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Posted on 5 years ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in News, Switch | 0 comments

A new Max Raid Battle has begun in Pokemon Sword and Shield and this one focuses on Water Pokemon. Water Pokemon have an increased chance of appearing in the Wild Area raids and a battle slot is reserved for a guaranteed shiny Wailord.

Make sure to check in game for more details as well as the original source below (from Serebii).

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 – 94,876 / NEW
2. [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 – 91,547 / NEW
3. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris – 73,331 / NEW
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 56,160 / 5,114,386
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 44,261 / 1,113,070
6. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 20,094 / 215,305
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,878 / 3,025,598
8. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 7,857 / 3,654,961
9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 7,450 / 3,486,199
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 6,900 / 3,751,780

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus makes its official debut on Switch tomorrow. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos | 0 comments

The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. This time around, host Chris Slate is joined by Ethan Stockton from Nintendo Treehouse and Camille Van Duyn from the strategic communications team at Nintendo of America to share their detailed thoughts about Paper Mario: The Origami King and more.

Here’s the full episode:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Publisher Merge Games has announced that the indie brawler Bounty Battle has been delayed indefinitely.

Previously, the game was on track to launch this month. However, it has now been pushed back to implement “significant improvements” that the team wouldn’t be able to finish “without a slight delay.”

Merge Games’ full statement reads:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Humble Bundle and HopFrog have prepared a massive update for the Switch version of Forager. The game has received new modes, new biomes, new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Here’s a full rundown of version 4.1.3:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

During a live stream, GameXplain showed off two hours of gameplay from Paper Mario: The Origami King. Check out the full recording below.

All Switch owners can begin playing Paper Mario: The Origami King tomorrow, July 17.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

2K shared a new video today that shows off the Ethiopia civilization and its leader, Menelik II. This will be featured in the game’s New Frontier Pass.

Here’s the video:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo has shared a new Paper Mario: The Origami King trailer that highlights some of the different areas in the game. Give it a look below.

Paper Mario: The Origami King will be out for Switch on July 17.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

As part of a new interview with VGC, Paper Mario: The Origami King producer Kensuke Tanabe and assistant producer Risa Tabata have weighed in on fans’ reception to the series starting with Sticker Star.

Tabata said that the team avoids using the same idea twice since they want to “create new gameplay” and offer players “positive surprises”. Tanabe noted that he does check out some fan opinions after a game launches, but with cases in which he “can’t address those opinions exactly as fans want”, he tries to pursue “new, fun ideas.” Tanabe ultimately said “it’s difficult to satisfy certain fans with the adventure game direction if they think of Paper Mario games as simply being RPGs.”

Here’s the full roundup:

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