S.C.G Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 20) The twentieth week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Square Enix Pursue Multiplatform Strategy Shin Megami Tensei V eShop Removal The Land Beneath Us - Launch Trailer Braid, Anniversary Edition - Out Now Game Boy NSO – May 2024 Game Updates – Super Mario Land Biomutant – Launch Trailer Fashion Dreamer - Retro Pop Fair Update Splatoon 3 Free Update – Sizzle Season 2024 Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble - Characters & Customisation Trailer Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - Launch Trailer See you next week!
Josh64 Posted May 20 Posted May 20 I'm running out of steam in my day to day life atm, but it just so happens that Nintendo and the Switch have been the same this past week, so while I haven't had the drive to post much, thankfully there wasn't much missed either! Hopefully I get a boost in the coming week or two! I do wonder what Nintendo's social media accounts will post when Paper Mario is out, they have been living on a diet of short Paper Mario clips for over a month now lol
darksnowman Posted May 20 Posted May 20 34 minutes ago, Josh64 said: I'm running out of steam in my day to day life atm, but it just so happens that Nintendo and the Switch have been the same this past week, so while I haven't had the drive to post much, thankfully there wasn't much missed either! Hopefully I get a boost in the coming week or two! I do wonder what Nintendo's social media accounts will post when Paper Mario is out, they have been living on a diet of short Paper Mario clips for over a month now lol A little lull before the June Direct. Mixed in with the trailers, I saw an advert for Luigi's Mansion 2 at the cinema so that could be what they move on to promoting next. Looked far better on the big screen than TotK! Did you ever get Plumbers Don't Wear Ties reviewed? This week sees the release of a seminal RPG, upgraded, QoL enhanced, and streamlined for the modern audience: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. The Switch/ eShop has been tremendous for bringing these kinds of games our way. Just a pity about the pricing—£35 (at least there's 10% off to begin with). It's done by Digital Eclipse. I was able to nab Turtles Cowabunga Collection on the cheap so hoping Wizardry will be ripe for price reduction too. 1 1
Josh64 Posted May 22 Posted May 22 On 20/05/2024 at 2:35 PM, darksnowman said: A little lull before the June Direct. Mixed in with the trailers, I saw an advert for Luigi's Mansion 2 at the cinema so that could be what they move on to promoting next. Looked far better on the big screen than TotK! Did you ever get Plumbers Don't Wear Ties reviewed? This week sees the release of a seminal RPG, upgraded, QoL enhanced, and streamlined for the modern audience: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. The Switch/ eShop has been tremendous for bringing these kinds of games our way. Just a pity about the pricing—£35 (at least there's 10% off to begin with). It's done by Digital Eclipse. I was able to nab Turtles Cowabunga Collection on the cheap so hoping Wizardry will be ripe for price reduction too. That looks like a cool dungeon crawler! I would definitely be interested if it was cheaper, so we'll see. I'm glad to hear Luigi's Mansion has fared better, I saw an ad for TOTK in the cinema too, before the Mario movie I think, and it looked really rough. Not sure if that's just what 720p looks like blown up on the big screen or if for some reason the advert was even lower quality than in-game! I haven't got Plumbers Don't Wear Ties yet! It definitely would have been something I'd have enjoyed back in the day for laughs, but doesn't seem my bag anymore, especially not now we don't get actual review codes and I'd have to buy it myself 1 1
S.C.G Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 21) The twenty-first week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Celebrate 15 Years of Minecraft! Get Dot’s Quaxly in Pokémon Scarlet or Violet! Monster Hunter Stories - Overview Trailer Nintendo Acquires Shiver Entertainment Paper Trail – Launch Trailer Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – Out Now! Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Worldwide Beta Test Demo – Story Mode Suika Game Multiplayer DLC Now Live Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Out now! Wave 1 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Icons Available Now Duck Detective – Launch Trailer Bread & Fred – Launch Trailer Dave the Diver X Godzilla - Free DLC Nintendo Announces Plans for Official Store in San Francisco Nintendo Switch is Best Selling Console Ever in Japan See you next week! 2 1
darksnowman Posted May 27 Posted May 27 There's a short demo for Duck Detective. 10-15 minutes depending on if you skip through the text or listen to it. You're tasked with checking around for clues in the form of keywords that you use to fill in the blanks in sentences and gather intel on characters... i.e. make deducktions. It seems pretty cool though being able to navigate through the menus with the dpad would be the icing on the cake. Yes, it has a dedicated quack button. 2
Jonnas Posted May 28 Posted May 28 13 hours ago, darksnowman said: There's a short demo for Duck Detective. 10-15 minutes depending on if you skip through the text or listen to it. You're tasked with checking around for clues in the form of keywords that you use to fill in the blanks in sentences and gather intel on characters... i.e. make deducktions. It seems pretty cool though being able to navigate through the menus with the dpad would be the icing on the cake. Yes, it has a dedicated quack button. Thank you for mentioning the demo. Tried it out, and liked what I played. Besides oozing with silly charm, this is a detective game that actually throws legit red herrings at you, you'd think that would be the default design choice, but somehow, it's rare to see such a thing in the genre. Will be keeping an eye out for this.
