Deltarune creator on why he expanded his team and his wrist issues
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Back in 2024, Toby Fox told fans that he was bringing in more talent to help work on his next game, Deltarune. He planned to still very much be involved in the creation process, but it meant taking a slight step back.
In a recent interview, Fox explained that decision. He also commented on his physical condition for wrist issues – something we’ve heard about before – which is thankfully is a bit better these days.
Capcom explains why it’s releasing three Resident Evil games at the same time on Nintendo Switch 2
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If you watched the most recent Nintendo Direct, you likely saw the news that Capcom is bringing not one, but three Resident Evil games to Nintendo Switch 2 early next year. The system will be getting Resident Evil 7, Village, and Requiem at the same time.
Capcom’s Masato Kumazawa has now spoken about what went into that decision as part of a recent interview. That discussion reveals that the company first prototyped Resident Evil Village on Nintendo Switch 2, and after seeing the positive results, wanted to try porting Requiem. Capcom felt the results there were also promising, and decided to throw in Resident Evil 7 as well. Having them all ready at the same time made sense for Capcom so that players could “just jump in” and start at 7 or with the series’ newest entry.
Hollow Knight: Silksong dev comments on the game’s difficulty and why it’s tougher than the original
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At the ACMI Game Worlds exhibition in Melbourne, Team Cherry’s Ari Gibson and William Pellen commented on the difficulty of Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Just like the series’ first game, Silksong has been getting a lot of love. But there have been a few discussion points, including the difficulty.
Gibson shared the following:
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Former Nintendo localization manager reveals origins of Princess Peach’s Toadstool name
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Leslie Swan, a former localization manager at Nintendo of America who spent nearly three decades at the company, has spoken about how Princess Peach’s “Toadstool” name came to be.
In the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros., the character was simply known as Princess Peach. However, for the U.S. version, it changed to Princess Toadstool. It turns out that this happened due to the ad agency coming up with the name on its own.
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Square Enix open to revisiting Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and A2, also up for sequels and new games
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Square Enix is leaving the door open to just about everything when it comes to the tactics genre, including revisiting more classics such as remasters of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and A2, and even Final Fantasy Tactics sequels.
That information comes from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles director Kazutoyo Maehiro. Inverse recently asked about the possibility of bringing back Tactics Advance and A2 – titles that have only stayed on GBA and Nintendo DS. Maehiro not only expressed interest in that, but also “sequels and new titles”.
Gearbox boss heaps praise on Nintendo Switch 2, wants to bring more games to the system
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Nintendo Switch 2 has a big fan in Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford.
Pitchford, who just now wrapped up his work on Borderlands 4, told GamesRadar that “Nintendo Switch 2 is an awesome, awesome machine – I’m so grateful for it.” He feels that the platform is “less about innovating and more about perfecting, and giving us what we want and what works.”
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Plants vs. Zombies Replanted dev explains why the game is getting a remaster nearly 20 years later
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Nick Reinhart, general manager at PopCap, recently spoke about why the original Plants vs. Zombies is making a comeback after so many years with the upcoming Replanted remaster.
The title is seeing a new release later this year on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch. It goes well beyond a port as the team is adding in local co-op and PVP options, the Rest in Peace and Cloudy Day modes, and an art gallery showing previously-unreleased concepts.
Team Cherry explains why Hollow Knight: Silksong took so long to launch
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The team behind Hollow Knight: Silksong has spoken about why it’s taken so long for the game to launch.
After years of anticipation, the title is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch in just a couple of weeks. Team Cherry revealed today that the release date is set for September 4, 2025.
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Final Fantasy 14 dev on Switch 2 version, says there’s been “positive” discussions with Nintendo
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Could we see Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo Switch 2 one day? Producer Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida has indicated that Square Enix is in talks with Nintendo, and it sounds like things are going well so far.
He said in the interview with VGC when asked about potentially getting Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo Switch 2:
“For me, it’s just my aim to provide Final Fantasy 14 and 16 to as many players as possible, and I hope that as many players as possible will be able to enjoy those two games. We are putting in our best efforts to ensure that this happens, so it’s fine to convey to your readership that I consider the possibilities very positively, and we are putting in our best efforts, so I hope players will look forward to possibilities in the future. But I just ask for a little bit more time.”
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Wild Hearts S devs on lack of new content for Nintendo Switch 2, sequel possibility
Posted on 5 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
The developers behind Wild Hearts S have spoken more about the game, including the decision to shy away from introducing new content and wanting to make a sequel.
Japanese magazine Famitsu recently spoke with director Takuto Edagawa about the release. One of the topics brought up is how on Nintendo Switch 2, there’s now support for four players whereas the original version only supported three. Koei Tecmo was able to fulfill its original vision and also responded to requests for that additional player slot.
Edagawa said the following:
