Level-5 looking into a new Layton game on Switch; touchscreen controls are an issue
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 13 Comments
The next game in the Professor Layton game series, Layton’s Mystery Journey, is out this year – but what’s in store for the series after that? Speaking to Eurogamer, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has said the following about a possible Layton game on the Nintendo Switch:
I played Zelda. I love the Switch. I think it’s amazing hardware. The problem is, the Layton series does a lot with the touchscreen and pointing. So, the problem with the Switch is, if you play on handheld you can do it, but if you put it on the dock… we’re trying to figure out how that would play into it.
If we can get around that and figure out a way of doing it, definitely we’re looking into putting the next Layton onto the Switch.
At the very least, it’s good to see Level-5 being so frank about it, and it seems they are committed to figuring things out with regards to a Switch game.
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10 minutes of Super Mario Odyssey in Switch’s Tabletop Mode footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Andrew in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Nintendo World Report TV has posted some footage of what Super Mario Odyssey looks like on the Switch’s Tabletop Mode. You can check out the footage below.
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Off-screen Fire Emblem Warriors images
Posted on 7 years ago by Nick in Images, Switch | 0 comments
Here are some off-screen images of Fire Emblem Warriors for the Switch. Check them all out below.
More: Fire Emblem Heroes, Koei Tecmo
Xbox boss would love for Minecraft Switch to have achievements, relationship with Nintendo is “incredibly strong”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 34 Comments
This information comes from Xbox boss Phil Spencer…
“I don’t know yet. I’m guessing no. And this is a collaborative relationship between Nintendo and I; they don’t have Achievements on their platform. If they want us to, I would love to be able to do it… The relationship with Nintendo is incredibly strong. We obviously did the Mario mash-up pack into Minecraft; that doesn’t happen that often.”
How Minecraft on Switch will use Xbox Live further explained
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 10 Comments
This information comes from Xbox boss Phil Spencer…
“We use Xbox Live as the way to make sure we know who our players are, controls around parental controls and other things that we put into our platform are there. And as you’re buying things in Minecraft, you want to make sure you have them available on other platforms, so we have to know who you are. If you have a realm that you’ve created on the PC and you want to get to it on the Switch, we have to have an identity system and we just use Xbox Live.”
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – off-screen Pirate Queen’s Quest DLC footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo aware of appetite for Switch VC, My Nintendo will be improved, physical rewards possible
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 11 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
On Virtual Console for Switch…
“We know that our fans, our players, want access to all of our digital content, we know that. What we’re working through is, ‘okay, what’s going to be the best way to make that happen, to make that available?’ Certainly, we recognize there’s an appetite for all of our great legacy content.”
On My Nintendo…
“From the Nintendo of America standpoint, we have it as a priority to make My Nintendo much more meaningful moving forward.”
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Cars 3: Driven to Win may require hard reboot to fix issues on Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments
Update: This can be fixed! You’ll need to do a hard reboot of the system, and then Cars 3 should be fine. It’s definitely not an isolated incident though, and we’ve seen a few reports about this happening. Hopefully Warner Bros. and Avalanche will put out a patch to prevent these issues.
Original: You may want to hold off on purchasing Cars 3: Driven to Win on Switch. We’re hearing that the game doesn’t go beyond the title screen, meaning it can’t be played at all.
Here’s a look:
Cars 3 on Nintendo Switch is broken. pic.twitter.com/VHsql79zAR
— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) June 15, 2017
Anyone out there have Cars 3 on Switch? If so, have you encountered these issues? It’d be interesting to see if the Wii U version works…
Reggie: Nintendo scaling up Switch production as quickly as possible, improving supply “a key focus”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 6 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“What we are doing, as quickly as we can, is scaling up the production to make more available into the marketplace, to get to the point where every consumer who wants a Nintendo Switch can find a Nintendo Switch.”
“That’s what we’re trying to get to. I’m not going to tell you when we’ll get there, but our goal is to improve our supply chain so that more product is available to more consumers. And that is a key focus.”
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Nintendo at E3 2017 – official day 2 recap
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo crowned champions in two separate tournaments today during the E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles.
In the 2017 Pokkén Tournament DX Invitational, four teams battled it out in a crew battle, with the winning team of YouTube star MatPat and pro-gaming player Allister Singh each taking home a framed Pokkén Tournament DX art piece signed by Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, and developers from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
Later, during the 2017 ARMS Open Invitational, four expert gamers competed in a single-elimination tournament against four E3 attendees. The winner Jamal “Zerk” Mackey, an E3 attendee that qualified for the tournament in the Nintendo booth today, received the coveted 2017 ARMS Open Invitational Belt. He also got the chance to face-off against the Kosuke Yabuki, the producer of ARMS, in an exhibition match.