TumbleSeed getting eShop release in Japan
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment
It looks like TumbleSeed will see a release in Japan on May 2, the same date it releases in Europe and North America. It will be in English only, with no Japanese text, and be priced at ¥1,600.
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Video: Splatoon – U.S. Inkling Open Finals – Wii U
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in News, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has just released a trailer for the finals of the U.S. Inkling Open tournament for the original Splatoon which takes place on April 29th, and will be streamed live through Twitch. You can find Nintendo’s full description of the event below.
Last weekend, over 100 teams competed in the Splatoon U.S. Inkling Open Qualifiers, an online tournament hosted by Battlefy, using the Splatoon game for Wii U. This Saturday, April 29 at 11 AM PT the top 16 teams will compete in the finals. These teams will battle in a single-elimination tournament across different game modes, including Turf War, Splat Zones, Tower Control, and Rainmaker. The winning team from the Splatoon U.S. Inkling Open will be invited to a Splatoon 2 pre-release exhibition tournament at E3 2017. Tune-in this weekend to twitch.tv/inktvsplat at 11 AM PT to see who will be victorious and win a trip to E3 2017!
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Fire Emblem Heroes – World of Radiance maps footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in Mobile, Videos | 0 comments
Fire Emblem Heroes recently received an update which included the World of Radiance maps and characters. Check out some footage of these new maps below.
Nintendo Switch available on Amazon for Prime members
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in News, Switch | 5 Comments
The Gray Nintendo Switch is currently available to order on Amazon if you’re an Amazon Prime member. Grab one here.
More Super Mario Maker maintenance taking place tonight
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Nintendo already conducted maintenance on Super Mario Maker a few days ago. More downtime is planned for tonight, as all of the game’s network services will be impacted on both Wii U and 3DS.
The maintenance schedule is as follows:
– 5:50 PM PT – 7:30 PM PT
– 8:50 PM ET – 10:30 PM ET
– 1:50 AM in the UK – 3:30 AM in the UK
– 2:50 AM in Europe – 4:30 AM in Europe
More: maintenance, Super Mario Maker
Amazon: Save $20 on the Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Collector’s Edition guide
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Amazon is offering a significant discount on the Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Collector’s Edition guide. It was originally priced at $35, but is currently down to $15 for $20 in savings. Place an order here if interested.
Capcom: Monster Hunter XX and Generations doing well, Monster Hunter Stories “underperformed”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 31 Comments
As was the case with Nintendo, Capcom reported its latest financial results today for the fiscal year ending in March. The company’s digital contents business experienced net sales of 58,704 million yen, up 11.7 percent year-over-year. On the other hand, operating income dropped 8.8 percent from last fiscal year, at 11,096 million yen. Net sales for Capcom’s entire business were 87,170 million yen for an increase of 13.2 percent year-over-year.
Capcom noted that Monster Hunter XX, which just shipped in Japan last month, “is off to a promising start”. Monster Hunter Generations (known as Monster Hunter X in Japan) also “achieved solid sales overseas”. The one disappointment in the series was the RPG Monster Hunter Stories – Capcom says it “underperformed.”
Series producer talks about the cancelled Fire Emblem real-time strategy game for Wii
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 30 Comments
Awhile back, we heard about an unreleased Fire Emblem game for Wii. Fire Emblem series veteran Toru Narihiro noted how “you would take a large group of people with you much like Pikmin” – in other words, it sounded a heck of a lot like a real-time strategy game.
Nintendo series producer Hitoshi Yamagami elaborated on the cancelled project with Dengeki Nintendo this month. It was planned following the completion of Radiant Dawn, but never saw the day of light.
Yamagami said the following about the game, as translated by Kantopia:
“It had me as the producer, and Mr. Kusakihara as the director. It was going to be a real time strategy Fire Emblem game with all sorts of interesting departures from the norm. But, as we approached a finished product, the incredibly picky Mr. Kusahara was not content with it as it didn’t fit the image he had in mind when he played it. While it was incredibly amusing watching him try the product, I don’t think I could’ve reached such a decision so quickly based on that alone. It did show just how passionate he was about the real time system though, but, in my experience, Fire Emblem was always about minimizing casualties as much as possible and thinking about things carefully by the turn. To put together a real time experience in a short time without these considerations and make a judgement based on that was a little premature in my opinion. So, in the end, development froze.”
More: Fire Emblem, Hitoshi Yamagami, interview
Mr. Shifty patch should be ready in roughly two weeks
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 3 Comments
Mr. Shifty’s patch on Switch isn’t too far off. According to tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik, it will be submitted for Nintendo approval soon. The entire process is expected to take about two weeks.
Nichiporchik said:
“Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that we were going to submit the Mr. Shifty patch this week, but due to next week being Gold Week, it wouldn’t matter as there are delays with submissions due to it. So we expect to submit the patch by end of week, and release the week after next. So in 2 weeks. It’s looking pretty good.”
The patch prepared for Mr. Shifty should mainly improve performance. It should improve issues with frame rate drops that players have been experiencing.
More: Mr. Shifty, Team Shifty, tinyBuild, title update
The smaller changes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 12 Comments
Aside from the new Battle Mode, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is similar to the original game on Wii U in many ways. However, Nintendo did implement some subtler changes that you may not have been aware about – including new Time Trials, additional tournament icons, and more. GameXplain takes a look at these and more changes below.
