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Apr 6, 2017
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nintendo eShop has been updated again with new video games and free downloads, and while the Nintendo Switch is receiving new games every week, the 3DS and Wii U also get some love this week. There are currently more than 100 games in development for Nintendos new console. You can see a list of the most exciting Switch games coming this year right here.
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Nintendo Switch
- LEGO CITY Undercover– Join the Chase! In the LEGO CITY Undercovergame, play as Chase McCain, a police officer who’s been tasked with going undercover to hunt down the notorious – and recently escaped – criminal Rex Fury and putting an end to his citywide crime wave. With two player co-op*, friends can explore a sprawling open-world metropolis, with more than 20 unique districts to investigate, car thieves to bust, hilarious movie references to discover, vehicles to drive and hundreds of collectibles. The LEGO CITY Undercover game brings together witty, original storytelling with signature LEGO humor to create a fun-filled experience for players of all ages to enjoy.
- Graceful Explosion Machine – Skillfully pilot the Graceful Explosion Machine, a fighter ship armed with a ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array. Lost in deep space, you’ll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued alien worlds, fighting crystalline enemies to find a way home.
- Just Dance 2017 FREE Demo – Dance on the Just Dance 2017 free demo. Grab your friends and family because it’s time to Dance. Bring your best moves to dance to Just Dance 2017 hits.
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Virtual Console on Wii U
- World Sports Competition – In this TurboGrafx-16 sports game, compete in six categories of events that include shooting, archery, rowing, swimming, and track & field. The game features Olympics mode, where you play all the events over the course of a few days, and Training mode, where you can choose individual events to play. After practicing in Training mode, go for the gold in Olympics mode and break world records.
- Super Star Soldier – Super Star Soldier is a classic, vertically scrolling shooting game for TurboGrafx-16. The Special Attack Squad, led by the Mother Brain, has launched an all-out invasion of Earth. Take your small-scale fighter, the Neo Caesar, with its arsenal of four regular weapons and two special weapons, and send the aliens back where they belong.
Nintendo eShop sales
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Amazing Deals this week! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week right here.
News Flash
- Fire Emblem rewards from My Nintendo – Want to get to know more about Takumi, Marth, Eirika and heroes of the Fire Emblemseries? My Nintendo is offering fans a 30 percent discount on some classic Fire Emblem games, including a recent entry in the series, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright.
- 30 percent discount off Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright (Nintendo 3DS)
- 30 percent discount off Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Wii U)
- 30 percent discount off Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (Wii U)
My Nintendo
My Nintendo features an all new wallpaper you can redeem using Silver points. The wallpaper can be used on your smartphone of your computer. You can check it out here.
Also new this week:
- Vroom in the Night Sky (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
- ACA NEOGEO ALPHA MISSION II (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
- Dragon Sinker (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Pinball Breakout (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Animal Gods (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
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- Apr 2, 2017
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]intendo has released it’s new hybrid console more than a month ago. We have seen amazing games like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Snake Pass, Frontier Days, Human Resource Machine and many others. Nintendo has big plans in the coming months, with major Nintendo Switch Games to be released throughout the rest of the year. We are taking a look at games that will be coming out on Nintendo Switch in 2017.
While Zelda: Breath of the Wild keeps most Switch owners still occupied, a console can only survive and sell more units, if games keep coming. And Nintendo is hard at work getting publishers onboard to develope more video games for Nintendos latest console. With more than 100 games currently in development, we have picked a few of the highlights that are expected to be released this year. Here is a list of the most exciting video games you can expect to see and play in the next 9 months. We will continue to update this list of Nintendo Switch Games for 2017, so make sure to check – leave a comment below and let us know what game you look forward to playing the most!
2017 List of Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – April 28th
Splatoon 2 – Summer 2017
Rime – May 2017
Arms – Summer 201
Elder Scrolls Skyrim – Fall 2017
Fifa 18 – Fall 2017
Minecraft Switch Edition – 2017
Fire Embelm – 2017 / 2018
Mario Odyssey – Holiday Season 2017
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – 2017
NBA 2k18 – September 2017
Pokemon Stars – 2017 / 2018
Sonic Mania – Fall/Winter 2017
SteamWorld Dig 2 – Fall/Winter 2017
Terreria – 2017
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 2017
Yooka-Laylee – 2017
Stardew Valley – Summer 2017
Cube Life: Island Survival HD – 2017
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 -2017
Payday 2- Fall 2017
Monopoly – Summer 2017
Namco Museum – Summer 2017
Disgaea 5 Complete – May 23rd, 2017
This is our list of the most exciting Video Game releases on Nintendo Switch this year. Keep in mind there are currently more than 100 hundreds games in development for the Switch. Some of those will be released this year, others later on.
