Marvelous says No More Heroes 1 and 2 for Switch saw strong sales in North America and Europe
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As part of its latest financial results, Marvelous provided a status update on the sales of No More Heroes 1 and 2 on Switch. Both games experienced strong sales in North America and Europe, according to the company. Specific data was not provided.
No More Heroes 1 and 2 made it to Switch last October as digital downloads on the eShop. The games first launched for Wii a decade ago. The next entry in the series, No More Heroes 3, will finally launch in 2021 following a delay.
Engine Software was responsible for the Switch versions of No More Heroes 1 and 2. You can learn more about their arrival on Nintendo’s current console as part of our interview with the studio here.
Reggie points to Switch as his “lasting memory” at Nintendo, talks the need for a hit after Wii U’s poor performance
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Earlier this week, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime participated in a joint interview with Jack Tretton and Robbie Bach, who were previously the leading executives for PlayStation and Xbox.
At one point, Reggie was asked about his defining achievement at Nintendo. He pointed to Switch, which has seen incredible success following the disappointment that was the Wii U.
Reggie said:
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PlatinumGames on Astral Chain’s ice cream and box juggling mini-games, studio’s variety
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As part of a Famitsu interview featuring Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura, supervisor Hideki Kamiya, and Yoko Taro from Square Enix, there was discussion about all three developers being the type to include a lot of variety in their games.
Astral Chain was one of PlatinumGames’ latest titles, and contained some detective segments and different types of mini-games like ice cream and box juggling. Taura recognizes that some players weren’t fans of those extras, but feels their existence is justified since they’re not mandatory.
Taura said:
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Donkey Kong 64 developer cheat found after more than 20 years
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More than 20 years after its original release, a new secret of sorts has been found in Donkey Kong 64. Fans have discovered a hidden developer code that, when the player goes through a series of inputs, allows entry into a level with a lower than normal amount of Golden Bananas.
Twitter user tjballaam originally passed along the news. The Cutting Room Floor offers further insight, including the code itself:
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Nintendo now fully owns the Astral Chain IP
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The Astral Chain IP was previously held by both Nintendo and developer PlatinumGames. Now, however, that’s no longer the case.
PlatinumGames boss Atsushi Inaba confirmed to VGC that Astral Chain fully belongs to Nintendo. There were questions regarding its ownership after the official website changed its copyright, and PlatinumGames was no longer included.
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Nintendo Download – January 28, 2021 (Europe) – Atelier Ryza 2, Cyber Shadow, Olija, TOHU, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
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Nintendo Download – January 28, 2021 (North America) – Re:Zero, Olija, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne – $59.99 (available January 29)
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Famitsu sales (1/18/21 – 1/24/21)
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First footage of Fury Bowser boss fight in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
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A bunch of footage came in for the Switch release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury earlier today, which gave a look at the new campaign. However, none of the videos showed actually showed off the boss fight with Fury Bowser. That’s now changed thanks to a minute-long gameplay clip.
Here’s the full video:
Factor 5 on its abandoned Turrican spiritual successor Tornado pitched as a Nintendo-published game, future of the series
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Factor 5 was responsible for some notable Star Wars games on the N64 and GameCube many years ago. The studio is also well-known for the Turrican series, which is now returning on Switch.
Factor 5 studio founder Julian Eggebrecht spoke about the past, present, and future of Turrican in an interview with Eurogamer. One interesting subject discussed was Tornado, a spiritual successor planned as a 3D title and was initially pitched as a Nintendo-published project. Sadly, it was put on hold and never touched again so that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron could be ready for the GameCube’s launch.
Eggebrecht said:
