Nintendo made it clear early on that its E3 Nintendo Direct would only feature Switch titles. However, there was always the possibility that some 3DS games could be shown off during the Treehouse Live stream or featured at its booth. In the end, the entire show was about Switch – 3DS was nowhere to be seen at all.
Doug Bowser, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America, spoke about the decision to have the focus on Switch titles – and not 3DS – in an interview with Club Nintendo. He explained:
Shuntaro Furukawa was named Nintendo’s newest president this week. Following the company’s 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Kyoto Shimbun caught up with the executive to discuss a number of topics.
First, Furukawa commented on the Nintendo’s objectives. He stated, “In order to make smartphone games a pillar of our company’s income, reaching at least 100 billion yen is a must.”
Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
SEGA held another live stream for Shining Resonance Refrain in which an hour of footage was shown. For the full recording, continue on below.
We have a new development on the Sonic movie. As reported by Deadline, Jim Carrey is negotiating to play the role of Robotnik – the well-known villain of the series. The site further states that “Sonic must stop Dr. Eggman from completing his plans for world domination is basically the gist of this one.”
The Sonic film will debut in 2019. It will feature a mix of live action and CGI.
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share their unpopular gaming opinions. Check out the full video below.
Switch has received its first price drop – in Canada that is. Starting today, the system will be sold for $379.99. The original cost was $399.99, to it’s $20 savings.
Retailers have already updated their listings online. Amazon Canada, for example, now lists Switch for the new price.
8Bitdo has revealed a new version of its NES classic controller compatible with the NES Classic Edition. Improvements include a dedicated home button as well as four face buttons instead of two. These buttons are labeled as “turbo buttons”.
You can pre-order the 8Bitdo N30 2.4G Wireless Gamepad on Amazon here for $24.99. It’s due out on August 20.
This month, news made the rounds concerning certain Switch owners who have been abusing the avatar functionality. After hacking the system, these users have been able to display any image as their profile icons.
Unfortunately, this became a problem in Super Mario Odyssey. One player encountered a hacked profile that showed a pornopgraphic image through Luigi’s Balloon World.
