Category: Nintendo

And cross-platform play will not be available at launch.

Minecraft Dungeons arrives on the Switch and multiple other platforms next month. It’s inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and allows you to fight hordes of nasty mobs by yourself, or team up with three other players online or locally. According to the game’s official FAQ, though, you won’t be able to form a party with a random group of players online.

WILL THERE BE ONLINE MATCHMAKING?

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“Sorry we called the cops on you”.

A Minnesota resident called Amy Kellems has hit the news this week after receiving an apology Pokémon cake from one of her neighbours. As reported by Fox35Orlando, Kellems decided to make full use of her neighbourhood’s current quietness by taking her daughter outside to play Pokémon GO, driving around in a car and stopping at any points of interest within the app.

Eventually, they were pulled over on their driveway by police who had received a call mentioning a “suspicious” vehicle. Kellems told the officials that they were simply playing the game, going on to share the story of what had happened on US-based social networking site, Nextdoor.

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Tips, tricks, and more.

Our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has had Animal Crossing: New Horizons a little bit longer than the rest of us, and in this time frame has discovered a few extra little secrets about the game. We’re not really talking about spoilers here, more like tips and tricks.

Did you know, for example, that you can hit balloons out of the sky with a net? Or stop wasps from attacking you with a party popper? What if you need to relocate an entire forest? Just eat a turnip! Your villagers can even play musical instruments and sing. To find out more things like this, check out the 12-minute video above.

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“From our island to yours”.

Team Xbox might be busy preparing for its next-generation of gaming, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily forgotten about its old pal Nintendo. Its official Twitter account recently shared two custom designs for the latest Switch release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. One is a shirt and the other is a jumper.

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Physical copies are also hard to find.

Cooking Mama appears to have gone missing. According to a lengthy report from IGN, her new game – Cooking Mama: Cookstar – was released on the US Switch eShop last week, but has since been pulled. This extends to multiple other regions including the UK and Australia and supposedly applies to copies of the physical release in certain regions.

At the time of writing, if you search for the game on the Switch eShop in any of these regions, no results are found. We even had a look across multiple eShop ourselves and got the same outcome. If you try to find the game on Nintendo’s website, only the older entries in the series show up.

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Multiple third-party publishers involved.

Last month, E3 2020 was officially cancelled due to “increased and overwhelming concerns” about the coronavirus outbreak. Various video game companies, such as Nintendo, responded to the news with official statements saying they would explore other ways to engage with fans and share new announcements.

Now, IGN has now announced its new ‘Summer of Gaming’ digital event that it plans to host this June. It will be collaborating with a number of major partners to share the latest news and impressions around upcoming games and next-generation console hardware (via live broadcasts and on-demand programming). Here are the companies and platforms involved so far:

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When extreme price gouging pays off.

There’s been on-going demand for Nintendo’s exercise game Ring Fit Adventure since it was released last October, and in recent months it’s become even harder to find due to the coronavirus outbreak – with shortages and supply issues reported worldwide.

Now, in North America, there seems to be some extreme price gouging happening on eBay, following the arrival of the game’s musical update earlier this week. It’s bumped prices up to triple the amount of the MSRP, making it more expensive than a Switch Lite. Buyers don’t appear to be phased by the asking price – with many of these extra-expensive copies selling out.

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“Season four is coming”.

Good news Castlevania fans, Netflix’s successful animated series of the same name will be receiving a fourth season. This announcement, which included a brief clip from the third season, was made on Netflix’s official NX Twitter account. Here it is:

At the moment, no other details about the fourth season have been revealed. The third season was officially announced in November 2018 and has only just arrived earlier this month. If season four is the same size and scale as the existing ones, we likely won’t see the next chapter until some time next year.

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She’s an original fan after all.

We’ve already heard how the Captain Marvel star and Oscar winner Brie Larson would like to play Samus Aran in a Metroid movie, and now in an interview she’s been asked if she would be interested in starring in a movie adaptation of Animal Crossing. This was her response:

Of course. I support Animal Crossing all the way, through and through. I think it’s good for our hearts.

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Welcome to island paradise.

Nintendo’s been drip-feeding us details about Version 1.1.0 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons all week now. While we already know most things about the new update, the official patch notes over on the support page reveal a few extra details.

Ver. 1.1 (Released March 20, 2020)

• Online connectivity features
  • It’s now possible to visit other islands through online play via the internet.
  • Added features related to NookLink, a Nintendo Switch Online smart device app game-specific service.
  • Added functionality for Best Friends.
  • Message cards can now be sent to friends or received from friends.
• General updates
  • Added a seasonal event.
  • Other adjustments were made to improve the game play experience.

To find out more information about the game’s first update, see our previous post (you’ll even get a free Switch). You can also learn more about how to connect the new NookLink app with the game, and how to get Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp items.

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