Nintendo on the upcoming Smash Bros. and Splatoon 2 tournaments, first of “many” E3 announcements
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Nintendo tends to be quiet regarding its E3 plans until the show is rather close, but this year, the company shared some news pretty early. Last week, it was announced that Super Smash Bros. Switch and Splatoon 2 will both be seeing their own tournaments.
Polygon spoke with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about the Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 and Splatoon 2 World Championship. Trinen noted the following:
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has plenty of praise for Pokemon
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Pokemon has been an incredibly successful franchise since the beginning. Even after 20 years, the franchise is still going strong.
During a recent media event, Valve boss Gabe Newell actually spoke about Pokemon while discussing the company’s future plans. Here’s what Newell said about the IP’s longstanding success:
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Warframe dev “examining possibilities” when it comes to Switch, but no official plans
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Digital Extremes isn’t committing to a Switch version of Warframe. However, the studio isn’t ruling out the possibility either.
Express asked Digital Extremes CEO Sheldon Carter about the possibility of bringing the co-op action game to the system. Carter had plenty of praise for the device and the team is “looking at and examining possibilities”, though there are no concrete plans.
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Detective Pikachu devs on why the character loves coffee
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Detective Pikachu drinks his fair share of coffee in Detective Pikachu. But why is he such a big fan of the drink in the first place? Speaking with Famitsu, the developers weighed in.
One question Famitsu asked is why why Detective Pikachu has an old man voice. According to producer Hiroyuki Jinnai, that’s because Ikue Otani’s cute Pikachu voice work is very well-known.
Dragon Quest Builders producer on decisions to split the game into chapters, Switch-exclusive content, more
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The Nintendo Treehouse Log has added in its latest entry, which features a Dragon Quest Builders interview. Producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto was brought in to discuss the game’s inspiration, why the the game is split into chapters, making the Switch-exclusive content, and much more.
Continue on below for the full interview with Fujimoto.
Video: Hisashi Nogami on Splatoon 2 and the Octo Expansion
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IGN published a new interview today with Hisashi Nogami, the producer of Splatoon 2. Along with some general talk, Nogami discussed the Octo Expansion in detail. View the interview below.
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Video: Nintendo’s Damon Baker talks all about indies on Switch
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On the latest episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast, Nintendo’s senior manager of publishing and developer relations Damon Baker stopped by to talk about the strategy behind indie games and Switch. You can watch the full interview below.
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Splatoon 2 producer on the darker tone of Octo Expansion
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With the upcoming Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2, Nintendo is going for something different. The setting is an underground section of the world, complete with a darker tone to match.
Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami spoke about the tone of Octo Expansion in an interview with GameSpot. He shared the following on that front:
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ARMS producer on Twintelle, lack of a single-player campaign, comic, and Smash Bros.
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Following his presentation at GDC last week, Polygon was able to interview ARMS producer Kosuke Yabuki. Yabuki was asked about a variety of topics, including the lack of a single-player campaign and the possibly of having the IP represented in Smash Bros.
We’ve rounded up some of Yabuki’s comments below. For the full feature, visit Polygon’s article here.
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Splatoon 2 producer on whether Pearl and Marina know they’re in a game and more
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Game Informer published two new interviews with Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami today. Aside from one discussion that was more on the serious side, the second was off-beat and was more about lore. Topics in the second interview include whether Pearl and Marina know they’re in a game, what happens to Inklings as they move through ink, and how they can’t go in water.
We’ve rounded up the comments about these topics below. Game Informer has the interview in full here.
