Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – possible Joker DLC stage spotted in the game’s files
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As we heard in the latest Nintendo Direct, Persona 5’s Joker is set to be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the game’s first true DLC character by the end of April. As we know, each DLC fighter comes with a new stage and music as well.
What might Joker’s stage be? While there have already been rumors on that front, we may have new evidence as to what’s planned.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Kong Family Reunion” Spirit Board event announced
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Nintendo has announced the next Spirit Board event, this time carrying the theme “Kong Family Reunion”. The fun kicks off on Friday.
During the event, you’ll see more spirits from the Donkey Kong series. If you defeat them, you’ll earn more snacks than you normally would.
The Kong Family Reunion Spirit Board event will be live for three days.
Sakurai reflects on 20 years of Smash Bros., his future as a developer, Piranha Plant in Ultimate
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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai published a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. The series recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, so Sakurai had a few words to share such as how it wasn’t always a sure thing that the franchise would continue. He gets pretty reflective here as well as later in the piece when he starts thinking about what lies ahead for his future as a developer. Outside of that, we also get to see a bit of talk about Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
We’ve prepared a full translation of Sakurai’s column. Continue on below to read it in full.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Power, Wisdom, and Courage” Spirit Board event now live
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Power, Wisdom, and Courage” Spirit Board event announced
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is cycling in a new Spirit Board event this week. The theme is “Power, Wisdom, and Courage”, and based on the image above, you can probably guess that it’s all about Zelda. Defeating these spirits will give you a bit more gold than usual.
The Zelda-themed Spirit Board event kicks off on Friday. It’ll last for three days, as per usual.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #15 – Xbox Live Coming to Switch?
Posted on 6 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Podcast | 0 comments
Hello, my beautiful goombas!
This week on NEP, Oni and Galen wade through the concept of Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch, discuss the weekly news, and banter over all the talking points that Nintendo gave us from their Financial Q&A.
Plus, Oni talks the importance of women in the (Nintendo) workplace in regards to Japanese society and Galen tells us all about what game he needs to see revived in his lifetime.
A big thank you to all of our listeners and to those who share the podcast— our show is growing at a very healthy rate! We hope you’re enjoying listening! Please leave us your feedback, and check below for more details and timestamps.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 Online Event 1 Qualifier Finals live stream
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Nintendo is kicking off the first online qualifier finals for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019. The action should just be about starting now, so you can watch all of the high-level action as it happens below.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Well-Rounded Spirits” Spirit Board event now live
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Devil May Cry producer on the possibility of Dante in Smash Bros. and DMC on the Switch
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Devil May Cry is a series that has completely skipped Nintendo platforms so far, and that includes the upcoming Devil May Cry 5. The producer of that game, Capcom’s Hidaki Itsuno, was recently on a press tour for Devil May Cry 5 and talked to a number of outlets, including VG 24/7. They asked him about the possibility of Dante, the series’ main character, being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC character. Here’s what Itsuno had to say:
Japan: Smash Bros. Ultimate sold over 300,000 digital copies in December
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a report on Japan’s best-selling games of December. We’ll publish the full chart soon (sometime after the magazine actually releases), but we do have an early tidbit. Famitsu reports that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 309,229 digital copies.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 is another game that debuted in December. According to Famitsu, the Switch version sold 33,506 digital copies.
