Nintendo Everything

A few days ago, Nintendo announced that the NES Classic Edition (or NES Mini) will be restocked in June. Amazon Spain is now taking pre-orders here. It does ship to the US, so that’s something you can take advantage of. Separate controllers can also be ordered here.

Thanks to elfred for the tip.

NBA Playgrounds 2 will not be arriving next week as originally planned. Initially scheduled for May 22, Saber Interactive said today that the date has been moved out in the wake of “exciting things” happening with the franchise that the studio believes “will take arcade basketball to new levels.”

The developer wrote on Facebook:

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In an interview with Nintendo World Report, Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe and Risa Tabata as well as Vanpool’s spoke about the origins of the franchise and some of its influences.

When originally making Dillon’s Rolling Western, one of the first concepts was to have Goron tribe characters from The Legend of Zelda. Tanabe and Tsuda explained:

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With Fox n Forests releasing on Switch today, Bonus Level Entertainment has issued a new launch trailer. We’ve posted the video below.

Framed Collection is out today on the Switch eShop. For a look at some gameplay footage, check out the video below.

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Battle Chasers: Nightwar – €39.99
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition – €59.99 (available May 18)
Little Nightmares: Complete Edition – €34.99 (available May 18)

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Nintendo published a new teaser trailer for Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers called “On a Roll”. Have a look at the short video below.

Nintendo Life caught up with a few of the developers behind Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers for an interview discussion. Producer Kensuke Tanabe and associate producer Risa Tabata from Nintendo as well as Vanpool’s Jun Tsuda participated.

We have a few excerpts from the interview below. There’s some talk about why the difficulty has been lowered this time, as well as interest in Switch and having a collaboration with Star Fox.

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During a live stream last night, Inti Creates showed off a bunch of footage from Blade Strangers with Gunvolt. We have the relevant recording below.

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition – $59.99 (available May 18)
Little Nightmares: Complete Edition – $29.99 (available May 18)
Mega Man Legacy Collection – $19.99 (available May 22)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 – $19.99 (available May 22)
Runner3 – $25.49 (available May 22)
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles – $26.99

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