Sonic Team boss talks about having Sonic Frontiers run on Switch
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Sonic Frontiers is going for the open zone concept, which at first glance may seem like more of a challenge to run well on Switch, especially compared to prior entries in the series. However, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka has indicated that the Hedgehog Engine is up for the task.
Speaking with Gamereactor, Iizuka spoke about the challenges of making a game that’s releasing across a variety of platforms and different generations of hardware. When it comes to Switch, though it won’t have the same “high-end assets” (and it’ll have a lower resolution and frame rate), Iizuka believes the game looks “very comparable” on Nintendo’s console.
Iizuka stated:
More: interview, SEGA, Sonic Frontiers, Takashi Iizuka
Bayonetta 3 devs explain why the game took so long to make
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The developers of Bayonetta 3 have opened up about the making of the game, and have discussed why the project took so long to wrap up.
PlatinumGames supervising director Hideki Kamiya, producer Yuji Nakao, director Yusuke Miyata, and Nintendo producer Makoto Okazaki spoke about this in a recent issue of Famitsu. The two indicated that things didn’t exactly go according to plan, but this was more due to the amount of content the team wanted to add. Nakao said it was never about being stuck.
Below is our translation of the interview excerpt:
Autonauts getting a physical release on Switch
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Autonauts first made it to Switch over the summer only as an eShop download, but a physical version is now on the way. It has started to pop up on retailer websites complete with the official boxart – we have a look at the design above.
Autonauts features a mix of agriculture, simulation, crafting, building, production-line, and resource management gameplay. Read more about the title below.
More: Autonauts, Curve Digital, Denki
Rumor: Bayonetta 3 was once planned as semi-open world game
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A new report from journalist Imran Khan claims that Bayonetta 3 started off as a semi-open world game.
Khan said the title “was going to draw more off Astral Chain than NieR: Automata, but the idea was that a large hub world would send Bayonetta (or whoever else) to different worlds which would themselves be fairly open.” He brought up Super Mario 64 as a comparison point for the hub and went on to mention that despite work that had been done, “it kept falling apart when it came to pacing, and eventually Nintendo wanted them to scale back.” Another issue was how this concept was performing on Switch hardware.
More: Bayonetta 3, PlatinumGames
Persona 5 Royal Switch tech analysis, including resolution and frame rate
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Persona 5 Royal recently reached new platforms including Switch, and Digital Foundry has now taken a closer look at the port from a technical perspective to cover aspects like resolution and frame rate. The outlet mostly seems to take issue with resolution as it’s not as high as other Atlus releases on the console and lower than other demanding titles that have come to the platform.
Here’s the full roundup of notable tidbits:
More: Atlus, Persona 5 Royal
Various Daylife getting physical release on Switch in Asia with English support, pre-orders open
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Various Daylife is getting a physical release in Asia that supports English, it’s been revealed.
The game originally hit Apple Arcade in 2019. Square Enix then announced and immediately released a Switch version as part of a Nintendo Direct back in September. Up until now, however, the title has only been offered digitally.
More: pre-order, Square Enix, Various Daylife
It Takes Two Switch gameplay
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An hour of footage is now available for the new Switch version of It Takes Two. After the title first debuted in March 2021, it just landed on Nintendo’s console to close out the week.
You can learn more about the game in the following overview:
More: EA, Hazelight Studios, It Takes Two
The Pokemon Company launches mysterious “chest” website
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Original: The Pokemon Company has just opened a new, mysterious website with a chest. There’s little to be seen at the moment aside from the chest itself, the number below it, and “000” in the top left corner. As far as we can tell there doesn’t appear to be much interactivity on the page.
Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet will be on Switch in just a couple of weeks, and if we had to guess, this teaser should tie into a reveal of a new Pokemon. New creatures for the games have been unveiled in different sorts of ways, though this particular method is a bit different.
More: Game Freak, Pokemon Scarlet, Pokemon Violet
Pilgrims gameplay
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The non-linear adventure game Pilgrims just launched on Switch, and if you’re curious to see what the game offers, you may be interested in checking some gameplay. A new video provides us with just that thanks to 26 minutes of footage.
Below is an overview of the title with further details:
More: Amanita Design, Pilgrims
Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising launch trailer
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Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising is almost here on Switch, and one final trailer has come in. The game is based on the popular show that’s currently available on Netflix.
Here’s an official overview:
