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Here’s a closeup of the controller and screen for the Nintendo Switch
We still don’t know how much it’ll cost, but here’s our first up close and personal look at the Nintendo Switch. The top-loading Dock will connect to your television and players will be able to play their favorite games by sliding the detachable controllers into the Joy-Con Grip for a traditional feel or the display screen for a handheld experience.
“Nintendo Switch allows gamers the freedom to play however they like,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s President and COO. “It gives game developers new abilities to bring their creative visions to life by opening up the concept of gaming without boundaries.”
Presumably, the Pro Controller will be sold separately, but I’m hoping there’s an option for a dust cover for the Dock.
Publishers and developers like Activision, Electronic Arts, Capcom, and more sign on to support Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch’s “First Glimpse” video already gave us a look at Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and 2K’s NBA 2K17 running on the new hardware, but Nintendo has actually lined up dozens of publishing and development partners for the platform. From the biggest names (Activision, Electronic Arts, WB Games, Capcom) to smaller indies (Inti Creates, PlatinumGames, Arc System Works), your favorite game creators will definitely be well-represented on the Nintendo Switch:
Publishers/Developers Supporting the Nintendo Switch
- 505 Games
- Activision
- Arc System Works
- Atlus
- Bandai Namco
- Bethesda
- Capcom
- Codemasters
- DeNA
- Electronic Arts
- Epic Games
- FromSoftware
- Frozenbyte
- GameTrust
- Grasshopper Manufacture
- Gungho Online Entertainment
- Hamster Corporation
- Inti Creates
- Koei Tecmo
- Konami
- Level-5
- Marvelous
- Maximum Games
- Nippon Ichi
- Parity Bit
- PlatinumGames
- Sega
- Silicon Studio Corporation
- Spike Chunsoft
- Square Enix
- Starbreeze Studios
- Take-Two Interactive
- Telltale Games
- THQ Nordic
- Tokyo RPG Factory
- TT Games
- Ubisoft
- Ubitus
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
To help create the console’s game lineup, Nintendo also announced Switch support from a variety of engine makers and middleware tools:
Engines/Middleware Supported by the Nintendo Switch
- Audiokinetic
- Autodesk
- CRI Middleware
- Epic Games
- Firelight Technologies
- Havok
- RAD Game Tools
- RecoChoku
- Unity Technologies
- Web Technology Corp
We’ll have more news about the Nintendo Switch’s unveiling throughout the day.
Nintendo NX is a console/handheld hybrid officially known as Nintendo Switch
All the rumors are true. Nintendo’s NX console is actually a console/handheld hybrid known as the Nintendo Switch.
Set to launch in March 2017, games for the Switch will be released on cartridges and players will be able to “switch” between playing on their TV with the Switch Dock or taking them on the road with a tablet-sized screen and controllers that click into place on the edges. A “Pro Controller” option will also be available, and certain games will feature a Wii-style “Remote + Nunchuk” control scheme for gaming on the go (with a kickstand for the screen). If you’d prefer a more traditional setup, the controllers can be attached to a Joy-Con Grip to better emulate a regular controller.
So what else did we learn? For starters, beloved Bethesda RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be available for the Switch. 2K’s NBA 2K17 also made an appearance in the video.
Nintendo themselves gave us a quick glimpse at a brand new Super Mario 3D game, as well as remasters of (or possibly sequels to) Splatoon and Mario Kart 8. And, of course, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was also on display.
The final launch date and price will be announced at a later date, but I’m sure we’ll learn much more about the Switch throughout the day. And there’s always the Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal to look forward to in about an hour.
Nintendo Japan releases four Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailers ahead of NX unveiling
Nintendo will unveil their NX console in less than an hour, but did you know that the consolemaker secretly uploaded three new Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailers yesterday? Courtesy of Nintendo Japan, the trailers are titled “Risk,” “Revitalization,” “Weather,” and an untitled fourth clip.
Link explores the Temple of Time in “Risk,” and he also climbs Hyrule’s highest peaks and snowboards back down on his shield. Our hero takes care of some business in “Revitalization,” bashing monsters and putting his bow skills to good use. At one point, he even lights a club on fire and uses it to deliver a flaming knockout blow to an enemy.
