First Metal Slug launches on Switch this week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Metal Slug 3 is already up on the Switch eShop as part of the Arcade Archives series. Later this week, the very first Metal Slug game will be showing up as well.
The European eShop is listing Metal Slug for release on Thursday. Hamster has generally been bringing out the same NeoGeo game across all regions each week, so North America and Japan should be getting it as well.
Here’s a closer look at the listing:
And a trailer for the game:
More: Arcade Archives, Hamster
Warner Bros. suggests we’ll be able to play LEGO City Undercover on Switch without downloading the game
Posted on 8 years ago by Fernando in News, Switch | 27 Comments
LEGO City Undercover’s packaging appeared online yesterday, which stated that players would need up to 13GB of storage for the “game download” on Switch. This suggested that the whole title is not included on the physical cartridge itself. But today, LEGO City Undercover publisher Warner Bros. has provided Eurogamer with a statement about the situation.
According to a company spokesperson, “players who purchase LEGO City Undercover on Nintendo Switch at retail do not need to download the game to play”.
If this is true, then we still don’t know why the label says it is required to download up to 13GB of data. It’s possible that some of the game can be played without the additional download, but we can’t say for sure just yet. We’ll keep you informed if we hear anything else about the situation.
Kamiko announced for Switch, heading to the Japanese eShop next month
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 7 Comments
Fairune developer Skipmore is finishing up its first game for Switch. This week, Famitsu is revealing Kamiko for the eShop.
Kamiko is an action game taking place in a pixel world. Players can choose from one of the three Kamiko who have different abilities, and go towards the boss at the deepest part of the stage.
Available characters are as follows:
– Yamato: A girl born into the family of Water shrine maidens; uses a sword with long reach named Kusanagi no Tsurugi
– Uzume: The Earth shrine maiden living in forest; can launch long-range attack with her bow Yasakani-no-Magatama –
– Hinome: The youngest daughter in the family of fire shrine maidens; fights by throwing her shield Yata no Kagami like a boomerang
Kamiko launches sometime next month in Japan. It’ll cost 500 yen. As of the new Famitsu, development is 90 percent complete.
Pokémon Shuffle update (03/28/17) – Meloetta competition, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS | 0 comments
New challenges are now live in Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Shuffle Mobile, highlighted with a Meloetta competitive stage. Here’s the rundown of what’s taking place:
There are also new stages for Escavalier, Accelgor, Genesect, Wobuffet (Female), and Keldeo (Resolute Form), as well as a repeat run for Tornadus (Incarnate Form). The Keldeo battle is an escalation battle that will run until April 11, while all the others will run until April 4. The Tornadus stage can only be played once a day.
More: Pokemon Shuffle
Wii U online play maintenance taking place today / tomorrow
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo just announced an impromptu Wii U maintenance taking place later today / tomorrow. Some network services, such as online play and rankings, will be unavailable for three hours. Below are the exact times:
- 5 PM PT (March 28) – 8 PM PT (March 28)
- 8 PM ET (March 28) – 11 PM ET (March 28)
- 1 AM in the UK (March 29) – 4 AM in the UK (March 29)
- 2 AM in Europe (March 29) – 5 AM in Europe (March 29)
More: maintenance
Pokemon Sun & Moon: Fifth Global Mission now underway
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
The fifth Global Mission in Pokemon Sun & Moon has begun. This time, the goal is to hatch as many eggs as possible – 200,000 is the goal. If this goal is reached by April 10th, 23:59 UTC, the mission is considered a success and all players will receive 2000 FC. Failure will result in 200 FC instead. As per usual, these rewards are doubled if your save game is tied to a Global Link account.
Furthermore, if players contribute 3 or more hatched eggs to the cause, they will receive a Rare Candy. If a total of 400,000 eggs are hatched between all players, everyone with a Global Link account will receive a Love Ball.
More: Pokemon Moon, Pokemon Sun
Pocket Rumble misses its targeted March release date
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch eShop | 4 Comments
Pocket Rumble was one of the many promising indie games revealed for Switch lately and initially, the 2D brawler was targeted for a release in March. We are now quickly approaching the end of March and unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like Pocket Rumble will make its targeted release date. Developer Cardboard Robot Games had the following to say on Twitter:
We’re currently unable to comment on the release date of Pocket Rumble. As soon as that changes we can and will post more info.
We know this isn’t the news you wanted to hear. Thank you so much for your overwhelming support so far. We love you guys!
This is definitely disappointing, but hopefully the delay won’t be too bad.
More: Cardboard Robot Games, indie, Pocket Rumble
Fire Emblem Heroes: Twitter quiz challenge going well so far, all players getting orbs and feathers
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 1 Comment
The Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account is currently holding a quiz competition. Each day, they pose a question about Fire Emblem with four possible answers, and if most people choose the correct answer, rewards will be delivered to all Fire Emblem Heroes players. Yesterday, the quiz wrapped up its “Hard” round of questions and all were answered correctly, which means that everyone will receive at least five orbs and 2,500 Hero Feathers on April 7th. Even better rewards are possible if people answer the “Lunatic” round of questions, which start today.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales boosted by 50% in the UK as Switch stock slowly returns to stores
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild maintained strong positioning on the UK charts. As mentioned yesterday, it was the sixth best-selling individual game for the week of March 25, and the tenth best-seller on the all formats chart.
According to GamesIndustry, sales of Zelda experienced a 50 percent boost. The site attributes that to Switch stock, as “units begin to trickle their way back into retailers”.
Thanks to Arison for the tip.
Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stages (3/27/17)
Posted on 8 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.
“The decisive battle! The Battle of Miitomo” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
– Shogun helmet
– Shogun armor
– Warrior wrap
– Treasured sword
– Warrior princess wig
– Warrior princess armor
– Cherry blossom tee
– Cherry blossom jeans
– Princess flower hairpin wig
– Princess kimono
– Camellia dress
– Camellia pumps
The returning stages will be available until March 30 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
