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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Switch | 60 Comments

After a crazy week of anticipation and trolling relating to a possible Nintendo Direct, a presentation dropped out of thin air on Thursday. It wasn’t as big as some past presentations – no surprise there given the addition of “mini” in the name – but there were still some surprises.

Switch received all of the love this time around. Highlights included Dark Souls: Remastered, Mario Tennis Aces, The World Ends with You: Final Remix, and SNK Heroines ~Tag Team Frenzy~. We also now know that Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and Ys VIII are all coming to Switch. New updates and DLC were announced for Super Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and Pokken Tournament DX were revealed as well. Finally, Kirby Star Allies, Fe, and Celeste were all dated.

What do you make of this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini? Were you pleased or disappointed with anything shown (or something that was absent)? Do you have a favorite announcement? Let us know in the comments below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 31 Comments

Arc System Works has announced a release date for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. In North America, we’ll be getting the game on June 5. It’ll be out in Japan and Asia just slightly earlier on May 31.

Those in Japan will be able to purchase the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Limited Box. The Switch version will contain:

– Special box with special collaborative illustration by Tochimichi Mori (Arc System Works), Shigenori Soejima (Atlus), Seiichi Yoshihara (French-Bread), and Ein Lee (Rooster Teeth)
– “Additional Character All-in-One Pack” download code
– BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle art book
– Multi storage pouch

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 20 Comments

Switch has been around for almost a year now. Over the past several months, many indie developers have stepped forward to share their success stories on the console. In a bunch of instances, Switch sales have even outperformed other platforms.

Super Meat Boy is one of the latest high-profile indie titles to hit Switch. And like some of those other titles we’ve been hearing about, it has also found success on Nintendo’s console.

Team Meat just shared the following on Twitter:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 9 Comments

The Pokemon Company has released a trailer for Detective Pikachu giving us a first opportunity to hear how the English voice cast is shaping up. Check out the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 24 Comments

Update: Detective Pikachu also launches March 23 in the west. The “special limited-edition” Detective Pikachu amiibo is larger than the standard figures we’ve seen in the past and can unlock short videos that may contain helpful hints.

Original: Detective Pikachu is finally coming west, The Pokemon Company has revealed. A new amiibo will also be released.

Today’s news ties in with Japan, as Detective Pikachu is heading to retail in the country. A physical package will be sold with the amiibo on March 23.

Here’s a trailer promoting the release:

As for the west, Detective Pikachu has now popped up on The Pokemon Company’s press site along with an image of the amiibo above and character art from the game. We’re now waiting on more specifics, so stay tuned.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 2 Comments

The announcement trailer is in for the newly-announced Dark Souls: Remastered. Have a look at the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 18 Comments

Speculation has pointed to a possible Nintendo Direct on this very day. Nintendo has delivered on that front, but perhaps not in the way that was originally expected. A new Nintendo Direct Mini has just been released, and you can watch it in full below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 23 Comments

Update (1/11): Swapped out Famitsu’s data for Media Create.

Original (1/10): The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 146,006
PS4 – 75,344
New 2DS LL – 28,237
PS4 Pro – 16,339
New 3DS LL – 12,246
Vita – 11,929
2DS – 5,254
Xbox One – 190
Xbox One X – 9

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

Switch – 134,519
PS4 – 37,175
New 2DS LL – 20,409
New 3DS LL – 12,542
PS4 Pro – 12,456
Vita – 7,970
2DS – 3,700
Xbox One – 335
New 3DS – 163
PS3 – 58
Wii U – 44
Xbox One X – 23

And here are the software charts:

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