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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 152 Comments

We’ve heard Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima say that the new worldwide sales target for Switch this fiscal year is 20 million units. That would surprise the previous target by about 1.4 times.

Speaking with Mainichi, Kimishima said: “In order to be playable in the long term, the second year is crucial. Our task is to add more users, including people who barely touch game consoles.” He also said Nintendo has to expand the game library, take in new players, and raise the Switch as “a game console with long lifespan.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch | 60 Comments

After a crazy week of anticipation and trolling relating to a possible Nintendo Direct, a presentation dropped out of thin air on Thursday. It wasn’t as big as some past presentations – no surprise there given the addition of “mini” in the name – but there were still some surprises.

Switch received all of the love this time around. Highlights included Dark Souls: Remastered, Mario Tennis Aces, The World Ends with You: Final Remix, and SNK Heroines ~Tag Team Frenzy~. We also now know that Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and Ys VIII are all coming to Switch. New updates and DLC were announced for Super Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and Pokken Tournament DX were revealed as well. Finally, Kirby Star Allies, Fe, and Celeste were all dated.

What do you make of this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini? Were you pleased or disappointed with anything shown (or something that was absent)? Do you have a favorite announcement? Let us know in the comments below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments

Yesterday, Nintendo announced that a new update is planned for Splatoon 2 next week. Version 2.2.0 will begin distribution on January 16 in North America / January 17 in Europe.

Nintendo now has the patch notes published in English. A bunch of different changes are planned for multiplayer (including weapons), Salmon Run, and more.

Continue on below for the full patch notes.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 31 Comments

Arc System Works has announced a release date for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. In North America, we’ll be getting the game on June 5. It’ll be out in Japan and Asia just slightly earlier on May 31.

Those in Japan will be able to purchase the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Limited Box. The Switch version will contain:

– Special box with special collaborative illustration by Tochimichi Mori (Arc System Works), Shigenori Soejima (Atlus), Seiichi Yoshihara (French-Bread), and Ein Lee (Rooster Teeth)
– “Additional Character All-in-One Pack” download code
– BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle art book
– Multi storage pouch

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments

The official Nintendo Treehouse Log updated this past week with a pair of new entries.

The first one covers the new Fire Emblem Warriors DLC pack, including new characters Oboro, Azura and Niles. In the second entry, we get to read a bit more about the latest ARMS fighter Dr. Coyle.

We have excerpts and links to both Treehouse Log entries below.

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

Nintendo has posted two more pieces of concept art from Super Mario Odyssey. The first image, attached above, is from Tostarena. We also have concept art for the Odyssey itself below.

More concept art featuring Cappy can be found here.

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

Yet another weapon arrived in Splatoon 2 a short while ago, with Nintendo making the Dapple Dualies Nouveau available to players. Get a look at some footage below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 19 Comments

Kirby Star Allies reappeared in this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini. It was the first time we’ve seen the game in several months, as it was last showcased during the September Nintendo Direct.

In the past, we’ve seen that Nintendo has improved the visuals of its games over time. That was the case with Super Mario Odyssey. Likewise, Kirby Star Allies has been given a boost.

Kirby fan reserved_kirby pointed out some of the improvements on Twitter, as well as some of the smaller touches you may not have noticed. We’ve rounded up the relevant points below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 9 Comments

GfK and UKIE has provided GamesIndustry with data that reveals the top 100 best-selling boxed games of 2017 in the UK. Additionally, there’s a breakdown of share by publisher. Find all of the relevant charts below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments

With Rocket League’s next update, Psyonix will be changing the default menu music. The studio is getting its fans involved with a vote.

Four tracks are under consideration: “Breathing Underwater”, “Don’t Stop The Party”, “Firework” (Original), and “Solar Eclipses”. Fans can vote on Twitter until January 17. You can listen to each track and cast your vote on Twitter below.

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