[Interview] Fairy Tail producer on creator’s involvement, battle system, story, more
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Interviews, Switch | 0 comments
Koei Tecmo and Gust surprised fans last month when they announced that a brand new RPG is in development based on the Fairy Tail manga / anime. Following the reveal, Nintendo Everything was able to speak with producer Keisuke Kikuchi.
During our chat, Kikuchi discussed a few aspects of the game, including the battle system and story. He also talked about the involvement from Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima. Oh, and we asked about Fatal Frame, because we absolutely had to.
Here’s our full discussion:
More: Fairy Tail, Gust, highlight, Koei Tecmo, top
Halloween tour in Mario Kart Tour to add playable King Boo
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
As previously mentioned, the Halloween tour is starting in Mario Kart Tour on October 22. Luigi had already been confirmed as playable, and now the same can be said of King Boo as well. Nintendo says he has “his own special skill that’s surely fit for a king”.
Below are some screenshots from the upcoming tour:
More: DeNA, Mario Kart Tour
Nintendo maintenance schedule – October 20, 2019
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
A whole bunch of Nintendo maintenance will be taking place this week. Switch is naturally the biggest platform impacted, and there are seven sessions planned overall.
Here’s the current schedule as of now:
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Fairy Tail first footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
During a live stream at EGX Rezzed today, the first gameplay from Koei Tecmo and Gust’s RPG Fairy Tail was shown. The footage can be found below.
More: Fairy Tail, Gust, Koei Tecmo, top
Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition EGX 2019 footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
At EGX 2019 this week, the Switch edition of Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition was playable. Get a look at some footage below.
More: No More Robots, Not Tonight
Switch file sizes – Skullgirls 2nd Encore, Garfield Kart: Furious Racing, more
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Skullgirls 2nd Encore and Garfield Kart: Furious Racing.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Forager “Combat” and “Appreciation” updates expected on Switch in the near future
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Forger has had a couple of big patches over the past few months. Specifically, the “Combat” and “Appreciate” updates add new areas, modes, features and more. Neither of these have been on Switch yet, but they’ll be released in due time.
Developer HopFrog said on Twitter this week that console updates are handled by another team. That being said, the “Combat” and “Appreciation” patches should be hitting “soon”.
Below are the full details on both:
More: Forgager, HopFrog, Humble Bundle, title update
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Switch announcement teased for next week
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Techland has started sending out Old West-themed postcards to members of the press, teasing a reveal of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger for Switch. An image on the front shows a gunslinger playing on the device so it’s quite clear what this is about. Additionally, the back teases more news to come on October 24 at 12 AM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM in the UK / 9 PM in Europe.
Techland previously teased an announcement for Switch earlier in the year. On top of that, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger was recently rated for Switch by the ESRB, which had all but confirmed the port.
Blizzard on why it was late bringing Overwatch to Switch, says it “feels great” despite lower frame rate
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Overwatch first arrived in 2016, though it has just now landed on Switch. Director Jeff Kaplan explained why it took some time for Blizzard to release its game on the platform in an interview with Ars Technica.
Blizzard’s Wes Yanagi reconfirmed that Overwatch for Switch first came to be a year ago, around the time that Diablo III came to the system. Kaplan said that the team was initially a bit reluctant to move ahead with porting Overwatch since they knew it wouldn’t look just how it does on PC, but eventually got past that hurdle and realized that it’s not all about graphics.
More: Blizzard, interview, Jeff Kaplan, Overwatch
Game Freak says it set out to make “the greatest Pokemon game” with Sword and Shield
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Game Freak has high ambitions with its next Pokemon game. According to director Shigeru Ohmori, the theme this time around was making “the greatest Pokemon game.”
Ohmori told Game Informer in this month’s issue:
