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Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments

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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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

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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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

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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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

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:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

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:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

There are a number of different activities at Super Nintendo World, including the Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge ride. The first video showing off the attraction has now emerged.

Here’s the footage in full:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

New previews for Super Mario 3D World on Switch provide a bunch of details on the Bowser’s Fury part of the experience. We have information about how long it takes to complete, what the actual game structure is like, and amiibo usage.

Here’s the full rundown of tidbits:

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