Fire Emblem Heroes devs on risque art, overpowered teams, power creep, colorless units
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 46 Comments
Fire Emblem Heroes has been around for about half a year, and the game is starting up its Choose Your Legends bonus banner tomorrow. With that in mind, Polygon spoke with Intelligent Systems director Kouhei Maeda and Nintendo director Shingo Matsushita about the mobile game. Topics include some of the risque art created for Fire Emblem Heroes, overpowered teams, caution over power creep, and player frustration with colorless units.
Read Maeda and Matsushita comments about these points below. You can find the full interview on Polygon here.
Several pieces of new art for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 26 Comments
Switch Nindies Showcase Summer 2017 – full presentation
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Suda51 / Grasshopper reveal Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 70 Comments
Suda51 and Grasshopper’s mystery Travis Touchdown game for Switch finally has a name. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will launch for the console next year, as was announced during today’s Nindies Showcase.
Here’s the first trailer:
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
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
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.
