Nintendo on reaching its latest Switch sales targets, Nintendo Labo’s performance
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has a lofty goal in mind for the fiscal year ending in March 2019. The company is targeting 20 million hardware units sold for Switch to go along with 100 million software units.
During Nintendo’s 78th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, the Big N was asked how the current situation compares to its estimates. Former president Tatsumi Kimishima spoke about this as well as the performance of Nintendo Labo.
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Toki remake launches in November – collector’s edition revealed, new screenshots and details
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Today, Microids provided brand new information about the Toki remake for Switch. The shoot ’em up platformer, which originally came out for arcades in 1989, is seeing a release in November.
Here’s an overview and new screenshots:
Hand of Fate 2 announced for Switch, out next week
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Several months ago, Defiant Development expressed interest in bringing Hand of Fate 2 to Switch. Today, it was made official. Hand of Fate 2 is indeed releasing on Switch, and it’s just a week away.
Hand of Fate 2 is an acclaimed action RPG. The Switch version will include all DLC add-ons that have been made available on PC from its November launch through April, with more content coming later.
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Panic Button believes Switch has a bright future ahead, not worried about how next PlayStation / Xbox will affect support
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Aside from Nintendo, Panic Button might be one of the companies that knows the most about Switch’s hardware and what’s it’s capable of. The team has converted some high-profile games for the platform, including Doom, Wolfenstein II, and Rocket League. We also found out yesterday that the company is making a port of Warframe.
In an interview with USgamer, Panic Button general manager Adam Creighton expressed optimism when speaking about Switch’s future. He told the site:
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Sakurai believes many players “gave up on Melee because it’s too technical, because they can’t keep up with it”
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
The Washington Post caught up with Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai around E3 time. He shared some interesting comments about competitive gaming, among other things.
One noteworthy topic addressed is Smash Bros. Melee. In Sakurai’s view, he believes many players gave up on the game “because it’s too technical, because they can’t keep up with it.”
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – July 2018
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk | 0 comments
A few days ago, a new month rolled right on in. Now that we’re in July, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you started up something entirely new for the month? Are you trying out Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy or Wolfenstein II on Switch? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Warframe announced for Switch, Panic Button working on the port
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
The free-to-play cooperative online action game Warframe is coming to Switch, Digital Extremes announced at TennoCon today. Panic Button, who previously ported Doom, Wolfenstein II, and Rocket League to Nintendo’s console, is working on the release.
Here’s the full announcement and trailer:
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[Review] Mushroom Wars 2
Posted on 6 years ago by Vincent Ward in News | 0 comments
System: Switch (eShop)
Release date: July 5
Developer: Zillon Whales
Publisher: Zillon Whales
As someone who is mostly a console gamer, I’ve never dipped my toes into the real-time strategy genre too much. The closest thing I have to a true RTS experience has been my experience with the Pikmin titles which, to no one’s surprise, isn’t exactly the deepest strategy game on the market. Mushroom Wars 2, being originally developed for the mobile and PC markets, finally hops onto the console world through the Switch. Does it do enough to sprout a following or is the game just simply not that fun, guy?
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Mega Man 11 devs on how Capcom brought back the series, visual style, Double Gear system, difficulty, future, more
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Recently, Famitsu published a big interview with a couple of the developers working on Mega Man 11. The Japanese magazine caught up with producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya and director Koji Oda.
There was a lot of interesting discussion in the lengthy interview. Tsuchiya and Oda went in-depth on how it went about bringing back the series, why the team opted for a more 3D look, the Double Gear system, different difficulty options, and more. There’s also a bit of talk about the future and other topics like the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2.
We’ve posted our full translation of the interview below.
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Death Mark coming west
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
During a panel at Anime Expo 2018 today, Aksys Games made several announcements. One of these is that Death Mark is seeing localization and will be released in the west.
Experience developed Death Mark, a horror adventure game. The Switch version is based on the original PS Vita version with all content plus an additional episode.
Though we don’t have a release date, Aksys said at its panel that the title is “coming soon”.
