Hello my beautiful materia! This week on NEP, we’re joined by special guest and JRPG expert: Barry from the Nintendo Fuse Podcast. This episode is all JRPG and Square-Enix focused, as we examine the more recent years of Square-Enix (with some love for the classics, too, of course!). Oni Dino also goes into his impressions at length about the demo of Final Fantasy VII Remake, sharing his love and frustration.

Topics include FFXIII trilogy, XIV, XV the Kingdom Hearts series, and more. We end up asking the question, “What can Square-Enix do to revitalize the series?” “What if the FFVII series of releases starts to underperform?” and “Are consumers giving this release structure a dangerous pass?” The main topic of the FFVII Remake demo leads us to talk about the issue of selling the game in multiple parts over multiple generations of hardware and over (presumably) multiple decades. We’ve got three very different, and very opinionated perspectives. Join us, as we take a very deep dive to examine the character writing, the battle system, controls, camera and more of Final Fantasy VII Remake’s demo.

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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – March 2020

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A new month rolled right on in a few days ago. Now that we’re in March, we want to know what you’ve been playing.

Are you giving the newly-released Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX a shot? Playing something else on Switch or even 3DS? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.

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Nintendo of America letting its employees work from home due to coronavirus

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The coronavirus outbreak continues to be a major issue worldwide, and Nintendo of America has responded to the situation by taking precautionary measures. In a statement sent to Kotaku, the company confirmed that its employees are now allowed to work from home.

The full note reads:

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NES and SNES controllers for Nintendo Switch back in stock for European Nintendo Switch Online members

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

Both the NES and SNES controllers are currently back in stock and can be purchased again by European Nintendo Switch Online members via the My Nintendo online store. The set of NES controllers also currently 50% off. Supplies likely won’t last long, so get them while you can, if you’re interested in the controllers.

Buy the NES controllers here and the SNES controllers here.

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Miyamoto on Nintendo’s perception since the Wii, focusing on players instead of market trends

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

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about the public impression during the Wii era of Nintendo being for kids in the latest issue of Famitsu.

Miyamoto highlighted that people have come to expect the company’s reliability. This influenced their first mobile game, Super Mario Run, as Nintendo gave a lot of thought on how players would pay for the game. Miyamoto also stressed that rather than focusing on market trends, Nintendo puts the player first above all else.

Here’s our full translation of the excerpt:

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Nintendo Download – March 5, 2020 (Europe) – Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Murder by Numbers, more

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

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Trials of Mana gameplay trailer

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Square Enix just issued a brand new gameplay trailer for its action-RPG Trials of Mana. Take a look at the video below.

Trials of Mana launches for Switch on April 24.

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Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded announced for Switch

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NIS America has announced Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded, a package containing Prinny 1: Can I Really Be The Hero?, Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, and DLC. Fans can expect “updated graphics, intense gameplay, and familiar faces from the Disgaea series”.

Here’s an overview of Prinny 1-2: Exploded and Reloaded, along with a trailer:

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Nintendo Download – March 5, 2020 (North America) – Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Afterparty, more

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Langrisser I & II (available March 10)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX – $59.99 (available March 6)