Good on you, Sega.
Sega has announced that it has taken legal action against an individual committing consistent harassment against one of its employees (thanks, Automaton).
In a post on its Japanese corporate site, Sega explained that it had been in contact with the individual in question for some time, but after the harassment had not improved, the firm was forced to take legal action.
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The party starts this October.
At its recent Direct, Nintendo announced Super Mario Party Jamboree – a brand new Mario Party title coming to the Switch on 17th October 2024.
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Following a major update in May.
Nintendo has announced a new update for Splatoon 3, following its big 8.0.0 update in May. This new update will officially bump the third entry up to Version 8.1.0.
According to Nintendo’s support page it comes loaded with changes to player controls, changes to multiplayer, some “other” changes and also multiple bug fixes. It should be live soon.
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In the Summer skies, flying high!
Did you know the F-16 first took flight 50 years ago a few months back? It is currently enjoying its Block 70 revision in case you were fearing that air forces around the world are still flying half-century-old technology. Meanwhile, Ace Combat is turning 30 next year and, much like an airplane block revision, it evolves with every new entry. Sadly Nintendo owners might have missed this evolution entirely, with only a Game Boy Advance entry and two slightly different 3DS versions of an Ace Combat 2 remake successfully navigating to Nintendo skies. Sadly, the 3DS game carries in the West the title of Assault Horizon Legacy (+), which ended up confusing potential young nuggets to take the plunge since the home console Assault Horizon remains the most devise entry in the series, with developer Project Aces attempting to inject some Call of Duty-ism into the formula with disastrous results.
The pressure was on. The Xbox 360-exclusive Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation had raised the bar for the series (which was already extremely high after the PlayStation 2 trilogy), so Project Aces needed to ensure that the next numbered game in the series was their shiniest, slickest F-16 equivalent yet. In January 2019, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown launched on previous-generation consoles and soon after on PC to warm reviews. Five years later, this very same Unreal Engine-powered opus now lands on Nintendo Switch, which is something none of us at Nintendo Life ever expected to write. Surely, there has to be a catch… right?
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Now you know what Aonuma does.
If you’re anything like us, then chances are you already have a pretty good idea of what various game development roles entail. Sometimes, however, it can be good to get a bit of a refresher.
Take directors and producers, for example. It’s not entirely uncommon that the two roles get confused sometimes, particularly when individuals such as Eiji Aonuma and Yoshio Sakamoto are often regarded as the ‘faces’ of Zelda and Metroid, respectively.
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No, not Pokémon: Too Much Water.
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire launched over two decades ago on the Game Boy Advance, but according to a couple of Pokémon fans, the third-gen titles may have been called something completely different during development.
As highlighted by farore.gba and wobb on social media (thanks, VGC), after looking through data files for the games, they stumbled across the Japanese titles ‘藍バージョン’ and ‘朱バージョン’ which, when translated, read as ‘Indigo Version’ and ‘Crimson Version’ (we should note here that the direct translation of the latter title through Google yields a different result for us – 朱 translates to ‘Vermillion’).
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Not about spilling coffee, sadly.
Although the Switch is home to an abundance of arcade-style racing games, the same can’t be said for more realistic fare.
This is most likely because the Switch’s hardware would struggle to handle the Gran Turismos and Forza Motorsports of this world, so developers tend to give Nintendo’s system a mess when making their own serious racers. Besides, let’s face it, on the odd occasion the Switch has received a port of a racing sim, the results usually leave something to be desired – case in point, the chonky visuals that were being churned out in the WRC games for years.
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It’s currently on sale for half price.
If you haven’t given the puzzle game Magical Drop VI a go on the Switch yet, now might be the perfect time. The second free DLC has now been made available. As part of this, the game is currently half price. The usual full price is $29,99 / €29,99 / 3,299 円.
This second season of the game comes loaded with three new characters (Hierophant, Judgement and Father Strength) each with their own characteristics, and a multiplayer lobby (for up to 8 players) and spectator mode. This includes the ability to create custom matches.
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A “grand gameplay reveal” is coming soon…
Yacht Club Games recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Shovel Knight, and as part of this, it also mentioned how it would be sharing more information about its new action-adventure game Mina The Hollower in the form of a “grand gameplay reveal in the near future”.
With this in mind, a new PlayStation Network listing for this anticipated release has now appeared with a placeholder page. It says the game release is “to be determined” but this can sometimes be a sign an announcement or reveal is on the way.
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And early August in Australia and Europe.
FreakZone Games has announced that the popular high-speed indie platformer Spark the Electric Jester 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch on 25th July in North America, and 1st August in Europe and Australia.
Inspired by the Sonic Adventure games, Spark the Electric Jester 3 sees the return of the titular hero in the leading role. The game launched on Steam in 2022 and simply reading through reader reviews is enough to make us giddy. “This is basically the Sonic Adventure 3 we never got” says one fan, while another says it’s “everything I wished from 3D sonic games”. High praise indeed.
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