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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Nintendo has published a new video interview with Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the series producer for Zelda and Breath of the Wild’s director respectively. The two talked about a few different topics, including The Champions’ Ballad DLC, what’s next for the series, and more. Watch the full interview below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 25 Comments

Psyonix posted a comprehensive update today outlining the various features and updates in store for Rocket League. One point applies specifically to Switch.

This spring, Rocket League will be updated on Switch to support two graphical modes. The first is Performance Mode, which is 900p when docked and 720p in handheld mode at 60 frames per second with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling. If that doesn’t interest you, Quality Mode will offer native 1080p docked and 720p portable resolution at 30 frames per second with added visual effects.

The full roadmap for Rocket League’s pipeline all the way up through April and beyond can be found below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Switch | 2 Comments

Screenshots are in for the trading card game Hototogisu Tairan 1553: Ryuuko Aiutsu, which was just announced for Switch via this week’s issue of Famitsu. View them below.

We also have a few more tidbits:

– Collect cards drawn by various popular illustrators, assemble a deck, and use that deck to battle
– Two phases
– Tactical Phase: use any card from your hand, such as a strategy or promotion card, and manifest its effect onto the field
– Battle Phase: the units deployed onto the field will move and attack
– The order of movement is based on how high a unit’s stats are for both enemies and allies
– Players can enjoy strategies such as making the first move with fast units, or surrounding the enemy for a formation effect
– eShop title

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 1 Comment

ARMS is getting a new update tonight. To prepare for it, the game will be undergoing some maintenance for about a couple of hours.

Maintenance will be taking place at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (January 31) – 6:30 PM PT (January 31)
– 7:50 PM ET (January 31) – 9:30 PM ET (January 31)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (February 1) – 2:30 AM in the UK (February 1)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (February 1) – 3:30 AM in Europe (February 1)

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 1 Comment

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Hototogisu Tairan 1553: Ryuuko Aiutsu, SD Gundam G Generation Genesis, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and Cube Creator X. Scans of all games are below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 14 Comments

Nintendo confirmed earlier today that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has shipped 6.7 million copies on Switch worldwide. Adding in sales of the Wii U version of about 1.08 million, the overall total should be roughly 7.78 million units worldwide.

The big takeaway from that number is Breath of the Wild is now the second highest-selling Zelda game. Only Twilight Princess has it beat globally with 8.85 million copies sold. Breath of the Wild could very well overtake it in time.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 80 Comments

Thanks to some assistance from Nippon Ichi, Ys VIII is coming to Switch. It should be out sometime this summer.

When Ys VIII originally launched in the west, it unfortunately had some localization issues. NIS America has since redone practically the entire game, including the script, item names, terminology, monster names, and graphical text. The game also received a full re-recording of voiced dialogue.

The good news is that the Switch version of Ys VIII shouldn’t be plagued by any problems. NIS America has said that the patch distributed on other platforms this week will be built into the cartridge. You won’t have to download anything extra for the game’s localization.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 1 Comment

Following last night’s update, the Moana Character Pack was made available in Minecraft for Switch (and Wii U). Take a look at some footage below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 47 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

PS4 – 110,023
Switch – 47,107
PS4 Pro – 30,122
New 2DS LL – 6,842
Vita – 3,744
New 3DS LL – 3,377
Xbox One X – 1,618
2DS – 1,094
Xbox One – 68

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 43,027
PS4 – 37,572
PS4 Pro – 14,935
New 2DS LL – 7,302
Vita – 4,256
New 3DS LL – 3,563
Xbox One X – 1,285
2DS – 1,250
Xbox One – 103

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 2 Comments

This weekend, the latest Japanese Splatfest in Splatoon 2 will be taking place. The theme for this particular event is champion vs. challenger. As usual, Nintendo has produced a special piece of art for the Splatfest, which we have above.

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