Zelda: Breath of the Wild producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi has actually been working on the franchise for quite awhile. He directed a few different entries, including Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Skyward Sword, and more.
Although Fujibayashi has greatly contributed to Zelda, he’s not quite sure what his lasting mark on the series will be. In his view, he’s still figuring that out.
A Nintendo Direct will almost certainly be held this month. You know it, we know it. For a recap as to why a Nintendo Direct is highly expected within the next couple of weeks, you can read up on this post. But even disregarding that, common sense tells you that we need to hear from Nintendo soon in order to get a better idea about plans for 2018 on Switch and 3DS.
For Switch’s future, we do actually know about a few things from Nintendo, but not everything is confirmed for this year, and there’s a lot that’s up in the air. Bayonetta 1 and 2 along with Dragon Quest Builders are due out in February. Other than that, we don’t really have solid dates. Nintendo has previously announced Kirby Star Allies, Yoshi, Metroid Prime 4, and new entries in the Pokemon and Fire Emblem series. Project Octopath Traveler will be published at some point as well.
Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“Set sail on the Seven Seas! Miitomo Pirate Crew” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
Turbo Pug DX is heading to Switch, creator Daniel Steer has announced. Steer posted the news on Twitter earlier today with the following message:
https://twitter.com/DanPlanetTerra/status/948532866757120001
Turbo Pug DX is a runner with “passionately crafted environments”, multiple paths, various characters, mini-games, and more. It also sounds like the Switch version will have some exclusive content.
Here’s more on Turbo Pug DX:
Last month, Outright Games announced Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion. The new game will be coming to Switch in Spring 2018. It remains to be seen how the project will turn out, but it sounds promising at least.
One interesting element about the new Adventure Time is the developer behind it. Climax Studios is actually working on the game. They’ve been a bit quiet in more recent years, but you may know the team as the creator of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
It’s also worth pointing out that Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion won’t be a full-priced game at launch. Various retailers such as Amazon have it at $40 as opposed to $60
Zelda: Breath of the Wild wasn’t the only open-world game on Switch last year. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim also just so happened to launch on the system a few months ago.
When creating Breath of the Wild, Skyrim was one game Nintendo looked at to see what it would be like to make an open-world title. However, that doesn’t mean the developers wanted to take specific elements from that game. Instead it was practically used as research.
Last month, we heard that Donna Burke was working on something for Nintendo. Now we know what Burke was teasing at the time.
Burke is the voice of Dr. Coyle, the newest fighter in ARMS. The character was added in via an update late last month.
Burke shared the news about her role on Twitter:
I'm the voice of Doctor Coyle, a new character for #ARMS on #Switch and I couldn't be happier- bossy, funny and… https://t.co/o1Hh8LLE3m
— Donna Burke ドナ・バーク (@db_singer_actor) December 25, 2017
System: Switch (eShop)
Release date: December 15, 2017
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Romancing SaGa and the SaGa series in general has had a long history in the RPG world, first launching in 1989 as The Final Fantasy Legend. While we’ve seen a few SaGa games localized since then, Romancing SaGa 2 in particular never saw a release until recently on mobile a few years ago, before making its way to consoles now just before the new year of 2018. Unfortunately, this is a poor port of the mobile version of the game localized years ago, and not a remaster of the original title on the Super Famicom. This becomes problematic in a lot of ways, and the Switch suffers heavily from it.
Update 2 (1/6): This is now up on GameStop.
Update: Here’s something that you may not realize. In Europe and Japan (as well as the Splatoon 2 bundle), the pink Joy-Con is on the right, and the green controller is on the left. Nintendo is flipping the colors for the standalone release in the states. Not sure why, but there you go.
Original (1/5): Nintendo has confirmed that the Neon Pink and Neon Green Joy-Con will begin to be offered as a standalone product in North America this month. Previously, the controllers were limited to the Splatoon 2 Switch bundle.
Nintendo shared today’s news on Twitter:
Keep your #NintendoSwitch looking fresh when you play #Splatoon2 with these new Neon Pink and Neon Green Joy-Con controllers! Look for them in stores later this month. pic.twitter.com/NWZlMIG2q0
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 5, 2018
The Neon Pink / Neon Green Joy-Con could begin to appear in stores as early as today. They were listed in EB Games Canada’s internal inventory system for January 5.
New characters should be joining Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp soon. Nintendo tweeted out the image above yesterday, teasing the arrival of more villagers. Nintendo hasn’t said when the characters will be added in, but they should be popping up in the very near future.
