What up, kids and squids?!
This week on NEP, Oni and Galen discuss Nintendo’s 2018 efforts—the good AND the bad: all the games, free DLC, ports from Wii U, Nintendo Switch Online and more.
The gang also reminisces on some of their favorite games they’ve played this year, and end the show by explaining what kind of sandwich best represents NEP! Per usual, Galen is optimistic and Oni is pessimistic.
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Fire Emblem Heroes has announced Tempest Trials+: An Alliance of Princesses as its next event. The 5-star Hero Laegjarn: New Experiences and two Sacred Seals (Spur Def/Res 1 and Atk/Spd Bond 1) are the big rewards this time. By clearing maps, you can raise your score and earn rewards.
Fire Emblem Heroes is also planning a new log-in bonus. The game will give Orbs up to ten times just by logging in daily.
Tempest Trials+: An Alliance of Princesses starts on January 1.
Last week, over 400 games were on sale on the North American Switch eShop. That number has now climbed even higher to 500. Of course, the huge amount of discounts were to be expected given the holiday period.
Here’s the full roundup of sales:
A little while back Famitsu published a Minecraft interview with a couple of the game’s key developers. Executive producers Roger Carpenter and John Thornton both talked about the title, including some Switch-specific topics.
Famitsu first started out by pointing out that Minecraft has been very successful on Switch, with the physical version having shipped over 300,000 units since June (around the time when the interview was done). Carpenter and Thorton both commented here, with the two stating:
Wasteland 2 came out on the Switch eShop back in September. However, a physical version had also been promised for later in the year – specifically this month. Yet December is about to end, and there’s no indication that Wasteland 2 will be on store shelves soon. Various retailers such as GameStop show new placeholder dates of December 31, 2019.
We’ve yet to receive a new release date from inXile Entertainment. As soon as we have more news about the situation, we’ll pass it along here on the site.
Prototype has opened a teaser site for Clannad on Switch, which was announced in Famitsu this week. You can find it here.
Clannad launches for Switch this spring in Japan. It’s not been confirmed for the west yet, but the PlayStation 4 version did include English support – so that bodes well for fans overseas.
Samsara Deluxe is making its way to Europe on December 31, followed by North America on January 10. We have a trailer for the puzzle game below.
The No More Heroes series finally returns in January with Travis Strikes Again. However, fans are also curious about the next true entry in the series – No More Heroes 3.
We’ve heard Suda51 speak about No More Heroes 3 ever since Travis Strikes Again was announced. And in an interview with Kotaku UK, he once again touched on the topic.
