Amazon essentially confirms Saints Row IV for Switch
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Saints Row IV was thought to be coming to Switch after it was listed by a French retailer. A page for the game has now popped up on Amazon as well, all but confirming the news.
Amazon says that Saints Row IV will be released for Switch on March 27. GameFly has a listing up as well with the same date.
Here’s an overview of Saints Row IV, along with some screenshots:
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Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 launch trailer
Posted on 4 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 is out today on Nintendo Switch. To celebrate the occasion, publisher Koch Media put together a launch trailer for the game:
The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter reaches $1 million mark, Time Attack stretch goal unlocked
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Platinum Games launched the Kickstarter project for The Wonderful 101: Remastered yesterday and it’s been widely successful so far, easily reaching its funding goal within minutes. Now that the game is definitely coming to Nintendo Switch, focus has shifted to the Kickstarter’s stretch goals. One has just now been reached as the campaign has raced past the $1 million milestone: the “Time Attack” mode, described as “A speedrunner’s dream”, has just been unlocked. Next up is “Luka’s First Mission”, a 2D side-scrolling adventure, at $1.5 million. If you want to contribute yourself. you can find the campaign here.
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Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 – “Co-Op in the Official Compound” trailer
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Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 has received another trailer. In the video below, Milestone highlights a new co-op feature.
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 will be out for Switch on February 4.
Astral Chain “owned half by Platinum and half by Nintendo”, up to Nintendo for release on other platforms, was “a big success”
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The Wonderful 101 started out on Wii U where it was an exclusive and published by Nintendo. On the other hand, for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, it’ll be self-published by developer PlatinumGames and will release on multiple platforms. Some may wonder what that could mean for Astral Chain, which is in a similar spot.
PlatinumGames studio head Atsushi Inaba confirmed to VGC that Astral Chain is “owned half by Platinum and half by Nintendo.” He also said that it’s “too early to say” whether Astral Chain will eventually take the multiplatform route, but it would be up to the Big N to sign off on such a move.
Inaba’s full words:
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North American Animal Crossing: New Horizons commercial
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Nintendo just issued a new North American commercial for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We have the advert for the game below.
Why PlatinumGames is using Kickstarter for The Wonderful 101: Remastered, “Nintendo’s kindness” helped release on new platforms
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The Wonderful 101 is returning on Switch thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign. Rather than going with Nintendo or a different publisher, PlatinumGames has decided to fund this project directly.
Speaking with Nintendo Everything, studio head Atsushi Inaba discussed the decision to go down the Kickstarter route – a first for the company. Inaba also mentioned that “Nintendo’s kindness has allowed us to expand to other platforms”, allowing for The Wonderful 101: Remastered to launch on Switch as well as other systems.
Inaba shared the following with us:
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The Wonderful 101: Remastered reaches Kickstarter funding goal in less than 30 minutes
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It didn’t take long for The Wonderful 101: Remastered to meet its funding goal on Kickstarter. PlatinumGames was asking fans to help raise $50,000, and that target has already reached. The studio was able to generate that revenue in less than 30 minutes.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered still has a significant amount of time left in its Kickstarter campaign. There’s a month remaining, so fans can expect a number of stretch goals to be added soon.
You can contribute to The Wonderful 101: Remastered on Kickstarter here.
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PlatinumGames teases three mystery projects
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Earlier today, PlatinumGames opened an official website known as “Platinum 4”. This appears to be a hub featuring upcoming projects – four in total, naturally.
With The Wonderful 101: Remastered having just been revealed, PlatinumGames updated its website with this upcoming game. There are now three additional slots for other projects.
Unfortunately, there’s absolutely nothing to go on as to what PlatinumGames has in store. We’ll just have to wait for the official reveals in the future.
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The Wonderful 101: Remastered announced, seeking return on Switch through Kickstarter
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 0 comments
The Wonderful 101’s return has been teased for what feels like years now. Those teases continued last week, as PlatinumGames posted an image on Twitter featuring director Hideki Kamiya with the time “1:01” on the PC screen behind him. Today, all of those teases have provided tangible results.
PlatinumGames has announced The Wonderful 101: Remastered, a return of the Wii U game through Kickstarter. Rather than going through a publisher, the studio is handling the project directly.
