Nintendo feels that Breath of the Wild’s freedom needs to be maintained in future Zelda games
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 60 Comments
Zelda: Breath of the Wild has no set way of getting through the game. Thanks to its freedom, players can tackle it in any way they see fit. Zelda’s freedom has allowed players to come up with all sorts of interesting ways of solving puzzles. In some cases, they’ve even found ways of skipping large sections of Shrines entirely.
Producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi told IGN in a new interview that this was “all according to plan.” Nintendo wanted players to be able to have “multiple answers, multiple ways, multiple ways of doing anything.”
Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs borrowed assets from Mario Kart 8 while working on the Master Cycle Zero
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 2 Comments
No one could have expected Nintendo to add a motorcycle in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But in The Chammpions’ Ballad, Nintendo did just that. The reward at the end of the DLC is none other than the Master Cycle Zero.
In an interview with IGN, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma discussed the development of the new motorcycle. You might be interested to know that Nintendo imported assets from Mario Kart 8 as a “test drive” of sorts.
Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stage theme (12/30/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“Happy New Year! New Year, New Fashion” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild director comments on the reward for finding all Korok seeds
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 36 Comments
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a massive amount of Korok seeds to collect. Attempting to do so requires a great deal of time, as several hundred are scattered across Hyrule.
There will be a reward waiting for you once you’ve found every last Korok Seed. The thing is, it’s not exactly helpful or valuable – it’s more comical in nature.
Yoku’s Island Express boxart, pre-orders open
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments
Amazon has posted the boxart for Yoku’s Island Express, which will indeed have a physical release. We’ve attached it above. You can now pre-order Yoku’s Island Express on both Amazon and GameStop.
We should also mention that Overcooked: Special Edition, another game published by Team17, opened pre-orders this week on Amazon as well. It’s possible to reserve it here.
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Details about Switch’s use of web technology and the creation of the eShop
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 12 Comments
At the end of September, the HTML 5 Conference hosted a special session about Switch and its use of web technology. HTML5Experts followed up with Nintendo by interviewing director Munetaka Tsuda and front-end engineer Yuji Horikawa from the planning and production team. During the discussion, the two developers shared some very interesting information about the creation of the Switch eShop and the system’s use of web technology.
Tsuda joined Nintendo in 2011, and has been working on directions for network services, component browser, in-console software, and more. Horikawa joined in 2013, and has been developing the eShop for digital game sales and other web services.
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Aka to Blue looks to be heading to Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 3 Comments
Aka to Blue, a bullet hell shoot-’em-up that was released on mobile just a few months ago, now appears to be bound for Switch. An image was posted today showing the game running on Nintendo’s console.
It’s worth keeping an eye on Aka to Blue due to the developer behind it. Hiroyuki Kimura, who previously worked at Cave, is the boss of Tanoshimasu. Kimura started out at Climax, where he contributed to the likes of Shining Force and Landstalker as well as other companies. At Cave, Kimura worked on Akai Katana Shin, DoDonPachi Maximum, and other bullet hell shooters. He’s now the CEO of Tanoshimasu.
We have a bunch of additional information about Aka to Blue below, plus a trailer.
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Fire Emblem Heroes – New Year’s event art, January calendar / wallpaper
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Mobile | 0 comments
Fire Emblem Heroes is about to kick off its New Year’s event. It will feature Azura, Takumi, and Camilla in special garb.
We have official art of the different characters below. You’ll also find a couple of images that act as calendars / wallpapers for January.
Fire Emblem Heroes – Raven & Lucius Bound Hero Battle, latest summoning focus
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Fire Emblem Heroes has updated once again with content. Players can partake in the latest Bound Hero Battle and summoning focus.
Here’s the official description of the Bound Hero Battle:
“Liege and retainer from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Raven: Peerless Fighter and Lucius: The Light are waiting in Special Maps for Bound Hero Battle: Raven & Lucius. Take on Hard through Infernal modes to get Orbs!”
As for the summoning focus, you can obtain Raven: Peerless Fighter, Lucius: The Light, and Priscilla: Delicate Princess. The first time you summon, you won’t have to use any Orbs.
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Atooi planning at least three Switch games for 2018
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 5 Comments
Atooi has confirmed that more Switch games are in the works. Founder Jools Watsham sent out a tweet yesterday teasing at least three additional titles for 2018.
Watsham wrote:
https://twitter.com/JoolsWatsham/status/946902155667099648
Mutant Mudds Collection is out now on the Switch eShop. 2018 could also be the year in which Treasurenauts wraps up development.
