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

The full Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Direct is now online for those who couldn’t catch today’s presentation live. You can watch the whole thing below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 360 Comments

Update: Nintendo’s recap announcement for the Direct confirms a price of $30.

Original: Nintendo has announced an Expansion Pass for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. By purchasing it, you’ll gain access to new content due out over the next year.

Here’s the full lineup of content:

Support items for your journey – December 2017
New quests for the main game – January 2018
New rare Bade – Spring 2018
New Challenge Battle Mode – Summer 2018
New Story and Adventure – Fall 2018

The Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Expansion Pass was just made known during today’s Nintendo Direct. A side quest involving Rex’s costume for Zelda: Breath of the Wild was also announced.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 52 Comments

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will have dual audio, Nintendo has confirmed. The news was just shared during today’s Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Direct.

Nintendo intends to offer this option as free DLC at launch. It will allow users to play the game either with English or Japanese voices.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 6 Comments

Today’s Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Direct will be beginning shortly. Nintendo intends to start the presentation at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

You can watch the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Direct as it happens below. We’ll also have a live blog going after the embed.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Switch | 24 Comments

Last week, Nintendo delivered its latest financial results. The news was accompanied by the regular financial results briefing held by president Tatsumi Kimishima. Kimishima weighed in on the issues with Switch supply, maintaining Wii-like momentum, third-parties, eSports, and more.

We’ve rounded up the full Q&A in its entirety. You can read all of Kimishima’s comments below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 3 Comments

The Nintendo Treehouse Log has added in a new entry that offers insight into the game’s crafting mechanics.

Here’s an excerpt:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 98 Comments

Recently we’ve heard several reports of developers who were surprised at the success of the Switch, which is why we haven’t seen a whole lot of third-party support for the system so far. However, it seems like that attitude is now slowly but surely changing, thanks to the system’s continuously strong sales.

Bandai Namco’s president Mitsuaki Taguchi said the following about his company’s experience with the Switch so far:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Nick in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

GameXplain has also added an hour video of Sonic Forces, so if you need a little bit more footage to see you can check it out down below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 6 Comments

5pb. has announced a release date for Steins;Gate Elite. In Japan, it’ll be out on March 15. Pricing is set at 7,800 yen.

Today’s news was accompanied by a new trailer / video. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Back in September, Amazon Japan had offered up Sonic Forces’ file size on Switch. The retailer said you’d need 7.042GB. Either things have changed slightly since then, or Amazon had the wrong information initially.

Sonic Forces has now arrived on the European Switch eShop. The final size is shown to be 6.6GB. Amazon’s listing wasn’t hugely off, but there is definitely a discrepancy.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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