Nintendo maintenance schedule as of August 4, 2019
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has a few different sessions of maintenance planned, most of which are specifically for Switch. The downtime starts tomorrow and leads into the middle of the week.
Here’s the current maintenance schedule:
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PC Building Simulator coming to Switch
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Tucked away inside Nintendo’s latest release schedule was a small but interesting announcement. The Irregular Corporation is bringing PC Building Simulator to Switch, the document reveals.
There are plenty of simulator titles to choose form these days, but PC Building Simulator might be worth keeping an eye on. It launched on Steam earlier this year where it has received overwhelming positive feedback.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3’s difficultly was adjusted during development since it was too tough
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If you’ve played some of Team Ninja’s previous games such as Ninja Gaiden, you know how difficult they can be. Apparently that toughness rubbed off on the team when Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order was in development. According to producer Yosuke Hayashi, Marvel Games told Team Ninja that the Switch game was too difficult, which led to adjustments being implemented.
Hayashi told IGN:
New characters leaked for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
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At Evo 2019 later today, Arc System Works is expected to debut a new trailer for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The video was leaked online, and although it has since been pulled, some major information is floating around online.
We’ll be sharing details from the video below. If you don’t want to be spoiled in any way, please don’t proceed beyond this point.
First off-screen Rabbids: Adventure Party footage
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At ChinaJoy 2019, the newly-announced Rabbids: Adventure Party was playable on Switch for the first time. Have a look at some off-screen footage below.
Rabbids: Adventure Party has currently only been announced for China, and it is unclear if there are release plans for other regions.
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Off-screen Samurai Shodown Rimururu DLC footage from Evo 2019
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Famitsu has recorded some off-screen footage of Samurai Shodown DLC character Rimururu, who is playable this weekend at Evo 2019. View the gameplay below.
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Europe’s top 15 downloads on the Switch eShop for July 2019
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In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for July 2019.
Super Mario Maker 2 manages to top the list, but Fire Emblem: Three Houses is right behind. The re-release of Doom also made it in, as did Dragon Quest Builders 2.
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Falcom says Ys VIII for Switch met sales expectations in the west, but “struggled in Japan”
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According to Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo, Ys VIII met sales expectations on Switch in the west. In Japan, though, “the game struggled”.
Kondo passed along that bit of news in an interview with Noisy Pixel. When asked if Nihon Falcom would ever consider any exclusive games for Switch, Kondo stated:
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Kairosoft bringing Oh! Edo Towns, The Pyraplex to Switch next week
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Kairosoft is continuing its Switch support with two more games. Oh! Edo Towns, along with The Pyraplex, release on the eShop next week.
Here are overviews and trailers for both:
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[Interview] Daybreak Games talks DC Universe Online on Switch: tech performance, challenges, cross-play, updates, much more
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Interviews, Switch eShop | 0 comments
At E3 2019, we were invited to meet with the incredibly passionate team at Daybreak Games for an behind-closed-doors gameplay demo and interview. We spoke at length with the creative director, SJ Mueller, and executive producer, Leah Bowers, as they kindly answered a number of our questions about how they decided to bring the game to Switch, how everything stacks up compared to PS4 and PC, future content, cross-play possibilities and so much more.
The devs were incredibly excited and genuinely passionate to bring the game to Switch; check out our transcript below.
