The latest Nintendo Direct will be kicking off not too long from now. Nintendo will begin hosting the presentation at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe.
In the west, the new Nintendo Direct will be about 45 minutes long. The Japanese version will be 50 minutes long.
Assuming everything goes as planned, we’ll have a live blog going below. Big news updates will be posted in real time as well. Finally, we have embeds for all three streams below. Should be fun!
Puyo Puyo Tetris has received a discount on the North American Switch eShop. The game is currently $25, down from the original $30 asking price. It’s not a massive sale, but a sale nonetheless.
You can order Puyo Puyo Tetris from Nintendo’s website here. Of course, you can buy it from the Switch eShop directly as well.
Many indie developers have come out this week to share success stories about their games on Switch. The teams behind Wonder Boy, forma.8, and Oceanhorn have all seen higher sales on the platform compared to other consoles.
You can add Death Squared to the mix as well. In a series of tweets yesterday, the studio outlined how the Switch version sold more in its first three days than all other platforms.
SMG Studio said:
that could say more about how badly we did on the other platforms though. But we found the Nintendo audience much more "into" the game
— SMG @ #PAXWEST (@smgstudio) September 13, 2017
Interesting though that sales on other platforms only rose slightly with the increased press/buzz. Guessing non Nintendo users tuned out
— SMG @ #PAXWEST (@smgstudio) September 13, 2017
We've hit the tail for Switch now and still selling more per day than all the other platforms combined by 200-500%
— SMG @ #PAXWEST (@smgstudio) September 13, 2017
Robonauts is hitting the Switch eShop tomorrow along with several other games. For an early look with footage, watch the video below.
Note that Robonauts is a 691MB download on Switch.
Update (9/13): Full patch notes added below.
Original (9/12): Puyo Puyo Tetris’ patch was originally supposed to drop in August. That didn’t happen, though the delay wasn’t terribly long. All players can now download version 1.1.0.
Today’s update is comprised of balance adjustments, increased online player rankings, and stricter penalties for rage-quitters. We’ll update this post if we have the full patch notes or any additional details.
Nintendo recently invited select members of the media and other outlets to go hands-on with Super Mario Odyssey this week. With the Nintendo Direct taking place today, we’ll likely be seeing new previews around the time the presentation ends.
A couple of images have popped up early. Both seem to show the Seaside Kingdom, based on the collectible coins shown. We have the two photos below.
Splatoon 2 has a few more Salmon Run events lined up for this week. One in particular is very interesting.
When you check the Salmon Run schedule in Splatoon 2, the event for Friday / Saturday is a bit of a mystery. Nintendo isn’t saying what weapons will be supplied here. The official Japanese Splatoon Twitter account mentioned this as well.
When The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition came to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One last year, Bethesda introduced mods. The feature essentially lets players mess around with the game in ways that aren’t normally possible.
Now The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is making its way to Switch this holiday. Will we be seeing any mod support? Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it. Bethesda’s Pete Hines told USgamer that mods aren’t planned for Switch “at this time.”
Nicalis is celebrating its 10th anniversary as an independent games publisher and developer. In honor of the occasion, a new logo and 10th anniversary branding has been revealed, which will lead into “a series of special events and promotions that will continue the celebration into 2018.”
At BICFest 2017, the annual global independent games conference in South Korea this week, Nicalis will be acting as a platinum sponsor of the expo. Many of the company’s games will be present at a designated “Nicalis Zone.” The new Nicalis logo will also be shown in public for the first time here.
