Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana release date set for January, new trailer
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana just got its final release date on Switch. Today, it was announced that the action RPG launches on January 7, 2025.
Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana was confirmed for English release in the west over the summer. Only an early 2025 release window was shared at the launch.
Learn more about the game in the following overview:
[Review] Sonic x Shadow Generations
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Edan(@@Virtualboi92) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: October 25, 2024
Developer: Sonic Team
Publisher: SEGA
The original release of 2011’s Sonic Generations felt as much like recompense as it did celebration. The unsteady gait that Sonic had developed since his switch to 3D was slowing him to an unwieldy crawl, and developer Sonic Team felt it was time to earnestly look back at their legacy to plot a path forward. The result was about the best a 2011 Sonic fan could have hoped for – lashings of nostalgia without being overly condescending to the long-term fan, and with just enough tongue-in-cheek, self-referential humor to disarm the stern melodrama that had worked its way into Sonic’s latter outings. Sonic Generations was intended to serve as a launch pad for the next 20 years of Sonic, however, its mechanical jitteriness and saggy latter half dampened its appeal to fans old and new. Sega and Sonic Team are now back for another crack at it, with Sonic x Shadow Generations seeking to tighten up the overall experience and inject a jet-black dose of edge into one of Sonic’s more memorable recent outings.
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Splatoon 3 – Splatfest #20 results – Wizard vs. Knight vs. Ninja
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Splatoon 3 held its huge Grand Festival a little while back, but Nintendo kept things going for the game this weekend with a Halloween-themed Splatfest featuring a Wizard vs. Knight vs. Ninja battle, and the results are now in. Players were asked which one of these they’d be in a fantasy world.
The halftime report showed a very close battle. Nintendo’s breakdown put Team Ninja in the lead at just 33.97 percent, followed closely by Team Knight at 33.21 percent and Team Wizard at 32.82 percent.
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete announced for mobile
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Nintendo has officially announced Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, which is being made for mobile devices. It will launch on December 3, 2024 for $19.99 ($9.99 until January 31, 2025).
During the summer, Nintendo said that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp would be ending its primary online service in November. But as part of the announcement, the company confirmed that an offline version. Now Nintendo has shared the full details in a newly-published video.
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio director extremely pleased with Yakuza Kiwami Switch sales
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Yakuza Kiwami has only been on Switch for a few days, but SEGA subsidiary Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio seems to be ecstatic with how the port is performing in terms of sales.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama was speaking about the release during a live stream yesterday. We’re going off of a rough translation here, but he indicated that the game is “selling like hotcakes.”
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Kirby 64 holds up 24 years later – here’s why
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards released in 2000. 24 years later, we decided to revisit the game with a 100 percent run. How does it hold up all these years later? We’d say that overall, yes, it does.
Kirby 64 released during an interesting era of the Kirby franchise. If you’ve ever played Kirby’s Dream Land 2 or 3, then you’re probably well aware that these games have their own unique feel to them that isn’t quite captured in future titles. Whether that uniqueness is a good thing or not is up to you, but Kirby 64, which came afterward, keeps that particular feel – in terms of not only its mechanics, but its aesthetics, characters, and general design philosophy as well.
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Miyamoto heaps praise on Banjo-Kazooie in classic comments
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Classic quotes made Shigeru Miyamoto have resurfaced in which the Zelda creator spoke about his admiration for Banjo-Kazooie. These comments were shared in a May 1998 issue of Famitsu.
Fans may remember that Zelda: Ocarina of Time was originally slated for 1997 before Nintendo pushed it to the following year. We’ve heard about reasons for the delay previously, but it also looks like Banjo-Kazooie partially contributed to the release date change. Miyamoto said in Famitsu that Banjo-Kazooie is “so amazing that we don’t want to be outdone”.
[Let’s Talk] Sakurai’s next game: Smash Bros. or something else?
Posted on 3 weeks ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 0 comments
This week, we learned that Masahiro Sakurai is working on a new game. After coming up with a proposal for the project in 2021, actual development started the following year.
Here’s where the fan debate comes in. Some would like to see another Smash Bros. game with Sakurai at the helm while others would like to see him work on something else. If Nintendo wants a new Smash Bros. title on Switch’s successor and Sakurai is in charge of something else, that could mean that someone entirely different would need to handle the directorial duties.
Sakurai’s legacy will always be tied to Smash Bros. However, he’s obviously worked on games outside of that. During the early days of his career, Sakurai was heavily involved with Kirby. He’s also handled Kid Icarus: Uprising and Meteos.
What would you ultimately like to see here? Smash Bros. is always an option for Sakurai, but he could also make a Kid Icarus: Uprising follow-up or something totally different. Let us know in the comments.
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How save states make Nintendo Switch Online games accessible
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, Switch | 0 comments
Speaking as broadly as possible, it’s probably safe to say that video games are slightly easier now than they were 30 years ago. Of course, that’s not the case for every video game – plenty of modern ones ramp up the difficulty on purpose. But when it comes to some of Nintendo’s greats – specifically in the Zelda and Metroid franchises – the older entries are absolutely more punishing, in most cases. Many of these older entries are currently available on Nintendo Switch Online (or its Expansion Pack), which allow save states and in some cases, rewinding time to correct mistakes you make in the game.
Today, we’re talking about which Nintendo Switch Online games benefit most from save states and rewinding for classic Nintendo platforms. Do you like using save states and rewind for a more casual play experience, or do you prefer playing these classic games as they were intended?
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Splatoon 4 should have these features and improvements
Posted on 4 weeks ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
A hypothetical Splatoon 4 would certainly be a Switch 2 title – and at the time of writing, the console still hasn’t been officially announced. Seeing as Splatoon 3’s content cycle has just wrapped up, it might be a little bit too early to start thinking about the game. Still, for many, it was a high point in the series, and after the conclusion of the excellent Grand Festival, it’s only natural to think about what could be next for one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises. Today, we’re looking at all sorts of new things we think would be cool to see in Splatoon 4.
