Nintendo has rolled out the next piece of Splatoon 2 art in celebrating of the game’s final Splatfest. This time around, we have a look at Cap’n Cuttlefish and Agent 3. Have a look at the special drawing above.
PlatinumGames posted its latest devblog for Astral Chain today. This time around, we get to hear from cinematic artist Takahiro Iwagami about the game’s facial animation.
Here’s the full piece:
SEGA has shared three more videos for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game. Find gameplay highlighting the beach volleyball, baseball, and tennis events below.
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta continue playing levels from the community. Check out the full episode below.
VD-Dev has shared a new trailer for its Switch title RISE: Race The Future that highlights the game’s various modes. Check it out below.
The Verge has spotted a new Nintendo filing with the Federal Communications Commission, which indicates that the company may be reworking the components of the original Switch. The “Class II Permission Change” involves a new processor and new flash storage chips.
It’s not entirely clear what this means at present. The Verge suggests that updated chips could lead to fewer slowdowns, faster load times, longer battery life, less heat, or possibly even none of the above.
Baten Kaitos director Yasuyuki Honne, a former developer at Namco who is now with Monolith Soft, has revealed an interesting piece about EarthBound. Honne shared the news in light of an upcoming book – currently exclusive to Japan – which will be all about the life of late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
Honne states that Nintendo and Namco discussed potentially making an entry in the EarthBound (or Mother) series for GameCube. He met with both Iwata and EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi all of those years ago. In sharing his story, Honne went as far as to upload concepts that were previously unseen.
Honne wrote on Twitter:
The revamped version of Morphies Law has been a long time coming. Developer Cosmoscope has now announced the release date for Morphies Law: Remorphed, which is slated for July 30.
The game will be coming to Steam on the same day. When that happens, cross-platform play will be supported.
Here’s an overview of Morphies Law, along with a new trailer:
It took several months of speculation, but the new Switch Lite revision has finally been announced. Nintendo of America’s Doug Bowser has since commented on why the company is moving forward with the system.
Speaking with The Verge, Doug Bowser said:
Nintendo has gone live with the latest trailer for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Watch the “Welcome to the Blue Lion House” video below.
