Famitsu sales (11/16/20 – 11/22/20)
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[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #105 – Joy-Con and the cost of poor quality
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This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast…better late than never, right? Check out links and timestamps below and come hang out.
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Neo: The World Ends With You announced for Switch
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Square Enix has just announced Neo: The World Ends With You, a follow-up to the original The World Ends with You. A release is planned for Summer 2021 worldwide on Switch.
Unlike the original title, Neo: The World Ends with You is a 3D game. Revealed characters include Rindo, Fret, Nagi, and Minamimoto. Shibuya is again the featured setting.
Here’s the debut trailer:
Capcom says original Monster Hunter Stories not planned for Switch
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Capcom has not one, but two Monster Hunter games for Switch. Along with Monster Hunter Rise, fans can also look forward to Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
Right now, the only way to play Monster Hunter Stories on a dedicated system is on 3DS. Some fans were hoping that Capcom might consider porting over the original title before playing the new entry. Unfortunately though, that won’t be happening.
Capcom’s Ryozo Tsujimoto told Gamereactor:
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity devs on how the game came to be, Nintendo wanting it to be a new experience, more
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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interview with key members of the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity team. Producer Yosuke Hayashi and director Ryouta Matsushita as well as Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma answered a few questions about the new Switch game.
Famitsu asked about a few topics, including why a new Hyrule Warriors game was made themed after Breath of the Wild and whether Aonuma had any specific requests for the project. The magazine also asked about whether certain elements had already been established when it came to the characters and story.
Here’s our full translation:
[Let’s Talk] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity impressions
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What should be Nintendo’s big game for the holiday arrived yesterday. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is now available worldwide.
Although the game has only been out for about a day or so, it’s likely that many Switch owners have made a purchase and have played through a fair amount so far. It also helps that a demo was released a couple of weeks ago which contains a good chunk to experience.
Based on what you’ve played so far – be it the main game or demo – what are your thoughts as of now? Who’s your favorite character to play as? Let us know in the comments below.
SEGA on which games were most popular in the SEGA Ages series on Switch
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Now that the SEGA Ages Switch series has come to an end, Famitsu recently held an interview looking back with key members of staff. During the discussion, the developers were asked about the popularity of the games in Japan and overseas. Everyone seemed to have different answers, but they referenced some data to back their thoughts up, too.
Included in the interview are Rieko Kodama (producer/director), Yosuke Okunari (supervisor), and Tsuyoshi Matsuoka (M2 director).
Check out our translation of the excerpt below.
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo on possibility of more Hyrule Warriors games, Aonuma talks Zelda spin-offs
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Nintendo and Koei Tecmo came together for the first Hyrule Warriors, a spin-off of the Zelda series, back in 2014. They then collaborated on the just-released Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Now that we’ve seen two of these games, some fans might be wondering if Hyrule Warriors could be its own dedicated spin-off series.
IGN recently spoke with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma as well as Age of Calamity producer Yosuke Hayashi, and asked whether Nintendo is considering making this its own standalone series to go alongside mainline Zelda games. The two developers said in response:
Doom Eternal still happening on Switch, but now digital-only
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Bethesda has confirmed that the Switch version of Doom Eternal is still on track. The physical version has been scrapped, however.
There was some concern about the status of Doom Eternal for Switch after GameStop started contacting customers who pre-ordered the game and informed them that it had been canceled. Now we know that the news simply applied to the physical version.
Bethesda said in a statement:
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Nintendo issues statement on cancelation of The Big House’s Smash Bros. tournament
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There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding The Big House and its Super Smash Bros. tournament after it was announced that the upcoming event scheduled for December has been canceled. The event was previously moved to a digital setting, and organizers were looking to use Slippi, an unapproved rollback netcode.
Nintendo has now issued its own statement about the situation. You can read it in full below.
