Shovel Knight: King of Cards launches in early 2018
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 1 Comment
Shovel Knight: King of Cards will be available in early 2018, Nintendo and Yacht Club Games revealed during today’s indie presentation. This will be the final expansion for Shovel Knight.
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Super Meat Boy Forever coming to Switch in Spring 2018
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Super Meat Boy Forever is coming to Switch, Team Meat announced during today’s Nindies Summer Showcase presentation. It’ll launch in Spring 2018.
Here’s a trailer:
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Nindies Summer Showcase 2017 live stream
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 1 Comment
The Nindies Summer Showcase 2017 will be kicking off in just a short while. Nintendo will begin the broadcast in an hour from now, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe. You can watch the stream as it happens below.
Today’s presentation will highlight multiple indie games for Switch. Other than that, we don’t have much to go on. We should be finding out what today’s event has in store very soon.
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Gear.Club Unlimited out for Switch on December 1
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 8 Comments
Gear.Club Unlimited will be available for Switch on December 1, Microids and Eden Games announced today.
Microids promises “an authentic racing car universe” for Switch owners with with Gear.Club Unlimited. You’ll be able to “approach the most incredible rides currently on the market, vibrate to the sound of high power engines to live a driving experience second to none in the most beautiful cars in the world.”
Microids also confirmed the first sixteen super cars included in Gear.Club Unlimited. They are as follows:
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Media Create sales (8/21/17 – 8/27/17)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 91 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 69,654
PS4 – 20,433
New 3DS LL – 11,470
New 2DS LL – 11,173
PS4 Pro – 4,225
Vita – 4,080
2DS – 2,137
New 3DS – 430
Wii U – 117
PS3 – 83
Xbox One – 63
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 28,779
Switch – 22,277
New 3DS LL – 16,083
New 2DS LL – 14,939
PS4 Pro – 5,909
Vita – 5,177
2DS – 2,999
New 3DS – 575
Wii U – 151
PS3 – 110
Xbox One – 100
And here are the software charts:
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GameStop: SNES Classic demand was greater than NES Classic, sold out in 8 minutes, will have launch stock
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 13 Comments
Pre-orders for the Super NES Classic Edition went live at various retailers last week, including GameStop. After going up on the retailer’s site, it sold out just a few minutes later.
GameStop senior merchandising director Eric Bright told Forbes that it just took eight minutes for the Super Classic Edition to sell out. Moreover, the demand was greater for this product than the NES Classic Edition.
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Nicalis publishing Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San on Switch later this year
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments
Nicalis is back at it again with another announcement for Switch. Today, the company announced that Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San is coming to Switch.
Here’s an overview:
Harmonix reveals Super Beat Sports for Switch
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Rock Band and Dance Central developer Harmonix is bringing Super Beat Sports to Switch. We’ve included a trailer and gameplay video below.
Below is a brief overview:
“Go BALListic with rhythmic sports fun for 1-4 players! Super Beat Sports is a collection of five sports-themed mini games with a twist – everything is musical. That means that you’ll need swing, volley, and score to the music in order to come out on top.”
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New “Nintendo x Indies” video for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 3 Comments
Nintendo just published a new video highlighting upcoming indie games for Switch. Titles featured are arriving between September and early 2018.
Here’s the video:
Along with games we’ve heard about before, there seem to be a few new ones here as well like Uurnog and Shu. World to the West is also now confirmed for Switch. We should be hearing even more about Switch indie games during tomorrow’s Nindies Showcase presentation.
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Nintendo is letting you download your Miiverse post history
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Sadly, Miiverse is coming to an end soon. Nintendo announced earlier today that the service ends on November 7 / November 8, depending on where you live.
So what about those who participated a ton in Miiverse? What will happen to everything posted on the social network? Well, the good news is that Nintendo has started up a tool that allows Miiverse users to submit a request for a file containing all posts and screenshots saved in your album. As long as you have a Nintendo Account and make the request before Miiverse ends, you should be good to go.
Full details are on the official page here.