No Place Like Home launch trailer
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Merge Games published No Place Like Home on Switch this week, and we have a new trailer to celebrate. The video offers up another look at the sim experience.
Further details can be found in the following overview:
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line devs explain lack of touch controls
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Previous Theatrhythm games allowed games to use touch controls, but Final Bar Line is all about buttons. This is in spite of the fact that Switch does have a touch screen. In a recent interview, series director Masanobu Suzui and producer Ichiro Hazama revealed that there was some consideration around supporting both methods, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Suzui, speaking with Dengeki Online, brought up one factor which is that Switch has a capacitance-type touchscreen while 3DS featured a pressure-type one. While there was talk about supporting button controls and touch controls for each song, he said that the team “already needed multiple copies of sheet music for each song to account for difficulty levels.”
Here’s our translation of the comments from Suzui and Hazama:
No Place Like Home gameplay
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No Place Like Home, a sim title for Switch, has been given new gameplay. Just over a half hour of footage has emerged following this week’s launch.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
The Knight Witch getting a physical release on Switch
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A physical version of The Knight Witch has been revealed, which will be known as the “Deluxe Edition”.
You’ll actually be getting more than just the game here. As extra bonuses, those that pick up the the title at retail will receive a digital soundtrack, art cards, and reversible inlay.
More: Super Mega Team, Team17, The Knight Witch
PlatinumGames didn’t know whether Bayonetta 3 or Bayonetta Origins would release first
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A new interview has revealed that PlatinumGames didn’t know whether Bayonetta 3 or Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon would be released first.
That comes in a recent interview with Famitsu. Several members of the development team weighed in, including Nintendo producers Makoto Okazaki and Koji Tanaka as well as PlatinumGames supervising director Hideki Kamiya.
Nintendo Treehouse: Live for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom announced
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A new Nintendo Treehouse: Live for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will air next week, Nintendo has announced. It will kick off at 6:45 PM PT / 9:45 PM ET / 2:45 AM in the UK / 3:45 AM in Europe. This will be the leadup to the midnight launch at Nintendo New York.
According to Nintendo, the live stream will contain four segments featuring gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. There’ll be even more content counting down to the game’s release afterwards.
Nintendo recaps the story of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Looking for a refresher on the story of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ahead of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s launch next week? Nintendo has you covered in that area with a new video.
Remember that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to Breath of the Wild. Nintendo’s video does contain video for the latter.
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened getting a physical release on Switch
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Super Rare Games announced today that it intends to give Dungeon Defenders: Awakened the physical treatment on Switch.
4,000 copies will be made in total. Each unit includes all current Switch-released content on its cart at the time of printing, a full-color manual, interior artwork, an exclusive sticker, and trading cards.
Splatoon 3 announces Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Splatfest
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Original (4/14): To celebrate next month’s launch of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a special Splatfest will be held in Splatoon 3. Players are being asked whether they’d side with power, wisdom, or courage.
Something that’s been teased as part of the event is a special Tricolor Turf War stage in the Scorch Gorge with “unusual, triangular geometry” – obviously a nod to the Triforce from Zelda. You can get a closer look below.
Nintendo Switch Online adds Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury icons
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Original (4/6): The Nintendo Switch Online app just started up a new round of user icons for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. Five waves are planned in total, with the lineup rotating out every Thursday. It should all wrap up on May 11.
Icons can be redeemed for characters, backgrounds, and frames. For characters, they cost 10 Platinum Points which can be earned through My Nintendo. Backgrounds and frames are priced at 5 Platinum Points each.