Story of Seasons is currently also in development along with other popular games like Harvest Moon, Pokemon and more – with no definite release date yet. Once these games do receive a release window, we will update the list above!
You can find a detailed list of the Nintendo Switch and 3DS game releases right here.
- Mar 29, 2017
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nintendo Switch may be lacking some power compared to next-gen consoles like the Playstation 4, but how exactly does it stack up against the Playstation 4 ? The online magazine Digital Foundry has compared the latest cross platform game Snake Pass on the Switch to the Playstation 4 version of the game. The results are surprising, as there is little to no difference between the two gaming systems for the particular game. Of course Snake Pass is not pushing the limits on either console. This test does not try to demonstrate that these two consoles are have similar specs, but the Switch is one of Nintendos first console to play in the same league with Sony and Microsoft when it comes to pure specs.
If you are interested in playing Snake Pass you can read our full review here. Watch the video below to see the comparison of the game played on the Nintendo Switch and Sonys Playstation 4.
- Mar 26, 2017
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nintendo Switch eShop has been updated to feature 3 new games. Has-Been Heroes and Snake Pass will both be released this week on May, 28th on the hybrid console. While LEGO city Undercover will arrive for Nintendo Switch on April 4th.
The only physical cartridge release of those 3 games is LEGO City Undercover, and it can currently be bought on Amazon. If you buy the game before the official release date on Amazon – Prime members will receive 20% off the original price. So if you are in the market to buy LEGO City Undercover, Amazon may be the way to go!
Snake Pass and Has-Been Heroes are both Nintendo eShop only releases, while the Nintendo Switch has 32GB of internal storage, it is still good to know how much space these games will occupy on your console.
Has-Been Heroes – 753MB
Snake Pass – 3.7GB
LEGO City Undercover – 7.1GB
If you bought your Nintendo Switch on Launch day, and been downloading a lot of Games from the eShop, chances are you are starting to run low on space. The Nintendo Switch offers expandable storage. SD cards may be inserted behind the stand to be able to install more games. SD cards can be purchased from major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy and even Toys “R” Us.
- Mar 15, 2017
The Nintendo Switch was released almost two weeks ago on March 3rd. The console has since then been sold out at major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Toys “R” Us and more. Many have tried to get a hold of the hybrid console by buying it from eBay and other trading websites well over the $299 retail price. It comes at no surprise that Nintendo has now announced that 1.5 Million units have been sold since launch. Reggie – President of Nintendo North America has stated earlier that 2 Million Nintendo Switch consoles would be made available at launch worldwide.
In Japan the console has sold 329,152 in it’s first week, followed by a sharp decline in the second week of only 61,998 consoles sold. This means the Nintendo Wii U performed better in it’s first two weeks than the Nintendo Switch. Multiple factors may have contributed to this – the Wii U had launched in December. The holiday season is always beneficial when launching a new product. The Switch was launched in the beginning of March, and sold 1.5 Million units without the help of the Christmas and gifting season. Furthermore limited stock could also have contributed to the sharp decline in sales within the second week, as many people are still trying to buy a Nintendo Switch without much luck. Nintendo has recently promised to make more consoles available towards the end of March.
Japan Hardware Sales
Switch – 61,998 (329,152)
PlayStation 4 – 28,902 (31,065)
New 3DS LL – 18,360 (18,433)
PlayStation Vita – 8,398 (9,889)
PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,398 (6,742)
2DS – 4,094 (4,147
New 3DS – 1,227 (1,268)
PlayStation 3 – 639 (615)
Wii U – 430 (565)
Xbox One – 117 (147)Nintendo is hard at work on making sure enough games will follow the few, but excellent launch titles. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the next major game to be released, but still 6 weeks away. Nintendo has pushed the advertising machine on the Splatoon 2 Testfire weekend, possibly to fill the gap in between now and the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe release day.
Either way Nintendo will certainly focus on selling their console to make the platform more attractive to more developers. As 3rd party publishers naturally will want to release their games on the hybrid Console if Nintendo manages to sell a lot of them. Let’s not forget that Nintendo still has many aces up it’s sleeves, given that most of the popular IP’s are yet to come to the Switch. Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Pikmin and more are just a few of them. Mario Odyssey, Mario kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and Skyrim are only a few highlights we will get to see on Nintendos Console this year.
The future of the console is bright, and early sales numbers seem to be overwhelmingly positive.
- Mar 14, 2017
Tomorrow Corporation originally planned to have World of Goo, Little Inferno, and Human Resource Machine on the Nintendo Switch eShop on launch day – March 3rd. Unfortuanetly that didn’t happen and fans had to wait a little longer to get their hands on the popular games.
