LEGO Animal Crossing revealed
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Another Nintendo franchise is being adapted into LEGO form, with the two sides today unveiling LEGO Animal Crossing.
Thus far we only have a small teaser to go on. A brief video was posted on social media, which you can find below.
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How to 100 percent complete Pikmin 4
Posted on 1 year ago by Ethan in Guides, Switch | 0 comments
Pikmin 4 has lots of content to play through for full 100 percent completion, and we’ve gathered a list of requirements for those of you looking to see everything the game has to offer. For the most part, these challenges are rather easy. As long as you put the time in, you shouldn’t have much of a problem here.
[Review] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest Adventures of Dai
Posted on 1 year ago by Dawn in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: September 28, 2023
Developer: Square Enix / GameStudio / Kai Graphics
Publisher: Square Enix
Although it isn’t quite as influential in the west as it is in Japan, there’s no denying the impact that the Dragon Quest series has had upon RPGs over the years. With eleven mainline entries and several spinoffs, it is one of Square Enix’s more enduring series, and has branched out into other media during its lifetime. Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai started life as a manga based upon the franchise, and has received two anime adaptations, with the most recent one wrapping up last year. Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest the Adventure of Dai comes full circle, being a video game adaptation of that anime. Although it loses a little in the transition, it serves as an excellent gateway into the series, but is unfortunately incomplete and rough around the edges, and is difficult to recommend solely on its own merits.
Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal announced for Switch
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
IO Interactive and Feral Interactive will release Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal on Switch, the two companies revealed today. Players on Nintendo’s console can expect the game this winter.
Hitman: Blood Money, a stealth game, first debuted in 2006. This marks the first time it will be made available on a Nintendo platform.
First details can be found in the following overview:
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island confirmed for English release in the west
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Original (9/22): Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island will be seeing an English release in the west, a retailer listing from VGP reveals. The game is listed with a February 27, 2024 release date.
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island was recently announced for Switch in Japan as Shinen the Wanderer 6. No news was shared at the time about a western launch, however. It now appears that Spike Chunsoft will have the title ready to go for early 2024.
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Batman: Arkham Trilogy delayed to December
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Batman: Arkham Trilogy is seeing a bit of a last-minute delay on Switch. Just announced a few minutes ago, the collection will now launch on December 1, 2023.
Batman: Arkham Trilogy was first announced for Switch in June and was planned for the fall. Then in August, it was given an October 13 release date.
[Review] Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Posted on 1 year ago by Dawn in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: October 3, 2023
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: NIS America
Disgaea games have always been a bit overwhelming. Their nonsensical plots, zany casts, and seemingly impenetrable walls of systems upon systems that have stats going into the millions and damage into the quadrillions can make them seem unapproachable to newcomers at the best of times. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless, the latest in the long-running series, shares the same foibles as its predecessors to varying degrees, but is by far the most accessible game in the series to date, and is an easy recommendation to make for anyone looking to sink their teeth into an experience that never takes itself too seriously but offers strategic depth easily on par with the best the genre has to offer.
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Pikmin 4 devs explain why it took so long for the game to release
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The team behind Pikmin 4 has commented on the game’s development and discussed why it took so long for it to release.
For years, fans were holding onto the now-infamous words from Shigeru Miyamoto who said in 2015 that the project was “very close to completion.” Yet it wasn’t until this past summer that the game finally released on Switch. So what happened?
More: interview, Pikmin 4, top, Yuji Kando, Yutaka Hiramuki
Super Mario Bros. Wonder local multiplayer initially had collision
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has shared a little nugget of information about Super Mario Bros. Wonder‘s development, revealing that the game initially included player collision in local multiplayer, though it was ultimately taken out.
This is a small but notable change from the New Super Mario Bros. series. Previously, collision meant being able to do certain things like jumping off another player’s head while playing with friends. However, it could also make things quite chaotic – something that Nintendo seemed to take notice of. Now you won’t touch or bump into other players.
More: interview, Shiro Mouri, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, top
Xenoblade 2 Torna DLC’s music was jazz-inspired since director was a fan of Whiplash
Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
According to Xenoblade series director Tetsuya Takahashi, we have the 2015 movie Whiplash to thank for the jazz-inspired soundtrack in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Torna: The Golden Country.
Takahashi shared a lengthy message looking back on the franchise as part of the recently-released Xenoblade Chronicles Original Soundtrack Trinity Box. He had some kind words for composer Yasunori Mitsuda, and would later go on to discuss Torna. Takahashi had hoped to incorporate “a jazz-style atmosphere” in the main game, but “there wasn’t enough time to implement it”.
