In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa discussed the company’s stance on AR and more.
Furukawa noted that the Big N is “constantly researching and developing” new technologies, and there are talks between the hardware and software teams. As for AR specifically, he said Nintendo is actively researching how it can be used.
Here’s our full translation from the Japanese interview:
Update (1/6): We’ve updated a portion of the line in our translation, specifically about Nintendo focusing on improving methods of play on dedicated hardware.
Original (1/4):Cloud gaming continues to become an important topic in the gaming industry. Google, for instance, just entered the scene with its Stadia service a couple of months ago.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently weighed in with his own thoughts as part of an interview with Nikkei. Speaking with the Japanese publication, Furukawa expressed the possibility that cloud gaming could become prominent in 10 years, but doesn’t currently think that dedicated hardware is going anywhere in the short-term. He did also note that Nintendo needs to “focus on improving methods of play that can only be had on dedicated hardware.”
Here’s the full excerpt as translated by Nintendo Everything:
Bound Hero Battle: Fae & Idunn has started today in Fire Emblem Heroes. The two characters from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade can be found in Special Maps. Tying in with the Bound Hero Battle, there’s a new summoning event featuring Fae: Divine Dragon, Idunn: Dark Priestess, and Roy: Young Lion.
That’s not all for Fire Emblem Heroes, as Mjolnir’s Strike is now live. All players are tasked with cooperating to protect the Kingdom of Askr from the advancing army of the god of War, Thorr.
Team Reptile is bringing the fighting/beat ’em up game Megabyte Punch to Switch, the studio confirmed this week. It will launch sometime in 2020.
Here’s an overview of Megabyte Punch, along with a trailer:
When we last heard about Tower of Babel, the tower-building party game was due out around Christmas. While that ultimately didn’t happen, it seems we have a final release date. New listings have popped up on the North American and European eShops with a release date of February 21.
Here’s some information about Tower of Babel as well as a trailer:
BBC has provided new data revealing the best-selling games of the past decade in the UK. Only physical sales were factored in here, so no digital downloads are included.
Here’s the full list:
We have a whole bunch of art from Brain Training’s first outing on Switch, specifically showing Dr. Kawashima. Check out the full set below.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 introduces a feature we’ve never seen before in the series. A bunch of retro events are included, which lets players experience the game with a classic look and feel.
One point of interest has been the manner in which SEGA approached the graphical style. Sonic is right out of the 16-bit era, but Mario maintains his original 8-bit look from Super Mario Bros. A little while back, producer Nobuya Ohashi and director Noahiro Hirao spoke about the decision in an interview with 4Gamer.
Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
