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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 20 Comments

Game Rant has published its full interview with Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto. Sakamoto touched on why 3DS was chosen as the platform for Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS, as well as why Metroid II was fit for a remake. He was also asked about possible interest in an animated series / movie, though Sakamoto didn’t have much to say here.

You can read Sakamoto’s comments about these topics below. The full interview is located here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 41 Comments

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

Switch – 73,231
PS4 – 22,822
New 3DS LL – 9,915
New 2DS LL – 8,359
PS4 Pro – 6,547
Vita – 3,732
2DS – 1,655
New 3DS – 392
Xbox One – 71
Wii U – 68
PS3 – 64

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

Switch – 43,426
PS4 – 18,396
New 3DS LL – 8,726
New 2DS LL – 8,508
PS4 Pro – 5,418
Vita – 3,707
2DS – 1,659
New 3DS – 379
PS3 – 87
Xbox One – 76
Wii U – 56

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 1 Comment

The latest item distribution has gone live in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch. If you’ve subscribed to the official news channel on the system, you should be seeing a message from director Hidemaro Fujibayashi.

One specific item is being distributed this time around, and it’s a fairly useful one. You’ll get your hands on a Fire Rod upon starting the game. Look for it in a treasure chest as soon as you load up your save file.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 8 Comments

Since the week that WWE 2K18 was announced for Switch, 2K has only committed to a general “Fall 2017” release. However, some had hoped that it would be out later this month alongside other platforms. This was somewhat due to marketing materials that surfaced at stores over the past few days pointing to the Switch edition possible landing on October 17.

For its part, the “Fall 2017” release window still sticks. 2K is not giving a more specific launch timing beyond that.

The official WWE gaming Twitter account reconfirms:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 160 Comments

Super Mario Odyssey makes a major change to a core gameplay element of the series. Lives are now completely gone. When you die in Super Mario Odyssey, you lose coins instead.

This ties in with another element of Super Mario Odyssey. Players can use coins to purchase all sorts of outfits and hats, including a wetsuit, Mario’s look in Mario Maker, and even a golfer’s uniform resembling what he wore in NES Open Tournament Golf.

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

Nippon Columbia published a new trailer and commercial for Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso. Watch the videos below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments

Update: A demo on the Wii U is also now available. 

Original: Last night, a demo for Just Dance 2018 was made available for Switch in Europe via the eShop. The same demo is out now in North America as well. Look for it in the “Coming Soon” section of the eShop.

Ubisoft released a new trailer to promote the demo’s arrival. You can find that attached below.

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

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch eShop | 13 Comments

On the latest episode of Fragments of Silicon, Kai Tuovinen from Frozenbyte was interviewed. Tuovinen was asked about the already-released Has-Been Heroes as well as Nine Parchments.

To begin, Tuovinen indicated that Has-Been Heroes has been selling the best on Switch. Tuovinen didn’t share any specific numbers, though that was in part due to since he didn’t have any information on-hand. Switch’s small library could have played a role in the strong performance, but the fact that people were interested in the game and were giving it a shot was encouraging.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 5 Comments

Game Informer just published a video that offers a new look at the Cascade Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey. View the video below.

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