It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of January 4, 2024. The latest releases include Knights of the Rogue Dungeon and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster release date set for April, new trailer

Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

December 20: It’s been a long time coming, but El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster now has a release date on Switch. Rainy Frog announced today that the game launches on April 28, 2024.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster is an updated version of the 2011 game. The Switch version was announced in April 2022, and there have been few updates since then.

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Rayquaza location guide in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Posted on 1 year ago by Ethan in Guides, Switch | 0 comments

For those interested in learning where to catch Rayquaza in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as part of the Indigo Disk DLC, we have a Rayquaza location guide here for you.

Rayquaza is the master of the weather trio that also includes Kyogre and Groudon. Though Rayquaza can’t Mega Evolve in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, it does retain access to its signature move, Dragon Ascent. Like all the Legendary Pokemon in this game, you’ll need to grind out quests in the Union Circle – more on that in a bit. If you’re looking for the exact Rayquaza location on the Paldea map, you’ve come to the right place.

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Nintendo on how Mario Wonder characters were decided, scrapped Yoshi mechanic

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The developers behind Super Mario Bros. Wonder have commented on how the game’s characters were decided and also revealed a mechanic for Yoshi that was ultimately scrapped.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder has the most amount of playable characters for the series yet. When asked by Famitsu in last week’s issue how they were selected, director Shiro Mouri said:

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Shigeru Miyamoto says he’s still not thinking about retiring

Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Shigeru Miyamoto just celebrated his 71st birthday last month, but retirement still doesn’t seem to be on his mind.

Miyamoto, the creator of hit franchises like Mario and The Legend of Zelda, was asked if he’s ever tempted to retire in an interview with The Guardian. He’s spent well over four decades working at Nintendo.

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Pokemon that talk like Meowth was once considered for the anime

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As many fans know, Meowth is the primary Pokemon that talks like a person in the anime. However, there was actually a time when the same thing was considered for other creatures.

The Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara spoke about this in a recent interview of Famitsu while discussing Detective Pikachu Returns. Here’s what was shared about that subject which we’ve translated:

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Nintendo Download – December 28, 2023 (North America)

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It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of December 28, 2023. The latest releases include Chico and the Magic Orchards DX and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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[Review] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

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System: Switch
Release date: December 1, 2023
Developer: Square Enix / Tose
Publisher: Square Enix

There has been a resurgence of great turn-based RPGs over the last decade – the Switch itself becoming somewhat of a bastion for fans of long stories and level grinding, with no shortage of adventures to unwind with as the system moves ever onward in its lifespan. Monster taming games have been around for quite some time, emerging in 1987 with Megami Tensei, a mature-themed romp through a world of demons and pacts, but soon joined by more lighthearted franchises like Dragon Quest V’s monster recruiting mechanic, Pokemon’s Game Boy games launching to huge success, and the lesser known series Monster Rancher’s disc-related gimmick spurring many monster-taming fans to action placing every CD they could get their hands on into their PlayStation in order to spawn a new and potentially powerful creature. Dragon Quest Monsters’ titles play more like your classic castles and dragons adventure, just with a team you raise and strengthen a little differently than you might if you were playing something like Final Fantasy. The series now returns with Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, and players will get to see another side to a mainline game’s most evil villain character while simultaneously becoming a very powerful monster wrangler.

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Gouging Fire location in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet The Indigo Disk

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With our latest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet guide, we’ll get into the specific location as to where you can find Gouging Fire as part of The Indigo Disk DLC.

Gouging Fire is the new past Paradox form of Entei, and it’s available in Area Zero in the DLC. However, this one is actually a Scarlet exclusive. You can only catch one Gouging Fire per save file, unfortunately, and you’ll need to have caught at least 200 Pokemon for your Blueberry Academy Pokedex. From there, you can talk to Perrin in the Savanna biome of the Terarium to start a postgame quest that takes you back to Area Zero – and this is where you can catch both Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt.