Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 105 Comments

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has conducted new interviews with a few different outlets this week, including Asahi.

In its first article, the Japanese newspaper quotes Kimishima saying that, next year, Nintendo would like to offer new kinds of gameplay that make use of the Joy-Con’s features such as HD Rumble and the motion-tracking camera. He unfortunately did not elaborate further, but the tease itself is interesting enough. HD Rumble allows for more realistic vibrations while the camera can detect the shape, movement, and distance of objects.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 37 Comments

Over the past few years, we’ve seen an uptick in Nintendo’s dedication to DLC. President Tatsumi Kimishima just said yesterday that the company intends to beef up its approach in that area next year. And almost all of Nintendo’s releases this year have seen free or paid DLC.

Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo’s Entertainment Planning and Development Division general manager, recently spoke to IGN and talked about why DLC is a good fit on Switch. He explained to the site:

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

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’96 – €6.99
Arcade Archives Double Dragon – €6.99
DragonFangZ – €19.99
Energy Cycle – €2.99
Mecho Tales – €6.79 until January 4; regularly €8.49
Sparkle Unleashed – €7.99
SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition – €19.99
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure Deluxe – €15.99 until January 12; regularly €19.99
Tactical Mind – €2.99

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

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

Arcade Archives Vs. Super Mario Bros. – $7.99
ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’96 – $7.99
Guns, Gore and Cannoli – $9.99
SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition – $19.99
Woodle Tree Adventures – $4.99

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 22 Comments

Level-5 hasn’t really done much with Switch thus far. But in 2018, that should be changing.

4Gamer spoke with Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, who spoke about plans for next year. He cited Inazuma Eleven Ares and Ni no Kuni II as upcoming titles, before going on to say that the company will focus on Switch in 2018 – or literally that they’ll put their power into the new console.

Hino also mentioned in his remarks that Level-5 is preparing a 20th anniversary title. However, it’s unclear if it has any relations to Switch.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 69 Comments

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has provided an update on the sales situation surrounding Switch. Speaking with Kyoto Shimbun, Kimishima stated that the company would like to sell over 20 million units in the next fiscal year that begins in April.

Kimishima added that Nintendo hopes to increase momentum by releasing games that offer new ways to play. Another part of the strategy is to beef up DLC offerings so that users can play games for a longer period of time.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 84 Comments

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

Switch – 269,684
PS4 – 50,662
New 2DS LL – 45,387
New 3DS LL – 27,947
PS4 Pro – 16,595
Vita – 14,041
2DS – 6,992
Xbox One – 687
New 3DS – 311
Wii U – 98
PS3 – 40
Xbox One X – 32

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

Switch – 221,210
PS4 – 45,161
New 2DS LL – 31,653
New 3DS LL – 19,115
PS4 Pro – 17,804
Vita – 9,049
2DS – 4,324
Xbox One – 2,175
New 3DS – 421
Xbox One X – 132
Wii U – 75
PS3 – 44

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Joshua in Rumors, Switch | 51 Comments

Originally planning on releasing 64-gigabyte cartridges to developers by the end of 2018, Nintendo has delayed their availability to outside developers until 2019.

The Switch cartridge with the largest memory capacity today can hold 32 gigabytes. It seems that massive games will have to wait a little longer.

Nintendo has stated that the delay is due to “technical issues.” It has been suggested by the Wall Street Journal that Nintendo could alternatively have business ties with rival companies that prevents them from releasing the cartridges so early.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 58 Comments

The Zelda timeline has always been something of great interest for fans of the series. On the other hand, Nintendo tends to be a bit timid when talking about it. Although the series has been around since the late 80’s, it wasn’t until just a few years ago that Nintendo published an official timeline in Hyrule Historia.

With the arrival of the latest Zelda game in March, fans are curious as to where Breath of the Wild officially stands. You won’t get much of a concrete answer out of Nintendo concerning timeline placement, but its developers are aware of interest from fans.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

The Media Create White Book 2017 has some interesting data that we don’t normally have access to. Included inside, sales are revealed for amiibo in Japan last year.

The book provides all sorts of information about the best-selling amiibo. These include the top ten figure sales, top five card sales, and share by series.

Here’s the full rundown:

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