Super Mario Odyssey received a stage show at the Nintendo Switch Experience this past weekend. Aside from the brief bit of footage highlighting Mario’s moves, a few tidbits about the game were also shared.
Development on Super Mario Odyssey is considerably finished, so producer Yoshiaki Koizumi wants people to get their hands on it. But since the release isn’t close, Nintendo didn’t offer Mario as playable demo.
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers will allow players to battle against each other online. Capcom shared the news during the Treehouse Live event a couple of days ago, which seemed to have gone mostly unnoticed. Online play is something that most would expect, but it wasn’t actually mentioned in the original announcement. It’s nice to have the confirmation in any case!
Thanks to Mike for the tip.
Last week, Nintendo shared the file sizes for Zelda: Breath of the Wild on both Switch and Wii U. Both are pretty similar. On Switch, Zelda is a 13.4 GB download while the Wii U version is 13 GB.
The page now includes an additional note specifically about the game on Wii U. For those who plan on playing the physical version, some game data will need to be installed. More than 3 GB of space is needed in the console’s storage or USB storage device. It seems that USB memory devices (memory stick) can’t be used.
Thanks to Ben for the tip.
We have some more off-screen footage of Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, thanks to Nintendo World Report. You can watch the footage below.
CEO of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford says that he doesn’t see a Switch version of Borderlands 3 happening, according to a recent tweet.
Gearbox is behind the Borderland series of games, known for it’s focus on co-op gameplay. While Pitchford did mention that Gearbox was in talks with Nintendo previously, it appears that said talks have fallen through. You can find the full tweet below.
@dECU_nutt I do not see that as happening. We were talking to Nintendo, but that stopped for some reason. They have other priorities.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) January 15, 2017
Update: Best Buy’s page is currently having issues at the moment. Amazon’s 20% Prime discount also isn’t showing, but it should be applied on orders later. We’ll let you know when these issues are addressed.
Original: Both Amazon and Best Buy are now accepting pre-orders for Super Bomberman R. You can grab one on Amazon here, and one from Best Buy here.
If you watched the Nintendo Switch event live, you likely had trouble understanding what Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda, or more commonly known as Suda51, was talking about despite the best efforts of the translator. While what Suda51 said was likely very difficult to translate live, YouTuber iYakku has gone to the trouble of translating what Suda51 had to say about his Switch project and Travis Touchdown.
You can view the video below.
A recent Zelda: Breath of the Wild screenshot hinted at the return of Beedle. With new footage of the game appearing over the past few days, the merchant’s return is officially confirmed.
Beedle pops up very briefly in some footage posted by Polygon. You can bet that he’ll be around to sell you various items.
GameXplain has uploaded the first 20 minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Switch to YouTube. Obviously, this is spoiler territory so be wary if you want to stay in the dark until the release date. You can watch the footage below.