S.C.G Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 22) The twenty-second week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is UK Number 1 Paper Mario Notebook Available on My Nintendo Rewards Make Your Own Paper Plane with John “The Paper Airplane Guy” Collins Trapped Pikmin Controller Available in UK Great Deku Tree LEGO Revealed! Wave 2 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door NSO Icons Now Available Paper Mario Snapchat Filter! Capes – Launch Trailer Echoes – Out Now! Xuan Yuan Sword 7 – Out Now! Mezmeratu – Out Now! Umbraclaw – Free Demo See you next week! 3
darksnowman Posted June 4 Posted June 4 On 03/06/2024 at 2:39 AM, S.C.G said: Umbraclaw – Free Demo Downloaded this demo due to seeing it flagged up on N-E but yet to try it. Kittey 64 looks all right, though not totally like an N64 game. I have gold coins to get through by the end of July so I'm going to keep it in mind.
darksnowman Posted June 7 Posted June 7 EGGCONSOLE Sorcerian PC-8801mkIISR comes out next week, on 13th June. It will be £5.39. The main game and gallery are in Japanese, How to Play and other menus are in English. There's a video through the link.
darksnowman Posted June 9 Posted June 9 There's a little demo for On Your Tail (has been shown in some previous Directs/Showcases). In it, you're tasked with two things: look into a robbery and a go for a walk/ tour with another character. I also played marbles with him. It wasn't massively exciting but apparently you'll be doing similar activities with other characters in the full thing. You're always amassing a stash of cards on characters and everything which you can rotate to check the info on the back of each. The way the investigation part worked is pretty cool—you use your chronomer (?) to look around and find out what changed during the crime—like a hat knocked to the ground—then when you've got all the clues, you're presented with a top-down miniature of the scene and you have to put the clues/events in order to solve what went down. Kinda nifty. Seems like fun. You can pick up a fishing rod and go fishing too by pressing right on the d-pad. If you try to nosey around too much, it comments on there being invisible walls as it is only a demo. Lacks a touch of optimisation with loading (on Switch, anyway) as a new area will appear then disappear into the void before it fully loads back in. Otherwise, it looks pretty swish and like some care has gone into it. Something to point you in the direction of your chosen objective might be handy too.
S.C.G Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 23) The twenty-third week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Patch Ver 1.0.5 Available Now Star Wars Hunters – Launches Tomorrow! Kittey 64 – Available Now Donkey Kong Arcade NSO Icons Available Now The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak – Free Demo Democracy 4: Console Edition – Out Now! Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble - Sonic Team Reveal Trailer Play Hollow Knight for Free with Nintendo Switch Online! Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online June Update – MEGA MAN! Sonic x Shadow Generations - Summer Game Fest Trailer LEGO Horizon Adventures Announced for Switch Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Announced for Switch Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge – Out Now! See you next week! 3
Jonnas Posted June 14 Posted June 14 On 03/06/2024 at 2:39 AM, S.C.G said: Umbraclaw – Free Demo I played this for a bit before going on holidays. It's a good platforming game, albeit one where the main character feels very fragile. To my surprise, the power-ups you get each time you die are random. I can see a game like this have immense replayability. In that sense, it's classic IntiCreates: they always want the player to practise and improve a variety of platforming skills. I can see this becoming a hidden gem. 1
S.C.G Posted June 17 Posted June 17 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 24) The twenty-fourth week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Hogwarts Legacy Summer Update Dredge - The Iron Rig DLC Announced X/Twitter Integration Discontinued on Nintendo Switch Final Wave of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Icons Available Now Boomerang Fu - Just Desserts DLC Life is Strange: Double Exposure – Extended Gameplay Minecraft – Tricky Trials Update Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP Announced Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – Out Now! Monster Hunter Stories – Out Now! Shovel Knight Free DLC! Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX Announced for Nintendo Switch Fashion Dreamer Update 7 - Fairy Tale Fair Update See you next week! 1 1
Julius Posted June 20 Posted June 20 Metroid Prime Remastered is 30% off (down to £24.49) and Metroid Dread is 33% off (down to £33.29) on the eShop until 30th June, following this week's Metroid news in the Direct. If you've been holding out for a digital version of these games for whatever reason, I guess now might be the time to pick them up!
