Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Blossom Tales publisher FDG Entertainment has provided an update on the game’s strong performance on Switch. According to the company, sales on Nintendo’s platform have now surpassed Steam sales by a factor of 20.

FDG previously said that Blossom Tales sold double the amount of units on Switch launch day compared to lifetime sales on Steam. In March, we heard that Switch surpassed Steam lifetime revenue by 20x.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

A new rating for Blaster Master Zero has popped up on the ESRB. Rather than Inti Creates, Nicalis is listed as the game’s publisher. You know what that means: Blaster Master Zero is very likely getting a physical release.

Assuming the title does go physical, one logical possibility is that all DLC characters will be included. Nicalis will likely pack in some extra goodies as well.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Detective Pikachu will be the very first, official live-action Pokemon movie. Yet even though Ash Ketchum has largely been associated with the series thanks to the anime, the film will feature a different character instead.

When asked by IGN why Ash Ketchum isn’t in the movie, director Rob Letterman explained:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Developers of Starlink: Battle for Atlas have often explained how the Star Fox collaboration came to be. After the game was first shown at last year’s E3, executives and developers from Nintendo ended up seeing it behind closed doors. Nintendo obviously liked what it saw, as the Starlink team was invited to Japan to pitch a potential collaboration.

Creative director Laurent Malville told Kotaku UK that as far as he’s aware, the collaboration was Nintendo’s idea. He also spoke about what it was like pitching the potential partnership to Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo has been keeping quiet thus far on how players will go about unlocking characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In the past, director Masahiro Sakurai has said that the initial roster will be small, and wants the process of gaining new characters to be interesting.

amiibo listings on Best Buy Canada may give some information about one way in which some characters can be unlocked in Smash Bros. Ultimate. Information included within pages for Wolf, Inkling Girl, and Ridley mention tapping their figures to add them to your game.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

GameSpot recently spoke with Diablo III Eternal Collection producer Pete Stilwell and associate producer Matt Cederquist about all things Switch. The two discussed how the system’s various features make it “the next evolution”, Diablo III’s tech specs on the platform, scrapped touch controls, and more.

Stilwell first had this to say about Switch and what it brings to the table for Diablo III:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Eric Zauch in Features, Videos | 0 comments

With Valkyria Chronicles 4 out in September and the demo available right now, I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to discuss this unique tactical RPG. Sharing similarities to some of Nintendo’s biggest games, Valkyria Chronicles 4 may just be the game Nintendo fans have been asking for. Is it for everyone? Probably not, but this video might help you figure out if it’s for you. Please enjoy and to join the conversation, tell me about your favorite tactics game of old!

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 0 comments

More tidbits have emerged from Shigeru Miyamoto’s keynote at CEDEC 2018. Miyamoto spoke about some of the problems that arose while making Super Mario Run, being surprised by Pokemon GO’s success, and more.

Here’s the rundown, courtesy of Siliconera:

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Giveaway | 0 comments

Today we’re kicking off the final giveaway as part of the #SummerOfDevolverDigital promotion – at least for now. Following up on Enter the Gungeon, Crossing Souls, and Not a Hero, we’re now putting the focus on Minit. Ten codes are up for grabs once again, and we’ll be splitting them up in two ways.

The first option is to enter on Twitter. Give us a follow and re-tweet this post in order to be eligible. We’ll be choosing five random winners from that batch.

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Yacht Club has been quiet as of late, but that’ll be changing very soon. The studio has teased a “first look at an all new game coming to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove” that will be revealed next week.

We’re not sure when exactly the news will drop, though we’ll let you know as soon as it’s shared – which will come from IGN. Yacht Club will likely have a presence at PAX West and may even have a presence in the upcoming Nindies Showcase, so stay tuned.

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