The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s trailer from E3 2016 became the most-viewed game video on Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel a few months ago. Super Mario Odyssey has now managed to usurp it.
Super Mario Odyssey’s trailer from the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is currently at 11.2 million views. Meanwhile, the view count for Zelda’s E3 trailer is at 11.1 million.
Note that Switch itself is still the overall most-viewed videon Nintendo of America’s YouTube page with over 26 million views.
Legna Tactica now has an official trailer available to watch on YouTube having launched in the west today. You can check it out below.
Fire Emblem Heroes launched in various territories today. To celebrate, Nintendo has kicked off a new collaboration in Miitomo.
Miitomo users can participate in a Lucina’s mask retweet event and nab items in the Miitomo Shop as well as through Miitomo Drop. Additionally, a special sale is taking place on Miitomo coins.
Head past the break for the full details on the collaboration event.
US Gamer recently conducted interviews with a host of indie game developers about the process of bringing their titles to the Switch, and how Nintendo is involved in that process. Among the interviewed are names such as Yacht Club Games, developer of Shovel Knight, and Tequila Works, the team behind Rime.
It seems the overall concenseus is that porting to the Switch is a very simple process. You can find some excerpts from the interview below.
Another gallery full of Switch pictures has popped up, this time containing a good amount of comparison photos between the Switch and various other Nintendo consoles and controllers like the 3DS and the Wii U GamePad.
You can find all the photos in the gallery below.
Update: Now live on iOS as well. Official page here.
Original: Fire Emblem Heroes is now starting to launch in North America. For those on Android, you should be able to install it. The official Google Play page is here.
If you click on the app, it may still says pre-register. However, if you try to install it from the menu, you should be good to go (thanks Devin).
Unfortunately, Fire Emblem Heroes still doesn’t seem to be up for iOS users in North America. We expect that will be changing very soon though.
In related news, Fire Emblem Heroes features Google Play Achievements. You can find the full listing below.
Plantera was already confirmed for launch on the European eShop next week. Ratalaika Games has now followed up about plans for North America, and we can now say that both regions will have the title on February 9.
Plantera will cost $4.99 / €4.99. Cross-buy is supported, so if you buy it on Wii U, you’ll get the 3DS version free (and same goes in the opposite direction).
Source: Ratalaika Games PR
As of now, Yooka-Laylee will be an eShop-only title on Switch. That doesn’t mean Playtonic is interested in a physical version, however.
In a Kickstarter FAQ on its website, Playtonic again says that “the Kickstarter Switch version will be delivered to backers via digital game codes and thus no additional upgrade cost is required.” The notice then goes on to state:
“For Kickstarter, unfortunately physical Switch editions are beyond our scope right now, as we anticipate the difference in costs compared to digital formats would result in further expense to backers which we’re unable to accurately determine at this point in time. If circumstances change, we’ll update you ASAP as we 100% would love to do a Physical Release on Switch.”
Playtonic says the team is “working as hard and fast as we can and are looking forward to giving you the answers you’re looking for on many topics including release timing” on Switch. The studio also thanked Nintendo fans “for their continued patience and understanding.”
Ghost Blade HD is coming sooner than expected. After only just announcing the Wii U eShop release last week, a launch month has already been set.
A specific date should be shared next week, but Hucast Games says it’s actually heading to the eShop this month. It will run at 720p with a TATE/portrait screen option available.
