Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke with Nikkei regarding the work environment for Nintendo’s development staff. Furukawa stated that he relies on professionals to handle their work, and was met with surprise. When probed further in being asked if he truly did not have to interfere with their processes, Furukawa elaborated.
Here’s our translation:
The well-received point-and-click mystery adventure title Later Alligator has been confirmed for Switch. On social media, publisher SmallBu shared the news.
Here’s an overview of Later Alligator, along with a trailer:
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.
