Nintendo is pulling the plug on the original SplatNet service for Splatoon. It will be permanently closed on September 30. “We sincerely thank all players for using this companion site for the original Splatoon game,” Nintendo said today.
Thankfully, online multiplayer will continue for Splatoon on Wii U. For those who haven’t transitioned to Splatoon 2, that’s good news.
Runner3 has been delayed. On Twitter, developer Choice Provisions confirmed that the game is now hitting Switch in early 2018. It was originally planned for this year.
Choice Provisions wrote the following on Twitter:
For those curious, the delay occurred because we want to make Runner3 the best game it can be. We hope that’s an acceptable reason 🙂
— Choice Provisions (@TotallyChoice) August 30, 2017
Fire Emblem Heroes has been around for about half a year, and the game is starting up its Choose Your Legends bonus banner tomorrow. With that in mind, Polygon spoke with Intelligent Systems director Kouhei Maeda and Nintendo director Shingo Matsushita about the mobile game. Topics include some of the risque art created for Fire Emblem Heroes, overpowered teams, caution over power creep, and player frustration with colorless units.
Read Maeda and Matsushita comments about these points below. You can find the full interview on Polygon here.
Yesterday, Rain Games announced that World to the West is coming to Switch. The Wii U version hasn’t been abandoned, however.
Rain Games shared the following regarding World to the West on Wii U:
“While porting to Switch has been a very smooth and pleasant process so far, Wii U is harder to optimize for, mostly due to the way the hardware is setup, and how the Wii U version is baed on an older version of the engine to ensure full system compatibility.
But we knew this going in, so we made sure that the game could stand up on its own without changing the main gameplay experience. We’re dedicated to making it play well on every platform! As far as an ETA is concerned, we’re hoping to get it out as soon as we can, but we don’t have a way to lock down a date yet, so I can’t get more specific than that.”
Nintendo has released a ton of indie fact sheets for new Switch games announced today. We’ve rounded them up in the gallery below.
These games are include:
Away: Journey to the Unexpected by Playdius
Battle Chef Brigade by Adult Swim Games
Blade Strangers by Nicalis, Inc.
Dandara by Raw Fury Games
Dimension Drive by 2Awesome Studio
Earth Atlantis by Headup Games
Flat Heroes by Deck13 Interactive
Floor Kids by MERJ Media
Golf Story by Sidebar Games
Hollow Knight by Team Cherry
Huntdown by Coffee Stain Publishing
InnerSpace by Aspyr Media
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Shovel Knight: King of Cards by Yacht Club Games
Light Fingers by Numizmatic
Mom Hid My Game! by KEMCO
Mulaka by Lienzo
Next Up Hero by Aspyr Media
Nine Parchments by Frozenbyte
OXENFREE by Night School Studio
Pocket Rumble by Chucklefish LTD
Poly Bridge by Dry Cactus Limited
Rogue Trooper Redux by Rebellion
Runner3 by Choice Provisions
Sausage Sports Club by Luckshot Games
Super Meat Boy Forever by Team Meat
SteamWorld Dig 2 by Image & Form Games
Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure by Merge Games
Wargroove by Chucklefish
Wulverblade by Fully Illustrated & Darkwind Media
Yono and the Celestial Elephants by Plug In Digital
Source: Nintendo PR
Another new Switch game from Team17 has been revealed for Switch outside of today’s Nindies Showcase. Included in Nintendo’s assets are screenshots for Worms W.M.D, which was originally released last year.
Unfortunately, aside from those screenshots, nothing else was included. We don’t have a fact sheet for this one or anything else.
In any case, here’s a general overview from Steam:
Super Meat Boy Forever was announced for Switch today. However, we should be getting the original game as well.
That’s according to the official Team Meat Twitter account, which shared the following:
Yes. Super Meat Boy will more than likely come to Switch this year. https://t.co/RDXRXK50zq
— Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) August 30, 2017
Don't know yet but it's something we're looking into. https://t.co/AO684GoNVf
— Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) August 30, 2017
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The already robust library of Nintendo Switch games is about to get even more diverse. In a new Nindies Showcase video, Nintendo detailed 20 of the many indie games that are coming to the hit console. Some of these Nindies* include new games in the beloved Super Meat Boy and Shovel Knight franchises, as well as indie collaborations in games like Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes from Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture.
“We love the creativity, passion and amazing response that our independent developer community has already shown for Nintendo Switch,” said Damon Baker, Nintendo of America’s Senior Manager for Publisher & Developer Relations. “It’s great to see so many different developers creating new, unique experiences that take advantage of the hardware’s features. This is a win for fans, who will have access to an even wider selection of great indie content to take wherever they go.”
To celebrate all these upcoming indie games, Nintendo is bringing back the Nindies@Night event at this year’s PAX West in Seattle. The free event takes place at Museum of Pop Culture on Aug. 31 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight PT. It’s a great chance for fans to check out some of the indie games coming to Nintendo platforms, including Wargroove, Super Meat Boy Forever, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, SteamWorld Dig 2, Floor Kids, Nine Parchments, Earth Atlantis, Mulaka, Battle Chef Brigade, Dandara, Yono and the Celestial Elephants, Wulverblade, Dragon: Marked for Death, AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected, Huntdown, Sausage Sports Club, Light Fingers, andRunner3. Part of the event will also be livestreamed at https://www.twitch.tv/hyperrpg on Aug. 31 from 9 to 10 p.m. PT and include developer deep dives and sneak peeks of never-before-seen gameplay.
Fans who visit the Washington State Convention Center during PAX West can also visit the Nindies Arcade on the third floor in room 3B and play a select group of the same upcoming indie games. The Nindies Arcade hours are noon-9 p.m. PT from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, and noon-6 p.m. PT on Sept. 4.
To view the Nindies Showcase video in its entirety, visit http://live.nintendo.com/. Highlights of the presentation include:
