Shinichi Kameoka has had a pretty distinguished career. One of his most notable achievements was Mother 3, of which he worked on the game as a producer. He was also a system designer, character designer, and scenario writer for the original Mana series, including Secret of Mana and SaGa Frontier.
Kameoka’s studio Brownies just put out a new title on Switch in the form of EGGLIA Rebirth. We were recently given the chance to speak with him about releasing the game on Nintendo’s console as well as a few other topics.
You can check out our full discussion below.
It’s no secret that there have been component shortages for all sorts of technology, including Switch. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has now said that the situation is starting to impact the company’s gross profit due to increased costs.
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukara explained that the “rise is gradual” and there will only be a small impact this fiscal year. However, “if costs continue at current levels through next fiscal year as well, then we would expect hardware profitability to decrease correspondingly compared to this fiscal year.” Also brought up is how the Switch OLED has a lower profit margin compared to the standard Switch and Switch Lite.
Furukawa stated:
Nintendo was asked about what percentage of users purchased the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC during its financial results briefing last week. While president Shuntaro Furukawa didn’t go into specifics, he did share some notable information.
According to Furukawa, “digital sales grew enormously in Q3, and one factor in that was the Animal Crossing: New Horizons add-on content.” He also mentioned that Smash Bros. Ultimate played a big part as Sora was released during the final DLC character for the game. Furukawa noted that the recent DLC contributed to user engagement on Switch.
Furukawa’s full words:
Gameplay has come in for PowerSlave Exhumed, a redone version of the classic first-person shooter. We have just under a half hour of footage.
Learn more about PowerSlave Exhumed with the following overview:
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about sales of evergreen Switch titles during the company’s financial results briefing last week.
According to Furukawa, the system saw a percentage of 50-60 percent for older first-party software over the past few months. He mentioned that new Switch buyers tend to pick up “an evergreen title as their second or third game.” However, going forward, Nintendo expects that there’ll be “more purchases of multiple systems within the same household, as well as consumers replacing a previous Nintendo Switch system with Nintendo Switch – OLED Model.”
Furukawa’s full words:
The puzzle title Letters: A Written Adventure landed on Switch this week, and a new gameplay video has now come in. If you have interest in the game, you may want to check out the latest footage.
Here’s some information about Letters: A Written Adventure:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Chocobo GP, Aztech Forgotten Gods, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
During the Q&A portion of its financial results briefing last week, Nintendo was asked about the metaverse and NFTs. While we had a very brief summary at the time, the full and official comments are now available.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa addressed the news directly. In his response, he mentioned how the metaverse “has great potential”, but also admitted that there’s currently “no easy way to define specifically what kinds of surprises and enjoyment the metaverse can deliver to our consumers.” Fans will likely be happy to hear that it sounds like Nintendo has no immediate plans to pursue this space.
Furukawa’s full comments regarding Nintendo, NFTs, and the metaverse can be found below.
PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya has commented on Bayonetta 3 as part of an interview with IGN.
Kamiya told the site that the Switch exclusive will have “its own color” compared to prior entries in the series. He also teased that there’ll be “new types of gameplay”.
Kamiya stated:
