Breath of the Wild was a complete reinvention of the Zelda formula, and many past staples were either discarded or reworked. One example of this is the dungeons. Whereas past Zelda titles featured long, unique dungeons with and a particular item to obtain, Breath of the Wild instead mostly has a ton of smaller Shrines scattered throughout the world and a few Divine Beasts that are thematically similar.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Breath of the Wild directed Hidemaro Fujibayashi commented on Nintendo’s approach to Shrines and dungeons in the debut episode of the Nintendo Power podcast. We’re first able to hear from Fujibayashi, who explains that big dungeons would mean that players would spent too much time there.
This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Rocket League
2. Enter the Gungeon
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. Overcooked: Special Edition
5. Stardew Valley
6. Brawlout
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
10. Human: Fall Flat
11. SteamWorld Dig 2
12. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
13. Yooka-Laylee
14. Nine Parchments
15. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
16. Romancing SaGa 2
17. Splatoon 2
18. Sonic Mania
19. Snipperclips
20. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Source: Switch eShop
A few new games out came out this week on the various eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
Pulstar was the latest game to hit Switch, and can now be purchased on the eShop. Have a look at some footage below.
Nintendo recently asked fans to send in letters to Mario. In a video published on the Play Nintendo YouTube account, the first one is read. Below, you can hear Mario’s thoughts on his favorite thing about having a great adventure with friends.
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta play some of their favorite winter-themed levels from a few games, including Super Mario 3D World and Yoshi’s Wooly World. Check out the full episode below.
Switch is seeing a rare weekend release tomorrow with Bloody Zombies. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
When Heart & Slash was initially funded on Kickstarter, one of the stretch goals was an Endless Dungeon mode. That feature has been added to the Steam version, and BadLand Games has confirmed that it’s coming soon on Switch in a future update.
Endless Dungeon offers endless, randomly generated stages where enemies level up as you progress. You control Slash here. Along the way, enemies will change their weapons and character type while you’ll also encounter new weapons and items to replenish your energy. International combo and score rankings are supported in Endless Dungeon mode.
Source: BadLand Games PR
Update (12/22): The Super Sonic DLC is now live around the world, including North America.
Original (12/21): If you saw today’s European Nintendo Download report, you may have noticed that Nintendo included a listing for Super Sonic DLC in Sonic Forces. That content is now starting to go live. It won’t be available in North America until tomorrow, but it’s up in Australia, and probably very soon in Europe as well.
Here’s some footage:
The Super Sonic DLC is free… for now. SEGA will make it a paid download on January 23. When that happens, the DLC will cost $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.69.
Source: Switch eShop
Slain: Back From Hell has been updated on Switch. Once the patch is applied, you should find that the game runs at 60 frames per second. It was previously 30 FPS, so the experience should be a bit smoother.
Source: Switch news
