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

During today’s Nintendo Direct Mini, a trio of new packages from 2K Games was announced. BioShock The Collection, Borderlands Legendary Collection, XCOM 2 Collection are all on the way. They’ll all be available on May 29.

Here’s a trailer:

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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

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends – $39.99 (available March 31)
Gigantosaurus The Game – $39.99 (available March 27)
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – $59.99 (available March 27)
Zombie Army Trilogy – $34.99 (available March 31)

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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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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order will be updated to version 4.0.0 very soon. Not only is it paving the way for the paid Fantastic Four DLC, but there will be some free aspects as well. Nintendo has now published the patch notes in full.

It’s revealed that a new story mode will be added “that depicts the events after the battles of the main game.” If you don’t buy the new Fantastic Four DLC, you’ll be able to play a part of it for free. The new story mode is accompanied by new outfits and voice lines, an increased level cap, new limited-time events, and more. 

Here are the official patch notes:

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

In the most recent issue of Nintendo Dream, the Japanese magazine published a massive Fire Emblem: Three Houses developer interview. Directors Genki Yokota (Nintendo) and Toshiyuki Kusakihara (Intelligent Systems) weighed in on various topics concerning the Switch game.

At one point of the discussion, it’s revealed that Claude is “a false name.” The Golden Deer leader should actually be known as “Khalid”, according to Kusakihara.

Here’s our translation of the excerpt:

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has launched, but the game will be receiving more content in the future in the form of seasonal updates. Unfortunately, the coronavirus has made work more difficult, and many people from around the world have been affected. Animal Crossing: New Horizons could be impacted due to the current times.

Speaking with The Washington Post, director Aya Kyogoku said that development for the updates “is still going”. However, if the situation with the coronavirus worsens, there could be adjustments. “We’re not sure if we have to shift anything, but I think we have to be flexible,” Kyogoku said.

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

Early reports regarding Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ sales in the UK are definitely impressive. Not only was the launch 3.5 times bigger than New Leaf – the series’ previous mainline entry – but its launch week was bigger than the release of all other Animal Crossing games combined, including spin-offs.

We have a couple of other interesting tidbits now as well. First, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is already a third of the way to matching the entire lifetime sales of New Leaf (boxed). Also, if you count every single #1 boxed game in the UK this year before Animal Crossing (eleven of these titles in total) and combine them, they still don’t get close to the launch week of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

So yes, Animal Crossing: New Horizons couldn’t be doing much better in the UK. It’s likely experiencing similar success in other territories, though we don’t have concrete sales data at this time.

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

Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is finally here on Switch, and we have a first look at the game running on Nintendo’s console. Check out a bunch of footage below.

Note: a few portions are briefly muted due to copyrights with music. Also, keep in mind the video was recorded with drifting Joy-Con, which certainly makes things more difficult.

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Early sales reports are in for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the UK, revealing that the game is off to a fantastic start.

The launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons ended up being 3.5 times bigger than New Leaf. Even more impressive is that the launch week was bigger than the release of all other Animal Crossing games combined, including spin-offs. Digital is not included.

It goes without saying, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons was almost certainly one of the best-selling game in the UK last week. We should have the full charts soon.

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

Hello my independent gamers! This week on NEP, it’s Animal Crossing time! First impressions on New Horizon, followed by demo talk on Trials of Mana and how Square Enix is remaking two great JRPGs very, very differently. Then we celebrate Nindies in the Indie World Presentation, and close out the show by discussing if there’s any good LGBTQ+ representation in video games. Spoiler alert: there’s very little of it.

If you’re enjoying NEP, please consider giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, aka new iTunes. It’s incredibly helpful in getting us exposed to new listeners through algorithms, so we would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you for listening!

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