Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology heading west in February, new trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Videos | 1 Comment
Atlus has announced a western release date for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. In the Americas, the game arrives on February 13. European players can purchase the RPG on February 16.
As previously mentioned, Atlus will be offering launch goodies for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. Those who pick up the game at release or pre-order in North America will receive an exclusive art book and a decal set that features some key figures from the game. In Europe, fans will be given an art book tucked inside the game case.
We have a new trailer for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology below.
Rumor: Switch getting two Ace Attorney compilations, along with brand new entry
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 67 Comments
Last week, Capcom confirmed that Ace Attorney is heading to Switch in some fashion. Kotaku UK shares more on the company’s apparent plans.
If the site is to be believed, two compilations will be launched in the first half of the 2018 / 2019 financial year, which falls between April and October 2018. The initial release will be a bundle of the first three Ace Attorney entries. The other, naturally, is a bundle of games four through six.
Kotaku UK adds that Capcom is also working on a brand new, mainline Ace Attorney title for Switch. It’s supposedly scheduled for a late 2018 simultaneous global release. The site goes on to say that it will have “five cases at launch, and features Phoenix Wright returning as the playable protagonist of the story.”
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Mario Party: The Top 100 release moved forward in Europe, now launches December 22nd
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Less than two weeks ago, Nintendo announced the release date for Mario Party: The Top 100 in Europe. The game was set to launch on January 5th next year. In a somewhat surprising move, Nintendo announced today that the game would instead launch on December 22nd this year. Usually when release dates change it means they’re delayed, so this is definitely a welcome surprise. The reasoning for the release date change is unclear, though perhaps Nintendo wanted to profit from some last-minute Christmas shoppers.
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Video: A look into the canned Justice League game planned for Wii, which became Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 1 Comment
In 2015, news surfaced about an unreleased Justice League beat ’em up game. Double Helix had been working on the project, which was eventually morphed into Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters. Unseen64 and Did You Know Gaming? shared a new report on the original Justice League project today, officially confirming that it was planned for Wii.
16 characters would have been playable, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern. Story mode would have had players choosing between the five Justice League characters with their own attributes. Versus and training modes were also planned, in addition to a shop where players could purchase more characters and enhance heroes’ stats in the story mode.
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Super Mario Odyssey devs on wanting to surprise players and more
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 8 Comments
CNET spoke with the developers of Super Mario Odyssey not too long ago. Kenta Motokura, the game’s director, as well as producer Yoshiaki Koizumi talked about the new game.
Something Motokura brought up is how Koizumi challenged him to surprise players. The team took that to heart, and it became a key words while development was ongoing.
Motokura said:
Ubisoft expecting big Switch sales during the holidays, Mario + Rabbids and Just Dance 2018 doing very well
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 19 Comments
As we know, Ubisoft announced its latest financial results this past week. We have more information from the call that was held after the initial report was posted.
Early on in the call, Ubisoft said that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle outperformed its own forecasts. The game is also once again confirmed to be the best-selling third-party title on Switch.
It was also pointed out that the growing / successful install base on Switch should have many benefits for Ubisoft. As a result, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is expected to have a longer than usual sales curve.
Why Hulu wasn’t on Switch at launch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 113 Comments
Julian Eggebrecht is the president of Factor 5. You may not be aware of this, but he’s also the vice president of technology at Hulu.
It was almost a funny coincidence that Eggebrecht appeared on this week’s episode of Nintendo Voice Chat from IGN. He largely talked about Factor 5, but also had a bit to say about the new launch of Hulu on Switch. Hulu just made it to Nintendo’s console on Thursday.
When asked why Hulu didn’t appear on Switch until now, Eggebrecht explained:
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Potential new DLC / update content found for Sonic Forces
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 32 Comments
When a new game launches, fans tend to pick apart the files and codes in hopes of finding hidden secrets. That’s exactly what happened this week with Sonic Forces. Dataminers went to work and found a couple of interesting things that could be added to the game in the near future.
First, a “Sanic” t-shirt has been found. Sanic has become a meme over the years after one fan drew his interpretation of the character in the Windows Paint app. It would be… interesting to see that design in Sonic Forces, to say the least.
More: SEGA, Sonic Forces, top
Factor 5 wants canned Wii game Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron on Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 46 Comments
Many years ago, during the Wii era, Factor 5 worked on Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron. Unfortunately, it never saw release. Now all of these years later, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht wants to see it return.
In an interview on IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat, Eggebrecht spoke about his aspirations of wanting to bring Star Wars Rogue Leaders: Rogue Squadron to Switch. For those who are unaware, it was a compilation featuring modified versions of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike under a new graphics engine at 60 frames per second and new content.
Here’s what Eggebrecht had to say about a potential Switch release:
Capcom making Switch games targeted for next fiscal year, including Ace Attorney
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 68 Comments
Capcom’s status has a bit unclear when it comes to supporting Switch. However, Capcom COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto has made it clear that the company is planning games for the consoles.
Tsujimoto told Jiji that Capcom will have Switch games intended for release with the next fiscal year. That means we can expect to see titles after April. According to Tsujimoto, Ace Attorney is one big IP that we can expect to see on Nintendo’s console.
