Thanks to a Famitsu live stream, we have gameplay from the latest Arcade Archives Switch releases, The Tower of Druaga and Motos.
Here’s a bit of information about both games:
Baltoro Games brought the PS1-style fishing title Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia to Switch a few days ago, and we now have gameplay. Fans can watch 27 minutes of footage.
For more on Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia, read the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Neon White, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
We’re officially in the middle of E3 time (or when E3 would’ve been), and that means that Nintendo Direct discussion is heating up again. From so-called “leaks” to well-informed predictions, it seems like everyone has an opinion on when a presentation is coming, and what we should see in such a broadcast. This is always a fun season of thinking about what Nintendo has planned, but something that also comes up constantly when talking about this subject is: what if Nintendo just doesn’t air a Direct? And, furthermore, what if Nintendo doesn’t air one ever again?
Billy Kametz, a voice actor that had become particularly well-known over the past few years, has sadly passed away. Kametz died at just 35 years old.
In the Nintendo scene, he played Ferdinand Von Aegir in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Blue in Pokemon Masters. Most recently, he was Jerrom Laesmi in Triangle Strategy, and he also voiced Ogata in 13 Sentinals: Aegis Rim. In the anime scene, he had roles with the likes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Did You Know Gaming has wrenched old interviews out of the archives to find that Game Freak’s original plans for Pokemon Red and Green included 65,535 variations of the games. Using the Trainer ID system as a base for this, players would be assigned a Trainer ID between 1 and 65,000 and this number would affect which Pokemon would spawn in game as well as the appearances of some forest areas in the world. “We also considered having each game generate a random ID number the first time it was booted up and that number would determine which Pokémon appeared in the game.” programmer Takenori Oota stated in a Japan-only book titled ‘PokeDex’ from 1996.
In another old interview published in a 1997 issue of Famimaga 64, Game Freak founder Satoshi Tajiri states:
“The shape of a forest, the Pokémon that would appear, I wanted to make a game that would be different for everyone but it was difficult. So I went to consult with Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo, and we ended up deciding to make it so that depending on the colour – whether Red or Green – the worlds would be parallel, but different.”
Check out the full video below as they explore the abandoned mechanic:
Freedom Games and Halberd Studios are teaming up on 9 Years of Shadows, a heartfelt Metroidvania title for Switch. A release is planned for Q4 2022.
Here’s an overview of the game:
It’s been exactly two years since we first heard about Serial Cleaners, and the title today earned its final release date. It’ll be out for Switch on September 23, 2022, publisher 505 Games and developer Draw Distance have confirmed.
Here’s an overview of the title:
Publisher tinyBuild and developer Splashteam have announced a final release date for Tinykin, their 3D puzzle platformer. Switch is receiving the title on August 30, 2022.
Those that need a refresher on Tinykin can find more information below.
