Cloud gaming is becoming more of a popular theme as of late. Just a couple of months ago, Google even announced that it would be getting into the space with its own service. Nintendo, however, isn’t going after this just yet.
President Shuntaro Furukawa, speaking, during Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing, noted that the tech is advancing, but not all games are immediately moving to the cloud. Additionally, the Big N is focusing on “delivering unique entertainment that only Nintendo can create” above all else.
Originally, Nintendo believed it could sell 20 million Switch units during the previous fiscal year. That goal was ultimately revised, and the system ended up selling just under 17 million units.
Nintendo now hopes to sell another 18 million units for the upcoming fiscal year. When asked if this should be considered a “plan” instead of a “target” during its latest financial results briefing, president Shuntaro Furukawa stated:
Nintendo announced that it will be pursuing China as a new market for Switch. Tencent, a huge company in the country, will be helping to make it all happen.
During the Q&A portion of Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing, president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke more about the recent announcement. He addressed why the company is teaming up with Tencent as well as what the challenges will be like in actually releasing the console in China.
Here’s his full response:
Ascendance, a first-person 3D platformer, drops on the Switch eShop tomorrow. Get a look at some footage in the video below.
Ahead of BitSummit 2019 in Japan this month, the expo’s website has been updated with the many games that will be playable at the event. A number of new Switch titles have been confirmed as a result.
We’ve rounded up the various games highlighted on the site for Switch below. Where applicable, we’ve included overviews and trailers.
Nintendo has shared new art for the Japanese Splatfest taking place in Japan this weekend. Check out the promo image above.
Hamster has announced that Ninja Gaiden will be released this week as the latest addition to the Arcade Archives series. A worldwide release is planned for May 9.
Ninja Gaiden for arcades was actually quite a bit different from the NES title. As opposed to being a side-scrolling action-platformer, the arcade edition was a beat ’em up.
Arcade Archives Ninja Gaiden will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29 on the Switch eShop.
Source: Hamster PR
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have shared the latest character introduction for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Today’s update is for Dodou, who is voiced by Hidenori Takahashi in the Japanese version. The English name for this character has not yet been officially confirmed.
Dodou is a member of the Blue Lions and a commoner from the Dascar region. Dascar can be found north-west of the Kingdom of Faerghus.
With the release of the latest issue of Famitsu in Japan, new details on SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays have come forth that shed light on new Mobile Suits, characters, and a new Ability GET system within the game.
Thankfully, Gematsu has provided a translation of the information and it can be viewed below.
