Nintendo has sent out a notice revealing the most wanted videos on Switch news for 2017. The list doesn’t necessarily seem to be in a particular order since it isn’t numbered, but it’s presented as follows:
– Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
– Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo Direct 9/13/17
– Kirby 25th Anniversary Trailer
– Jump Up, Super Star! – Super Mario Odyssey Musical
– Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer
– Super Mario Odyssey Game Trailer – Nintendo E3 2017
– Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
– Super Nintendo World Japan – Teaser Trailer
– Metroid Prime 4 – First Look – Nintendo E3 2017
– Yoshi for Nintendo Switch – Game Trailer – Nintendo E3 2017
One thing to note: unless we hear otherwise, we have to assume that the data is limited to the Americas. This news notice has not been published in any other regions at this time.
Source: Switch news
Zerodiv published Gunbird on the Switch eShop this month. But if you look for the game now, you’ll be out of luck. The game has currently been removed.
Signs point to Gunbird having some sort of exploit. We imagine that once it’s fixed, it will return to the eShop. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Update: Bumped to the top. Added in more discounts including Axiom Verge, Spelunker Party!, and The Flame In The Flood: Complete Edition.
Original: Tons of new discounts have gone live across all eShops. Switch, 3DS, and even Wii U have quite a number of savings.
Over on Switch, a whole slew of games have received discounts, including 75% off the excellent Oxenfree, 50% off Riptide GP Renegade and Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure, and 25% off L.A. Noire. On both 3DS and Wii U, Capcom’s games are available at lowerf prices. There are other highlights as well with THQ Noric games for cheap, including Darksiders Warmastered Edition for just $4.
These are the notable discounts we’ve come across:
IGN recently spoke with Final Fantasy IV lead designer and Chrono Trigger director Tokita Takashi for a new interview. Regarding Final Fantasy IV, Takashi spoke about the challenges of implementing many new mechanics and discusses some scenarios that were originally planned for the game. He also weighed in on which Chrono Trigger ending he believes is canon, and how ideas for the cancelled Chrono Break made it into Fantasy Dimensions II.
You can read these responses from Takahashi below. For the full interview, head on over here.
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 launched in Japan on December 16. First week sales were reported this week. Through December 17, the game sold just over 200,000 copies.
According to Dengeki, the “Sword” version was slightly more popular at 100,118 units sold. The “Magnum” version sold 95,794 copies.
To celebrate the holidays, Nintendo has shared some special art. We have a piece for Splatoon above and another drawing for ARMS below.
Update (12/24): This is now up to pre-order on Amazon as well.
Original (12/23): Runner3 won’t just be an eShop title when it hits Switch in 2018. Choice Provisions is working with Nicalis on a physical version, which will be offered alongside the digital release on day one.
Similar to past Nicalis offerings on Switch, the company is preparing some special goodies for those who buy a physical copy of Runner3. GameStop has first details on the launch edition.
Unties uploaded a new trailer for the release of Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded on Switch. Check it out below.
Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded launches for Switch in Japan on December 28.
Each time Nintendo ships new hardware, the company already begins to consider new ideas for the next generation. So it won’t come as much of a surprise then that Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi recently told Toyo Keizai that the company was thinking about the concept for Switch in 2012.
Takahashi further added that by the time 2014 approached, Nintendo was focused on two core ideas. The Big N wanted two people to easily enjoy playing with detachable controllers, which became the Joy-Con. The other important element was creating a home console device that could also be taken outside.
General Switch producer Yoshiaki Koizumi chimed in on the main ideas behind Switch as well. Nintendo noticed how that, in recent years, there has been a split in the gaming population between people playing casually on smart devices and more serious gamers on the likes of the PlayStation 4 and PC. For Switch, there was a desire to combine the elements of both smart devices and home consoles.
