Nintendo Download – August 29, 2019 (North America) – Astral Chain, Spyro, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Astral Chain – $59.99 (available August 30)
Bubsy: Paws on Fire! – $24.99
Root Letter: Last Answer – $29.99 (available September 3)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy – $39.99 (available September 3)
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Sonic the Hedgehog comic series writer reveals his Super Mario Bros. pitch
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Ian Flynn is best known for his work on the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. At one point though, he was also now hoping to be involved with another big franchise: Mario.
On Twitter, Flynn revealed his pitch for a new Super Mario Bros. comic. He says that it was “well received” at Nintendo of America, but “stalled out” at the company’s Japanese headquarters.
In any case, here’s the full pitch:
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Astral Chain was in the works before NieR: Automata started development, original plan was for triplets, more
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This week, Japanese magazine Famitsu published a new Astral Chain interview with director Takahisa Taura, supervisor Hideki Kamiya, and producer Eijiro Nishimura. It was pretty in-depth at six pages long, but we’ll summarize some of the points here.
Astral Chain came into the picture after Nintendo contacted PlatinumGames to make a game with high difficulty. The game has been a long time coming, as they worked on the plans since before development on NieR: Automata started. To complete the entire project, it took a long time – somewhere around five years.
Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Showdown, Switch physical, new amiibo launching in December
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During its video presentation today, Yacht Club Games provided an update on its slate of upcoming Shovel Knight projects. Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Shovel Knight Showdown, the physical release for Switch, and upcoming amiibo 3-pack are slated for December.
Here are some new details about amiibo functionality:
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Shovel Knight Dig announced
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Yacht Club Games and Bomb Chicken developer Nitrome have announced Shovel Knight Dig, a brand new game in the Shovel Knight series. It has been in development for more than a year.
Below are the first details:
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Yacht Club Games Presents live stream
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Yacht Club Games will be kicking off its new video presentation soon. The broadcast begins at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 7 PM in the UK / 8 PM in Europe.
You can watch the presentation as it happens below. We’ll report back with any notable announcements.
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled hosting Spyro & Friends Grand Prix starting August 30
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The Spyro & Friends Grand Prix will begin in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled on August 30, publisher Activision and developer Beenox have announced. It will add the purple dragon as a playable character, a new track, and more.
Below are the full details:
LCG Entertainment is bringing Telltale Games back from the dead
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After shutting down nearly a year ago, Telltale Games is returning. LCG Entertainment announced today that it “has purchased the defunct studio’s key assets, trademarks, technology, and select intellectual properties with the intent of re-releasing select games from the studio’s back catalog and developing new games in some of the company’s best-selling brands.” LCG will represent itself as the original Telltale Games name.
Today’s press release mentions that “key talent” from the original Telltale has been “hired or contracted”. A focus on both core IPs and new IPs is planned going forward. Fans can expect information regarding the re-release of back catalog titles and new games in existing franchises “in the coming weeks.”
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Famitsu sales (8/19/19 – 8/25/19)
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Trine dev Frozenbyte announces team-based melee fighting game Boreal Blade for Switch, out today
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Frozenbyte, the developer of Trine, is coming out with a brand new game on Switch today. The company has announced and released Boreal Blade, a team-based melee fighting title.
Here’s a bunch of information for Boreal Blade as well as a trailer:
