go’s visuals to be acceptable for parents, not scary

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee director Junichi Masuda has commented on the game’s visuals.

According to Masuda, the team wanted to make the graphics approachable – especially for parents. He explained that he “didn’t want to make it a game that would cause parents to feel mistrustful of our games.” Game Freak also “didn’t want it to look scary.” This is partially why the team went about making character proportions “look a bit childish”.

More: Game Freak, interview, Junichi Masuda, Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee, Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu, top

Dragon Quest XI S Switch vs. PS4 comparison screenshots

Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Switch | 0 comments

Square Enix finally gave us a taste of the Switch version of Dragon Quest XI at Jump Festa 2019. A trailer was released, giving us an idea as to how things are shaping up on Nintendo’s console. However, we’ll still have to wait for actual gameplay.

In the meantime, fans are already putting comparisons together to show how the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions stack up. We have a few of those below. Note that in comparisons without platform labels, PS4 is first while Switch is the second image on the bottom.