Yacht Club Games unveils Mina the Hollower
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Yacht Club Games, the developer of Shovel Knight, today unveiled Mina the Hollower as one of its latest projects.
What we have here is an action adventure title featuring an 8-bit aesthetic, though it’s been “refined for the modern era.” Yacht Club says that the title “may remind you of classic titles like Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, or even Bloodborne.”
Here’s some additional information about Mina the Hollower:
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon update and DLC announced
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Yacht Club Games has announced a new update and DLC for Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, which will include the new character Random Knight.
The upcoming update will be comprised of accessibility options, bug fixes, and quality of life improvements. Random Knight will appear in camp after recruiting a few knights, and he’ll randomly become one of your unlocked characters.
Yacht Club Games Presents February 2022 live stream
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Today’s Yacht Club Games Presents showcase will be starting soon. The event will kick off at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe (despite what the graphic above says).
As previously mentioned, today’s presentation will showcase titles in development from Yacht Club. The developer has even teased a “hair-raisingly exciting mega announcement”. Yacht Club’s Sean Velasco, Alec Faulkner, Nick Wozniak, Sandy Gordon, and Celia Schilling will all be on hand.
Here’s where you can watch the Yacht Club Games Presents February 2022 live stream:
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How Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie laid the groundwork for 3D platformers
Posted on 2 years ago by Luiz in Features, General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario 64 are both at this moment available to play on Switch via Nintendo’s online service. It’s great to see those two together considering how important they were for early 3D gaming. I decided to revisit them recently and I was impressed by how well they still hold up.
In today’s video, I talk about the different ideas that Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario 64 brought to the industry, how they understood the best ways to bring the full potential of 3D environments, and also how they failed in some aspects due to how early ideas and the technology were at the time. You can check the video down below.
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MLB The Show 22 announced for Switch
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
MLB The Show 22 is coming to Switch, Sony just announced. It will release on April 5, 2022.
It was announced at the end of 2019 that MLB The Show would no longer be PlayStation-exclusive. While it did have an Xbox version last year, it still wasn’t on Switch. That’s changing for 2022 though and it will be the series’ first appearance ever on a Nintendo platform.
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Pokemon Legends: Arceus has fourth biggest Pokemon launch in the UK
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Pokemon Legends: Arceus seems to be off to a strong start – at least in the UK. Based on initial reports, it’s the fourth biggest launch for the series thus far. It managed to outperform Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, which now falls down the list as the sixth biggest launch.
Here’s a look at the top ten Pokemon launches in the UK:
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Switch was Europe’s best-selling console of 2021, best-selling games revealed
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
GSD has provided new data about the sales of the European gaming market for 2021.
Looking at hardware, there were 7.1 million consoles sold during the year for a 20 percent increase compared to 2020. Switch was the best-selling console despite a 6 percent drop year-over-year. However, the system did see a boost in Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Sweden in 2021. Switch Joy-Con were the third best-selling accessory product.
Metroid Dread dev on taking the series to HD, E.M.M.I.’s design, much more
Posted on 2 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Switch | 0 comments
In a lengthy interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, series producer Yoshio Sakamoto shared a peak behind the curtain on Metroid Dread’s development including the E.M.M.I. mechanic as well as memories of his time working on the series.
Sakamoto has been involved with the franchise since its inception on the NES. In the interview, he touched on what it was like to work with MercurySteam to create the series’ first HD entry, went into the specifics of E.M.M.I.’s design, and much more.
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[Let’s Talk] Pokemon Legends: Arceus impressions
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch | 0 comments
We only just received a major Pokemon release on Switch with Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl back in November, but another major title has now arrived with Pokemon Legends: Arceus. This is the latest project from Game Freak, the developer of the mainline Pokemon titles. The company has been tinkering away on Arceus while ILCA made Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
While the launch of Pokemon Legends: Arceus only took place yesterday, it’s likely that a number of you picked up the game and have played a number of hours already. If you’ve played it at all, what are your thoughts thus far? Let us know in the comments below.
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[Review] Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Posted on 2 years ago by Amit Dhindsa(@Agnezenn) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: January 28, 2022
Developer: Team Ladybug
Publisher: Playism
Record of Lodoss War is one of the oldest still-running Japanese series a lot of people have probably never heard about. With media that includes not only video games but novels, manga, and anime, the franchise’s history dates back over three decades to 1986. While Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is the newest installment in the series, it’s also nostalgic in a lot of ways, from its beautiful 2D pixel art style to its story.
