When Nintendo announced the delay for Animal Crossing: New Horizons last year, it probably couldn’t have anticipated the massive impact that move would end up having. The game couldn’t have launched at a better time as it’s taken off in light of the global pandemic we’ve all been facing over the past few months, leading to massive sales and causing a buzz on social media. Many players have also been connecting with friends and family online in ways that normally wouldn’t be possible right now.
Over on Twitter today, Nintendo staffer Rob Heiret – who worked on the localization – spoke about the comfort and positivity that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has provided. He also commented on that sea bass joke you’ve probably seen if you’ve given the game a shot.
Below are Heiret’s full words:
Hello my lovely Boos and Sheikah! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we muse over Retro Studios’ old concept art for Sheik and Boo projects—we really get excited about the Boo one. We cover the Switch’s growing success with the 2019 financial briefings, then talk Mario Kart Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath and the bitter reaction online to the pricing structure. This evolves into a larger discussion of these trends in the gaming industry among many publishers. Is the industry incentivizing consumers to wait to buy their games until after all post-launch content is available? And to respond to this situation they’ve created, do they exploit consumers’ dedication to franchises and FOMO? And finally, we theorize how we could’ve saved the console that was met with a terrible fate: the Wii U.
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Back in 2015, Hammer 2 was added to the Unity Asset Store. It was intended to be used by developers as a base to make their own games. It has now popped up on the Switch eShop without much in the way of changes – aside from a different title, The Bullet: Time of Revenge.
Jim Sterling reported on the news in a video published today. It seems that the approach used by Art Games Studio has been done previously as these releases merely use the Hammer 2 asset pack, are renamed, and then sold under the guise of an original game. It’s apparently legal, though admittedly unethical.
We have a trailer for The Bullet: Time of Revenge below. You can also get a feel for the game under the Hammer 2 name by playing it in your browser for free.
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 9 is up and running in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes.
In other news, Resplendent Hero Hector: General of Ostia is now available to Feh Pass subscribers. Feh Pass Quests have also been updated and can be accessed until May 24. Sanaki: Begnion’s Apostle will be distributed as the next Resplendent Hero on May 25.
Another trailer for SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated is in that focuses entirely on Sandy Cheeks. We’ve gone ahead and attached the video below.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated will be hitting Switch on June 23.
A new update is now available for the Switch version of Darksiders Genesis. It includes an improved map, a number of adjustments, and fixes.
Here are the full patch notes:
In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for April 2020.
This month, Animal Crossing: New Horizons again takes the top spot. We also see some old favorites, including Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
To promote the release of Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl on Switch, the retro beat ’em up has received a new launch trailer. Watch the video below.
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include The Outer Worlds, Ion Fury, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