darksnowman Posted June 22 Posted June 22 On 29/12/2023 at 8:26 PM, Hero-of-Time said: This was released today. It's got good reviews on Steam and the reviewer over on NintendoLife liked it a lot. For the sake of £4, I'm tempted to give it a whirl. Thanks for highlighting this. Spotted it on sale so I went ahead and got it since I've gold points expiring and was in the market for something finishable in short order. Chico and the Magic Orchards DX fit the bill nicely. After a mere three play sessions I finished it with all the accomplishments bar play it on Tough as a Nut difficulty. It's a fun little game that makes good use of a simple mechanic—rolling a nut around and the handful of different ways that's employed. I thought it was a nice touch the Gameboy-green colour palette is called Windfish. 1
Glen-i Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, darksnowman said: Thanks for highlighting this. Fun coincidence, I bought it too. Haven't started it yet, mind. But I bought it because of H-o-T's write up in the Gaming Diary thread. Developers might have to start paying him for advertising at this rate. Edited June 22 by Glen-i 1
S.C.G Posted June 24 Posted June 24 Nintendo eShop new releases (week 25) The twenty-fifth week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Nintendo Direct 18/06/24 to be broadcast tomorrow Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Set for April 2026 NSO App Redesign Nintendo Direct 18/06/2024 Roundup Nintendo 64 Mature App Available Now Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime NSO Icons Available Now Moonstone Island – Available Now! Everafter Falls – Launch Trailer Fae Farm Free Content Update – Skies Of Azoria Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble – ‘SEGA Pass’ Content Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Releases July Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Announced See you next week! 1
darksnowman Posted June 24 Posted June 24 On 22/06/2024 at 1:52 PM, Glen-i said: Fun coincidence, I bought it too. Haven't started it yet, mind. But I bought it because of H-o-T's write up in the Gaming Diary thread. Developers might have to start paying him for advertising at this rate. There's so much on the eShop, I feel whenever anything gets singled out it's usually worth hearting it onto the wishlist for later consideration. As long as you've your expectations calibrated, I'm sure you'll get some enjoyment from Chico and the Magic Orchards DX too.
Josh64 Posted June 24 Posted June 24 15 hours ago, S.C.G said: Nintendo eShop new releases (week 25) The twenty-fifth week of releases. A selection of new titles are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Check the article for the full roundup. - - - - - Thanks to @Josh64 for the recently posted articles, which include... Nintendo Direct 18/06/24 to be broadcast tomorrow Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Set for April 2026 NSO App Redesign Nintendo Direct 18/06/2024 Roundup Nintendo 64 Mature App Available Now Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime NSO Icons Available Now Moonstone Island – Available Now! Everafter Falls – Launch Trailer Fae Farm Free Content Update – Skies Of Azoria Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble – ‘SEGA Pass’ Content Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Releases July Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Announced See you next week! Good work on the direct coverage this week Sammy lad! 1
Josh64 Posted June 26 Posted June 26 On 22/06/2024 at 1:52 PM, Glen-i said: Fun coincidence, I bought it too. Haven't started it yet, mind. But I bought it because of H-o-T's write up in the Gaming Diary thread. Developers might have to start paying him for advertising at this rate. I thought I was having some crazy form of deja vu as I definitely remembered seeing that cute cover art, then realised the quoted message was from months ago lol. I'm NOT going crazy 🤣 https://www.n-europe.com/news/chico-and-the-magic-orchards-out-now/
Julius Posted June 28 Posted June 28 On 6/20/2024 at 11:13 AM, Julius said: Metroid Prime Remastered is 30% off (down to £24.49) and Metroid Dread is 33% off (down to £33.29) on the eShop until 30th June, following this week's Metroid news in the Direct. If you've been holding out for a digital version of these games for whatever reason, I guess now might be the time to pick them up! Reminder that the Prime Remastered and Dread sale comes to an end on Sunday!
Hero-of-Time Posted June 29 Posted June 29 (edited) I never knew this was a thing! I played and loved the first game on the PS4 last year. Chuffed that it got a sequel. Edited June 29 by Hero-of-Time
darksnowman Posted June 30 Posted June 30 Did anyone end up getting TOEM: A Photo Adventure? I've spent a lovely eight hours going through the main game plus an extra area they've bolted on. Honestly, within the first few minutes of starting, I was feeling some buyer's remorse but when I got the bus to the first proper area and started to see what the game would be asking of me, I was on board. It's sort of like an adventure point-and-click game where you become very familiar with your surroundings, snap pics rather than pick up and use items (though you do obtain a couple of things) to tick quests off your list in each area. You don't have to do them all; a certain amount will let you move on. There were a few headscratchers which ended up being tasks you complete across several locations and right at the end I was doing laps looking for the final plant to water and of course it had been right in front of me the entire time. Once you start picking up on what you will be looking for it's easy to take worthwhile pics as you go for potential use later. Each area has more to do than the last, so it was beginning to look a bit daunting as quests started to have multiple requirements, but once you've seen every screen you quickly get the lay of the land and it feels good to figure out the solutions. Cool game. Tons of heart. The credits showed some of the pics I'd taken which was a very nice touch to personalise it. And yes, there is a moment of colour. 2
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