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Post by Da Robot on Feb 3, 2020 15:23:07 GMT -5
On the topic of ports, Platinum Games has acquired the rights to the Wonderful 101 and is on Kickstarter for crowdsoucing ports to Switch, Steam, PS4 if the stretch goals are passed.
In the time it took to make this post the Switch goal has just been passed, so The Wonderful 101 is now coming to the Switch!
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Post by Nester the Lark on Feb 3, 2020 16:28:39 GMT -5
Well, there goes another one. I wonder why Nintendo is suddenly OK with their past exclusives going multi-platfom. What's next? Bayonetta 2 on Xbox Series X? Also, Wonderful 101 Remastered is apparently one of the " Platinum 4," which sounds like a play on "Capcom 5." I wonder if that's intentional. |
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Post by Leon on Feb 3, 2020 17:55:43 GMT -5
It looks like Nintendo is taking a page from Sega's book for W101. Let other people pay the cost, and get the brand exposure for free.
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Post by Da Robot on Feb 3, 2020 20:13:50 GMT -5
Steam and PS4 goals have been met. It's crazy how fast it's climbing it's at 1494% as of this post.
Wouldn't be surprised if Madworld or Anarchy Reins is part of the Platinum 4, if Platinum wants a constant of money to come in for self publishing, getting those game current day rereleases with PC versions (like Bayonetta 1 and Vanquish on Steam) should help them do that.
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Post by Da Robot on Mar 6, 2020 8:16:46 GMT -5
Reminder!
It's the last 6 hours before The Wonderful 101: Remastered Kickstarter ends.
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Post by Da Robot on May 14, 2020 20:36:50 GMT -5
Paper Mario: The Origami King for Switch was just suddenly announced.
Difficulty to tell at this point if its good N64/TTYD PM or post SS/CS type of PM.
At least the rotating battle field looks kinda interesting.
And a second punch from Intelligent Systems, the SNES Panel de Pon comes to the West with the Nintendo Switch Online service
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Post by Nester the Lark on Aug 5, 2020 9:20:38 GMT -5
Pikmin 3 Deluxe for Switch is a go. Available October 30.
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Post by Da Robot on Aug 5, 2020 21:16:09 GMT -5
Strange that the trailer mentions none of the additions to this version.
- 2p Co-op in the story mode (fucking finally!)
- New difficulty settings (to make it easier), new lock on targeting and optional hint system
- New side story missions with Olimar and Louie (set before and after the story of Pikmin 3)
- Pikopedia returns
- In game badges can be met by earning certain conditions
- All Mission Mode DLC included (also playable in co-op but I don't think that's new) with returning online leader boards
- Bingo Battle is still present
Also Pikmin 3 has pulled a DK: Tropical Freeze and has been removed from the Wii U eShop following this announcement of the Switch version.
In an interesting note this trailer was dropped on the 7th anniversary of Pikmin 3.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 1, 2020 10:15:52 GMT -5
Super Mario Bros. 35 is now available to Nintendo Switch Online members. It will be playable until March 31, 2021. (Why?)
I'm looking forward to giving this a try!
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Post by Evie ❤✿ on Oct 1, 2020 14:38:45 GMT -5
Me too! I hope after the end date it's not lost forever, maybe if the online game never comes back they could rework the game to be offline like the DLC Tetris 99 modes..
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 22, 2020 9:26:05 GMT -5
The original Famicom game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light is being officially localized into English and released in the West for the first time. It will be available digitally on Switch on December 4. There will also be a physical 30th Anniversary Edition. (EDIT: Seems the "physical" version is still just a digital download code.) EDIT 2: Seems the game will only be available until March 31, 2021. What's with Nintendo doing these limited releases lately? Official site.Well, this is a surprise. Didn't expect Nintendo to localize any of the older FE games, but this makes me wonder if more could be on the way. I imagine the original game hasn't aged so well, but the addition of the QoL improvements (rewind, fast-forward, bookmarks) should help. I've already played the DS remake, Shadow Dragon, via the Wii U Virtual Console, but I think this release would be worth supporting, especially for only US$5.99.
EDIT 3: Just noticed that the Anniversary Edition includes a poster that's a mock-up of what the Nintendo Power magazine cover might have looked like if the game had been localized back in the day. That's actually really cool! |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 22, 2020 20:59:34 GMT -5
So out of curiosity I looked at the US prices for NES games on the 3DS/Wii U and it seems to be a consistent $4.99 (games basically being unchanged from their original versions). On the 3DS, the Pokemon GB RPG are about double the price ($9.99 compared to other VC GB/GBC games at 4.99 or under) and that's because they got modified to have wireless multiplayer. There has to have been someone at Nintendo looking at the numbers of western people setting up Japanese Nintendo Switch accounts to play the Famicom games not available in the west and then asking the question "how difficult (and how much money) is it do localize a 30 year old Famicom game and enhance with a few QoL improvements and then sell it worldwide?" Because it's kinda impressive that it seems like they could have charged more (like US $9.99) for these changes. The limited time thing is utterly stupid though. Doing a timed release for a digital product ain't right, physical I could understand (like how they bundled Star Fox Guard with Zero for the first print run) but this is annoying and weird that it ends on Mar 31st again. |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Oct 23, 2020 7:56:09 GMT -5
All these changes, and they never thought of highlighting the units' movement range!? This seems to be overseas only. Makes sense, I guess, since Japan has access to it through regular Nintendo Switch Online. This Twitter reply pointed out that just porting the DS version might have been a better choice due to having more languages supported. I partly agree, but then again, original and the DS version are very different from each other. I guess the limited time offer has to do with the game being an anniversary celebration. A lot of the physical games they released in the past were limited too; they just didn't explicitly state so. This is unusual for a download-only game not bound by license, though. |
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Post by Leon on Oct 24, 2020 8:01:54 GMT -5
Porting the DS version would completely miss the point of doing this. It had to be the Famicom version.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Apr 7, 2021 9:05:28 GMT -5
Pac-Man 99 has been announced, and will be available very soon for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Seems cool. I look forward to trying it out. Also, late reply, but in regards to Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light... I guess the limited time offer has to do with the game being an anniversary celebration. A lot of the physical games they released in the past were limited too; they just didn't explicitly state so. This is unusual for a download-only game not bound by license, though. I think what might happen is that about a year from now (or sometime in 2022) it will be brought back and simply added to the Switch Online NES app in North America and Europe. I think they were just giving people a chance to own a copy before that. That's kind of what happened with Star Fox 2. Initially, it was only available on the SNES Mini/Classic, but a year later, it was added to the Switch Online SNES app. |
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