Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity devs on Zelda team’s supervision, making the story, incorporating Breath of the Wild elements, more
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A couple of weeks ago, we translated a short developer interview for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity published in Famitsu. Since then, the Japanese magazine actually shared a follow-up discussion that is significantly more in-depth.
The interview again featured producer Yosuke Hayashi and director Ryouta Matsushita as well as Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma. The three developers talked about various topics such as the Zelda team’s supervision, making the story, incorporating Breath of the Wild elements (like the graphics and gameplay elements), and much more. We’ve once again prepared a full translation, which you can read below.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – December 2020
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A new month rolled right on in this week. Now that we’re in December, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you been playing through Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity? What about recent third-party games like Immortals Fenyx Rising, Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack, or Empire of Sin? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Panic Button on the long wait for Switch version of Doom Eternal, most challenging port for the system so far
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If everything had gone as planned, Doom Eternal would have launched on Switch a year ago. The game was originally planned for release on all platforms in November 2019. It was pushed to March 2020 on most systems, but the Switch version has long been missing in action. Now after a lengthy wait, it’s almost here and is scheduled for December 8.
We recently had the chance to speak with senior producer Cody Nicewarner and lead engineer Travis Archer at Panic Button about the new Switch version of Doom Eternal. When asked why the port took longer than some may have been expected, the two developers said:
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Drawn to Life dev wants to try bringing previous entries to Switch, make a bigger sequel
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The Drawn to Life franchise received a number of games during the Wii and DS days, but it’s been largely dormant over the past few years. Now, however, 505 Games and Digital Continue are bringing the IP back with a brand new entry titled Two Realms.
Digital Continue founder Joseph Tringali, who has served as an executive producer on the previous Drawn to Life games, recently spoke with us about the new title for Switch and the series in general. We asked about the possibility of past entries appearing on Nintendo’s current console, to which he said that’s something he’d be interested in. Fans should also be happy to hear that Tringali hopes to create a bigger sequel one day if Two Realms turns out to be a success.
Tringali told Nintendo Everything:
Persona 5 Strikers confirmed for the west, launches February 2021
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Update: Atlus has pulled the official trailer upload. We’ve added in an alternate version below.
Original: Fans have long been asking for a western release for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, and Atlus is finally making it happen. As revealed through a trailer published on YouTube, the game is seeing release in North America and Europe. It’ll be out on February 23, 2021 as simply “Persona 5 Strikers”.
Here’s the trailer in question:
Ninjala reveals Puzzle & Dragons collaboration, Season 4 details, physical cards, next anime episode info
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During a new developer diary today, GungHo shared the latest on Ninjala. The status update covers a new collaboration, Season 4 details, physical cards that work with the game, and the next anime episode.
Here are the main highlights:
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Nintendo Download – December 3, 2020 (Europe) – Fire Emblem, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Taiko no Tatsujin, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Chronos: Before the Ashes
Commandos 2 HD Remaster
Empire of Sin
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Pretty Princess Party
Renzo Racer
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack
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Nintendo Download – December 3, 2020 (North America) – Fire Emblem, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Commandos 2: HD Remaster – $29.99 (available December 4)
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise – $49.99 (available December 4)
Immortals Fenyx Rising – $59.99
Pretty Princess Party – $39.99
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 – $39.99 (available December 8)
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Famitsu sales (11/23/20 – 11/29/20)
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NPD reveals that LEGO is the best-selling third-party franchise on Nintendo platforms
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When you think of third-party games on Nintendo systems, LEGO is one of the first things that may come to mind. After all, we’ve seen numerous titles on the Big N’s systems going back to the N64. It also helps that several LEGO games tend to release each generation.
Given all of this information, it shouldn’t be too surprising to hear that LEGO is the best-selling third-party franchise on Nintendo platforms. That’s according to the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella.
Piscatella shared a couple of other noteworthy tidbits as well. LEGO is the ninth-biggest video game franchise in history in terms of dollar sales. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, LEGO Batman, and LEGO Star Wars II are the best-selling entries.
