Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs on the thinking behind Shrines and Divine Beasts, lack of long dungeons
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
Breath of the Wild was a complete reinvention of the Zelda formula, and many past staples were either discarded or reworked. One example of this is the dungeons. Whereas past Zelda titles featured long, unique dungeons with and a particular item to obtain, Breath of the Wild instead mostly has a ton of smaller Shrines scattered throughout the world and a few Divine Beasts that are thematically similar.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Breath of the Wild directed Hidemaro Fujibayashi commented on Nintendo’s approach to Shrines and dungeons in the debut episode of the Nintendo Power podcast. We’re first able to hear from Fujibayashi, who explains that big dungeons would mean that players would spent too much time there.
Switch eShop charts (12/22/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Rocket League
2. Enter the Gungeon
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Overcooked: Special Edition
5. Stardew Valley
6. Brawlout
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
10. Human: Fall Flat
11. SteamWorld Dig 2
12. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
13. Yooka-Laylee
14. Nine Parchments
15. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
16. Romancing SaGa 2
17. Splatoon 2
18. Sonic Mania
19. Snipperclips
20. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Source: Switch eShop
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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (12/21/17, North America)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Switch eShop | 0 comments
A few new games out came out this week on the various eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
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ACA NeoGeo Pulstar footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Pulstar was the latest game to hit Switch, and can now be purchased on the eShop. Have a look at some footage below.
More: Arcade Archives, Hamster
Heart & Slash adding Endless Dungeon mode on Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 5 Comments
When Heart & Slash was initially funded on Kickstarter, one of the stretch goals was an Endless Dungeon mode. That feature has been added to the Steam version, and BadLand Games has confirmed that it’s coming soon on Switch in a future update.
Endless Dungeon offers endless, randomly generated stages where enemies level up as you progress. You control Slash here. Along the way, enemies will change their weapons and character type while you’ll also encounter new weapons and items to replenish your energy. International combo and score rankings are supported in Endless Dungeon mode.
Source: BadLand Games PR
More: Badland Games, Heart&Slash
Sonic Forces – Super Sonic DLC starting to go live, footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 36 Comments
Update (12/22): The Super Sonic DLC is now live around the world, including North America.
Original (12/21): If you saw today’s European Nintendo Download report, you may have noticed that Nintendo included a listing for Super Sonic DLC in Sonic Forces. That content is now starting to go live. It won’t be available in North America until tomorrow, but it’s up in Australia, and probably very soon in Europe as well.
Here’s some footage:
The Super Sonic DLC is free… for now. SEGA will make it a paid download on January 23. When that happens, the DLC will cost $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.69.
Source: Switch eShop
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Slain: Back From Hell update out now, now runs at 60 FPS
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment
Slain: Back From Hell has been updated on Switch. Once the patch is applied, you should find that the game runs at 60 frames per second. It was previously 30 FPS, so the experience should be a bit smoother.
Source: Switch news
Splatoon 2 dev on how long it took to develop, why it took so long for changing gear in-between rounds, music talk
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 12 Comments
Eurogamer published a new interview today with Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami. Nogami commented on how long it took to develop, why it took so long to allow players to change gear in-between rounds, and creating music / bands.
You can find answers to these comments below. For the full interview, head on over here.
More: Hisashi Nogami, interview, Splatoon 2, top
Blossom Tales sells double the amount of units on Switch launch day vs. lifetime sales on Steam
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 11 Comments
Blossom Tales, a new 2D Zelda-inspired game from FDG Entertainment and Castle Pixel, launched on Switch yesterday. An early report indicates that the game is doing extremely well.
FDG sent out a tweet earlier today stating that Blossom Tales managed to sell double the amount of copies on Switch launch day than the Steam version did in its lifetime. The company wrote:
Woah! #BlossomTales sold double the amount of units on #Switch launch day vs. lifetime sales on #Steam (!) Big thanks to the #NintendoSwitch community and @NintendoAmerica @NintendoEurope ! We love you! Happy Holidays!! Congrats to the team @castlepixel @visagermusic @Tendurin pic.twitter.com/6SGh7FS3xb
— FDG Entertainment (@FDG_Games) December 22, 2017
Blossom Tales is out now on the eShop, and is currently a console exclusive.
More: Blossom Tales, Castle Pixel, FDG Entertainment, sales, top
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 version 1.1.1 footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 1 Comment
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 updated to version 1.1.1 today, bringing along an easy mode for Tiger! Tiger!, map improvements, and more. Check out some footage below.
