Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura on Sephiroth and Sora in Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Two of the biggest DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate were from Square Enix, with Sephiroth and Sora generating huge reactions from fans. With both, Tetsuya Nomura played a big part in their creation as the original character designer. He’s also been a director on the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series.
As for Sephiroth joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nomura told GameSpot in a recent interview:
[Let’s Talk] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl impressions
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Two new Pokemon games have arrived on Switch just in time for the holiday season. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, remakes of the DS originals, came to the system yesterday. Despite a few new features and quality of life improvements, the Switch titles are very much faithful to the games they’re based on.
For those that did pick up yesterday’s releases, did you purchase Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, or both? What are your impressions thus far? Let us know in the comments below.
[Interview] Monster Rancher dev on IP’s return with 1 & 2 DX on Switch, removal of CDs, future, more
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Nintendo Everything was fortunate enough to interview executive producer Kazumi Fujita about the upcoming release of Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX, covering various topics such why these titles are returning now and what’s new (including no longer having to use CDs like players did on the PlayStation back in the day). We also touched on some general points like what lies in store for the future.
Monster Rancher is making a comeback of sorts with Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX on Switch. These two games were offered individually in Japan last year, but are now seeing a worldwide release.
Here’s our full developer discussion:
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Sakurai on all DLC fighters for Smash Bros. Ultimate, scrapped mechanic, future, more
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has spoken about a ton of topics related to the game, including all of the DLC fighters, a scrapped mechanic for air Smash attacks, the future of the series, and more.
The discussion with Sakurai took place in a recent interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu. We’ve translated the full talk, coming in at over 5,000 words.
Here’s our complete translation:
Rockstar issues statement on GTA: The Trilogy issues, promises updates
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Rockstar Games has issued a statement surrounding the issues players have encountered with GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.
All platforms have been plagued by various problems. On Switch, there have been reports of frame rate slowdown in particular. Each one of the games on all systems has also seen their fair share of bugs.
In its statement, Rockstar apologized to fans and promised updates. The first one, planned for the “coming days”, will “address a number of issue”.
The full statement reads:
Nintendo of America initially had concerns about releasing the GameCube in purple
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If Nintendo of America initially had its way, the GameCube may not have been originally released with the now well-known purple color.
As part of an interview with VGC in celebration of console’s 20th anniversary, former VP of marketing and corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan mentioned that the team on its side went to Japan’s headquarters and “suggested that the purple was not the best to start with”. She added that it “just didn’t feel masculine”. Ultimately, as we know, Nintendo ended up sticking with purple for the GameCube.
Kaplan said:
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Nintendo partners with Panda Global for a series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments in 2022
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Nintendo is teaming up with Panda Global for the first officially licensed Smash Bros. circuit in North America, the two sides confirmed today. It will kick off in 2022, featuring both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
According to Nintendo, players in the U.S. will compete online in qualifying rounds for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Additionally, in-person qualifiers are planned for both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Melee once large-scale events return. Winners of the virtual and in-person qualifying rounds will go on to compete in the grand finals for the championship.
Nintendo Download – November 18, 2021 (Europe)
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Marsupilami: Hoobadventure
Nerf Legends
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond
Pokemon Shining Pearl
The Wild at Heart
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Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town getting 1.1.0 update this month, surpasses one million copies worldwide
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Today, Marvelous and XSEED Games announced that a new 1.1.0 update is coming to Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town this month. Players can look forward to new features and content.
The 1.1.0 update, which is going live on November 29 in North America and November 30 in Europe, is highlighted by “Spirit Quests”, which are events and challenging requests for Olive Town experts featuring rewards such as new outfits, hairstyles, farming abilities, and a mysterious ladder connecting areas of the farm. These quests can be taken on once the player triggers all existing Town Development Events and saves enough Town Development Points.
Loop Hero launches on Switch in December, new trailer
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Loop Hero has secured a final release date on Switch. The old-school adventure game will launch on December 9, publisher Devolver Digital and developer Four Quarters announced today.
Loop Hero was first confirmed for Switch back in August. At the time, it had a vague holiday release window.
Here’s some information about the game:
