Nintendo Direct live streams, blog (2/13/19)
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Nintendo Directs have been on a bit of a hiatus, but are finally back in a big way. A new presentation will be kicking off in an hour from now – 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe. It’ll last about 35 minutes.
Nintendo has confirmed that Fire Emblem: Three Houses will have a presence here. Beyond that, things are a bit of a mystery. We’ll all find out what Nintendo has in store for us very soon, and you can watch the event as it happens below. Devin will also be taking care of our live blog right in this post, though posts about important announcements will be added to the site as well (and after the show is over).
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Amazon Italy lists Unravel Two for Switch
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Much was made of Unravel Two at last year’s E3 when EA failed to announce the game for Switch. Given the nature of the game and its co-op feature, some felt like a big opportunity was being missed. We later heard from Coldwood Interactive that quite a bit of work would have been needed to bring Unravel Two for Switch, and it would have taken “another half a year or so”.
EA and Coldwood may have gone to work since then, as a new listing has appeared on Amazon Italy for a Switch version of Unravel Two. The retailer lists a tentative March 22 release. Keep in mind that the listing shouldn’t be taken as a confirmation, but it’s a good sign that the game could be announced for Nintendo’s console.
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Trine 2 launches February 18 for Switch, Trine 3 “soon”, physical release at GameStop
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Trine Enchanted Edition was added to the Switch eShop last November. Today, developer Frozenbyte provided an update on the next two entries in the series.
Trine 2: Complete Story is due out for Switch on February 18 at a price point of $16.99 / €16.99 / £15.29. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will follow “soon”. And if that wasn’t enough, the entire series will be released physically as a GameStop exclusive this spring.
Layton’s Mystery Journey DX likely coming west
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Layton’s Mystery Journey originally came to 3DS in 2017. Last year, Level-5 ported the game to Switch as an enhanced version known as “Layton’s Mystery Journey DX”. While it only saw a release in Japan, we could finally be seeing it in the west.
A rating for Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy Deluxe Edition has now appeared in Germany. The classification suggests that Level-5 will be making an announcement soon. We do know that a Nintendo Direct is taking place later today – perhaps it could be confirmed there, if not in the near future.
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Media Create sales (2/4/19 – 2/10/19)
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 61,280
PS4 – 11,583
PS4 Pro – 8,111
New 2DS LL – 3,216
Vita – 1,475
New 3DS LL – 1,070
2DS – 138
Xbox One X – 129
Xbox One – 16
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PlayStation exec says “never underestimate Nintendo”, “all of us are better for their efforts”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
SIE Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden delivered a speech at DICE 2019 today. At one point during the discussion, he had quite a bit of praise for Switch and Nintendo as a whole.
Layden said that Switch was “a massive risk”, but it paid off in the end. He also said that we should “never underestimate Nintendo” before adding, “All of us are better for their efforts.”
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Nintendo Direct announced for February 13, 2019
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
A new Nintendo Direct will air tomorrow, February 13, 2019, Nintendo has announced. The company will be going over various Switch titles during the 35-minute presentation, including Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
The Nintendo Direct will air at the following times:
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[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #15 – Xbox Live Coming to Switch?
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Podcast | 0 comments
Hello, my beautiful goombas!
This week on NEP, Oni and Galen wade through the concept of Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch, discuss the weekly news, and banter over all the talking points that Nintendo gave us from their Financial Q&A.
Plus, Oni talks the importance of women in the (Nintendo) workplace in regards to Japanese society and Galen tells us all about what game he needs to see revived in his lifetime.
A big thank you to all of our listeners and to those who share the podcast— our show is growing at a very healthy rate! We hope you’re enjoying listening! Please leave us your feedback, and check below for more details and timestamps.
Suda51 on making Travis Strikes Again, scrapped plans for Golden Dragon GP, No More Heroes’ future
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
In a recent issue of Famitsu, a lengthy interview with published with Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes director Suda51. There was some interesting discussion about the game’s creation, ambitious plans for Golden Dragon GP that were ultimately scrapped, and a bit of talk about the series’ future.
We’ve now prepared a full translation of the interview. Read the talk with Suda51 in its entirety below.
Nintendo FY3/2019 Q3 financial results briefing Q&A now available in English
Posted on 5 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo’s financial results briefing for the third quarter of the current fiscal year took place last week. As always, there was a Q&A session with investors at the end of the meeting. Nintendo’s official English translation of the transcript of that Q&A is now available here.
From Nintendo’s board of directors, Shuntaro Furukawa (President and Representative Director), Shinya Takahashi (Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer), Shigeru Miyamoto (Representative Director, Fellow), Ko Shiota (Director, Senior Executive Officer) and Satoru Shibata (Director, Senior Executive Officer) were present. Naturally, most of the questions and answers center around sales and business strategies, but they also touch upon Nintendo’s collaboration with LINE for Dr. Mario World, video game addiction, the number of female employees Nintendo has and more. There aren’t any groundbreaking new announcements, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.