Tomorrow Corporation has now confirmed that World of Goo, Little Inferno, and Human Resource Machine will be released and available to download on the North American e-shop starting Thursday, March 16th. There is no set release date yet for the European e-shop, however, since the Nintendo Switch is region free anyone will be able to download them from the American shop this coming Thursday.
You can watch the announcement trailer below!
- Mar 11, 2017
Character Customizations have never been greater in Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch and Wii U than any previous Zelda game in the franchise. From huge hoods, to pointy hats and bandanas – you have dozens of choices to dress up Link in any fashion you may desire. However, long time Zelda fans are wondering where the Iconic Pointy green hat is hidden, or why it didn’t make it into the game?
The answer comes from Breath of the Wild art director Satoru Takizawa who claims ” As the graphic fidelity has increased it becomes more difficult to make that hat look cool. ” He also stated that ” As the game becomes more realistic it’s difficult to present it in a way that’s appealing. ” Satoru also explains that in recent games fans were often criticizing the hat ” If you look at Twilight Princess, I really made the hat long, so it would flap in the wind and move around. But because of that people were like ‘What’s he got? What’s in that hat?’ We’re reaching our limits as to how we can make it look cool. ”
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It may seem like a good explanation, but Zelda fans are still disappointed not to be able to wear the iconic hat. However, upon finishing the 120 Shrines you will be rewarded the well known and classic Green Zelda Tunic. If you are far away from finishing Breath of the Wild, but still want to have an alternative to the green tunic, you can also unlock the slightly more modern looking green tunic using your Amiibos.
- Link Amiibo: This Amiibo can get you some pieces from the Armor of Time
- 8-Bit Link Amiibo: You can use this one to unlock an old-school outfit, from the Amor of the Hero
- Toon Link Amiibo: You can use the Wind Waker and Smash Bros Version to get a lot of fish, as well as a chance to drop the Armor of Wind.
- Mar 10, 2017
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nimal Crossing has become one of Nintendos most popular franchises. The last installment of the series Animal Crossing: new Leaf was released in 2012, and has recently received a major update. Fans of the series have since waited for a new game. Even though Nintendo hinted a new Animal Crossing coming to Nintendo Switch, no official announcement has been made. However, it is safe to assume that a new Animal Crossing is in development and ready to be unveiled in the not so distant future.
Just like any other fan, we are most impatient to see what a new Animal Crossing would be like. We have gone ahead an listed 5 of our biggest wishes for a new AC game. We would love to hear what your biggest wish for a new Animal Crossing would be – leave it in the comments below!
Share a Town with Your Friends
Sharing a town with your friends. On the Nintendo 3DS version you are currently able to share a save game, and have a second player move into your town. The second player can of course not be the major, and playing simultaneously is not possible. In the next Animal Crossing installment ( possibly on the Nintendo Switch ? ) we would love to see the option to share a town with a friend. You would be choosing a friend to move into your town. The player will be able to occupy a home, decorate their house, and contribute to your town. It would be very similar to inviting a friend over, except this friend can actually feel right at home, and if you ever want to visit them, you would just have to walk over and knock on their door. It would give a lot more purpose and motivation for players to visit other towns, if they can actually live a happy Animal Crossing life in your world too. Think of it as your vacation home in the world of another Animal Crossing player.
Open for Business – Run Your Own Store
Run your very own store. Being a Major in Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a lot of fun, but what keeps us from actually running our own store and giving Tom Nook some competition? Run the store and sell what you have! Your Furniture collection, Fruits, treasures from the island and more. There could be an option to leave the store open even when you are not playing the game. Giving players the option to brows your inventory and purchase from your shop, whenever they want. This could eventually become the ultimate Animal Crossing trading market. This would be similar to how the dream codes work, so you would not have to worry about any harm being done to your town while you are away. However, if you do sell some of your items, you would be collecting the bells next time you return to your village.
More Town Customization
The option to decorate your town as you please for any season or holiday is something we would love to see! Trees with Christmas lights in winter are great, it would be so nice to go all out and beyond, and add your own touch to it. Place a bench, a flower pot or whatever you wish anywhere you like, pretty much like floor tiles.
Larger Towns
Increase the size of your village slightly allowing more villagers to move into your town, and giving more room to decorate, and create the town of your dreams. Especially with all the Amiibos players are collecting, it would be great to have more of your favorite villagers live in your town at the same time.
These are some of our biggest wishes and dreams for a new Animal Crossing. We would love to hear what you would like to see in the next AC game. The Animal Crossing Mobile game is set to release in 2017, and is supposed to connect to a Nintendo Console based AC game according to Nintendo. While nothing has been confirmed, the frequent releases of the mobile version could hint at Nintendo holding back until they are read to unveil the Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing that will go along with the mobile version. We will learn more in the near future.
