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Posted on 7 years ago by Jakob Vujovic(@jakovujo) in Reviews, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

System: Switch (eShop)
Release date: December 21, 2017
Developer: Aurélien Regard / Seaven Studio
Publisher: Plug In Digital

Set in a far-future interpretation of one of the oldest pieces of western literature, The Next Penelope has an engaging aesthetic wrapper for its gameplay mixture of top-down shooter and Micro Machines style racing. As novel as space Poseidon might be, these narrative elements are also its flimsiest facet. The snippets of dialogue that are peppered throughout the game’s five main major challenges fumble with some inelegant wording, odd grammar, and a few comma splices. The premise isn’t given the space to develop into much beyond passing references to the Odyssey. Fortunately, this is all just window dressing – the game’s hectic arcade-style shooting fares much better in blending somewhat dissonant gameplay concepts. It comes together as an impressively well constructed genre hybrid.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

ConcernedApe began to tease new content for Stardew Valley last month. It was said at the time that it will be released alongside the free multiplayer update. Today, ConcernedApe provided brand new information that will be included.

Here’s the official word from the developer:

Stardew Valley’s new content and multiplayer update will go live on Switch sometime in 2018.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood joins the Switch eShop tomorrow. Check out 21 minutes of footage in the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 7 Comments

Inti Creates, the developer of the Azure Striker Gunvolt series, has been hard at work on its new game Dragon Marked for Death. Originally, it was slated for Winter 2017. With the lack of news since the original announcement, Inti Creates shared the expected news today that the game is now coming sometime in 2018 instead.

The official Twitter account posted the following earlier today:

2017 is almost up, so it would have been very surprising for Dragon Marked for Death to be released within the next couple of weeks. You can at least rest easy knowing that Inti Creates is doing everything possible to make the game as great as it can be.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments

When Christmas rolls in next week, it could be accompanied by a special event in Pokemon GO. Google Play in Taiwan teases what’s to come.

First, Niantic looks to be planning special sale boxes that include incubator and a new “starpiece” item. Also mentioned is more Pokemon from the Hoenn region, and the appearance of Delibird. Players should be able to encounter wearing Pikachu a Santa hat as well.

We expect that Niantic will be sharing official news about its new holiday event for Pokemon GO very soon.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

We haven’t heard much about Dandara in recent months, but it’s definitely still in the works. Publisher Raw Fury also shared a status update today.

Dandara is currently planned to arrive on Switch sometime in February. To tide fans over, the game’s title screen was sent out on Raw Fury’s Twitter account that offers a taste of the music.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 27 Comments

GamesIndustry has provided new information about gaming sales in the UK this year. The site breaks down the top five publishers by UK sales as well as sales by platform.

In terms of publishers, Nintendo ranks third when it comes to boxed sales. That’s behind EA (16.8%) and Activision Blizzard (15.6%), but ahead of Ubisoft (9.7%) and Sony (8.3%).

GamesIndustry also has the following breakdown of sales by platform in 2017:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 16 Comments

ContraNetwork put together a video showing how the new Switch version of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 compares to the original. Check it out below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 10 Comments

Titan Quest will cost $40 when it comes to Switch next year. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, pre-orders are supposed to be 20% off, making it $32. However, some sort of error is currently in place discounting it even further to $24.

Since this is an error, we expect it to be fixed soon. You can currently place an order here – you might just want to be quick about it.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA | 21 Comments

You may know Davide Soliani as the creative director behind Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. But many years before that Switch game, Soliani wanted to work on another Nintendo franchise: Zelda.

During the GBA era, Soliani says he and artist Fabio Pagetti “almost convinced our managing director to let us produce a demo for a GBA version of Wind Waker.” Unfortunately, it didn’t get very far. There is also no working demo sadly.

Soliani shared the following on Twitter:

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