In the latest episode of the Game Informer show, Marvel Games VP and creative director Bill Rosemann explained the approach to deciding the roster in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Rosemann mentioned a few factors, but emphasized the importance of having characters that fit the gameplay and story.
He explained:
Fans have many dream characters they’d like to see in Super Smash Bros. across all sorts of franchises and mediums. Now that Marvel is getting heavily involved with gaming and even has an exclusive Switch title coming out in the very near future, could we see one of their characters in Nintendo’s fighter?
Game Informer posed that question to Marvel Games’ VP and creative director Bill Rosemann in its podcast last week. Rosemann seemed somewhat interested in idea, but was quick to note that such a decision would not fall in his hands.
Inti Creates has announced that Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX will be sold physically in Japan. Copies will be sold for 3,818 yen, and will include a music CD with tracks from Lola, Copen’s partner in the game.
What about the west? Inti Creates has indicated that is is “trying” to make a physical version happen outside of Japan, but nothing is confirmed at this time.
With E3 just over a week away, retailers are almost certainly getting their systems prepped for upcoming announcements. Usually once a conference ends and official reveals are made, stores take pre-orders not too long after.
With that in mind, GameStop seems to have given us a (very) rough idea regarding the number of announcements Switch will be seeing within the next few days – from Nintendo and third-parties. 21 SKUs have been added to the retailer’s internal system without names, meaning they will likely be filled in properly around E3. Most are $60, but there are a few oddities like a mystery $200 listing.
Bandai Namco has started bringing over more of its games to Switch, but one Code Vein is one title that’s missing. The post-apocalyptic action-RPG hasn’t been announced for Nintendo’s console as of yet. That doesn’t mean it’s entirely out of the question, however.
In an interview with GameSpot, Code Vein producer Keita Iizuka mentioned that “there might be a possibility down the line” of a Switch port. He told the site:
Since Telltale Games is no more, that puts Minecraft: Story Mode in an unfortunate position. It’s been announced that support for the game is ending after June 25. Moreover, players are advised to download all episodes by that date. Both Switch and Wii U will be impacted.
The messaging is slightly unclear, but it potentially sounds like even if you purchased either season of Minecraft: Story Mode previously, you may be unable to access episodes once the deadline passes. That means the episodes could be permanently removed for everyone later this month.
Here’s the full announcement:
Much like with EA and FIFA, 2K Sports has been putting the NBA 2K series on Switch since 2017. The tradition appears to be continuing with this year’s release.
Though it has yet to be announced officially, we obviously know that NBA 2K20 will be happening later in the year. Some promotional material has surfaced online for a Legend Edition, which features now-retired NBA star Dwyane Wade. You’ll also notice that towards the bottom, a Switch logo is included.
2K will likely be revealing NBA 2K20 within the next few days. Based on what’s leaked, the game should be launching in early September.
Nintendo eventually released a third entry in the Mother series, but not as it was initially intended. While Mother 3 came out for the Game Boy Advance in Japan, the original plan was to make a new game for the N64 called EarthBound 64. Development did not go smoothly, especially with the team having to create the title in 3D, and the project was scrapped.
All of these years later, we have a new – albeit brief – look at EarthBound 64 in action. YouTube channel kukun kun uploaded a video from SpaceWorld 1996 that provides a few seconds of footage. Although it may not be much, it gives fans another idea of what could have been.
Here’s a brief look at the clip (should be embedded at the right spot, but starts at 10:32):
