Switch lets you manage friends on the system itself
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 13 Comments
Much of what we’ve heard thus far regarding Switch and online features has been tied to the upcoming mobile app. When it comes to managing friends though, you’ll be able to do that on the system itself.
Nintendo UK’s specifications page for Switch confirms this piece of information directly. On the Home Menu, users will be able to “start games and select game settings”, manage friends and user accounts, and access system settings.
Switch’s battery can be replaced by Nintendo for a fee
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 48 Comments
Based on what Nintendo has said about Switch thus far, you can’t remove the system’s battery and replace it with a new one. So what’s a person to do if the one in your possession fails?
In the overview posted on Nintendo UK’s Switch site today, it’s mentioned that Nintendo Customer Support will be able to replace the battery. There is an unspecified fee involved, however.
Choice Provisions shares first music from Runner3
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Choice Provisions is back with another Runner3 blog update. This time around, we’re able to listen to some music from series composer Matt Harwood.
While it has a chance of being updated slightly before Runner3 is finished, we’re able to listen to the first-ever song from the game. It’ll be played in Foodland, one of the various worlds you’ll encounter.
More: Choice Provisions, Runner3
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition live on Amazon Canada
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments
Update: Sold out.
Original: For those of you in Canada, the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition can now be pre-ordered from Amazon. It’s up on the retailer’s site here. If it goes out of stock, we’ll let you know.
Switch Pro Controller live at GameStop, Best Buy
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 7 Comments
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – UK TV ad
Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
Nintendo UK has posted on their YouTube channel a new TV ad showing some footage of Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. You can watch it below:
More: Good Feel, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, UK
Axiom Verge dev on Switch chances: “Probably, eventually”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 2 Comments
Axiom Verge is already out on one Nintendo platform – that being Wii U, of course. But creator Tom Happ has previously shown interest in bringing the game to Switch, which he recently reiterated on Twitter.
When asked about Axiom Verge for Switch, Happ said the following:
@GrayAdamson Probably, eventually.
— Tom Happ (@AxiomVerge) January 22, 2017
Happ did say Axiom Verge happening on Switch was “fairly likely” back in August, though he was a bit less certain at the time.
More: Axiom Verge, top
Yacht Club Games on next project, Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack exceeds expectations
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Yacht Club Games is committed to starting work on something entirely new this year. The studio will finally be moving on from the original Shovel Knight, which released way back in June 2014.
Shovel Knight could still be in Yacht Club Games’ future though. Yacht Club Games programmer David D’Angelo informed GamesIndustry that the team is trying to decide between creating something new within the Shovel Knight franchise and a new IP.
D’Angelo explained:
“We’ve talked about wanting to extend the Shovel Knight franchise. How about we make Shovel Knight 2, or Super Shovel Knight, or Shovel Knight 64? Maybe we could take Shovel Knight through the ages, that is something that is very appealing to us. But also, we are all very burned out on Shovel Knight for sure, so we thought: ‘What if we made a new IP? What would that look like?’
“The true reason we made Shovel Knight a 1980s-style game is because we wanted to cram as much fun gameplay into it as possible. And to us, if we could limit the burden on the art style, then we could iterate and really put in loads of enemies, objects, bosses, and everything you can imagine. I think that idea will remain pretty central to our studio, no matter what. You won’t see us making The Last of Us anytime soon.”
Also worth noting, we have an update on the performance of the Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack that Yacht Club Games published in North America. Although it apparently wasn’t as successful as the company had hoped, the firm’s distributors as well as GameStop say it exceeded expectations.
Dragon Ball Fusions will get a day 1 patch in Europe to add new content
Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Though it is already available in North America, Dragon Ball Fusions is scheduled to arrive in Europe on February 17 and now Bandai Namco has unveiled that a day 1 patch will be available that same day.
This patch is not necessary to play, but after installing it, all players will get new characters, items, titles and Special Moves.
Here’s the new characters that will come with the patch:
- Trunks (Super)
- Goku Black
- Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black
- Super Saiyan Trunks (Super)
- SSGSS Vegito
- Zamas
- Fused Zamas
The update will be releasing in North America at some point. However, we still don’t know when the new content will be available.
More: Bandai Namco, Dragon Ball: Fusions, Europe, Ganbarion
Codemasters not ruling out Dirt 4 for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 15 Comments
Codemasters announced Dirt 4 yesterday. It’s the next entry in the company’s long-running racing series. At least initially, the game won’t be coming to Switch, but senior designer Darren Hayward isn’t ruling out the possibility of it happening in the future.
Hayward told Daily Star:
“Personally, I’ve got my Switch pre-ordered and I’m getting it day one. Obviously at launch [DiRT 4] is not coming to Switch. We’d already picked our platforms. We’ve nothing to announce right now, but, I wouldn’t rule it out.”
Hayward was also asked how he thinks racing games can work on a system like Switch. He said in response:
“There are signs of more traditional games coming out for Switch with full controller support like Skyrim, but would Dirt Rally or Dirt 4 work on a split Switch controller? I think we’d have to do quite a lot in terms of extra tweaks.”
“When you take it away and you’ve got it in tablet mode with the Joy-Cons it’s great, but those split controllers, that’s custom game design right there specifically for that platform. There are not many inputs, so you’d have to have super simplified controls and because of that, it may not be the ideal scenario for DiRT 4. That said, I could definitely see Nintendo Switch having some compelling racing experiences.”
