Nintendo maintenance schedule – March 15, 2020
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Mobile, News, Switch, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Nintendo’s maintenance schedule has received its regular update. There’s not too much coming up over the next few days, though there’s some notable eShop downtime the following week.
Here’s the current schedule:
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Cygames announces Shadowverse: Champions Battle for Switch
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Cygames today announced Shadowverse: Champions Battle, a card battling RPG for Switch. It’ll be based on the upcoming TV anime that’s kicking off on April 7 in Japan. Fans can expect card battles, story elements, charming characters, and two-player support.
Shadowverse: Champions Battle launches later this year in Japan. We’ve included a new trailer for the anime below.
Auto-running, Greek-inspired rhythm game Rhythm of the Gods appearing on Switch this month
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LyreLark is bringing the auto-running, Greek-inspired rhythm game Rhythm of the Gods to Switch this month, an eShop listing reveals. A release is set for March 23.
We have the following overview and trailer for Rhythm of the Gods:
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Kunai update out now (version 1.0.3)
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
The fast-paced action adventure / Metroidvania game Kunai has been updated on Switch. With version 1.0.3, the team has implemented a few improvements and fixed a number of issues impacting the player experience.
Below are the full patch notes:
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Switch file sizes – Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Kamiya talks about his early meetings with Nintendo, how the art direction for The Wonderful 101 changed
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
In a recent issue of Famitsu, PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya bonded with game director and scenario writer, Taro Yoko, over their mutual unwillingness to compromise on their creative visions. This prompted Yoko to bring up the topic of The Wonderful 101, as he had heard that the art direction for the game was quite different in the very beginning of development.
Kamiya explained the situation in our translation below:
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Japanese Wano Country commercial
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Another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 has arrived, this time focusing on Wano Country. Check it out below.
Ittle Dew 2+ dev on the game’s return to the Switch eShop and Nicalis
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Months after it was taken down, Ittle Dew 2+ finally returns to the Switch eShop next week. Developer Ludosity is now able to release the game directly rather than having to go through Nicalis, the company that originally published its game.
The original issues came about last September after Ludosity terminated Nicalis’ publishing license six months prior due to breach of contract. Though Nicalis said it would transfer the game back to the studio on consoles, CEO Joel Nyström said Nicalis never followed through, and the title was simply taken down entirely.
Interestingly, according to Nyström, Nicalis apparently tried to re-publish Ittle Dew 2+ consoles despite having lost the rights. Nyström commented on the situation on Twitter and while speaking with GamesIndustry, writing:
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Alder’s Blood Switch launch trailer
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Tying in with the release of Alder’s Blood – a tactical-strategy with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management – No Gravity Games has shared a new launch trailer. Watch it below.
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Bokuhime Project gameplay video
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Nippon Ichi Software has posted a new gameplay video for its cross-dressing adventure game Bokuhime Project. We’ve added it in below.
