Sonic Team head doesn’t think pixel art will be a “viable” style in the future
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
In the eyes of Sonic Team head and Sonic Superstars producer Takashi Iizuki, pixel art won’t be a “viable” style in the future.
Iizuki was speaking with GamesRadar about SEGA’s upcoming game in a recent interview. Sonic Superstars will be using 2.5D visuals whereas past entries – going back to the franchise’s original days – used pixel art.
Civilization VI: Leader Pass gets surprise release on Switch
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
2K announced today that the Civilization VI: Leader Pass has just come to Switch and other consoles as a surprise release.
The pass adds 18 new playable leader selections to the game. Although it was not originally planned for a console release, strong community interest and feedback resulted in 2K changing its mind.
More: 2K Games, Civilization VI: Leader Pass, Firaxis, top
Skull Island: Rise of Kong announced for Switch
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Original (7/20): GameMill Entertainment has announced Skull Island: Rise of Kong, a new game based on the history of Skull Island developed by creator Joe DeVito and based on Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong. Switch will be getting it this fall.
The game is a third-person action-adventure title in which players can become Kong on a journey of vengeance while fighting to claim their rightful place as King of Skull Island. More details can be found int he following overview:
Front Mission 2nd: Remake gets new October release date
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Forever Entertainment has passed along an updated release date for Front Mission 2: Remake. The game will now arrive for Switch on October 5, 2023, the company just announced.
You may recall that Front Mission 2nd: Remake was originally planned for June. However, Forever Entertainment announced a delay the month prior, explaining that “we want to ensure that we have sufficient time to add as many functionalities as possible while proceeding with proper implementation and tests, in order to meet your expectations for a modern-day remake.”
Fate/Samurai Remnant debut gameplay trailer, release date
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Original (6/19): Koei Tecmo has issued the first proper gameplay trailer for Fate/Samurai Remnant. Additionally, we have a new set of details.
You may recall that the Switch title was announced at the very end of 2022. The action RPG also comes from Type-Moon and Aniplex.
Here’s a bunch of information about the game:
More: Aniplex, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Koei Tecmo, top, Type-Moon
Switch surpasses lifetime Wii sales in the US
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
Lifetime Switch sales have now surpassed those of the Wii in the United States. That’s according to the latest data from Circana, with the milestone having been reached in July.
According to GamesIndustry, “Switch lifetime sales now trail Xbox 360 by less than one million units, and PlayStation 2 by fewer than five million.” Nintendo’s console should certainly be over 40 million units sold in the United States at this point.
[Rapid Review] Samba de Amigo: Party Central
Posted on 10 months ago by Edan(@@Virtualboi92) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: August 29, 2023
Developer: SEGA
Publisher: SEGA
Look, I don’t want to seem ungrateful – but out of all of the franchises SEGA could have thawed from cryo-sleep in 2023, Samba de Amigo was not the one I would have expected. The fan-favorite rhythm action celebration of Latin American music and culture last graced our consoles a whopping 15 years ago, and even that was just a Wii port of an even older title. Nevertheless, SEGA has seen fit to resurrect the franchise with a brand new entry exclusive to Switch, and they’ve even attached series creator Shun Nakamura as the game’s director and producer. You would hope that this pedigree coupled with the the console’s maraca-adjacent control method would result in a pleasantly breezy party-game smash – the reality however, is anything but with Samba de Amigo: Party Central.
More: highlight, Samba de Amigo: Party Central, SEGA, top
[Review] Sea of Stars
Posted on 10 months ago by Elias in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: August 29, 2023
Developer: Sabotage Studio
Publisher: Sabotage Studio
Another successful Kickstarter project, Sea of Stars was fully funded only seven hours after being live on the platform. Canadian-based developer Sabotage Studio mapped out several stretch goals only to see them continuously blown away. Now with the release of this retro-inspired turn-based RPG, a nostalgic wind blows for older gamers that remember the golden age of SNES and SEGA Genesis titles – RPGs that Sea of Stars pays homage to in myriad ways. As a prequel to their previous game, The Messenger, Sea of Stars expands upon Sabotage Studio’s ability to tell a story, and this time they’ve taken a bit more of a lofty approach. Going from an action platformer to a storied RPG is quite a change, after all.
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Double Dragon Collection, Super Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance announced for Switch
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Original (7/28): Arc System Works is going all out with the Double Dragon series having announced Double Dragon Collection, Super Double Dragon, and Double Dragon Advance for Switch. The full set will launch on November 9, 2023.
Here’s a rundown of each release:
Star Ocean: The Second Story R comments on visual style and how it’s different from HD-2D
Posted on 10 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
When Star Ocean: The Second Story R was revealed, some may have thought that the game is using an HD-2D art style like Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy. But while the two are similar in some ways, they’re actually different.
Producer and director Yuichiro Kitao clarified things in a recent interview with Famitsu. Kitao explained that the backgrounds “were made with real time 3D, and the characters were drawn with a special shader in a way that really sticks in the player’s memory.”
