According to Nintendo, the update “focuses on making it possible to use certain amiibo features even when not connected to the internet as well as adjusting the balance of battles.” Even more balance adjustments are planned for the future.

Here’s the full rundown of the new update:

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Big Nintendo Switch Cyber Deals 2024 eShop sale live, full list of games

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

The Nintendo Switch Cyber Deals 2024 eShop sale just started, featuring a mix of both first-party and third-party games.

Nintendo itself has games like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Xenoblade Chronicles titles discounted. A bunch of third-party releases are also here with Sonic x Shadow Generations at its lowest price yet.

Here’s the full lineup:

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble reveals Hatsune Miku and Godzilla DLC, 2.0 update

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

SEGA shared some big news for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble today, as we not only have news about new Hatsune Miku and Godzilla DLC, but also a version 2.0 update highlighted by Super Punchy Brawl in Battle Mode. Everything is dropping on November 26, 2024.

Hatsune Miku and Godzilla will both be available for purchase. Fans can wreak destruction on fellow players as Godzilla, with banana pickups replaced by trains, or groove through various stages as Miku, collecting musical notes in lieu of bananas.

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Stray review for Nintendo Switch

Posted on 4 months ago by Dawn in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments

System: Switch
Release date: November 19, 2024
Developer: BlueTwelve Studios
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive

The life of a cat has perhaps been romanticized to some extent, but there’s no getting around the fact that it has been quite effective. Whether you love them or hate them, cats are the epitome of coziness in mainstream media, making them the ideal protagonists for more laid-back and comfortable video games. There aren’t many titles that will allow you to play as an ordinary cat, which is what makes BlueTwelve Studio’s Stray such an appealing title in many ways, putting you in the shoes (or rather, paws) of a regular cat in a cyberpunk setting. After two years since its initial release, the game has now finally made its way onto Nintendo Switch.

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Life is Strange: Double Exposure Nintendo Switch release date, new trailer

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

The Nintendo Switch version of Life is Strange: Double Exposure just secured its release date. It’ll be ready to go digitally on November 19, 2024 and physically on January 28, 2025, publisher Square Enix and developer Deck Nine Games confirmed today.

The game originally released at the end of October. Square Enix previously noted that the Nintendo Switch version would arrive at a later date.

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Atelier Yumia second trailer

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

November 16: Koei Tecmo and Gust just published the second official trailer for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. Currently just a Japanese version has been published, but it may come out in English later – we’ll keep you posted.

The new trailer gives us a look at the battle system. We also have footage of the story, though again, that’s only in Japanese.

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Zelda producer was against using the word Triforce in Echoes of Wisdom, led to Prime Energy

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom features the use of the Triforce for its story, but rather than actually calling it that, the game uses “Prime Energy” instead. The developers have now shared noteworthy information about the decision to use a different name.

The Trifroce is one of the more iconic elements of the Zelda series. However, Nintendo and Grezzo made the active choice to avoid using that word. In fact, series producer Eiji Aonuma was specifically opposed to using the Triforce. Aonuma indicated that “Triforce” brings along certain expectations, and that’s also why the team “purposefully made the setting and time ambiguous.”

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[Let’s Talk] Which Mario RPG series do you prefer?

Posted on 4 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk | 0 comments

The Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi franchises have both been around for a long time. Various games have been released across different generations of Nintendo hardware. Paper Mario has mostly seen a fairly consistent lineup of games, but it was the future of Mario & Luigi that was in doubt after developer AlphaDream shuttered several years back. Now development duties of the series have shifted to Acquire, the company who worked on the Octopath Traveler titles.

Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi are often compared (we’re not forgetting Mario RPG, but there’s just one game for that IP). Some fans prefer one of these series over the other. With Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door came to Switch earlier this year and Mario & Luigi: Brothership having just released, we wanted to ask where you stand. If you had to choose, are you Team Paper Mario or Team Mario & Luigi? Let us know in the comments.

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This is the best Nintendo 3DS console to play on in 2024

Posted on 4 months ago by Ethan in 3DS, Features | 0 comments

Throughout its lifespan, Nintendo released a lot of different 3DS models. You had the original 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, the standard 2DS, and New 2DS XL – and that’s not even counting all the special editions of each individual console. With Nintendo’s next hardware on the horizon, we figure today is as good a day as any to go over all of the major 3DS revisions and determine which one is the best.

The Switch is certainly Nintendo’s most popular console, but the 3DS has seen something of a small resurgence lately. This is in spite of its online play shutting down earlier this year – indeed, a fair number of players are either discovering the 3DS’ library for the first time, or reliving their nostalgia from over ten years ago.