Hello my poison and fairy types! This week on NEP, Oni Dino is a bit unhinged but we make it work! Galen chats Terry Bogard and Luigi’s Mansion impressions while Oni Dino continues grinding the gears in Destiny Connect. We then discuss the Phanpy in the room and give our opinions on the Pokemon Sword / Shield controversy and how people are handling things on social media. And who can forget the big star of turning around 2019: Sonic the hedgehog.
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If you’ve been hankering for more Zelda action on Switch, Sparklite could be right up your alley. The 2D action-adventure game, which just dropped on Nintendo’s console this week, was heavily inspired by the classic franchise.
Around the release of Sparklite, we spoke with Red Blue Games co-founder Edward Rowe. We discussed those Zelda inspirations in greater detail – which range from the gameplay to the soundtrack – as well as the distinctive art style and potential post-launch updates.
Here’s our full discussion:
Fire Emblem Heroes is again hosting Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 4. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week. Note that 5-star focus Heroes have an initial appearance rate of four percent.
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 4 will be live until November 24.
Nintendo published a new interview this week with Andrew Newey, the designer of Golf Story. Newey spoke about a few topics, including why the decision was made to create a game based around golf, how certain aspects came together at the very last minute, and more.
Here’s a full transcript of the interview:
Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield aren’t completely open world, but they do finally allow players to explore a big environment in full 3D. That’s thanks to the inclusion of the Wild Area. In the Wild Area, one of the main draws is being able to see and approach any Pokemon that shows up on screen. However, including the feature wasn’t originally planned.
That’s according to director Shigeru Ohmori, who shared the news in a recent interview with German website Heute. Ohmori explained that Game Freak wasn’t originally sure how many Pokemon it could show on screen at once, which could have prevented the feature from happening. But thanks to the positive feedback from the Pokemon: Let’s Go games, it was something the studio wanted to include.
The hover racing game Overlanders made it to the Switch eShop this week. We have a new trailer for its release below.
Much like Mario Kart Tour, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is getting a paid membership service.
Nintendo says that one plan will let you “appoint one lucky animal as your camp caretaker and get some extra help around the campsite.” As for the other plan, you can “receive fortune cookies and store your furniture and clothing items in warehouses.”
Further information has yet to be announced. Additional details will follow on November 20, with the service launching on November 21.
After it was given a December release window, SuperEpic: The Entertainment War has received a final date. Numskull Games will publish the Metroidvania style action-adventure game on December 12.
Here’s an overview of SuperEpic: The Entertainment War, along with a trailer:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Blacksad: Under the Skin, SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions, Heroland, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
As many mainline Pokemon games as there have been, the series has also seen its fair share of remakes. In fact, some generations have been redone more than once.
Speaking with IGN a little while back, Pokemon Sword/Shield director Shigeru Ohmori highlighted the importance of balancing new Pokemon titles with remakes, stating that Game Freak is “kind of torn between the two all the time.” He said:
