August 2021 NPD: top 20 best-selling games in the U.S.
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
NPD Group has released a listing of the top twenty best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of August 2021. The results can be found below.
Tetris 99 announces 24th Maximus Cup with WarioWare: Get It Together!
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Nintendo has announced the 24th Maximus Cup for Tetris 99, and this time around, WarioWare: Get It Together! will be the featured game. Players will have the opportunity to unlock a theme based on the game. The visuals and music will be based on WarioWare: Get It Together!
Unlocking the theme works just like any other event. If you collect at least 100 event points, you’ll be able to claim the WarioWare: Get It Together theme in Tetris 99.
Here’s a trailer highlighting the upcoming event in action:
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water dev on remaster’s origins, photo mode, graphics, costumes, more
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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water producer Keisuke Kikuchi has opened up about the game’s upcoming remaster, including how it came to be, the new photo mode, improved graphics, and fresh costumes. The news comes as part of a recent interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu.
Here’s our translation of the notable parts of the discussion:
Mario Golf: Super Rush devs on Battle Golf, Adventure Mode, new characters, and fashion
Posted on 3 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Switch | 0 comments
We have more insights from the Mario Golf: Super Rush development team in which key developers discussed Battle Golf, Adventure Mode, new characters, and fashion.
Yesterday we posted the first half of the Nintendo Dream interview with some of the lead staff on Mario Golf: Super Rush, which covered the team’s approach to new entries in the franchise, opening cinematics in Mario sports games and much more. In the second half of the interview, the team goes on to talk about other aspects.
Here’s the rest of the translation:
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Star Wars: Hunters leak shows first images
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
It’s been quite some time since we last heard about Star Wars: Hunters, but the game is now back in the news thanks to a new leak.
Star Wars: Hunters was announced during a Nintendo Direct this past February. It’s being made by Zynga and Lucasfilm Games.
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[Review] Button City
Posted on 3 years ago by Elias in Reviews, Switch eShop | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: August 10, 2021
Developer: Subliminal
Publisher: Subliminal
Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. As Fenn, the new fox in town, you’ll explore your new community and make new friends in the process, but what is the core gameplay of such an easy-going and colorful experience?
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PlatinumGames interested in a Star Fox Zero Switch port
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If PlatinumGames had its way, Star Fox Zero would be on Switch. PlatinumGames boss Atsushi Inaba told VGC in a new interview this week when asked about a possible port that “if the chance came up it’s definitely something we’d like to think about.”
Inaba stated:
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Mario Golf: Super Rush devs on the game’s origins, opening, Swing Mode, change in mechanics, and more
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A few developers behind Mario Golf: Super Rush have opened up about the game, including how the title came to be and the series’ history, the opening movie, Swing Mode, change in mechanics the franchise has seen previously, and more.
You may recall that we recently posted some excerpts from a Nintendo Dream interview conducted an interview with some of the lead staff involved with the development of Mario Golf: Super Rush. Camelot’s Hiroyuki Takahashi (Producer) and Shugo Takahashi (Director), along with Nintendo’s Shinya Saito (Producer) and Tomohiro Yamamura (Director) gave readers a peak behind the development curtain by talking through their experiences making the game.
Since the interview is quite lengthy, we’ve decided to split it up into two parts. Our translation of the first half can be read below.
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Metroid Dread “Report Vol. 7” focuses on the Chozo
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Nintendo has returned with a new report for Metroid Dread, and this time we get to hear all about the Chozo. It covers a mysterious foe players will face, the Chozo Soldiers, and more.
Here’s the full report:
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PlatinumGames wants to show Bayonetta 3, but not up to them “what to say and when to say it”
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Despite a lack of news surrounding Bayonetta 3, the game has most definitely not been cancelled, and PlatinumGames is again looking to assure fans that things are going well.
You may recall that the studio’s Hideki Kamiya indicated that we could see the game this year. VGC asked him about that in a recent interview, in which he stated:
