Nintendo will reward Switch early adaptors with a chance to try out this summer’s upcoming Splat Fest Splatoon 2 for one weekend only. After showing the game off during the Nintendo Switch reveal event last month members of the press & public got the chance to go hands on with the game and now the most hardcore Nintendo fans will get a similar chance for three days at the end of March. Ninty will run 6 hour long...
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Snakebyte Announces Line of Accessories For Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s upcoming hybrid Switch console doesn’t have an official release date, only a handful of confirmed titles or price but accessory creator Snakebyte have taken the opportunity to announce a line of accessories for the upcoming console at CES 2017. The first of these accessories is a foldable headset that the company is the perfect companion for the tablet console. Here is how Snakebyte described the foldable headset: “Ideal for on-the-go gaming, the Foldable Headset features powerful 40mm drivers for...
Continue reading...Report: Nintendo Switch Will Have GameCube Virtual Console Support
Nintendo’s next console may come with support for GameCube virtual console titles if tweet by a well known industry insider is to correct. The deputy news editor for outlet EuroGamer, which originally broke the news of the detachable Nintendo Switch “Joy-Cons”, has posted on twitter that the upcoming Nintendo Switch will have GameCube emulation support for the third iteration of the Virtual Console. Here is the original tweet by Tom Phillips that has set a wave of...
Continue reading...Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Trailer Leaks Ahead of NX Reveal
A brand new, unreleased trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has leaked onto Youtube ahead of the official reveal of Nintendo’s code name NX. This new trailer features a number of elements about the next Zelda title that are brand new – such as the inclusion of striking lightening and rain effects, the ability for Link to use a large leaf to propel a small makeshift raft forward and the return of shield-boarding!...
Continue reading...Nintendo to unveil NX tomorrow morning
Nintendo gave the world a brief heads up minutes ago that their long awaited next generation platform will be unveilled TOMORROW! The new console, which is thus far surrounded in mystery, will be unveilled in a special Nintendo Direct presentation. The presentation will be broadcast simultaneously worldwide with the direct happening at 7:00 AM on the west coast and at 10:00 AM eastern time.
Continue reading...Nintendo Dropping EU Retail Orders For The Wii U Should Be Cause For Concern
Word came out earlier today that retailers in the European Union have until the end of this month – just 7 days from now – to get their final orders in for Wii U hardware. None of this has been confirmed by Nintendo themselves but at least one twitter user corroborated the original GameSeek report that broke the story. With six months to go before Nintendo’s next generation console – code named NX – launches and no official reveal...
Continue reading...Bplus bringing Tank it! to Steam and NX
Independent game developer Bplus announces a new game coming to both Steam and the Nintendo NX. Their new war simulation game Tank it! will be released on Steam in the fall and follow on the Nintendo NX in 2017. Bplus plans Tank it! to be a realistic and bloody war simulation game designed to show how brutal and dangerous war really is. In Tank it! you command a drone to remotely control a heavy tank. You receive...
Continue reading...Ubisoft CEO Says That Nintendo NX Will Bring Back The Casual Audience
Nintendo’s next generation console, currently code-named “NX” is still shrouded in mystery but one particular outspoken advocate of the console, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, says that what he has seen looks very promising. Not only is touting the capabilities of this new console but also making the bold prediction that it will bring back the casual audience to the Nintendo brand. Here’s is how WCF Tech described Mr.Guillemot remarks on a recent company conference call with investors:...
Continue reading...Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild Live Experience Proves Critics Were Wrong
Critics of Nintendo’s E3 2016 strategy wondered just how the company could have a strong showing with just one game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild playable at their booth. Now that the dust has settled it is quite clear that the big N made the right call in putting all of the cucco eggs in one basket and trusting in the Hero of Time. Not only did Nintendo bring one of the most refreshing...
Continue reading...The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at E3
Nintendo spent much of Tuesday spotlighting and showing off The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and it looks amazing. In the little that was previously revealed about the game, one of the things that was touted was the amount of open world there would be in the game. And in what was shown so far at E3 that is an understatement. The world is immense, and only a small fraction of that world was shown...
Continue reading...Nintendo NX Dated For March 2017, Newest Zelda To Launch for NX / Wii U
Some huge news came out of the Nintendo Japan financial call for investors this morning relating to Nintendo’s next console, codenamed NX, and the next The Legend of Zelda game. It is typical for companies to slide little tidbits of unknown information in their investor’s reports or on earnings calls in order to assure investors that the company is heading in a safe direction. Confirmed via Nintendo of America’s official Twitter account, as well as on Nintendo of...
Continue reading...[Rumor] Smash 4, Splatoon, Zelda Wii U & Mario Maker All In Development For NX
Yet another day means yet another round of supposed leaks for the Nintendo NX. As with anything related to the unannounced console, take these with a grain of salt because we all remember how that supposed controller leak went down last month. This last news comes by the way of multiple NeoGaf threads and a locked Twitter account belonging to a known industry insider. The Legend of Zelda For Wii U has long been rumored to be...
Continue reading...Nintendo NX Reportedly Running On x86 Architecture
Verified leaker untypedhero on Reddit who is known to have industry connections with inside knowledge about Nintendo’s next console has posted a few new tidbits of information about the NX. Reported the upcoming system will run on the x86-64 architecture similar to the processors that power modern computers, PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. Other information that has come to light includes the fact that the NX will report second screen integration of some kind, will allow users...
Continue reading...Ubisoft Files New Beyond Good & Evil Trademark
Ubisoft has filed for a brand new trademark that would cover the oft thought abandoned Beyond Good & Evil franchise. This new trademark would cover game software, clothing, online components to game software and interestingly paper products. While I doubt we could be seeing a BG&E pen & paper RPG, perhaps this new filing lends some credibility to the rumor from earlier in the year that Beyond Good & Evil 2 would be revealed as a Nintendo NX...
Continue reading...Those NX leaks were all fake
It was too good to be true, the NX news which we reported on last week has been exposed as fake. The images which were first revealed in this reddit post have been revealed to be fake. Their creator took to youtube to discuss how he managed to create the 3D printed “prototype” In the video which is right after the jump you can see his whole design process and how he took the current bevy of rumors...
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