At E3 2019, we were invited to meet with the incredibly passionate team at Daybreak Games for an behind-closed-doors gameplay demo and interview. We spoke at length with the creative director, SJ Mueller, and executive producer, Leah Bowers, as they kindly answered a number of our questions about how they decided to bring the game to Switch, how everything stacks up compared to PS4 and PC, future content, cross-play possibilities and so much more.
The devs were incredibly excited and genuinely passionate to bring the game to Switch; check out our transcript below.
A new month rolled right on in earlier this week. Now that we’re in August, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Are you playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 or Fire Emblem: Three Houses? Still creating levels in Super Mario Maker 2? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Bandai Namco had some news to share about Dragon Ball FighterZ at Evo 2019 today. Following the conclusion of the finals, Janemba was officially revealed. Gogeta (SSGSS) is also coming as a DLC character.
Janemba will be added to Dragon Ball FighterZ through the FighterZ Pass 2 on August 8. There’s no date yet for Gogeta (SSGSS) other than “soon”.
Here’s today’s trailer from Evo:
On Wednesday, The Forbidden Arts will be launching on the Switch eShop. Take a look at some early footage in the video below.
At Evo 2019 today, Arc System Works, Aksys Games, and French Bread made a brand new announcement. Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] is on the way, the three companies revealed.
Platforms were not officially confirmed. That being said, this was previously leaked through a rating in Taiwan back in May, which indicated a Switch release.
Here’s the full announcement:
Yacht Club reveals their “Dumb Ideas doc” was often used when designing Shovel Knight: King of Cards
During E3, Yacht Club Games kindly took time out of their busy schedule to meet with us for a one-on-one interview. Among the topics we discussed, pixel artist and animator Sandy Gordon revealed a design philosophy to Nintendo Everything which they made ample use of throughout development of the upcoming Shovel Knight: King of Cards expansion.
Our full interview will be going live soon, but until then you can learn a little more by checking below.
Yesterday, the ZX Spectrum game Saboteur II: Avenging Angel was added to the Switch eShop. Take a look at some footage below.
Amazon is running a sale on a couple of notable Switch titles. Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Resident Evil Triple Pack are both $10 off. They’re both on Amazon here.
Dragon Quest XI S launches September 27, followed by Resident Evil Triple Pack on October 29.
It’s been made pretty clear that Fire Emblem: Three Houses is doing very well in the UK thus far. Further backing that up is an interesting sales tidbit. At launch, Fire Emblem: Three Houses sold around 15 times higher than Radiant Dawn, a previous console entry in the series.
We had also heard a few days ago that Fire Emblem: Three Houses topped the charts in its first week. It sold almost double the launch sales of Fire Emblem Awakening, and more than double the combined sales of the Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest.
My Nintendo has updated with new rewards in North America. These include an Astral Chain calendar, discounts, and 3DS themes.
Below is the full set of additions:
