Nippon Columbia announced Sumikko Gurashi: School Life Begins for Switch this week. We now have the game’s boxart, which you can find above.
Sumikko Gurashi: School Life Begins is slated for July 18 in Japan. Learn more about the game here.
This weekend, Nintendo held the latest Splatfest in Splatoon 2. It was for Japanese players only and featured a collaboration with Nippon Professional Baseball’s eSports Series.
Per usual, Nintendo offered two options. Players could either side with Team Se (Central League) or Team Pa (Pacific League). Here’s a look at how things panned out:
Kill la Kill: IF was on display at Sakura Fight Festa 2019, and a ton of footage from the fighter was shown. Have a look at all of the gameplay below.
Nintendo and Silicon Knights’ GameCube title Eternal Darkness went through an interesting development cycle. It was originally planned for the N64, but ended up shifting to the GameCube. Silicon Knights was actually targeting release for the system’s launch, but that didn’t happen.
According to director Denis Dyack, Eternal Darkness would have been ready for the release of the GameCube. But after the 9/11 tragedy took place, some aspects had to be rewritten. Dyack visited Nintendo in Japan, spoke with Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto, and had to ensure that any potential controversial aspects were changed or removed.
Dyack said the following in the latest episode of the IGN Unfiltered show:
For many years, dedicated fans have hoped that Eternal Darkness would return. Nintendo published the GameCube game back in 2002 after it was created by Silicon Knights, but the IP has been dormant since then. Despite Nintendo playing around with the trademark a few times, there have been no new developments.
Interestingly, Silicon Knights did have interest in the IP before the studio closed. According to director Denis Dyack, the company was “in the process of getting the rights back, but it never completed.”
It was recently revealed that The Art of Splatoon 2 will finally be heading west later in the year. Amazon’s listings now show the English cover for the book, attached above.
The Art of Splatoon 2 is currently $7.59 off on Amazon US and $6.42 off on Amazon Canada. Also, it’s now up for pre-order on Amazon UK.
The Art of Splatoon 2 is on track for an overseas release on October 15.
Devious Dungeon 2 is making its way to Switch next week, a listing on the eShop confirms. The action-platformer will release in both North America and Europe on May 17.
We have the following overview for the game:
System: Switch
Release date: May 10, 2019
Developer: Volition / Deep Silver
Publisher: Deep Silver
There are certain genres that Nintendo consoles have historically missed out on. During the Wii generation, the Call of Duty style shooter was sorely missed – if not for an actual lack of ports (and well-forgotten games like The Conduit), then at least for the Wii’s inability to impressively render HD set piece spectacles. Open world games in the vein of Grand Theft Auto found similar enough success to spawn countless formulaic imitations, but the open world genre saw almost no representation on the Wii, and a handful of really bad ports on the Wii U. Perhaps the Wii’s greatest legacy was the perception that Nintendo consoles are bound to miss out on those “hardcore” blockbuster experiences.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood isn’t only being developed by MachineGames. Arkane Studios, the team behind Dishonored, is also involved. And it looks like that company’s previous experience is influencing the project.
In the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, executive producer Jerk Gustafsson indicated that “players will see a lot of similarities to level design in the Dishonored games.” He said:
Rebellion has published a new developer diary for Sniper Elite V2 Remastered. In the video below, you can listen to the team share their thoughts, experiences, and insights, including talk about Switch features.
