Switch, Wii U, 3DS maintenance taking place on Monday / Tuesday
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 2 Comments
Update (3/5): Even more maintenance has been scheduled for 3DS tomorrow on top of what’s already posted below. The schedule is as follows:
– 5 PM PT – 6 PM PT
– 8 PM ET – 9 PM ET
– 1 AM in the UK – 2 AM in the UK
– 2 AM in Europe – 3 AM in Europe
From Monday, March 6, 2017 5 :00 PM – Monday, March 6, 2017 6 :00 PM Pacific Time
Original (3/3): On Monday / Tuesday, Nintendo will be conducting its latest platform maintenance. Certain network services such as online play, rankings, etc. may be impacted on Switch, Wii U, and 3DS while this is taking place.
The maintenance schedule is as follows:
– 8 PM PT (March 6) – 2 AM PT (March 7)
– 11 PM ET (March 6) – 5 AM ET (March 7)
– 4 AM in the UK (March 7) – 10 AM in the UK (March 7)
– 5 AM in Europe (March 7) – 11 AM in Europe (March 7)
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Switch had “one of the strongest and most successful gaming console launches for GameStop in the last several years”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 50 Comments
How Switch will do in the long run remains to be seen. That being said, early indications from GameStop point to the system having a successful launch.
Eric Bright, the retailer’s senior director of merchandising, shared a few comments about Switch’s performance on launch day. According to Bright, Switch saw “one of the strongest and most successful gaming console launches for GameStop in the last several years.” He also noted how many stores “were packed with customers”, with some fans lining up early to nab a Switch for themselves.
Bright said:
“Stores across the country last night were packed with customers who couldn’t wait to get their hands on the brand new Nintendo Switch. We even had customers lining up as early as yesterday morning so that they could be one of the lucky ones to score one of the additional units for our walk-in customers. This is one of the strongest and most successful gaming console launches for GameStop in the last several years. For those fans who are still looking for the Nintendo Switch, don’t worry–we’re getting more. And, we’re pretty sure that there are a lot of gaming fans who pulled all-nighters last night playing their new Switch, and who also called in sick to work today with ‘game-fluenza’ just to stay home and play even more.”
Shin’en is working on a new game
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 9 Comments
Shin’en has revealed that the studio is developing a new project. “We are already working on a new game, but we can’t say more for the moment,” the company stated in an interview with German outlet Nintendo-Online.
Shin’en just wrapped up FAST RMX for Switch. Despite that, the small team has moved on to something new already. Although platforms are unconfirmed, a release on Switch is probably a safe bet.
EDGE’s other cover for Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover story
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch, Wii U | 1 Comment
This month’s issue of EDGE puts the focus on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. As it’s the cover story, Link takes center stage on the magazine’s cover. There are two versions out there though.
We previously saw what the subscriber cover looks like. Equally as good is the art for the standard issue. You can see it in its full glory below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild amiibo are also compatible with Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
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In case you’re wondering, the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild amiibo are compatible with Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo. Link (Archer) summons Wolf Link, Link (Rider) summons Epona, Guardian and Bokoblin both summon Ganon, and Zelda summons Medli.
You were originally able to unlock these Zelda characters in New Leaf with the 30th anniversary amiibo. To recap, 8-bit Link is tied to Ganon, Ocarina of Time Link is for Epona, and Toon Link / Zelda both unlock Medli.
Thanks to Cameron for the tip.
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First FAST RMX update in the works
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 2 Comments
Shin’en has announced plans to update its just-released Switch eShop game FAST RMX. A Time Attack mode will be added as well as online support with friends. No word on a release date, but look for it soon.
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Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stages (3/5/17)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 2 Comments
Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“Dress to impurress! Cat Style” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
– Tiny kitty cap
– Cat-ear headband
– Striped kitty muffler
– Cat-faced stockings
– Cat hood w/ muffler
– Cat-paw dress shirt
– Hoodie w/ wraparound kitty
– Shorts w/ calico-cat print
– Cat companion
– Silly-kitty sweater
– Kitty miniskirt
– Cat-faced pumps
The returning stages will be available until March 7 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.
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An hour of I Am Setsuna footage
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Square Enix hosted a stream on Friday to show off I Am Setsuna on Switch in-depth. The recording with an hour of footage can be found below.
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Yacht Club on finding out about Switch, says it’s an “incredibly easy system to develop for”
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Yacht Club Games is at Switch’s launch with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. But how’d the studio find out about the new console anyway?
In a recent interview, lead programmer and studio co-founder David D’Angelo said:
“Nintendo first came to us. They said, ‘We have something coming. No we can’t tell you what it is, but if you have something around this time then that would be great.’ They do a pretty good job of keeping us in the loop in case our projects line up.”
D’Angelo also mentioned that “Switch is light years ahead of the Wii U. It’s an incredibly easy system to develop for, even compared to other consoles.”
With Shovel Knight, Yacht Club Games had it running “within a week”. In D’Angelo’s experience, developing for Switch is very close to the PlayStation 4. “I’ve been very impressed with how put together it is,” he said.
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1-2-Switch producer says the game wasn’t planned to be part of WarioWare, why it isn’t pre-installed
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments
Within the past week or so, new 1-2-Switch interviews with producer Kouichi Kawamoto appeared in both in Famitsu and on Japanese website 4Gamer. While nothing too major was mentioned, there were a few excerpts we thought were worth highlighting.
First, on 4Gamer, the site started out by talking about how 1-2-Switch feels reminiscent of WarioWare. Kawamoto responded to this and later directly commented on why the game isn’t pre-installed.
Below is the relevant exchange between the two sides:
The first game I created after joining Nintendo was the Sound Bomber mini-game included in 64DD title Mario Artist: Polygon Studio. Sound Bomber became foundation for WarioWare, so I am credited as being responsible for coming up with it.
Does that mean 1-2-Switch is based on WarioWare?
No, it doesn’t (laughs). I happened to come up with something completely new this time. […]
Did you ever consider making a game like 1-2-Switch as part of the WarioWare series?
WarioWare throws new games with different rules at you one after another, and they are fairly difficult games. If you played them without looking at screen, they would be extremely difficult. Furthermore, the players themselves are the characters in 1-2-Switch, performing on their ‘stage’ in front of the screen, so there isn’t really any room for the Wario characters. Because of that, I decided not to use Warioware from the outset. I made something new.
