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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 50 Comments

TIME is back with yet another Nintendo-centric interview. In its latest piece, the site chats with Shigeru Miyamoto about Switch (including the involvement from late president Satoru Iwata and HD rumble), virtual reality, stories in games and more.

Per usual, we’ve picked out important comments below. TIME has the full interview here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, Switch | 18 Comments

Nintendo Hong Kong has confirmed plans to localize Fire Emblem Echoes and Fire Emblem Warriors into Chinese. It’s a notable milestone for the series, as this is the first time that Fire Emblem games are receiving official Chinese translations.

Text will be in Chinese. However, voiceover will remain Japanese to “preserve the authenticity of the game”.

Fire Emblem producer Hitoshi Yamagami showed up in a video to announce today’s news:

Thanks to Jake and PDApanda for the tip.

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

Nintendo just uploaded two new Switch commercials for its North American audience. One focuses on a few different games, while the other is specifically for 1-2-Switch. Both are below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 59 Comments

Update: Added in details about Nintendo’s expanded online network and library called Network Extension (NEX).

Original: Earlier today, a new thread popped up in the Switch section of Reddit with very interesting information and images about Nintendo’s new hardware. Someone seemingly managed to get a hold of several files, in-development images, and new shots of Switch (when it was known as NX) revealing additional information about the system, including specs. While some of the content might be outdated, there’s no question that a good deal here is still relevant and applies to Switch’s retail version.

There are three files online at the moment. We have an NX overview, system features guide, and SDev Kit quick start document.

Reddit user dreamsomebody compiled the following information based on what’s surfaced:

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

SEGA hasn’t had much to say about Project Sonic 2017 since the original announcement last July, but we are finally receiving an update soon. A Sonic panel will be hosted at SXSW 2017 next month, and a “new reveal” is planned for the game as well as Sonic Mania. An “exclusive behind-the-scenes look” is promised for both titles.

Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka will be on hand for the panel along with SEGA’s Aaron Webber and Mike Pollock plus voice actor Roger Craig Smith. Surprises are also teased.

The Sonic SXSW 2017 panel will be hosted on March 16 for about an hour beginning at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM (March 17) in Europe.

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

A panel for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be held at GDC 2017, Nintendo announced today. Game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, art director Satoru Takizawa, and technical director Takuhiro Dohta will be on hand for the panel, named “Change and Constant – Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”. The event “will provide an in-depth look at how these convention-breaking changes were implemented.”

Nintendo will host the panel between 11 AM to 12:30 PM local time on March 1 at the Moscone Center. It doesn’t sound like a live stream will be offered, but it will be shown on the GDC Vault site the following week.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in Switch | 6 Comments

Nintendo has shared a video of the Baseball minigame from 1-2 Switch, which was not featured in the last round of videos. The game involves one player choosing how to throw the ball, while the other player must time a bat swing for how they think the ball was thrown. Watch it below:

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

It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch moves up several spots while a number of new Switch games also appear for the first time.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 26 and February 1.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 33 Comments

Boxes for upcoming Switch games have started to show up in Japan. One of these includes Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, which has been floating around on places on 2ch. The box provides a couple of important details about the game.

First, it’s now officially confirmed that Ultra Street Fighter II will have a new first-person mode. This was originally teased in the game’s debut trailer last month. It’s a unique game mode called “Unleash! Ha”DO”ken”, and is specialized for use with the Joy-Con controllers in a first-person view.

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

Eagle-eyed Zelda fans have spotted another section from Breath of the Wild’s menu that seems to tie in to a certain game mechanic. Just to potentially avoid spoilers and be extra safe, we’ve posted the image after the break.

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