Category: Nintendo News

With SNK 40th Anniversary Collection just around the corner, NIS America has shared a new trailer which gives us a quick look at the first set of free DLC titles headed to the game.

If you haven’t already heard the news, the base collection – which is set to launch on 13th November – is going to be expanded with another ten games set to be added as free DLC. We first heard about this DLC last month, with Chopper I, Fantasy, Munch Mobile, Sasuke vs. Commander, and Time Soldiers all being revealed as the first half of the new batch, but now you can see them all in action for yourself.

If that’s not enough for you, treat yourself to a quick description of each title courtesy of NIS America’s PR:

Munch Mobile:
In Munch Mobile, control a car with a human limb and cruise through various scenic routes to reach your ultimate destination: the garage. Pick up various objects along the way, such as fruit and gas canisters. What a handy vehicle, don’t you think?

Fantasy:
Your sweetheart has been captured and it’s time to get her back in Fantasy! To rescue your loved one, trek through the wild jungles and soar above the sea—seems like nothing can get in between you and Sherry!

Sasuke vs. Commander:
As the title suggests, in Sasuke vs. Commander, you are the legendary shuriken-wielding ninja Sasuke. You must protect your master, the Shogun, against enemy ninja. Fulfill your duty in this classic set in feudal Kyoto!

Chopper I:
“Emergency! This is not a drill!” It doesn’t get much more metal than this! Shoot up tanks, ships, planes, and more to defend against enemy troops. See if you’ve got enough firepower to carry out your mission in Chopper I!

Time Soldiers:
Traverse through time with the “D-Scanner” to rescue your comrades in Time Soldiers. There’s just one caveat: if you’re not in the correct place in history, you must defeat that era’s boss before making the leap to the right time period your fellow soldier is trapped in.

These DLC titles will be released on 11th December, giving you just under a month to play through the main collection before they arrive. More details on the second batch of five DLC titles is expected to be released soon.

Are you planning on picking up a copy of SNK 40th Anniversary Collection? Let us know below with a comment.

Earlier this week, Skybound Games announced it would be hosting a Reddit AMA focused on The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Now that it’s wrapped up, here’s what we found out.

According to the company’s CEO Ian Howe, production of episode three and four is at a standstill. New release dates for the episodes will be announced as soon as possible – with Howe reiterating how there is no reason to hold back this information from fans. The most he was able to say in response to a question about the release, was that episode three would arrive between now and the end of the year:

OK, given that you guys have been so supportive and patient, I’m going out on a limb and will say yes, I fully expect Episode 3 to be this year and I’ll be very disappointed if we can’t make that happen.

While Howe confirmed episode three was on the way, episode four still needs work as production only recently started, as previously reported. Fortunately, the former Telltale staff members in talks with Skybound are eager to return and complete the season. The team members not returning have apparently been offered roles elsewhere. It’s just a matter of getting the legalities out of the way now so production on episode three and four can start up again.

Are interested in playing episode three and four of the final season? Are you glad to hear former Telltale staff completing The Final Season is the likely scenario at this stage? Tell us in the comments.

In line with Halloween, Nintendo has added Zombie Headwear and a Zombie Outfit to Super Mario Odyssey on the Switch. The dangerous headwear will cost 3,000 gold coins and the undead outfit will set you back 5,000 gold coins. This follows on from last month’s addition of a Conductor wig and outfit.

That’s not all, though. The update also adds new Manga, Tile, and Kaleidoscope filters to the Snapshot Mode. Take a look at all of the new content in the below tweets:

Does any of this content make you want to boot up the game right now? Will you be celebrating Halloween? What do you think about this undead version of Mario with an axe in his head? Tell us below.

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NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is now available on the Nintendo Switch. In the lead up to its release, Saber Interactive said it was hoping to bounce back from the original NBA Playgrounds game which had an incredibly bumpy launch on the Switch.

To help recover from this troubled period, the original game (including the DLC) is now no longer able to be purchased from online digital stores including Nintendo’s eShop on the Switch. There was no mention this would happen prior to the release of the sequel.

This decision seems like an easy way for 2K to redirect any potential buyers of the first game to the more expensive sequel – containing an updated roster, microtransactions and more. Users who have already bought the first game on the Switch will still be able to download the title.

How do you feel about no longer being able to purchase NBA Playgrounds? Did you expect something like this to happen given all the problems the original game had? Will you be picking up the sequel? Tell us in the comments.

Katamari Damacy Reroll arrives on the Switch at the end of November. This is the first time a game in the series will be made available on a Nintendo platform. As previously noted, it’s a slightly enhanced version of the original Namco title first released on the PlayStation 2 in 2004.

Interestingly, a new book about the game – due out later this week – has revealed the prototype of Katamari Damacy was on the GameCube. As the platform was apparently much more developer-friendly, Keita Takahashi and his inexperienced team at the time decided to work with Nintendo’s latest system. In saying this, the intention was always to release the game on the PlayStation 2:

Our engineer didn’t have much expertise, and neither did I, and the schedule was tight…So for these reasons we picked the Nintendo GameCube platform for prototyping. I wanted to use the PS2 controller though.

Not long ago, Takahashi said he was bothered by the “gap between story and the system” in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and confessed the Switch didn’t hold his attention after he was done with this game and Super Mario Odyssey. In the same interview, he also said how much he enjoyed The Last Guardian on the PlayStation 4. Regardless of his gaming preferences, without Nintendo, Katamari Damacy and future entries in the series may have never happened.

Knowing this, would you have liked a Katamari game on the GameCube? Are you excited about the upcoming release of Reroll on Switch? Are you a fan of Takahashi? Tell us below.

Citizens of America, the former and 44th president of the United States wants you to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

Sitting down with media company ATTN recently, Barack Obama made it clear he didn’t care about seven common excuses used by your friends for not voting. Right off the bat, the biggest reason “I don’t care about politics” was addressed. If that’s you, Obama has a special message. He doesn’t care about Pokémon but he knows it’s going to keep on coming back, just like we all do. That’s why you apparently need to vote.

Admittedly, it’s a bit of a questionable analogy. His point is, if you don’t vote, certain people will keep on returning and that’s exactly what these powerful figures want – for you to not be concerned about voting. Then when you opt out, it allows other people to fill that “void” and enables them to do nothing about the things you would like to see the government do. So if you want to stop any powerful leader’s plans from actually going ahead – throw them out by voting.

Take a look at the full list of excuses in the video tweet below:

Despite the odd comparison, Obama is probably right – Pokémon is going to keep coming back for a very long time. The upcoming release of Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! is proof of this.

Oh, and assuming you’re the legal voting age and live in America, you should probably vote in the upcoming election as well if you want to have your say.

People love to ride on Nintendo’s successes, even when they’re not terribly successful, such as the Wii U. So it’s no enormous surprise that Huawei compared their new ‘gaming phone’, the Mate 20 X, to the biggest cock of the handheld gaming walk, the Nintendo Switch.

Aside from the fact that claiming something as simply ‘better’ is abhorrently subjective, Huawei’s claims do seem rather optimistic, banking almost exclusively on the extra inch of screen and lasting twice as long each session. No mention of games, compatibility, or even good old fashioned buttons means that their bravado is a bit of a stretch in many people’s eyes.

It’s all just marketing talk of course, and in reality comparisons to other systems and claims of superiority are relatively commonplace, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to poke holes in them. So that’s why we went and did the video above, which we thoroughly recommend you watch with your eyeballs or similar seeing appendages.