Update: Nintendo has issued a statement about Bloomberg’s report. Read the company’s response below.
A news report on Sept. 30, 2021(JST) falsely claims that Nintendo is supplying tools to drive game development for a Nintendo Switch with 4K support. To ensure correct understanding among our investors and customers, we want to clarify that this report is not true.
We also want to restate that, as we announced in July, we have no plans for any new model other than Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, which will launch on October 8, 2021.
Original: Rumors of a 4K-compatibile Switch console aren’t dying down, despite the announcement of the OLED model announced a few months ago that will be releasing in less than two weeks.
Given the amount of reports that have previously surfaced, some had expected Nintendo to unveil an upgraded Switch that would provide additional power and support 4K resolution. However, that did not end up happening. The Switch OLED comes with a bigger and improved screen as well as upgrades like a sturdier kickstand, but the actual internals haven’t changed.
Publisher Chucklefish and developer Pixpil have gone live with a new update for Eastward on Switch, as version 1.0.5 is now available. It comes with bug fixes as well as a few changes.
Below are the full patch notes:
Select indie developers have come together to host a special sale on the Switch eShop known as “The Point & Click Sale”. Fans can save up to 76 percent on a variety of titles.
Below is the full lineup:
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta unbox the new Switch OLED model. Check out the full episode below.
Limited Run Games has announced Asdivine Collection, a package of four RPGs for Switch coming from Kemco and Exe-Create. Asdivine Hearts, Asdivine Hearts II, Asdivine Dios, and Asdivine Menace will be bundled together. The full set will be put on a single cartridge without any downloads.
Asdivine Hearts got started on Switch in April 2018. It was then followed by Asdivine Hearts II in January 2019, Asdivine Menace in August 2019, and Asdivine Dios in June 2019. Asdivine Saga is coming to Switch tomorrow as an eShop download, but it appears that this one won’t be included.
Today, publisher Top Hat Studios and indie developer Kyle Thompson announced that the Metroidvania game Sheepo will be appearing on Switch next month. The title will arrive digitally on October 20.
Sheepo is a Metroidvania platformer in which you play as a shape-shifting sheep-alien zoologist who is tasked with exploring the uncharted planet Cebron and collecting samples of its living species. Doing so will save them from extinction with the upcoming death of their planet’s star.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has received its latest character showcase video, which now offers up a look at Oblina from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.
When using Oblina in the game, players will be able to make use of the following moves: Light Neutral “Claw Slash”, Light Up “Tail Slap”, Light Down “Battering Eyes”, Light Neutral Air “Wheel Spin”, Light Up Air “Aerial Tail Slap”, Light Down Air “Aerial Claw Slash”, Light Dash Attack “Snake Tackle”, Strong Neutral “Big Scare”, Strong Up “Tongue Lash”, Strong Down “Drool Slide”, Strong Neutral Air “Air Chomp”, Strong Up Air “Aerial Tongue Lash”, Strong Down Air “Heart Slam”, Strong Dash “Big Chomp”, Netrual Special “Garbage Breath”, Up Special “Eye Lift”, and Down Special “Spinout”.
We have brand new gameplay from the Switch version of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, which arrives next week. Aside from a look at classic platforming, the 45-minute video also shows off a variety of mini games.
Here’s some information about the title:
Yet another update has gone live for the Switch version of Deemo – specifically version 1.10.0. Players can now access another batch of songs for free.
Just when you may have thought that support for the rhythm game could be slowing down, Flyhigh Works and Rayark have actually gone back to the well a few times over the past few months.
System: Switch
Release date: October 5, 2021
Developer: SEGA
Publisher: SEGA
I experienced a wide range of conflicting emotions while playing Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania. I often caught myself laughing, usually after successfully guiding my expressive, energetic monkey across a particularly gauntlet-esque stage with only seconds to spare. Just as often I found myself sighing or yelling “nonononoooo,” typically as my encapsulated simian plummeted off a platform to its doom… again. But no matter how well I was doing (or not) at playing Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, I was almost always having a wonderful time – and considering that this remaster contains stages and minigames from three of what may be the best games in the franchise, I expect I’ll be doing so for a long time.
