Fire Emblem Warriors 2 was initially considered before Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes came to be
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Fire Emblem Warriors 2 was an idea Nintendo and Koei Tecmo considered before settling on development of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, it’s been revealed.
That nugget of information comes from an interview published by Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream with development producer Hideo Suzuki, producer Yosuke Hayashi, and director Hayato Iwata. Hayashi said the team “wanted to make a sequel to Fire Emblem Warriors” and “called it Fire Emblem Warriors 2 as a placeholder name and discussed various directions we could take it in”.
Nintendo Download – June 30, 2022 (North America)
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It’s time for the latest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of June 30, 2022. The latest releases include Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, and more.
Here’s the full lineup:
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Famitsu sales (6/20/22 – 6/26/22)
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NieR: Automata coming to Switch
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Original (6/29): NieR: Automata has finally been confirmed for Switch and will be sold as The End of YoRHa Edition. During today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Square Enix and PlatinumGames shared the news. It will launch on October 6, 2022.
NieR: Automata: The End of YoRHa Edition contains the original game and its DLC. That means you’ll get the 3C3C1D119440927 DLC, which includes three challenging colosseums, boss battles, and additional costumes that are inspired by NieR Replicant. Also available for download will be the free 6C2P4A118680823 DLC, which features various cosmetic items, including six costumes, four accessories plus two pod skins based on characters from the mobile title NieR Re[in]carnation.
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Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series could lead to more remasters and expansion of the IP
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In an interview with game journal Lock-On, producer Ryo Ishida spoke about the potential of the Klonoa IP, including the possibility of more remasters and further expansion.
Ishida said that if Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series “is loved by the community, there might be opportunities to further expand the Klonoa IP and do other remasters of other titles as well.” Right now Bandai Namco is hoping to “spread awareness and reignite the Klonoa IP.”
Gareth Coker, Yoko Shimomura join Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope team
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Gareth Coker and Yoko Shimomura are now confirmed as two of the composers on Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft has revealed. Creative director Davide Soliani shared the news during a presentation today, but didn’t elaborate on how the work is being broken up.
Grant Kirkhope, who provided music for the first entry in the series, was already confirmed to be returning. However, this is the first time we’ve heard about Coker and Shimomura being involved. Both will be bringing a high level of talent to the project.
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XIII remake finally coming to Switch in September, first gameplay
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Microids has provided an update on the Switch version of the XIII remake, revealing that it will launch on September 13, 2022.
The game originally launched in 2020. Microids delayed the Switch version to 2021 just before launch, but it would later quietly slipped into 2022.
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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Showcase live stream
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The Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Showcase is set to begin not too long from now, and we’ve got a live stream ready to go for the event. It will cover the game’s “unique and epic tactical gameplay, and uncover a few surprises”. As a reminder, the stream begins at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM in the UK / 6 PM in Europe.
Catch up on Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope with the following overview:
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration announced for Switch
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Atari is teaming up with Digital Eclipse on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, a special package for Switch and other platforms. A release is planned for this holiday.
According to the official description, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration “takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-resolution original artwork, and a specially-curated list of more than 90 playable games.” Titles from the arcade, 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, Lynx, and Jaguar will be included. Additionally, Digital Eclipse has made the Reimagined series, which is comprised of “six new games that revisit, mash-up and reimagine Atari Classics” – the lineup is Swordquest: AirWorld, Haunted Houses, VCTR-SCTR, Neo Breakout, Quadratank, and Yars’ Revenge Reimagined.
First footage emerges from cancelled Epic Donald
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YouTuber Slope’s Game Room has managed to secure the first footage from Epic Donald, which never came to be.
We first heard about the project in 2016. Disney and Junction Point originally planned to release a third title in the Epic Mickey series featuring Donald Duck, Duckburg, and more. In the end the game was cancelled after Disney Interactive Studios closed in 2016 and Disney itself decided to move away from self-publishing.
