Prima Games is shutting down
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
After 28 years of publication, Prima Games is closing its doors. DK is closing the company following a “significant decline” in the video game space. Prima Games will end in Spring 2019.
Prima has worked with many video game companies over the past three decades on strategy guides, including Nintendo. It’s unclear how Nintendo guides will be offered in the future, if at all.
Splatoon 2 – North American Splatfest #16 announced
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Nintendo today announced the sixteenth North American Splatfest for Splatoon 2. Next weekend, players can choose to be on either Team Salsa or Team Guacamole.
The Splatfest will kick off on November 16 at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET. As usual, it’ll last for a full 24 hours.
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Battle Chef Brigade physical pre-orders open
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Pre-orders are now open for the physical version of Battle Chef Brigade. Limited Run Games is offering a standard copy as well as a collector’s edition.
The collector’s edition includes:
Media Create software sales (10/29/18 – 11/4/18) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
02./01. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption II #
03./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party
04./05. [NSW] Minecraft
05./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
06./08. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
07./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
08./10. [PS4] Soul Calibur VI
09./09. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey #
10./00. [NSW] Cats Together
11./14. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man #
12./16. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
13./18. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
14./13. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 #
15./20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun!
16./22. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies
17./04. [PS4] Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
18./19. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV – The End of Saga #
19./23. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ
20./15. [NSW] Dark Souls Remastered
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Forgotton Anne Switch footage
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Forgotton Anne makes its way to Switch today as a digital download. Take a look at close to an hour of footage below.
Nintendo will continue to sell 3DS as long as there’s demand
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Even though Switch is the focus when it comes to Nintendo hardware these days, 3DS hasn’t been entirely forgotten. The system is still being sold and there will still be games released on the dedicated portable next year.
Speaking during the company’s latest financial briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that 3DS will continue to be sold as long as there’s demand. Furukawa also reiterated that 3DS has its own advantages compared to Switch thanks to its size, weight, and price.
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Nintendo: Unrealistic to expect every major game on Switch, but number of titles will increase
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During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last month, one investor brought up how Switch has some major games missing from third-party publishers. President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if he believes this will change in the future.
In response, Furukawa indicated that it’s unrealistic to expect every major game on Switch. Nintendo is speaking with publishers, however, and he believes “the number of titles on it will increase a lot more.”
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Nintendo has ideas on how to expand Switch’s user base without relying on franchise titles, will be announced later
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa shared a few words about Nintendo Labo during the company’s latest financial results briefing, mentioning that sales are expected to increase this holiday and it will “sell for a long time”. Sales will also be different to core titles like Mario and Zelda.
Furukawa also left a very interesting comment to close out his response. Labo was one way in which Nintendo wanted to expand Switch’s user base, but Nintendo has other ideas that don’t rely on franchise titles. These will be announced later, Furukawa said.
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Nintendo on the possibility of more mobile collaborations, Mario Kart Tour still on track
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Almost all of Nintendo’s mobile games were developed in-house. But for Dragalia Lost, the company teamed up with Cygames. Could there be more collaborations in the future?
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the possibility during the company’s latest financial results briefing, explaining:
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Nintendo on Fortnite Switch success, believes cloud-based games from other publishers “is a very positive thing”
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa weighed in on Fortnite’s success on Switch during the company’s most recent financial briefing. Thanks to strong momentum, the game has been downloaded by close to half of all Switch systems worldwide. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fortnite is doing the best in Japan, but “is also growing in Japan.”
While addressing the same investor, Furukawa said that cloud-based games from third-parties “is a very positive thing.” He believes it can also have a good impact on expanding the user base since “there are some titles that probably could not be offered on Nintendo Switch any other way.”