“Weather” is a nearly static four-minute shot of a ruined boat that’s sitting in front of an equally dilapidated building with a formidable castle and Death Mountain loom in the background. Finally, the untitled trailer features an extended time-lapse of the game’s day-night cycle. All four trailers can be found after the break.
And don’t forget about the many (many, many, many) mini-trailers Nintendo has released for the game over the past few months.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be released for the NX and Wii U sometime next year (more…)
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Tagged The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo will unveil the NX on October 20 at 10 AM Eastern Time
It’s happening! It’s finally happening! Nintendo has announced they will officially unveil their mysterious NX console on October 20, which is tomorrow by the way, with a special “Preview Trailer”:
Be among the first to discover #NX. Watch the Preview Trailer at 7am PT/10am ET! pic.twitter.com/R2QTzjyLUo
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 20, 2016
The “Preview Trailer” will go live at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time), giving Nintendo fans a whole hour to freak out before Rockstar delivers the first trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 at 11:00. Are the two connected somehow? Nobody knows… but we’ll find out for sure in just 13 hours.
Xbox Store Today: Battlefield 1 Early Enlister Edition, Batman Return to Arkham, Rock Band 4 Rivals, more
We’ve got re-releases, expansions, and one of the first games to ever focus on The Great War in today’s Xbox Games Store update.
Rather than return to the well-trod battlefields of World War I, EA and DICE turned back the clock even further for Battlefield 1. The “Early Enlister Edition” is now available to download on the Xbox One, and it includes the full World War I shooter, as well as an assortment of bonus content.
Also available this week is Batman: Return to Arkham, which travels back to the beginnings of Rocksteady’s critically-acclaimed trilogy and adds in “fully remastered and updated visuals” and all the previously-released downloadable content.
Over on the Xbox 360 side of the Xbox Games Store, players will be able to continue Batman: The Telltale Series with this week’s launch of Episode 2: Children of Arkham.
Finally this week, Rock Band 4 will expand thanks to the release of the brand new Rivals expansion. Players will be able to tackle a campaign mode for the first time in “Rockudrama,” and they’ll battle it out with others online in “Rivals Mode.”
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: The Telltale Series, Battlefield 1, Rock Band 4
The apocalypse is delayed… THQ Nordic will release Darksiders: Warmastered Edition on November 22
THQ Nordic has announced the Darksiders: Warmastered Edition won’t be finished in time for its previously-announced October 25 release date. Instead, the remaster will now be released for the Wii U (eShop only), PS4, and Xbox One on November 22. PC players will also be able to pick it up on November 29, but Wii U owners looking to purchase a disc-based copy of Darksiders: Warmastered Edition will have to wait until “a later date” to find it on store shelves.
The Warmastered Edition of Darksiders will take the original apocalyptic action game and polish it up for today’s newest platforms using improved graphical rendering to present the action in 60FPS (30 FPS on the Wii U) with 1080p visuals, better shadow quality, doubled resolution on all textures, and new post-processing effects.
THQ Nordic is also working on a third entry in the Darksiders franchise, but it may be quite a while before we hear anything official about Darksiders III.
New Persona 5 trailer introduces players to “The Protagonist”
Atlus has released a new Persona 5 trailer introducing fans to “The Protagonist,” the leader of the Phantom Thieves and the RPG’s main character. To go along with this reveal, the publisher has also announced a portion of the game’s English voice cast:
Persona 5 Voice Cast
- Xander Mobus as The Protagonist
- Cassandra Morris as Morgana
- Max Mittelman as Ryuji Sakamoto
- Erika Harlacher as Ann Takamaki
- Matt Mercer as Yusuke Kitagawa
- Cherami Leigh as Makoto Niijima
- Erica Lindbeck as Futaba Sakura
- Xanthe Huynh as Haru Okumura
- Robbie Daymond as Goro Akechi
“We at Atlus USA take pride in the quality and care we put into casting and dubbing for our games, and Persona 5 is no exception,” said Yu Namba, Persona 5’s Project Lead and Recording Supervisor. “This is a completely new cast of characters, so we started with a blank slate in bringing life to them with our stellar cast of voice actors. It’s hard saying goodbye to the cast of previous Persona games, but we hope to bring an entirely new tone with a new set of actors for this game.”
Persona 5 will be released for the PS4 and PS3 on February 14, 2017. But in the meantime, you can find a Q&A video with the actor behind The Protagonist, Xander Mobus, after the break. (more…)