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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 57 Comments

Virtuos has worked on all sorts of ports and remasters in the past. Their previous projects include Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy X/X-2, HD, Batman: Return to Arkham, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection, and plenty more.

Now the studio is turning its attention to Switch. As spotted by Doctre81, senior programmer Xiaoyu Zhang states on LinkedIn that he’s involved with the porting process of a AAA title.

Here’s the relevant excerpt:

WIP: Porting a AAA title to Nintendo Switch
– Re-implement the renderer with Nintendo’s native graphics API(nvn)
– Design and implement the low level mechanism of graphics resource management and threading
– Exploit the performance advantages of the Vulkan-like API (UMA, explicit management of graphics memory, complete control over CPU/GPU synchronization, etc)

Zhang has been working at Virtuous since last March. It’s unclear how long the Switch project has been in development for, however.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Switch, Videos | 1 Comment

The latest episode of Capcom TV was hosted earlier today. The Great Ace Attorney 2, along with the Switch verson of Monster Hunter XX, were shown with gameplay. Watch the full recording below.

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

The situation with Telltale releases on Switch is a bit of a mystery. Various retailers have listed Guardians of the Galaxy on Nintendo’s console over the past few months, for example. Batman: The Telltale Series has also popped up on store listings.

So when Batman reappeared at select retailers earlier this week, we didn’t think there was much to those listings. But perhaps there is something going on here after all.

GameFly just added in an entry for Batman: The Telltale Series on Switch today. It contains an October 31 release date, though that’s no doubt temporary. The interesting thing to consider here is that GameFly has a very good track record. We can’t say that GameFly is an absolute confirmation, but it’s a good sign about Telltale possibly bringing its Batman series to Switch.

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

NBA 2K18 has been delayed on Switch… sort of.

The main launch of the sports title is taking place on September 19. While NBA 2K18 will still be coming to Switch on that day digitally, the physical version will not. NBA 2K18 will hit store shelves on Nintendo’s console sometime this fall.

2K and parent company Take-Two Interactive have not provided a reason for the delay.

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

Nintendo has prepared three new gameplay-centric commercials for ARMS. Get a look at the North American adverts below.

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

Just a few weeks before the start of E3, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle suffered from some significant leaks. Key art was posted online as well as extensive marketing plans with quite a few details. Many were initially skeptical about Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, but that all changed once we got a good look at the game at E3.

Eurogamer recently chatted with creative director Davide Soliani and composer Grant Kirkhope about the leaks. Hear what they have to say below.

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

Nintendo will be conducting another round of Switch maintenance tonight. Unspecified games will be affected for roughly two hours.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5:50 PM PT (August 2) – 7:30 PM PT (August 2)
– 8:50 PM ET (August 2) – 10:30 PM ET (August 2)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (August 3) – 3:30 AM in the UK (August 3)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (August 3) – 4:30 AM in Europe (August 3)

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

Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure finally has a release date on Switch. Today, Telltale confirmed a release date of August 22 in North America and August 25 in Europe / other regions.

Telltale will offer Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure as a physical cartridge and a digital download. It has all eight episodes from the first season of Minecraft: Story Mode: five episodes from the original season pass, plus the three bonus episodes from the ‘Adventure Pass’ add-on series.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 10 Comments

Microïds today published a new trailer for Gear.Club Unlimited, its racer lined up for Switch. The video reconfirms a launch window of Q4 2017.

Microïds says Gear.Club Unlimited is “a genuinely realistic racing experience where you take the most incredible cars through breath-taking environments. Show your competitive spirit, on your own or with your friends, in different leagues and in frenzied races, and become a true driver by achieving the best times in the different available racing categories.”

Gear.Club Unlimited is one of many Switch games Microïds is planning. The others include Blacksad, Syberia, Syberia 2, Syberia 3, and Flashback – Remastered Edition.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, New Nintendo 3DS, Switch | 6 Comments

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura, Fire Emblem Warriors, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi, and The Snack World. Scans of all games are below.

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