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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

The Nintendo Power brand has been brought back in a big way. Nintendo just released the first episode of its new “Nintendo Power” podcast. You can listen to it right here.

Host Chris Slate is joined by Nintendo Minute co-host Kit Ellis and Damon Baker from Publisher and Developer Relations at Nintendo of America to look back at Switch’s first year. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild developers Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi then discuss their game.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 30 Comments

It’s been a busy year for Nintendo and Switch, with many titles launching on the platform since its debut in March. With 2017 coming to a close, Nintendo has decided to share a listing of the system’s best-selling games this year. Sort of. There are a couple of caveats to consider.

But first, on with the list:

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

The next major update for ARMS will be available tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. It will be highlighted by the addition of a brand new fighter who was teased over the weekend.

Aside from the latest character, Nintendo hasn’t said much about ARMS version 5.0.0. We should have details very soon at least.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Jakob Vujovic(@jakovujo) in Reviews, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

System: Switch (eShop)
Release date: December 21, 2017
Developer: Aurélien Regard / Seaven Studio
Publisher: Plug In Digital

Set in a far-future interpretation of one of the oldest pieces of western literature, The Next Penelope has an engaging aesthetic wrapper for its gameplay mixture of top-down shooter and Micro Machines style racing. As novel as space Poseidon might be, these narrative elements are also its flimsiest facet. The snippets of dialogue that are peppered throughout the game’s five main major challenges fumble with some inelegant wording, odd grammar, and a few comma splices. The premise isn’t given the space to develop into much beyond passing references to the Odyssey. Fortunately, this is all just window dressing – the game’s hectic arcade-style shooting fares much better in blending somewhat dissonant gameplay concepts. It comes together as an impressively well constructed genre hybrid.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment

ConcernedApe began to tease new content for Stardew Valley last month. It was said at the time that it will be released alongside the free multiplayer update. Today, ConcernedApe provided brand new information that will be included.

Here’s the official word from the developer:

Stardew Valley’s new content and multiplayer update will go live on Switch sometime in 2018.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop | 8 Comments

New characters are in the works or Mighty Gunvolt Burst. Inti Creates has announced Ray (Mighty No. 9), Copen (Azure Striker Gunvolt), and Kurona (Gal*Gun 2) DLC.

All three of these characters will be available on December 28. They’ll be sold as a DLC pack for $1.99.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 73 Comments

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

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

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

Switch – 164,908
PS4 Pro – 45,163
PS4 – 40,524
New 2DS LL – 27,074
New 3DS LL – 15,059
Vita – 8,483
2DS – 3,192
Xbox One – 406
New 3DS – 248
Xbox One X – 75
Wii U – 70
PS3 – 48

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 8 Comments

Bandai Namco has issued the first trailer for the newly-announced Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus. We’ve posted the video below.

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

Nintendo has announced a release date for Dragon Quest Builders on Switch in the west. North America and Europe will both be getting the game on February 9.

It was revealed at Jump Festa this past weekend that Dragon Quest Builders will be available for Switch in Japan on March 1. A demo will be distributed on the Japanese eShop starting February 1.

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

Ubisoft updated Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle about a week ago. Without question, the big highlight is the inclusion of the brand new Versus Mode.

The update also does at least one more thing that we’ve now become aware of and not really brought up elsewhere. Video capture is supported, so you can use Switch’s built in function to record videos up to thirty seconds long. Give it a shot if you come across something you’d like to save and share.

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