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Nintendo has announced three more indie titles that will be launching on the Switch’s digital eShop on March 3rd, and that it will be home to over 60 ‘Nindie’ titles by the end of this year. Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and …
Read More »Disgaea 5 Complete release date confirmed for May on Switch
Disgaea 5 Complete will launch on the Nintendo Switch on May 26th 2017, MCV can reveal. The Switch port of the PS4 title, Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance, was originally slated for Spring 2017, but NIS America has now confirmed to MCV that the game will be arriving in May. …
Read More »UPDATED: Snake Pass slithers onto Nintendo Switch on March 29th
UPDATED: Sumo Digital has confirmed that Snake Pass will be launching on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 29th in the UK, a day later than in the US. The game will also support Sony’s PS4 Pro at launch with enhanced, HDR visuals, a higher resolution …
Read More »2D Zelda ‘definitely a possibility’ on Switch, says Aonuma
With the Nintendo Switch capable of producing huge 3D worlds, it looked like the days of the publisher’s 2D Zelda titles might be numbered. However, in a new interview with Game Informer, series producer Eiji Aonuma has said that a 2D Zelda for Switch is "definitely a possibility." The handheld …
Read More »Switch’s Joy-Con controllers are key to understanding console’s value, says Koizumi
Nintendo has been grabbling with the price of the Switch ever since it announced it would cost 279 in the UK back in January. At this price, the console is more expensive than both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it doesn’t have the added bonus of coming with …
Read More »1-2-Switch strong enough to warrant standalone release, says Nintendo’s Takahashi
Switch director and general manager Shinya Takahashi has defended Nintendo’s decision to keep Switch launch title 1-2-Switch as a separate piece of software rather than tie-in bundle title. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, he said the quality of the title was good enough for it to stand apart …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to launch with LAN support and spectator mode
Nintendo has confirmed that Splatoon 2 will feature LAN support and a spectator mode in an attempt to make it as easy as possible for people to run tournaments. Up to 10 docked Switch consoles can be put on the same LAN network to allow for offline play, however observers …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to receive global testfire on Switch from March 24th
Nintendo’s inky online shooter Splatoon 2 is getting an early demo on Switch at the end of March. The game itself isn’t due to launch until sometime this summer, but Nintendo will be holding its first ‘global testfire’ for the game between March 24th and March 26th, giving players another …
Read More »Miyamoto: PC games will take less than a year to port to Switch
"Third-party developers who are making software for PC can now easily adapt that software to work on our platform,"
Read More »Nintendo’s Kimishima says 3DS will ‘co-exist’ with Switch
Nintendo has once again stated that the 3DS has a long life ahead of it, despite the company’s upcoming Switch launch. Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told investors at a Q&A meeting that he believes the 3DS can continue to "co-exist" with the Switch for the foreseeable future. "Nintendo 3DS is …
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