Square Enix celebrates the holidays with some new Bravely Default art
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 23 Comments
The holidays are here, the Square Enix is celebrating in style. New art was shared on the official Japanese Bravely Default Twitter account today, posted above.
Naturally, fans are already starting to speculate that the Bravely series could be appearing on Switch. We do see Edea Lee with Joy-Con in her hands after all. And perhaps the idea isn’t entirely crazy. After PlatinumGames posted some Bayonetta-themed art during the summer, Bayonetta 1 and 2 were announced for Switch at The Game Awards earlier this month. But for now, the Bravely games coming to Switch is merely speculation.
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Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting Switch vs. PS4 video comparison
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 4 Comments
A new video has come in comparing Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting on both Switch and PlayStation 4. Check it out below.
New sales data for a bunch of third-party Switch games in Japan
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 1 Comment
The latest issue of Nintendo Dream has an update on the sales of a bunch of third-party Switch games in Japan. We have the latest sales data for bigger titles like Monster Hunter XX and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, plus data for some smaller releases such as LEGO City Undercover.
Here’s the full listing:
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Massive amount of Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
With Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting hitting Japan this week, Famitsu held an extremely lengthy live stream with tons of footage. You can watch the full recording below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs on the thinking behind Shrines and Divine Beasts, lack of long dungeons
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
Breath of the Wild was a complete reinvention of the Zelda formula, and many past staples were either discarded or reworked. One example of this is the dungeons. Whereas past Zelda titles featured long, unique dungeons with and a particular item to obtain, Breath of the Wild instead mostly has a ton of smaller Shrines scattered throughout the world and a few Divine Beasts that are thematically similar.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Breath of the Wild directed Hidemaro Fujibayashi commented on Nintendo’s approach to Shrines and dungeons in the debut episode of the Nintendo Power podcast. We’re first able to hear from Fujibayashi, who explains that big dungeons would mean that players would spent too much time there.
Sonic Forces – Super Sonic DLC starting to go live, footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 36 Comments
Update (12/22): The Super Sonic DLC is now live around the world, including North America.
Original (12/21): If you saw today’s European Nintendo Download report, you may have noticed that Nintendo included a listing for Super Sonic DLC in Sonic Forces. That content is now starting to go live. It won’t be available in North America until tomorrow, but it’s up in Australia, and probably very soon in Europe as well.
Here’s some footage:
The Super Sonic DLC is free… for now. SEGA will make it a paid download on January 23. When that happens, the DLC will cost $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.69.
Source: Switch eShop
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Splatoon 2 dev on how long it took to develop, why it took so long for changing gear in-between rounds, music talk
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 12 Comments
Eurogamer published a new interview today with Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami. Nogami commented on how long it took to develop, why it took so long to allow players to change gear in-between rounds, and creating music / bands.
You can find answers to these comments below. For the full interview, head on over here.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 version 1.1.1 footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 1 Comment
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 updated to version 1.1.1 today, bringing along an easy mode for Tiger! Tiger!, map improvements, and more. Check out some footage below.
ARMS – new Dr. Coyle boss fight in the Grand Prix Grand Finale
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 16 Comments
Dr. Coyle is the latest fighter to have been added to ARMS, but she’s actually a new boss as well. You can see what happens when you challenge the Grand Prix at Level 6 or 7 below.
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5.0 will be ARMS’ final content update, balance patches to continue
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 42 Comments
Version 5.0 of ARMS was released today, bringing with it a new fighter and a new stage, among other things. However, on their “Topics” blog on their Japanese website, Nintendo has announced that 5.0 will be ARMS final content update. Balance patches will continue to be released, but presumably there won’t be any more fighters, stages or Arms added to the game.
