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Posted on 6 years ago by Jakob Vujovic(@jakovujo) in Reviews, Switch eShop | 0 comments

System: Switch (eShop)
Release date: October 30, 2018
Developer: Christophe Galati / Nicalis
Publisher: Nicalis

If you’ve gone back at all to the vast catalog of Game Boy games, you might be surprised by how so much of it is really doesn’t hold up. The Game Boy was Nintendo’s first true portable system with swappable game carts, rather than a single-purpose LCD Game & Watch toy. It had to be able to run actual games, with actual computer processors. These processors were very out-of-date even when the Game Boy was new, with its Z80 CPU having powered many computers from the late 1970s. As the first of its kind, the grey brick was a heap of technical and financial compromises; but it could run the oddball Super Mario Land, and later Tetris, Pokémon, and even a Zelda game in Link’s Awakening. Trying to adapt overly ambitious home-console NES game for the meager capabilities of the machine lead to cases like Metroid II, Castlevania: The Adventure, and Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge. I have tried going back to these games on the 3DS Virtual Console, and they just aren’t fun.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

With SEGA Ages, while the classic games themselves are exciting to see on Switch, fans have also been very curious about what could lie ahead for the series in the future. We’ve already seen that the team is interested in possibly bringing over Dreamcast games. One thing that hasn’t been brought up, however, is the possibility of releasing titles from the SEGA NAOMI arcade board – until now.

In an interview with Game Watch, M2 president Naoki Horii revealed that the team is researching SEGA NAOMI’s titles for Switch. In fact, there’s one unnamed game in particular that they intend to release due to their own personal interest.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 37,855
PS4 Pro – 10,975
PS4 – 9,664
New 2DS LL – 3,733
Vita – 2,115
New 3DS LL – 1,669
2DS – 247
Xbox One X – 127
Xbox One – 71

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 42,148
PS4 Pro – 11,515
PS4 – 10,158
New 2DS LL – 3,891
Vita – 2,247
New 3DS LL – 2,231
2DS – 290
Xbox One X – 169
Xbox One – 62

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Super Mario Party has sold 1.5 million units around the world, Nintendo has announced. That important piece of data comes from the company’s financial results briefing, which is currently in progress.

Nintendo indicated during the briefing that it is happy with Super Mario Party’s performance thus far. It has momentum ahead of the holiday season, and is leading to a boost in Joy-Con sales.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Today, Accolade announced Bubsy: Paws on Fire, and it’s coming to Switch. The project is in development over at Choice Provisions – the same team behind the runner series.

We have the following overview and debut trailer for the game:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo is currently hosting a financial results briefing to cover the FY3/2019 Q2 period. Some information is currently being relayed by analyst David Gibson. We’ll round up all of the tidbits as they come in below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Today, SEGA announced that SEGA Genesis Classics is coming to Switch on December 7. The package includes more than 50 titles, including Sonic, Streets of Rage 2, and the Phantasy Star series.

Here’s a features trailer for SEGA Genesis Classics:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo will hold a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct on November 1, the company has announced. Director Masahiro Sakurai will once again be sharing the latest information about the game during a 40-minute presentation.

The presentation will air at the following times:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

A few more tidbits have emerged from Nintendo’s financial results briefing held in Japan today. President Shuntaro Furukawa shared the following:

– Sees more DLCs for existing “big” games
– No plans for eSports biz, yet
– All holiday titles now announced (no add’l surprises)
– Won’t use Nintendo IP in Dragalia Lost
– >50% Online users bought annual plan
– Fortnite still doing well

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Switch | 0 comments

As revealed through Nintendo’s latest financial results, Switch has reached a new milestone. Having moved 22.86 million units, the system has outsold the GameCube’s lifetime sales. GameCube sits at 21.74 million shipped.

Switch launched back in March 2017. That means the feat was accomplished in less than two years.

Next up for Switch will be the N64, which sold 32.93 million units lifetime.

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