Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, Nintendo Treehouse: Live presentation live stream (11/1/18)
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Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct will be kicking off in an hour from now. As previously announced, director Masahiro Sakurai will be going over more elements of the game during a 40-minute broadcast. You can watch the event as it happens below.
Don’t forget that after the Nintendo Direct, there will be a Nintendo Treehouse: Live presentation immediately following. This also can be watched in the embed below. We’ll post all important news immediately on the site with more coverage to follow throughout the day. Enjoy the show!
Nintendo Download (11/1/18, North America) – Diablo III, World of Final Fantasy Maxima, more
Posted on 6 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
Carnival Games – $39.99 (available November 6)
Diablo III: Eternal Collection – $59.99 (available November 2)
GRIP – $39.99 (available November 6)
Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two – $39.99 (available November 6)
Moonlighter – $24.99 (available November 5)
Tennis World Tour – $59.99
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Splatoon 2 reveals new Torpedo sub weapon
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Nintendo has introduced another new sub weapon for Splatoon 2. Today we have a look at the Torpedo, which we have more details on below – plus a first look in action.
A new sub weapon called the Torpedo is coming to #Splatoon2! When thrown, it changes shape and homes in on a nearby enemy, exploding on impact and splatting ink everywhere! Fortunately, Torpedoes thrown by opponents can be shot down with your own attack. pic.twitter.com/NTtzBkNUWG
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) November 1, 2018
Nintendo has not yet provided an exact date for the Torpedo’s inclusion in Splatoon 2. However, it should go live with next week’s update.
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[Review] Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San
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.
SEGA Ages devs researching NAOMI arcade board titles for Switch, eyeing one game in particular
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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Media Create sales (10/22/18 – 10/28/18)
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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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Super Mario Party has sold 1.5 million copies globally
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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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Bubsy: Paws on Fire announced, coming to Switch next year, developed by Choice Provisions
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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Nintendo FY3/2019 Q2 financial results briefing live blog
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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.
SEGA Genesis Classics launches December 7 on Switch
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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: