Featuring Mr. Mime in Pokemon: Detective Pikachu was no easy task. It involved the use of a real mime, approval from the president of The Pokemon Company, and more over a two-year span.
Speaking about why Mr. Mime was a desirable character for the movie in the first place, director Rob Letterman explained to IGN:
What’s good, spider balls and morph balls! It’s bonus time! We had so much to talk about in NEP 026 that we made it double the length! We’ll also be doing an EXTRA episode during the week: a spoilercast for Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!
In this episode of NEP, we discuss Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Thieves, the controversy of Persona 5 not being announced for Switch and the community’s negative reaction. This leads us to talk about reality vs expectation, vocal gaming culture and how some gamers handle disappointment. We then lighten things up by talking about Super Mario Maker 2’s upcoming release, Nintendo’s financial briefing (including Pokemon and E3 details), and some more information about Nintendo and Tencent Holdings partnership to break into the Chinese market with the release of Nintendo Switch. And even more!
We hope you enjoy the extra effort this week! As ever, we would appreciate your help in growing the show by sharing the podcast with a friend!
Thanks for listening!
System: Switch
Release date: April 23, 2019
Developer: Square Enix / Virtuos
Publisher: Square Enix
It’s just another ordinary day: Hell has frozen over, pigs are soaring across the skies, and you’re playing Final Fantasy X on a Nintendo console. What was once thought impossible has become a delightful role playing reality. The series infamous for its break with Nintendo has come back home with plenty of classic games in tow, and this remarkable trend continues with the release of Final Fantasy X and its direct sequel on Switch. So many years after these games defined a generation of RPGs, they continue to hold up in fine form on Nintendo’s newest system, retaining every bit of their strategic and storytelling brilliance with a few modern enhancements thrown in to sweeten the deal.
A new store ad for Super Mario Maker 2 has emerged from Japan. It may seem innocuous on the surface, but it appears to hold a number of interesting tidbits.
Folks over on the Super Mario Maker 2 are speculating about what’s been shown, including new items such as Meowser from Super Mario 3D World and a Super Mario Bros. 1 jungle theme.
Yesterday it was made known that Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s latest update improved loading times. The same can be officially said of Super Mario Odyssey, too.
GameXplain takes a look at how loading times in the 3D platformer improved with version 1.3.0. It seems as though all areas have been improved, ranging from the initial load to moving between Kingdoms.
My Nintendo is celebrating the launch of BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! with a couple of new rewards. Members can use their points on a May calendar and a new wallpaper.
If you’re interested, both of these rewards can be found on My Nintendo here. They require 50 Platinum Points respectively.
Nintendo has scheduled some upcoming maintenance for the week, but things are looking pretty quiet so far. Only one session is planned for Switch currently which will be taking place tonight.
The maintenance schedule is as follows:
The fast-paced bullet-storm dungeon crawler Hellmut: The Badass from Hell will release for Switch on May 3, a listing on the eShop reveals. It was previously schedule for a general Q2 2019 launch.
Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:
A big update for Dragon Marked for Death went live this week. Version 2.1.0 increased the level cap to 70, added the free quest “Cavern of Torment”, and much more.
We now have the full patch notes for version 2.1.0. It outlines the many changes made to characters, enemies, equipment, and quests as well as detailing what else was addressed.
