Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid releasing worldwide this August, demo announced
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Spike Chunsoft held a presentation during this year’s Anime Expo where they announced that Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid will be receiving a worldwide release. The game is set to launch digitally on Switch on August 6, 2024 for $39.99.
A free downloadable demo of the game will also be made available starting July 30, 2024, a week before the full game releases. It will feature save data transfers, so that players purchasing the full game will be able to pick up right where they left off in the demo.
For more information, check below for an overview of the game as well as a new announcement trailer.
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Switch physical release announced
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July 23: SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos just came out on Switch yesterday, and it didn’t take long to receive confirmation of a physical release.
While the game won’t be sold at general retail, there will be a boxed version from Pix’n Love. The company has announced a Collector’s Edition and Deluxe Edition, which will be sold alongside a standard version. Details about the special editions have not been provided at this time.
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Rumor: Mario & Sonic series is finished
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July 29: Is the future of the Mario & Sonic series in doubt? According to someone heavily involved with the series, it could be finished.
Lee Cocker, who has worked on every Mario & Sonic game, recently put out a message on social media stating that there won’t be a Mario & Sonic game for the 2024 Olympics. Given that the event is happening now, that’s not exactly surprising. But the same message also claims that the series is “finished” – things supposedly wrapped up with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble getting new multiplayer modes and stages, more characters
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SEGA confirmed this week that it’s planning even more content for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble, with the game set to receive new multiplayer modes and stages as well as additional characters.
Details about the specifics were not shared. However, the general outline was provided in a roadmap shared on social media.
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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions delayed to holiday on Switch, new trailer, no microtransations
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Warner Bros. Games shared the latest on Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions today, including news about a delay for the Switch version, a new trailer, and confirmation of no microtransactions.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will now be launching on Switch this holiday. Previously, it was slated for September 3 alongside the other versions.
Warner Bros. also put out a new “Welcome Students” pre-order trailer for Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. The video highlights the single-player Career Mode and Online Competitive Mode as offers a sneak peek at the character creator and a few of the iconic playable characters, such as Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy. Fans are also treated to a glimpse of the Quidditch World Cup Stadium, as well as some of the magical arenas set in iconic wizarding world locations.
Revamping Kirby’s moveset in Super Smash Bros.
Posted on 3 months ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
If you’re familiar with developer talk centered around Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you might recall game director Masahiro Sakurai saying that Kirby is one of the most challenging fighters to develop – especially in Smash Bros. games with DLC characters. This is because Kirby has a unique neutral special for every single character, and each one gives him a unique hat to wear. Given that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has well over seventy characters, that means over 80 unique hats for Kirby were needed – plus seventy “Kirby-ified” versions of the corresponding moves.
At the time of writing, we’re not sure what the next Super Smash Bros. game will look like. Will it be a port of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the next hardware with even more characters? Or will it be sort of a soft reboot of the franchise with fewer characters, but new movesets for the returning ones? Whichever the case may be, we’ve come up with a new Copy Ability system for Kirby that would most likely make developing his character easier while remaining true to his series.
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Capcom explains how Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics came to be
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Last month’s Nintendo Direct featured a few surprise announcements, including a big one for the fighting game community – that being Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. That package comes with Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which came as a shock to many.
Shuhei Matsumoto, the collection’s producer, recently spoke about how it all came to be. It turns out that there’s long been interest on Capcom’s side, and the company was “in talks with Marvel for years now to see whether we can make this happen.” Marvel seemed to general interest and fans wanting to see its classic games on modern hardware.
[Let’s Talk] Which Nintendo franchise should be revived?
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 0 comments
These days, it feels like anything has a chance of returning. Looking at Nintendo specifically, the company just recently announced Emio: The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, which is the series’ first new game in three decades. Mario & Luigi is also making a comeback after nearly a decade (again we’re talking new here), and this is after many thought the franchise could be dead since developer AlphaDream shuttered. We’ve seen other examples as well such as Kid Icarus: Uprising on 3DS, which followed Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters on Game Boy way back in 1991.
Nintendo has plenty of series it could return to. There are more obscure names like Ice Climber and StarTropics, but things have even been quiet for others such as Donkey Kong Country (though we’re at least getting Returns HD at the start of next year) and Star Fox.
What are your thoughts here? Is there a certain Nintendo game or franchise you’d like to see return? Let us know in the comments.
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns DLC revealed
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
At Comic Con just a few minutes ago, first details were shared about the next wave of DLC for Mortal Kombat 1 known as Khaos Reigns. We’ve got a look at the official piece of art above shown at the panel above.
Six new characters are planned for the future. Ghostface, Noob Saibit, Sektor, Cyrax, Conan, and T-1000 are all confirmed for the fighting title.
Nintendo Download – July 25, 2024 (North America)
Posted on 3 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of July 25, 2024. The latest releases include Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
