Nintendo made $10.8 billion in FY24 with mobile and IP income up 81.6% (www.pocketgamer.biz)
[Official] Switch 2 will be announced this fiscal year + June direct confirmed (twitter.com)
This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software...
Rocket Knight Re-Sparked! Collection | Pre-Order Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Funko Fusion – Reveal Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Coming September 13
Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns (www.engadget.com)
WTF - That’s a lot of repos… -.-
What are you playing this weekend? 2024-05-05
Finished Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s a really good game, very polished, visuals and sound are great, but some part of design feels a bit dated, or well they require very twitchy reflexes. Other than that though, loved the game. Highly recommended for any metroidvania fans....
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Switch spotted on US ratings board website (www.eurogamer.net)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy for Switch launches May 21 in the west (www.gematsu.com)
Digital only.
SummerCart64 open source N64 flash cart revealed — turns a regular console into a Nintendo 64DD (www.tomshardware.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/12125574...
Accessory maker MobaPad says that Switch 2 will accept Switch cartridges and extra Joy-Con buttons (arstechnica.com)
MobaPad is a Switch controller and game case maker (that I have never heard of), so they should have reliable info. They said that:...
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter – Gameplay Reveal Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Coming 2024...
Beyond Galaxyland – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Coming 2024
The Smurfs – Dreams – Reveal Teaser – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
What are you playing this weekend? 2024-04-28
Playing Kingdom Come Deliverance. Tried fighting a few people / bandits, but they just kill me so easily, apparently I have to take it slow, and do other stuff to get strong (or I can just rush the main quest which is easier, but I don’t to do that)....
Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sweep the Board! – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
SaGa Emerald Beyond – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Another Crab's Treasure – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Hearing good things about it. Though there are some performance issues (on Switch), specially in handheld mode....
Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility (www.eurogamer.net)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
This is how I would approach a Switch 2 release if I were Nintendo.
I’ve been recently thinking about how a logical approach could be taken with the release of a Switch 2 and how Nintendo could give it a good first few years. I’m no professional in marketing or business (far from it), but I do still have some opinions. I feel that what the Switch 2 as a console could or should be like has...
Nintendo 64 – April 2024 Game Updates – Nintendo Switch Online (youtu.be)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)
Coming later this year.