Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

Nintendo has been publishing weekly interviews about games included in the Super NES Classic Edition in preparation of the hardware’s launch later this week. For the latest discussion, Super Mario Kart is the focus. Tadashi Sugiyama and Hideki Konno were brought in to talk about the SNES game.

Sugiyama and Konno talked about Super Mario Kart’s origins, including how Shigeru Miyamoto’s request to create a 2-player F-Zero led to the start of the project. They also explained how Mario Kart characters ended up being inserted, the various items, and more.

You can read the full interview with Sugiyama and Konno below.

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The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia came out in Japan earlier this year. Dark Horse Comics is readying the English release, and it now has a release window. You can look forward to the North American launch in April 2018.

The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia will cover the series’ first game up through Twilight Pricness HD. Spread across 320 pages, you’ll find explanations and descriptions of everything from items and potion to relationships between characters. The book contains maps, illustrations, and screencaps plus an interview with series producer Eiji Aonuma.

Pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia are opening soon. Pricing is set at $39.99.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 33 Comments

Nintendo has announced the Fire Emblem Warriors DLC for North America and Europe, which was first revealed at the Tokyo Game Show this weekend.

Here’s the full rundown of DLC with pricing:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 9 Comments

Attack on Titan 2 was announced for Switch during the Tokyo Game Show this past weekend. Koei Tecmo followed up with news for the west today, confirming that the Switch version will also be released in North America and Europe.

We have the following overview as well:

A.O.T. 2 delves deeply into the fascinatingnarrative of Attack on Titan’s second season and offers players exhilarating action and new challenges, as it introduces the newly improved omni-directional mobility gear offering advanced freedom of movement and targeting precision to counter enhanced Titan movements.

Players will be able to try their new moves against these fearsome Titans as they control characters from a Titan-sized roster! Outside of battle they will be able to deepen their relationships with their fellow squad-mates while gaining greater insight into life within the walls thanks to more advanced RPG elements.

Attack on Titan 2 will launch for Switch physically and digitally in early 2018.

Source: Koei Tecmo PR

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 44 Comments

Switch has been receiving all sorts of compliments from developers and industry members. Suda51 event recently called the system as well as Nintendo in general “punk”.

Mashable brought this up with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. That led him to talk about Nintendo’s dedication to innovating, in which he mentioned:

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At the Tokyo Game Show today, Koei Tecmo announced that DLC is coming to Fire Emblem Warriors. Three different packs are planned.

First, later this year, DLC based on Fire Emblem Fates will be released. Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon DLC will follow in Winter 2018 (towards the start of the new year). Finally, Fire Emblem Awakening will have DLC in Spring 2018.

All DLC will be priced at 1,400 yen. However, players will also be able to purchase all three pieces of content as a set. Doing so reduces the price from 4,200 yen to 3,000 yen, and a special bride costume for Lucina pictured above will be offered.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 5 Comments

Factor 5 almost delivered a new Pilotwings game on two separate occasions. The first instance was during the GameCube era, when the studio imagined a title that would have taken place in the real world during the height of the Cold War.

The second time a partnership with Nintendo almost emerged was following Factor 5’s relationship with Sony and after the release of Wii. In contrast to what had been planned for the GameCube, the Wii project had a lighter tone. Factor 5 was interested in creating an open world loosely based on Earth with various aircraft and missions.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 10 Comments

Inside, which has received much praise from both the media and players, is heading to Switch. Director Arnt Jensen revealed the news to Famitsu. That’s all the information we have at present, but the announcement itself is huge.

Inside is Playdead’s second project following Limbo, which was also well received. The title has players controlling a boy in different ways, exploring dark environments, and taking on platforming / puzzle gameplay.

Here’s a trailer:

A release date has not yet been announced for the Switch version of Inside. We’ll keep an eye out for Famitsu’s full interview for any additional details.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments

Attack on Titan 2 is coming to Switch, Koei Tecmo has announced. The news was shared during an event at the Tokyo Game Show. Along with Switch, Koei Tecmo will be releasing the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Steam.

We won’t have to wait on a localization announcement for this one, thankfully. The game was already confirmed for North America and Europe earlier in the year when the original reveal took place. Switch isn’t officially set for the west since today’s news was only just shared for Japan, but given how the major games for the platform are being localized thus far (Atelier, Nights of Azure 2), we expect Koei Tecmo to have an update for the west soon.

Here’s the original teaser for Attack on Titan 2:

Attack on Titan 2 will release in early 2018.

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At the Tokyo Game Show this week, Koei Tecmo revealed Celica as a new playable character for Fire Emblem Warriors. That isn’t the only new character announced at the expo, however.

Two more characters are confirmed. Both Tiki and Caeda are both joining Fire Emblem Warriors.

Caeda was technically known previously due to a leak from the new Nintendo Direct trailer. Tiki was also hinted at from a boxart leak. However, it’s the first time Koei Tecmo is confirming both characters for the game officially.

You can see the first gameplay of Tiki and Caeda below.

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