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Nintendo Switch Presentation: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is officially coming to the Switch
Hold on to your hats… Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch.
The action RPG is currently in development at Monolith Soft and features Executive Direction by Tetsuya Takahashi, Character Design by Masatsugu Saito, and Music by Yasunori Mitsuda. Aside from the rather gorgeous trailer embedded above, that’s about all we know at this point.
A release date for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be announced at a later date.
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Two new Zelda Breath of the Wild Amiibo figures announced
As if we didn’t already receive enough Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild news, Nintendo also announced that two additional Amiibo figures will be available. Zelda and a Bokoblin will be released alongside the game (and the Switch console) on March 3, 2017.
They’ll be priced at $15.99 apiece, Have a look at them right here:
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Ultra Street Fighter II adds Evil Ryu and Violent Ken
The World Warriors will return to a Nintendo console in a big way with Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers. More than a mere re-release of the classic fighting game, Capcom will add two new characters to the game, along with giving players a choice between high definition remastered sprites created by UDON Entertainment and the original pixel-art graphics.
The Capcom-Unity blog has more details about the two new characters, Evil Ryu and Violent Ken:
For the first time in nearly 20 years, since Super Street Fighter II, two new characters join the fight; Evil Ryu and Violent Ken. This version of Ryu has succumbed to the Satsui no Hado and is now obsessed with fighting in order to prove he is the strongest. His former honorable self has been purged, allowing him to enjoy absolute power and embrace an unquenchable bloodthirst for battle.
Violent Ken is the result of M. Bison kidnapping and brainwashing Ken, enhancing his abilities with Psycho Power and twisting his brotherly rivalry with Ryu into hatred. Violent Ken is more ruthless, aggressive, and fearless with moves that feature purple flames instead of his signature fire.
A release date wasn’t announced for Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, but Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono will appear on Nintendo’s Treehouse Live later today with a live gameplay walkthrough.
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, Street Fighter II
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition and Master Edition revealed
Not content to thrill us with an actual release date for the Switch console and the next Zelda game, Nintendo also unveiled two collector’s editions for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will provide players with a landmark Nintendo Switch experience on the system’s launch day in March, and will be available as a standard edition, Special Edition and Master Edition. The Special Edition includes the game, a Nintendo Switch Sheikah Slate Carrying Case, Sheikah Eye Collectible Coin, Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon Tapestry and Weather-Worn Map, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection CD for a suggested retail price of $99.99. The Master Edition includes all of those items plus a Master Sword of Resurrection figure, and has a suggested retail price of $129.99.
A closer look at the Special Edition is available at the top of this article, and the Master Edition can be found after the break.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the Nintendo Switch console will launch on March 3. (more…)
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Super Bomberman R brings the series back this March
That mysterious Bomberman game that made an appearance during the Switch’s “Sizzle Reel” is Super Bomberman R, and it’ll be released for Nintendo’s next console this March.
Super Bomberman R will include a full Story Mode (for one or two players), enhanced graphics, epic boss battles, and an eight-player Battle Mode.
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, Super Bomberman R
Nintendo Switch Presentation: Fire Emblem Warriors will slash its way to stores this Fall
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are teaming up again to create a Warriors game based on a Nintendo franchise. This time around, the two companies will give fans Fire Emblem Warriors… which will be available for the Switch this Fall.
This short teaser trailer is all we’ve got right now… so I guess it’s time to start speculating!
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Tagged Fire Emblem Warriors, Nintendo Switch Presentation
Nintendo Switch Presentation: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launches on March 3
Finally! After years and years of waiting, Nintendo has, at long last, announced the final and true release date for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The highly-anticipated game will hit the Nintendo Switch on March 3rd, the same day that the system launches.
Nintendo also graced us with a cinematic trailer for Breath of the Wild, and I have to say, the game looks simply amazing.
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Tagged Nintendo Switch Presentation, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Switch Presentation: More than 80 games in development including Minecraft, Street Fighter II, Bomberman, more
During Nintendo’s Switch Presentation, several developers took the stage (both live and virtually) to announce games that they have in development for the new console. More than 80 games were confirmed to be in the works, and we here at Warp Zoned compiled a list of the games announced during the presentation.
We caught a few that we’ve seen before:
- Dragon Quest X
- Dragon Quest XI: In Search of the Departed Time
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- NBA 2K18
- Project Sonic
A few that are currently available or coming soon to other consoles:
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- Dragon Quest Heroes I & II
- Farming Simulator 17
- FIFA Soccer
- I Am Setsuna
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
- Minecraft: Story Mode
- Rayman Legends
- Skylanders Imaginators
- Sonic Mania
- Street Fighter II
- Syberia 3
And a few brand new games that we should learn more about soon:
- Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei V (Working Title)
- Frozenbyte’s Has-Been Heroes
- Konami’s Super Bomberman R
- Nintendo’s Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together
- Shin’in’s FAST RMX
- Square Enix’s Project Octopath Traveler (Working Title)
- Suda51’s untitled No More Heroes sequel
And I know there’s some I missed, so don’t forget to watch the video!
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