The patch includes Multiplayer functionality, additional game fixes, and audio for supported languages other than English. The update should clock in at around 8GB.

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Factor 5 wants canned Wii game Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron on Switch

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 46 Comments

Many years ago, during the Wii era, Factor 5 worked on Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron. Unfortunately, it never saw release. Now all of these years later, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht wants to see it return.

In an interview on IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat, Eggebrecht spoke about his aspirations of wanting to bring Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron to Switch. For those who are unaware, it was a compilation featuring modified versions of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike under a new graphics engine at 60 frames per second and new content.

Here’s what Eggebrecht had to say about a potential Switch release:

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Nintendo Minute – “Snipperclips Plus Co-Op Puzzling”

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos | 2 Comments

This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta try out some co-op in Snipperclips Plus. Watch the full episode below.

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Has-Been Heroes receives a major expansion

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 12 Comments

Frozenbyte has prepared a major expansion for Has-Been Heroes. It’s out now as a free update on Switch.

New to Has-Been Heroes are Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief from Trine as playable characters. They can be accessed after unlocking the Epic Quest mode. Sky Temple has also been added as a new region, along with “Challenge Mode” and “Seed More”.

We have the full rundown about the expansion and a trailer below.

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Splatoon 2 – North American Splatfest #4 announced

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 18 Comments

Splatoon 2’s fourth European Splatfest was held last weekend. The Japanese equivalent will be held this weekend. As for North America, Nintendo just announced the details.

The fourth North American Splatfest in Splatoon 2 will put sci-fi up against fantasy. The event will begin on November 17 at 9 PM PT / November 18 at 12 AM ET. Once it ends, expect the full results soon after.

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Snipperclips Plus launch trailer

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Nintendo has readied a new launch trailer for Snipperclips Plus, out today at retail or as DLC for the original game. See the video below.

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Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi footage

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Koei Tecmo recently held a live stream and showed off a bunch of footage for Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi, which is slated for Switch. View the full recording below.

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SFB Games on how Snipperclips Plus came to be, new Stamp mode, more

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Nintendo Life conducted a new interview with Tom and Adam Vian from SFB Games about Snipperclips Plus. The developer brothers discussed how the new release came to be, the new Stamp mode, and more.

Find some excerpts from the interview below. You can read the full discussion here.