Caeda and Navarre spotted for Fire Emblem Warriors
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 59 Comments
Nintendo seems to have made a blunder with the new European Fire Emblem Warriors trailer – specifically the Fire Emblem Warriors segment. It seems that two characters were accidentally left it. Caeda and Navarre from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon both appear to be in.
Thanks to oh.my for the tip.
More: Fire Emblem Warriors, Koei Tecmo, Omega Force, Team Ninja, top
Crypt of the Necrodancer, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime heading to Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 8 Comments
Two more indie games were revealed for Switch during today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct. Crypt of the Necrodancer and Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. They’ll be out this winter and in October respectively.
Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud announced for Switch in Japan
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments
Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud is coming to Switch, SEGA revealed in today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct. Japan is getting the game in 2018.
More: Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud, SEGA, top
Kirby Switch known as Kirby Star Allies, out Spring 2018
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 8 Comments
The new Kirby game for Switch has a new name. It’s called Kirby Star Allies, and it’s launching Spring 2018.
More: HAL Laboratory, Kirby Star Allies, top
Nintendo Direct live streams, blog (9/13/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Switch, Videos | 10 Comments
The latest Nintendo Direct will be kicking off not too long from now. Nintendo will begin hosting the presentation at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe.
In the west, the new Nintendo Direct will be about 45 minutes long. The Japanese version will be 50 minutes long.
Assuming everything goes as planned, we’ll have a live blog going below. Big news updates will be posted in real time as well. Finally, we have embeds for all three streams below. Should be fun!
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Media Create sales (9/4/17 – 9/10/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 54 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 45,439
PS4 – 18,483
PS4 Pro – 10,999
New3DS LL – 9,628
New2DS LL – 9,403
Vita – 3,913
2DS – 1,772
New 3DS – 331
PS3 – 115
Wii U – 90
Xbox One – 63
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 50,074
PS4 – 21,419
New 3DS LL – 12,332
New 2DS LL – 11,515
PS4 Pro – 4,965
Vita – 3,975
2DS – 1,935
New 3DS – 486
Wii U – 116
PS3 – 85
Xbox One – 78
And here are the software charts:
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[Review] Metroid: Samus Returns
Posted on 7 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, Reviews | 11 Comments
System: 3DS
Release date: September 15, 2017
Developer: MercurySteam / Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Samus Aran has a long history with the video games and is easily one of the most iconic and recognizable characters of all time. But unfortunately, the famous bounty hunter along with the Metroid series itself have been mostly dormant for quite a while. However, now Samus is back, and it feels incredible to have her at the forefront once again. Even if Metroid: Samus Returns is just a remake and not a brand new title, beggars can’t be choosers, and I can promise that everything the game has to offer touches base with everything we’ve wanted from a classic Metroid title for a long time while remaining fresh and feeling contemporary in its mechanics, gameplay, progression, and world.
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Nintendo Switch Online update out now (version 1.1.0) – can voice chat while using other apps
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Switch | 31 Comments
Update: Official patch notes added below.
Original: A new update has gone live for the Nintendo Switch Online app. Version 1.1.0 is live on both iOS and Android.
The big improvement with today’s update is that voice chat now works when opening other applications and when sleep mode is enabled. Additionally, the app has improved compatibility with Bluetooth devices on Android. Nintendo took care of some other issues as well.
Nintendo notes that on devices running Android 6.0 or later, voice chat may be interrupted when the device enters sleep mode if power-saving is enabled. This can be disabled in the settings.
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Nintendo on the making of F-Zero, Captain Falcon was originally SNES’ mascot character, much more
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 12 Comments
Following Star Fox 2, Nintendo has published the second developer interview conducted for the Super NES Classic Edition’s launch. Director Kazunobu Shimizu, main programmer Yasunari Nishida, and designer Takaya Imamura were brought in to go in-depth about the making of F-Zero.
There’s really a whole lot of interesting stuff on this interview. Nintendo said that F-Zero was one of its first games that was created in-house, talked about the first demo having Hot Wheels-esque toy cars, how Shigeru Miyamoto’s suggestion of removing an invisible wall really opened things up during development, Captain Falcon originally being designed as the mascot for the SNES, and more.
You can read Nintendo’s full interview all about F-Zero below.
Hive Jump finally dated for Wii U in North America
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments
The wait for Hive Jump on Wii U is finally over. Graphite Lab announced a release date today, with the game now set for September 28 in North America.
On Wii U, Hive Jump will have the following features:
Mini-Map: The Wii U GamePad mini-map will display the layout of the hive as you explore it, and reveal points of interest like doors and chests. Hazards like lava and spikes are labelled as pink tiles, and destructible walls as orange. Players can switch between this mini-map view, and the next Wii U GamePad feature!
Off-Screen Play: You can play Hive Jump entirely on the Wii U GamePad! When in a hive, simply hit the Select button to switch between seeing the mini-map on the Wii U GamePad and seeing mirrored gameplay on it. It goes almost without saying that the Wii U GamePad also outputs sound through its speakers, or optional headphone jack.
Hive Jump was originally going to cost $19.99 on Wii U. However, it has been revised to $14.99 after some “very long conversations about the best price point”.
More information about Hive Jump can be found at the source link below.