Several media outlets have been reporting that Nintendo Switch cartridges taste bitter. After Kotaku sent an inquiry, Nintendo responded, stating:
To avoid the possibility of accidental ingestion, keep the game card away from young children. A bittering agent (Denatonium Benzoate) has also been applied to the game card. This bittering agent is non-toxic.
So, how many of you are going to lick your Switch cartridges as soon as you get them?
Disgaea 5 Complete will be a Switch launch title in Japan, and Nippon Ichi Software has released a launch trailer to coincide. The game will release May 23 in North America and May 26th in Europe. Watch the trailer below:
Nintendo has uploaded footage of another 1-2-Switch game, Gorilla. In the game, players must beat their chest like a gorilla to woo another gorilla. Check it out below:
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Miitomo has been updated with new Daily Decorations. Users can check back daily for wallpapers and floorings, including the following:
– Theater stage (Wallpaper)
– Borderline (blue) (Wallpaper)
– Retro flower print (yellow) (Wallpaper)
– Retro flower print (blue) (Wallpaper)
– Log cabin (Wallpaper)
– Two-tone (pink) (Wallpaper)
– Two-tone (yellow) (Wallpaper)
– Red carpet (Flooring)
– Pile carpet (emerald) (Flooring)
– Ash flooring + circle rug (stars) (Flooring)
Miitomo Drop stages are located in the Shop tab, and can be played with Miitomo coins or game tickets.
The 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards took place earlier this evening. At the event, there was one Nintendo-related winner.
Pokemon GO was chosen as the “Best Handheld / Mobile Game”. It beat out Super Mario Run, Pokemon Sun / Moon, Clash Royale, and Reigns.
Earlier today, Dragon Quest Heroes I-II’s live stream was held on YouTube and Niconico. Take a look at the recording below for gameplay.
Bandai Namco shared a new trailer for its Japanese baseball 3DS game Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax. You can watch it below.
My Nintendo has added in another Super Mario Run reward. For 300 Platinum Points, the Gold Peach Statue can be yours. The Mario and Bowser Gold statues are still on My Nintendo as well.
Pokemon GO is still missing a key feature from the main Pokemon games: trading. It should be added via an update in the future, but Niantic still has some work to do before it’s ready.
Speaking with Polygon at GDC, senior product manager Tatsuo Nomura confirmed that trading won’t happen through the internet. He also indicated that the team is still trying to figure out the best way to handle the functionality. Failing here could “easily kill the game.”
Nomura said:
“[Trading] won’t be through the internet. You shouldn’t be able to exchange your Pokémon with someone who is 100 miles away from you. … The person needs to be in your proximity.”
“I wasn’t really thinking of trading as a way to solve the local area spawn issue. That was more, we have a couple Pokémon that only spawn in a couple regions, and that was the hope, that some Pokémon you have to know someone or find someone who lives in certain regions and meet and exchange. We don’t want to just have that be an online game that you can just exchange virtually.”
“We’re still trying to come up with an answer [to trading] that makes sense so it doesn’t kill the game. If we fail this, we can easily kill the game.”
