Trinen, Bowser on Nintendo World Championships – keeping games a surprise, how titles are chosen, participants
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
IGN recently spoke with Nintendo of America senior product marketing manager Bill Trinen and senior VP of sales & marketing Doug Bowser. The two had plenty to say about the Nintendo World Championships. Between the two, we’re able to hear about how the games tend to be a surprise, how the titles are chosen in the first place, and the types of participants brought in this year.
Read about these responses below. You can find the full article on IGN with more comments here.
Pre-order Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon at GameStop, get a poster
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
GameStop is planning a pre-order bonus for Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon. If you purchase either game at the retailer, you’ll receive the poster pictured above.
The bonus applies both online and in-store. Keep in mind, however, that supply is “extremely limited.”
You can pre-order Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon on GameStop here.
Thanks to Paul for the tip.
Zombie Gold Rush coming soon to Switch
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment
The North American Switch eShop added in a listing today for Zombie Golf Rush. Currently, it’s slated for October 26 with a $4.99 price point. We’ll have to see if that date sticks.
Zombie Gold Rush is a shooting game in which players get on various cars and earn gold by destroying waves of zombies. The eShop doesn’t haven’t much more information than that, but one screenshot seems to show score rankings. Also, the game takes up 106MB of space.
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Swapdoodle adds free Halloween Moonlight Stationery, Shades of Purple Set also available
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 5 Comments
New content has arrived in the 3DS app Swapdoodle. Until October 31, the Halloween Moonlight Stationery can be downloaded for free.
The Shades of Purple Set is also available. It costs $1.99.
Assuming you have SpotPass enabled, you should be seeing a new message and the DLC.
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Icey on the way to Switch
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 26 Comments
The 2D side-scrolling action game Icey is heading to Switch, FantaBlade Network has announced. It was first made known in a tweet published on the official Twitter account earlier today.
As you might have heard, we are working on the Switch port of ICEY now. And @LimitedRunGames is helping us with a PS4 physical version! pic.twitter.com/10TNIsBNd9
— ICEY (@ICEYtheGame) October 14, 2017
Icey originally released last year, and has been very well received. Learn more about the game below with an official overview and trailer.
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ESRB rates Bomberman ’93 for the Wii U Virtual Console
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments
Even though Wii U isn’t in the spotlight these days, the system’s eShop has been seeing a consistent stream of Virtual Console titles. Bomberman ’93 should be another game that will be appearing soon. It has been rated by the ESRB, suggesting that a release is on the horizon.
Usually it takes a few weeks for games to show up once they’ve been rated. We’ll probably be seeing Bomberman ’93 within the next month or two.
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Dark Horse publishing first Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive in Summer 2018
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments
Update (10/14): Amazon now has this for $6 off. It’s also up on Amazon Canada now and has been discounted by $21.60. The book is up on Amazon UK as well.
Original (10/3): Dark Horse is partnering with Square Enix to release the Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive. The first volume is scheduled for Summer 2018, though Amazon specifically lists it for June.
Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 looks to cover the first six entries in the Final Fantasy series. It contains concept art, process pieces, and notes from the original artists and designers in over 300 pages.
Mimikyu has a Z-Move in Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
A box image has surfaced for the Z-Power Ring. On the packaging, we’re able to see that Mimikium Z will be present in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon. That tells us that Mimikyu will have a Z-Move in the two games.
Unfortunately, that’s all we have to go on currently. No specifics on the actual move just yet.
Developers indicate that Nintendo is very open to having mature / risqué games on Switch
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 114 Comments
The Wall Street Journal published a rather interesting article yesterday. The publication talked about mature / risqué games on Switch, and how Nintendo is very open to having these types of games on the console. Although the full piece is behind a paywall, we do have some excerpts.
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Nintendo Treehouse Log updates: Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Mario Odyssey, Monster Hunter Stories, Skyrim
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 5 Comments
The Nintendo Treehouse Log saw a flurry of activitiy this past week. Four separate entries were published on the Tumblr page. Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Super Mario Odyssey, Monster Hunter Stories, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim alll received some love.
Each one of these blogs updates cover various topics about the games. With Skyrim for example, Nintendo talks about comparisons to Zelda: Breath of the Wild and more.
We’ve included excerpts from the different posts with links to each below.
