Splatoon 2 dev on jellyfish lore, New York subway inspiration for Octo Expansion, process of making new content, lots more
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has shared a brand new interview with Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami. Nogami was mainly asked about the Octo Expansion, but had quite a bit to say.
Nogami spoke about why an Octoling was featured in the DLC, creature designs, taking inspiration from the New York subway system, and more. As for general Splatoon topics, there was talk about things like the role of jellyfish and how the team goes about creating new content.
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[Review] Octopath Traveler
Posted on 6 years ago by Jakob Vujovic(@jakovujo) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: July 13, 2018
Developer: Square Enix / Acquire
Publisher: Nintendo
When Octopath Traveler was first pitched at Nintendo’s January 2017 Switch unveiling event, Square Enix’s brief trailer talked up a classic-style JRPG something akin to The Canterbury Tales. Its focus on the stories of eight travelers with its key art of each character exchanging tales in a pub evoked the timeless format of Chaucer’s narrative poem. For a less distant comparison to this style of fantasy RPG, Octopath Traveler pitched something closer to tabletop role playing games. *You* choose your path. In a very loose sense, this remains true. The game has an unconventional structure where you do pick the characters and the order that you want to play their stories out. Once you lock yourself into one of the game’s roughly hour-long story chapters, they play out linearly with no room for meaningful deviation and almost no regard for the unique path you’ve taken to that point. The final game, as it turns out, makes very little use of what could have been a very ambitious project of offering player-driven crossover stories. Realistically, this idea was probably always too ambitious for a game of this style. As glaring as the dissonance between story and play often is, it’s more productive to look at what Octopath Traveler gets right, rather than what it doesn’t prioritize.
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Fire Emblem Heroes – Festival in Hoshido Paralogue Maps footage
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, Videos | 0 comments
With the new Fire Emblem Heroes event that has kicked off, the Festival in Hoshido event has brought along some new Paralogue Maps. Check out footage of the latest content below.
Pokemon Quest mobile generates over $8 million in its first month
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
The mobile version of Pokemon Quest generated $3 million in its first week on the App Store on Google Play. That number has since climbed to $8 million in its first month, Sensor Tower reports.
34% of Pokemon Quest’s revenue on mobile has come from Japan. The next highest percentage is the United States at 24%, followed by South Korea at 12%.
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First 30 minutes of Little Dragons Cafe
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Nintendo World Report has posted a video showing the first 30 minutes from Little Dragons Cafe. Watch the footage below.
More: Aksys Games, Little Dragons Café, ToyBox
Video: Dragon Ball FighterZ – Switch vs. Xbox One comparison
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Now that the Dragon Ball FighterZ beta has started on Switch, we’re able to see how the Switch version compares to the Xbox One release. View a comparison video below.
Next Flyhigh Express presentation incoming
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Flyhigh Works has announced its next Flyhigh Express presentation. The event will be held tonight in North America, and tomorrow in other parts of the world.
It’ll go live at the following times:
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Attack on Titan 2 – Kenny Ackerman footage
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
As part of the latest update this week, Attack on Titan 2 added Kenny Ackerman’s hat. Check out some footage in the video below.
More: Attack on Titan 2, Koei Tecmo, Omega Force
Bethesda announces Doom Eternal for Switch
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Doom Eternal is coming to Switch, Bethesda announced at QuakeCon today. Panic Button will be working on this version of the game, as was the case with the previous entry in the series.
Here’s a rundown of information shared during today’s presentation:
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Rivals of Aether reveals Shovel Knight
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
The newest character for Rivals of Aether was announced today. Shovel Knight is joining the fighter, as is his Troupple Pond.
Here’s the news straight from the team plus a first look at Shovel Knight in action:
