Battleship footage
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Later this month, Marmalade Game Studio is bringing the classic game Battleship to Switch. Get a look at some footage below.
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses devs on how the work was split by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo
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Koei Tecmo is working on Fire Emblem: Three Houses, but it sounds like the game was mostly done by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo director Genki Yokota told VG247 that Intelligent Systems was primarily responsible for the main plot, the game system, ideas, and gameplay mechanics. Meanwhile, Koei Tecmo assisted on the programming side of things.
Intelligent Systems director Toshiyuki Kusakihara said that Three Houses “wouldn’t have been possible” without Koei Tecmo’s help. Yokota was more optimistic, but said that not having Koei Tecmo would have required much more development time.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses director unsure why Awakening was so successful
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It’s been well-documented just how important Fire Emblem Awakening was to the series. If that game hadn’t been successful, the franchise could have been in jeopardy. Thankfully, all went well, and Fire Emblem Awakening even achieved huge popularity in the west.
In an interview with VG247, Fire Emblem: Three Houses director at Intelligent Systems Toshiyuki Kusakihara was asked about what made Awakening so successful. Funnily enough, he’s completely unsure. Kusakihara said that the team “didn’t make any change to our philosophy to make Awakening be liked outside of Japan” and doesn’t know “why it’s so popular.”
Transistor physical pre-orders open
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Limited Run Games has opened pre-orders for the physical version of Transistor. In addition to a standard copy, a collector’s edition is up for grabs.
The collector’s edition includes:
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Space War Arena adds online multiplayer
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Space War Arena, a recently-released Switch game from Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunziata, is introducing some major functionality. An online multiplayer mode has been added that supports 1v1 matches that with an endless war leaderboard.
To celebrate the news, Space War Arena has been given a massive 90 percent discount. It’s down to just $1.49 on the Switch eShop.
Here’s an overview of Space War Arena:
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Nintendo understands the importance of making Switch Online attractive, will continue to make its content appealing
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the Switch Online service at the company’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. An investor asked about how it will be enhanced given how a subscription is “inexpensive”, but “the content of the service still feels rather weak.”
Furukawa highlighted that Nintendo Switch Online has surpassed 10 million accounts, and the number of subscribers “has increased steadily since the service was launched last September”. He would later say that Nintendo understands “that making the Nintendo Switch Online service attractive to users is extremely important, and will continue to make the content of the service even more appealing going forward.”
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Nintendo’s Hyper Japan 2019 lineup
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Nintendo today announced its lineup for Hyper Japan Festival 2019. A number of Switch games will be making their playable debuts in the UK, including Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
Here’s the full lineup:
Marvelous publishing Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town in Europe and Australia
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Rounding out today’s news about Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is an update for PAL regions. Marvelous will publish the game directly in Europe and Australia, the company has announced.
Here’s an overview of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town:
Splatoon 2 – Final Fest art featuring Crusty Sean & Bisk
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Nintendo has shared the latest piece of Splatoon 2 art in celebration of the final Splatfest. This time around, Crusty Sean & Bisk get the focus.
Nintendo says the following about the two characters representing Team Order:
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Donkey Kong Country Returns out now on NVIDIA Shield in China, footage
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This week, the lineup of Wii games from Nintendo on China’s NVIDIA Shield expanded once again. Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was previously confirmed for the device, is now available.
Here’s some footage:
Donkey Kong Country Returns takes up 3.9GB on NVIDIA Shield.
