Nintendo has just revealed brand new details about what’s in store for the first DLC pack in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, titled “The Master Trials”.
The Master Trials will encompass several new features and additions. This includes the new Trial of the Sword, in which enemies appear one after another in 45 rooms. Completing it will allow the Master Sword to always be in its glowing state. Hard Mode, Hero’s Path Mode (tracked routes), Travel Medallion (create temporary new travel point), Korok Mask (find Korok locations more easily), and new equipment are also planned.
Read up on today’s full announcement for full details below. We also have several pieces of screenshots and art.
Yacht Club Games recently revealed a cheat code for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment changes the way Specter Knight wall jumps to be more in line with the wall jumping from Mega Man X. There are two versions of the cheat, both of which are identical except for the color palette swap that comes with the changed wall jump mechanics. One will turn Specter Knight blue, and the other will change him to red, both of which are likely homages to X and Zero from Mega Man X.
You can find Yacht Club’s Twitter posts, in which they reveal the cheat code, below. For those of you eager to relive the glory days of Mega Man X, the cheat codes are as follows:
- For the blue palette, enter C&MVRKHNT when making a profile.
- For the red palette, enter S&CBHR when making a profile.
Want to climb and cling to walls as Specter Knight… but red is more your style? Use this cheat instead!
S&CBHR
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) May 1, 2017
Coming from the Play Nintendo YouTube channel is the first episode of “Frizzy’s Silly amiibo Theater” show. The show looks to be a smaller, vignette-like counterpart to the main Play Nintendo show.
The synopsis for the premier episode is as follows, direct from the video description:
Hey kids! Check out the first-ever episode of Frizzy’s Silly amiibo Theater! Help Mario, Princess Peach and Yoshi track down the pudding stealer.
You can watch the video for yourself below.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition added the Beast Track Pack a few days ago. New maps for the Glide Mini Game were added: Kraken, Dragon, and Yeti. You can view a promo for the latter map below.
Discover the lost land of the yeti in the new Beast Track Pack, out now for Glide! pic.twitter.com/ibL3Keaz2H
— Minecraft (@Minecraft) April 26, 2017
One of the standout features of Switch is HD Rumble. When developers use the functionality, the vibration feedback can feel more realistic.
HD Rumble has been used in several Switch titles thus far, and it’ll also be included in tomorrow’s new eShop game TumbleSeed. Polygon caught up with programmer David Laskey and composer / sound designer Joel Corelitz
To begin, the two discussed how HD Rumble separates itself from regular rumble:
The North American My Nintendo website updated today with three Street Fighter-centric discounts. All three take 40 percent off the original asking price.
On 3DS, the Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition discount can be obtained for 60 Gold Points. Street Fighter Alpha 2 on New 3DS and Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers on Wii U are 30 Gold Points each.
These discounts are available on My Nintendo until August 3.
In its first day on the market, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold over 459,000 copies in the U.S., Nintendo announced today. That figure accounts for combined packaged and digital sales.
Nintendo says that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now “the fastest-selling game in the long-running Mario Kart series.” Mario Kart Wii previously held the record with about 433,900 copies in 2008 during its first day.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe currently has an attach rate of 45 percent. Nearly one in two Switch owners in the U.S. bought a copy of the game.
Today’s full announcement:
We have another small update on the rumored 3DS version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Over the past few days, it’s been going by the name “Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga DX”. However, that wasn’t the final title apparently.
The 3DS release now appears to be going by Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. That’s based on data scooped up from the 3DS eShop server. The “Bowser’s Minions” part should explain the presence of a Goomba spotted in the game’s icon.
We’ve been categorizing these posts as rumors to be on the safe side, but many are expecting an announcement at this point. Nintendo may have something to say about it at E3 in June.
Ahead of tomorrow’s launch on the Switch eShop, we’re posting one more video of TumbleSeed. Get another look at the game with GiantBomb’s video below.
The official BitSummit website has seemingly confirmed two new games for Switch. According to the pair of listings, Earth Atlantis and Dusty Raging Fist are both on the way.
Here’s an overview of the first title:
“Earth Atlantis is an ‘Open-World’ retro-style side-scrolling shooter with an original ‘Monster-Hunting’ gameplay. The mission is to search and hunt down more than 15 dreadful sea monsters and explore the post-apocalyptic underwater world.
The game is also presented in a very unique and artistic ‘old sketching’ visual style. We want to create the look of an ‘old explorer sketchbook’ to express the essence of the 14 century’s ocean exploration when the sea was considered a dangerous place and full of monsters.”
And Dusty Raging Fist:
If you’ve been reading the site for awhile, Dusty Raging Fist may sound familiar. We first heard about it in 2013 as a Wii U game. It’s still in development, and it looks like it’s transitioned to Switch.
We’re marking this post as a rumor as BitSummit’s site isn’t entirely accurate. Tasukete Tako-San: Save me Mr Tako! is listed for Wii U, but we confirm that it’s no longer coming to that system. We’ll have a tiny bit more on that game (and a ton of additional indies) later this month.
