Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon mainly a project for Game Freak’s younger staff, more veterans for Pokemon Switch
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Game Freak has a delicate balance going on at the moment. The studio is currently wrapping up Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon for 3DS. But as we found out at E3, Game Freak is also shifting towards Switch with its very first Switch project.
On the bright side, handling two big projects doesn’t seem to be an issue for the company. In an interview with GameSpot, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon producer Shigeru Ohmori noted how the latest 3DS games can be thought of “mainly as a project for our younger staff to work on and grow and develop their skills, while perhaps the more veteran, established members of the company can work on the upcoming [Switch] project.”
Ohmori explained:
The smaller details of Switch’s new 4.0.0 firmware update
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Switch had its biggest firmware update this past week. Video capture for select games, data transferring, and eShop pre-loading were among the features added.
Once the update dropped, Switch owners began to notice some other additions and changes. For instance, the system now has support for USB wireless headsets.
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Splatoon 2 apparently has a hidden Easter egg
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Update: The Easter egg has now been found:
Did you lose your train ticket? Lol
Or is it a more complicated Easter egg? pic.twitter.com/xv6FvXJlEh
— garrett (@TAHK0) October 23, 2017
LOL does it say Amano in "inkling"????
I kept reading it as "naro" so I didn't think anything of it lol pic.twitter.com/9TVZWlyUEw
— garrett (@TAHK0) October 23, 2017
We found it after searching for hours together on stream a few days ago, so I clipped out the moment for you! :]https://t.co/um0GLpgkGR
— garrett (@TAHK0) October 23, 2017
Original: Splatoon 2 may hold at least one notable mystery. Apparently, players have yet to discover one of the game’s Easter eggs.
The news comes straight from Jordan Amaro, one of Splatoon 2’s developers. Amaro put out this cryptic tweet earlier in the month:
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Pre-order updates (10/22/17)
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Rumor: New returning stage shown running in Splatoon 2
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 7 Comments
Nintendo is still adding new content to Splatoon 2. Every week, we’ve seen new weapons and stages added to the game. When it comes to multiplayer maps, Nintendo has coming up with brand new areas plus stages returning from the original game.
One player claims to have found one such returning level. If you’re interested in learning more about the situation, continue on below.
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Touhou Sky Arena: Gensoukyou Kuusen Hime Matsuri Climax announced for Switch
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Touhou Kouroumu 13 has been taking place this weekend in Japan. At the event, Area Zero announced that Touhou Sky Arena: Gensoukyou Kuusen Hime Matsuri Climax is coming to Switch.
Touhou Sky Arena: Gensoukyou Kuusen Hime Matsuri Climax first debuted on PlayStation platforms last year. It’s a “3D high-tension spell battle action” game that takes place in the Touhou Project world of Gesokyo. 20 playable characters, over 70 music tracks, and support for up to four players online are included.
Details from Famitsu’s Super Mario Odyssey review
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments
Super Mario Odyssey already had one review before this week. In its latest issue, UK magazine EDGE awarded the game with a perfect 10 / 10 score.
Meanwhile, this week, Japanese magazine Famitsu also had its own review of Super Mario Odyssey. It wasn’t quite perfect, but the game did very well indeed. Four reviewers handed out scores of “10”, “10”, “9”, and “10”.
Here’s a summary of the the different “sub-reviews”:
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Syberia 2 boxart
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The second entry in the Syberia franchise hits Switch on November 30. We’ve got a look at the boxart above. Aside from the rating, it’ll be the same image in North America.
6 minutes of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle footage
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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle was recently featured during a live stream at RTX London 2017 live stream. Check out the recording below for several minutes of footage.
Super Mario Odyssey director says there’s a purpose behind having Mario in New Donk City’s realistic environment
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The very first thing we ever saw from Super Mario Odyssey was New Donk City. And it’s no ordinary city: Mario is running and jumping around with realistic people around him.
The concept of New Donk City may seem strange for a Mario title, but there was a purpose behind it. Director Kenta Motokura explained to Game Informer this month why it made sense for players to be interacting with a more realistic city.
