Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to host new tournament with focus on the 1980s
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be hosting its latest tournament this week. Nintendo just announced the event, which features fighters and stages from the 1980s. You can get a better idea of what will be available in the graphic above.
The new tournament goes live on Friday, December 13. Expect it to last a total of three days.
Nintendo UK store restocking Smash Bros. GameCube controller soon
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
The Smash Bros. GameCube controller has been tough to come by if you’re a regular consumer. There hasn’t been a whole lot of stock circulating, leading to increased prices on second-hand markets. Fortunately, it looks like restocks are starting to happen.
The Nintendo UK store is now taking pre-orders for the Smash Bros. controller. The page lists a release date of December 7, with new stock due to dispatch in late January 2020.
You can reserve the controller from the Nintendo UK store here.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate celebrating first anniversary with new Spirit Board event
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be a year old this week. To celebrate, the game is hosting a new Spirit Board event.
While active, players can earn triple the amount of experience and SP. A 50% damage item will also be provided.
The new Spirit Board event goes live on December 6. It will last for a total of three days.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate getting new Resident Evil spirits
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Last week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate added new spirits from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. The fun continues this week with Resident Evil. Nintendo just announced that players will be able to get their hands on four new spirits from the Resident Evil series.
This new event kicks off in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on November 29. It will last for a total of five days.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #55 – Game Awards predictions and reactions, Animal Crossing subscription
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, Podcast | 0 comments
Hello my happy helpers and fortune cookies! This week on NEP, Oni Dino and Galen are talking The Game Awards, the industry and mobile monetization schemes. We chat about the nominees, snubs, predictions for Nintendo and past instances—new Smash DLC fighter? Metroid? Bayonetta? Who knows! Let’s keep it logical, though.
Then we tackle Animal Crossing Pocket Camp getting a subscription service with a very opinionated argument over if free-to-play games like these should even be considered games. We finish things off with some Pokemon talk on the new designs, and the Gizmodo situation in our listener mail segment.
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Sakurai humbly celebrates Smash Bros. Ultimate beating Street Fighter II’s sales, talks eSports, FGC, the true appeal of Smash
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai has published his latest column. In this article, Sakurai addresses the sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate surpassing Street Fighter II in a very humble and logical way. He then discusses the legacy of Street Fighter II, and Smash’s appeal in direct opposition to the fighting game genre.
We’ve prepared a full translation below the break.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Pokemon Sword/Shield spirit event now live
Posted on 4 years ago by Elias in Switch | 0 comments
The latest Super Smash Bros. Spirit Board Event has begun, adding four new Pokémon spirits based on Pokémon from the Galar Region: Zacian & Zamazenta, Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble, Morpeko and Corviknight. It runs for 5 days from today, so make sure you grab them while you can.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate adding Pokemon Sword/Shield spirits
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has announced a new spirits-related event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. New spirits from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will be joining the game, the company revealed today.
The Pokemon Sword/Shield Spirit Board event goes live on November 22. It will last for five full days.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #54 – The State of Pokemon in 2019; Sonic featuring Mariah Carey
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Podcast | 0 comments
Hello my poison and fairy types! This week on NEP, Oni Dino is a bit unhinged but we make it work! Galen chats Terry Bogard and Luigi’s Mansion impressions while Oni Dino continues grinding the gears in Destiny Connect. We then discuss the Phanpy in the room and give our opinions on the Pokemon Sword / Shield controversy and how people are handling things on social media. And who can forget the big star of turning around 2019: Sonic the hedgehog.
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This week, the podcast is sponsored by Koei Tecmo. Check out Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, out now on Nintendo Switch.
Sakurai details Psycho Soldier’s laborious re-recording process for Smash Bros. Ultimate
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments
In last week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai published his latest column. This article gives readers a glimpse behind the scenes of the extensive recording production for the main theme of Psycho Soldier. The song was was rearranged and rerecorded for the most recent wave of DLC from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter’s Pass, celebrating Terry Bogard’s inclusion.
We’ve prepared a full translation below the break.
