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  • New Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Coming Next Week, Will Destroy Your Replays

    If you’ve logged onto Super Smash Bros. Ultimate recently, you may have noticed a message about Update 1.2.0 coming out “next week.” While we don’t know what it will do, the most important takeaway is that the update will kill any in-game replays that have been saved. There is a process by which you can save your replays, but you’ll have to act before the update comes out.

    You need to go to the Vault, click on Replays, and then go to Replay Data. From there, you can convert your replays into videos that are saved to your Switch as opposed to your Ultimate game file. As a warning, videos are saved on your system as opposed to a cloud so they will take up quite a bit of storage space if you try to keep a lot of them. Nintendo hasn’t revealed the exact day that Version 1.2.0 of Ultimate goes live, so it’s probably wise to convert the replays you want to save sooner rather than later.

    Nintendo also hasn’t released the patch notes for this newest update so it’s unknown what it will change exactly. Ultimate’s Day One update addressed issues with the replay system though, so this may be a follow-up that fixes any lingering problems.

    If you’re struggling with Ultimate, we have a few guides to help you out. If this is your first Smash game or you’re a beginner, we have tips on how to unlock all the characters as quickly as possible. Of the 75 fighters that launched with the game, we’ve recorded all of their Final Smashes so you can see how they work. We’ve also got eight tips that help anyone learn how to dominate their friends at the game.

    Despite the already vast fighter roster, Ultimate is getting plenty of post-launch character expansions–including Piranha Plant and Persona 5‘s Joker. We have our own list of characters we want to see.

    In our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review-in-progress, Edmond Tran gave the game a 9/10, writing, “Situational downers don’t stop Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from shining as a flexible multiplayer game that can be as freewheeling or as firm as you want it to be. Its entertaining single-player content helps keep the game rich with interesting things to do, as well as bolstering its spirit of loving homage to the games that have graced Nintendo consoles. Ultimate’s diverse content is compelling, its strong mechanics are refined, and the encompassing collection is simply superb.”

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  • Nintendo Would “Absolutely Love” Red Dead 2 On Switch, But It's Not Going To Happen

    Nintendo would “absolutely love” to have Red Dead Redemption 2 on Nintendo Switch, but more than likely it won’t happen. That’s according to Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aime, who explained in a new interview one of the reasons why the acclaimed western isn’t on the company’s hybrid console.

    Fils-Aime told The Hollywood Reporter that developer Rockstar Games likely started work on the game years before Nintendo started to talk about the Switch. As a result, the developer might not have been able to accomodate another platform, Fils-Aime suggested.

    “We’d love for it to be there. But again–and this is where there needs to be an understanding of just the development process–Red Dead has been in development for years, time that predated any communication of Nintendo Switch,” Fils-Aime said.

    “So, from the developer’s mentality, they need to move forward and finish the game they’ve been working on and then be in a position to look at other opportunities. Any game from a key third-party that’s coming out now, typically that development started well before any conversations about Nintendo Switch.”

    Fils-Aime acknowledged that he can’t say for sure what will happen with future Rockstar games, but for now, this explains why Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t on Switch.

    Additionally, it’s not uncommon for platform-holders to show their new, unannounced consoles to developers well ahead of when they are publicly revealed. By some accounts, Red Dead Redemption 2 began development just after the first game shipped in 2010, and if that is indeed the case, that was still during the Nintendo Wii days.

    Red Dead Redemption 2 is a graphically demanding game, and the Switch is underpowered compared to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Fils-Aime doesn’t mention this is in his comments.

    Rockstar’s owner, Take-Two, has released a few games on Switch already. L.A. Noire, NBA 2K18, NBA 2K19, and Carnival Games are all available on the console.

    Red Dead Redemption 2 is doing just fine without releasing on Switch. The game shipped 17 million copies and generated more than $725 million in revenue just days after release. What’s more, it took only eight days for Red Dead Redemption 2 sales to surpass the number of copies of Red Dead Redemption 1 sold in eight years.

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  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Your Piranha Plant DLC Code May Already Be in Your Inbox

    For those who have purchased Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch, you may want to check your email as your DLC code for Piranha Plant may be there waiting.

    Owners of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and those who purchase a copy by January 31, 2019, will be rewarded with an unexpected brand-new fighter, Piranha Plant, in February of next year.

    However, you will need to redeem a code that Nintendo will send to the email linked to your Nintendo Account to receive the new character. The problem? The email’s subject line doesn’t indicate a code is inside and simply says “Thanks for your purchase of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game.”

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  • Christmas Is Soon: Don't Miss Out on a Great Switch Deal

    If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.

    In case you haven’t been paying attention, the biggest gift-giving day of the entire year is less than two weeks away. That means if you’ve been putting off shopping, you’re running out of time. Fast. Not to try to make you panic or anything, but I wouldn’t put it off much longer.

    One of the hottest gifts this holiday season is the Nintendo Switch. That’s probably no surprise. Beloved television personality Ellen DeGeneres put the Nintendo Switch on her list of “15 must-haves” for the holidays, and she is an influencer. Her words rattle the retail world to its very core.

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  • Game of Thrones, Metal Gear Stars Among Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Zombies Mode Cast

    With Treyarch’s release of Operation Absolute Zero for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, dozens of changes have come to the game, with some new, familiar voices to the Zombies mode as well.

    Helena Bonham Carter plays as Madame Mirela, Game of Thrones’ Charles Dance plays the Butler, Godfrey, and Metal Gear Solid’s Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Blessed voices Gideon Jones and “The Brigadier.”

    The new Zombies Experience, Dead of the Night, takes place in 1912 with players stepping into new characters during an evening at a luxurious estate, owned by the relic-hunter, Alistair Rhodes.

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  • Smash Bros. Ultimate: Community Tier Lists Roundup

    Where does your favorite character stack up against these community tier lists of the best fighters in Smash Bros. Ultimate?

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  • Overwatch League Announces 2019 Schedule, Including Away Games and Increased Prize Pool

    The Overwatch League has announced its 2019 schedule, which includes away games and a $5 million prize pool.

    The Dallas Fuel, Atlanta Reign and Los Angeles Valiant will all be hosting games in their home cities — a marked change from OWL’s first season, when every regular season game was played at Blizzard’s Burbank Arena. Tickets for those away games will be available at a later date.

    OWL has upped its prize pool from $3.5 million in 2018 to $5 million for the 2019 season. The winner of the overall 2019 season will win $1.1 million, with the runner-up team walking away with $600,000, with decreasing amounts for lower-ranked teams.

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  • New Preview Alpha Ring 1902 Update – 12/12/18

    Starting at 2:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha will begin receiving a new 1902 Xbox One system update (181212-1920). The 1902 build is a new release of the recovery building upon the latest 1811 build plus new bug fixes. Read on for more about the fixes and known issues in the latest 1902 system update.

     

    Fixes:

     

    General

    • General console performance enhancements and fixes

     

    Known Issues:

     

    Cortana

    • We are tracking an issue where Cortana sometimes does not respond

    Audio

    • We are tracking audio issues in which some games have audio that cuts in and out
    • Audio settings reverting to a previous settings after taking an update. Workaround is to please turn on your Audio Receiver prior to turning your Xbox One and the settings will not revert.

     Profile Color

    • Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

     

    See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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