Nintendo has lots of streaming events centered around the unveiling of Switch this week. The Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 is up first, followed by Treehouse fun several hours later. Those aren’t the only two streams, however.
Pages are now up on Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube page for the Nintendo Switch Experience 2017, which is being hosted in Japan. Day 1 is here and day 2 is here.
They’ll be hosted at the following times:
Day 1
– 5:30 PM PT (January 13)
– 8:30 PM ET (January 13)
– 1:30 AM in the UK (January 14)
– 2:30 AM in Europe (January 14)
Day 2
– 5:30 PM PT (January 14)
– 8:30 PM ET (January 14)
– 1:30 AM in the UK (January 15)
– 2:30 AM in Europe (January 15)
The Nintendo Switch Experience 2017 allows Japanese fans to go hands-on with Switch prior to launch. Various stage events are planned, and musical performances will also be held.
We’ll put up live stream posts for both events before they begin.
With Koi releasing on the North American Wii U eShop next week, Circle Entertainment prepared an introduction trailer for the game today. View it below.
Square made a major change with the Final Fantasy series starting with the seventh entry. Whereas previous titles graced Nintendo hardware, Final Fantasy VII only ended up on PlayStation. Since then, Square Enix has kept the main entries off Nintendo platforms.
Earlier this week, Polygon published a massive feature on Final Fantasy VII, which includes interviews with many of the RPG’s developers. At one point, the conversation specifically focused on settling on the PlayStation over the N64. Character programmer Hiroshi Kawai said “you would get nowhere near anything like a Final Fantasy running” on Nintendo hardware, later adding that he heard from the big N to “never come back.”
Former Square president Hisashi Suzuki commented on this subject many years ago. At the time, he claimed Nintendo became frustrated when Square left, but also when when Square later helped convince others (like Enix), to leave as well.
Here’s the full excerpt:
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 78,927
New 3DS LL – 54,645
Vita – 34,023
2DS – 26,214
PS4 Pro – 8,242
New 3DS – 8,019
Wii U – 3,147
PS3 – 1,156
Xbox One – 180
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 73,421
New 3DS LL – 45,809
Vita – 25,487
2DS – 20,259
PS4 Pro – 9,916
New 3DS – 4,342
Wii U – 2,589
PS3 – 1,002
Xbox One – 221
3DS – 72
3DS LL – 40
And here are the software charts:
Natsume has brought out a new patch for Harvest Moon: Skytree Village. After applying version 1.01, changes to Dean’s fertilizer stock will be implemented, plus more. Natsume is also paving the way for upcoming DLC.
The full patch notes for version 1.1 are as follows:
Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Impeccable service! Maids and Butlers #3”.
Available items include:
– Eyepatch
– Classy butler uniform
– French maid outfit
– Frilled garter + knee-highs
Users can select Miitomo Drop stages from the Shop tab. Miitomo coins or game tickets are needed to play.
Earlier today, Best Buy’s internal pricing system listed Switch for $249.99. Target is now throwing its hat into the ring with its own placeholder price of $299.99. That could be an estimate, and thankfully we’ll know in about 48 hours if it’ll be any lower.
On a similar note, Target’s system is listing 15 games for Switch. It’s unclear if that number will expand at all after Thursday’s presentation.
Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:
Panda no Taputapu – 100 yen
Honey Lemon Soda – 200 yen
Girlish Number (x2) – 200 yen each
DECO * 27 feat.GUMI (x2) – 200 yen each
DECO * 27 feat. Hatsune Miku (x3) – 200 yen each
Megami Meguri x Puyo Puyo Chronicle – 200 yen
Kunio-kun – 100 yen
And here are several videos for the themes:
A new update is out live for Pokemon Sun/Moon. Players can download version 1.1 for the game.
The update is small in nature, as it primarily addresses some glitches. You’ll need 296 blocks of free space (37 MB) for the download.
