The fast-paced, 3D platformer Cyber Hook was recently playable at PAX East 2020. Check out some off-screen footage below.
Hello my beautiful materia! This week on NEP, we’re joined by special guest and JRPG expert: Barry from the Nintendo Fuse Podcast. This episode is all JRPG and Square-Enix focused, as we examine the more recent years of Square-Enix (with some love for the classics, too, of course!). Oni Dino also goes into his impressions at length about the demo of Final Fantasy VII Remake, sharing his love and frustration.
Topics include FFXIII trilogy, XIV, XV the Kingdom Hearts series, and more. We end up asking the question, “What can Square-Enix do to revitalize the series?” “What if the FFVII series of releases starts to underperform?” and “Are consumers giving this release structure a dangerous pass?” The main topic of the FFVII Remake demo leads us to talk about the issue of selling the game in multiple parts over multiple generations of hardware and over (presumably) multiple decades. We’ve got three very different, and very opinionated perspectives. Join us, as we take a very deep dive to examine the character writing, the battle system, controls, camera and more of Final Fantasy VII Remake’s demo.
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Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 20 is up and running as the latest event in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes in this week’s summoning focus revival.
You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 20 until March 15.
The Switch version of Lonely Mountains: Downhill was playable at PAX East 2020 last week, and some footage has emerged showing it running in handheld mode. Check out the video below.
My Nintendo has added in a new reward in celebration of Mario Day. For North American members, you can receive a 20% discount for use on select Mario-themed merchandise from Nintendo’s online store. It costs 450 Platinum Points.
Check out the coupon on My Nintendo here. Eligible items include clothes, controllers, and more.
Deadly Premonition fans will recognize Jeff Kramer as the voice behind Francis York Morgan. At the very end of December, Deadly Premonition Archives spoke with Kramer, and tidbits from the discussion have started to make the rounds since then.
Kramer touched on the original announcement plans for Deadly Premonition 2, the scope of the project, and more. We even get to hear a bit about the series’ first entry as well.
Here’s the full roundup:
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story will soon be updated on Switch, bringing it to version 1.02. It includes several balance adjustments, fixes, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include My Hero One’s Justice 2, Dead or School, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Samurai Jack is finally getting a new video game, as it was announced that Battle Through Time is coming to multiple platforms, including Switch. At PAX East 2020, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky and head writer Darrick Bachman were on hand to talk about the new project.
During the fan Q&A, the two were asked why the direction was ultimately decided to be 3D rather than 2D. Tartakovsky started off by stating the following:
