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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 46 Comments

The next Splatfest for Splatoon 2 has been announced. In the second competition, players will be asked to choose between flight and invisibility.

This Splatfest will be taking place in both North America and Europe. We’re waiting on details for Japan at present.

The next Splatfest will run between September 1 and September 2.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 141 Comments

A new Splatoon 2 Switch bundle is on the way to North America, Nintendo has just announced.

Walmart will be the exclusive retailer of the new package. It includes a Switch unit, download code for Splatoon 2, carrying case, and Neon Pink / Neon Green Joy-Con controllers.

The Splatoon 2 bundle launches on September 8. Pricing is set at $379.99.

Read today’s full announcement regarding the Splatoon 2 Switch bundle below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Sonic Mania – €19.99
Troll and I – €34.99

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Magician Lord – €6.99
The Jackbox Party Pack – €20.99
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 – €20.99

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure – $39.99 (available Tuesday)

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Magician Lord – $7.99
The Jackbox Party Pack – $24.99
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 – $24.99
Sky Ride – $7.00

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

We knew that Layton’s Mystery Journey was planned for sometime in October on 3DS. Today, a final release date was announced – for Europe at least. Layton’s Mystery Journey will be available in PAL regions on October 6.

Nintendo appears to be publishing Layton’s Mystery Journey in Europe. According to the announcement, the series has sold over 8.7 million copies in the continent to date.

Read up on today’s full announcement below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 27 Comments

The July 2017 issue of Nintendo Dream had a massive interview about Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Producer Hitoshi Yamagami (Nintendo), director Kenta Nakanishi (Nintendo), director Toshiyuki Kusakihara (Intelligent Systems), and producer Masahiro Higuchi (Intelligent Systems) participated in the discussion.

Among the topics discussed were the use of realistic proportions (which will be carried over into the upcoming Switch title), why Alm is left-handed, and a whole lot more. We’ve picked out some of the notable excerpts below. You can read the full interview on Kantopia.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 5 Comments

Game Informer published another piece of content from its month long coverage of Pokemon coverage. This time around, a video has gone live with Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori showing design documents, and sketches from Sun/Moon’s development. Watch the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 65 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 87,798
PS4 – 34,691
New 2DS LL – 24,187
New 3DS LL – 17,276
PS4 Pro – 7,771
Vita – 4,651
2DS – 3,527
New 3DS – 740
Wii U – 132
PS3 – 95
Xbox One – 75

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 61,933
PS4 – 43,862
New 2DS LL – 33,871
New 3DS LL – 22,200
PS4 Pro – 9,077
Vita – 4,773
2DS – 3,740
New 3DS – 1,078
Wii U – 158
PS3 – 96
Xbox One – 90

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Switch, Videos | 9 Comments

Fire Emblem Warriors received a brand new trailer today. The video, posted below, gives us a first look at Female Robin.

Female Robin is one of two characters recently revealed for Fire Emblem Warriors – Cordelia was the other.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Philip(@P_Trah) in Reviews, Switch | 14 Comments

System: Switch
Release date: August 15, 2017
Developer: Headcannon / PagodaWest Games
Publisher: SEGA

Sonic the Hedgehog is a series that’s both famous and infamous for many different reasons. In his hay-day, Sonic was perhaps the number one rival to Nintendo’s best known character, Mario. During Sonic’s early days on the SEGA Genesis, or the SEGA Mega Drive for those outside of the U.S., the Sonic the Hedgehog titles received high praise from all over game’s media, and was seen by most critics as SEGA’s answer to Mario’s popularity. This success continued throughout Sonic’s 2D era of games, with subsequent entries receiving just as much, if not more praise than the last. However, once SEGA decided to make the jump from 2D to 3D, opinions regarding the changes to the series’ core became a bit more polarizing. Some critics and fans regarded the changes as a necessity to move forward in-step with the evolving industry; while others felt that the series was straying too far from the its roots and was starting to water-down what made Sonic the Hedgehog appealing to begin with. Over the years, SEGA has attempted to bring the series back to its roots in several ways, but none have ever quite captured that same magic that fans were hoping for. That is, until Sonic Mania.

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