Pre-order updates – January 5, 2020
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Nintendo maintenance schedule – January 5, 2020
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Now that the holidays are over, Nintendo is starting to ramp up its plans for maintenance again. Aside from the previously-announced distribution of update data (which may be something or could be nothing), there’s standard Switch maintenance planned for later on in the week.
Here’s the full schedule:
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Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars boxart
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GameStop has posted the official boxart for Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Palindrome Interactive and Kalypso Media’s upcoming strategy game. Give it a look above.
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars launches for Switch in Spring 2020. You can pre-order it on GameStop here.
A look at the best-reviewed Switch games of 2019
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Metacritic has a reputation of being one of the top sites when it comes aggregating reviews. Now that 2019 has wrapped up, the site has offered a look at the best-reviewed Switch games of the year.
It’s actually a port that takes the top spot, as Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition is sitting strong at 93. In terms of the best-reviewed exclusive, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is at 83.
Here’s the full top 50:
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[Interview] TT Games on LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s new engine, dynamic worlds, Switch development, more
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If you didn’t get your fill of Star Wars with The Rise of Skywalker, you’ll be happy to know that there’s a lot of LEGO goodness coming to Switch later this year. Warner Bros. and TT Games are preparing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which packs in all of the different movies into a single experience.
A little while back, we were able to speak with TT Games creative leads Arthur Parsons and James Burgon to learn more about the game. We asked about the studio’s new engine, content carried over between episodes, the Switch version, and lots more.
Here’s our full discussion:
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Japanese Enies Lobby commercial
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Bandai Namco is back with another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. Find an advert focusing on Enies Lobby below.
UK’s top ten best-selling games of the past decade based on physical sales
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BBC has provided new data revealing the best-selling games of the past decade in the UK. Only physical sales were factored in here, so no digital downloads are included.
Here’s the full list:
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Lots of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch art
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We have a whole bunch of art from Brain Training’s first outing on Switch, specifically showing Dr. Kawashima. Check out the full set below.
Mario & Sonic Switch devs on why the game features 8-bit Mario while Sonic is 16-bit
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 introduces a feature we’ve never seen before in the series. A bunch of retro events are included, which lets players experience the game with a classic look and feel.
One point of interest has been the manner in which SEGA approached the graphical style. Sonic is right out of the 16-bit era, but Mario maintains his original 8-bit look from Super Mario Bros. A little while back, producer Nobuya Ohashi and director Noahiro Hirao spoke about the decision in an interview with 4Gamer.
Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3 gameplay video
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Last week, Milestone published a gameplay video for Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 3. Get a look at it below.
