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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

Game Informer is continuing its coverage of Game Freak and Pokemon today with some new insight into the studio. For the latest entry, the magazine goes over the company’s early history.

Game Freak first started out as a magazine / mini comic. When the Famicom was introduced, co-founder Junichi Masuda says the development of Mendel Palace started. Masuda said that the team “didn’t really have any official development equipment, so we just sort of had to hack the NES and figure out how it worked so we could develop on it ourselves without the official sort of development tools.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

SEGA has sent out another new piece of music from Sonic Mania. We’ve included the track for the Mini Boss Theme – “Danger on the Dance Floor” below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 38 Comments

Capcom has put up a demo for the new Switch version of Monster Hunter XX on the eShop. The download takes up 1.7GB of space.

Thus far, Capcom has yet to announce any localization plans for Monster Hunter XX. However, if you have a Japanese Nintendo account, it’s possible to download today’s demo from the Japanese eShop.

Source: Switch eShop

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments

The Japanese Switch eShop has updated with the file size for Sonic Mania. In order to download the game, you’ll need 186MB of free space.

Sonic Mania is just a few days away. SEGA will be publishing the game on August 15 in both North America and Europe.

Source: Switch eShop

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 1 Comment

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Atelier Liddy and Souer: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney on 3DS, and Sonic Mania. Scans of all games are below.

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

The well-received action game Inversus is making the jump to Switch as Inversus Deluxe, developer Hypersect announced today. It will be out sometime this fall.

Here’s an overview of the game:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

Rocket Fist appears to finally be launching on Switch tomorrow. The European eShop page has updated to a release date of August 10, and a similar listing has been added to the North American store.

Rocket Fist will cost $9.99. The game requires 381MB of free space for the download.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments

After Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s first DLC pack arrived, players eventually discovered an interesting glitch. It involved entering the the Trial of the Sword and warping to a Divine Beast that you haven’t finished in order to duplicate items.

With the new update released this week, the glitch has since been patched. So if you’ve downloaded version 1.3.1, it’s impossible to recreate the glitch in the same exact way. We wouldn’t be surprised though if players manage to find another way of duplicating items with a different glitch in the future.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 142 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 61,933
PS4 – 43,862
New 2DS LL – 33,871
New 3DS LL – 22,200
PS4 Pro – 9,077
Vita – 4,773
2DS – 3,740
New 3DS – 1,078
Wii U – 158
PS3 – 96
Xbox One – 90

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 2DS LL – 110,963
Switch – 89,314
PS4 – 82,368
New 3DS LL – 26,587
PS4 Pro – 10,988
Vita – 4,967
2DS – 3,680
New 3DS – 1,370
Wii U – 142
PS3 – 121
Xbox One – 94

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 3 Comments

WayForward posted a big update about Shantae: Half-Genie Hero on Kickstarter yesterday. The studio offered some news about the game’s upcoming DLC.

First, Pirate Queen’s Quest is finished. The Risky Boots DLC has been submitted to Nintendo, so the release date shouldn’t be far away. The DLC is free for backers, and WayForward wants those who supported the project to be in a position to play Pirate Queen’s Quest early.

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