Hello and welcome back to Jacktendo Selects, the monthly Miketendo64 feature where I go into my Top 6
Switch games of the month that just ended, talk about the game I'd happily recommend and the one I'm looking forward to this March!
Not exact matches
On Thursday, Nintendo announced that the
Switch had become the fastest selling home video
game system
of all time in the U.S., selling over 4.8 million units in 10
months.
In recent
months, Nintendo's sales have gotten a boost from the introduction
of other cult classic
games on the
Switch, including the Legend
of Zelda.
The launch
of the
Switch, the company's latest console, has gone exceptionally well, with retailers unable to keep the system in stock, even though we're still
months away from the peak buying season for video
game hardware and software.
Steampunk turn - based strategy
game launches on Nintendo
Switch next
month 25th July 2017: Since the recent announcement
of Ironcast for Nintendo
Switch, fans have been eager to find out the release date
of the
game.
Now, the developers
of NeuroVoider say the
Switch version
of their
game has already caught up with the lifetime sales
of the Steam version in just a single
month.
Hello and welcome to the first instalment
of Jacktendo Selects, a new monthly feature in which will see me countdown my favourite
games on
Switch in the
month that they came out and reveal the
game I'm most looking forwards to from the following
month!
Revealed near the end
of last
month, Flipping Death is one fine looking indie
game headed to the Nintendo
Switch... View Article
If we released it GoNNER on PC at $ 14.99, we would increase the price for the
Switch version because since launch on PC, we have added content on a weekly basis so that's like two
months of new content added to the
game that it didn't have before.
The Nintendo
Switch has been getting a wide variety
of games since it launched eight
months ago.
In the last few
months, the Nintendo
Switch release schedule has been filled with ports and rereleases
of Indie
games...
Thanks to a listing on the Nintendo eShop, we know that Sky Ride (a flying bike action
game) is coming to the Nintendo
Switch at the end
of the
month!
also sea
of thieves and pubg is what xbox released in the first 3
months of this year so your argument
of 2
games for the
switch and 100 old
games compared to modern consoles that come out with
games that are 1000 times better every
month doesn't hold up.
A number
of major
games are on the way to
Switch this year, with Dragon Quest Builders and both Bayonetta titles arriving this
month.
As Fire Emblem Warriors is concerned, while I may not be a fan
of the Fire Emblem series, I do enjoy the Warriors
games, enough to buy Fire Emblem Warriors for
Switch on Day 1, but with the
game expected sometime in the next 6 - 8
months, there is just so little we know about the upcoming
game, but I do look forwards to finding out more about it, when Nintendo and Koei Tecmo deem us worthy
of learning it's story, but that probably won't happen until E3.
Capturing the spirit
of the grid - based warfare established all those years ago on the
Game Boy Advance, Tiny Metal enters the fray on
Switch next
month, more specifically on November 21st.
It's almost a problem (a good problem mind you), as we're already struggling to whittle down the current selection
of titles to just 25 best Nintendo
Switch games, especially after losing
months to The Legend
of Zelda: Breath
of the Wild, going mad with collecting Power Moons in Super Mario Odyssey, dabbling with DOOM and getting seriously truffle hungry in Stardew Valley.
Yesterday, FDG Entertainment announced that revenues generated by the Nintendo
Switch version
of the
game in 3
months are 20 times higher than the lifetime revenues on Steam.
During the nine
months ended December 31, 2017, our industry saw major growth in the market for home video
games, both in terms
of software as well as hardware, due to greater penetration
of the PlayStation 4 home video
game console and the strong performance
of the new Nintendo
Switch game console.
We've already seen many great indie
games like Stardew Valley, A Flame in the Flood, and Axiom Verge make their way onto the
Switch this
month alone, and with the success
of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle we may start seeing more third - party support as well in the coming
months.
How does it feel to be one
of the first indie companies to have a
game on
Switch during launch
month?
Both
of these
games were released on other platforms for a few
months now, but now they're also available on
Switch.
After
months of requests from fans, developer Psyonix has fully revealed the
Switch version
of the
game, which will be releasing later this year.
There are new
Switch games on the horizon, too: Dragon Quest Builders will be coming to the
Switch in the coming
months, as will the prison - breaking action
of The Escapists 2, which got a release and pre-order date reveal earlier this week.
If you take a bunch
of screenshots on Nintendo
Switch and hate how they're organized according to the
month and day, you need to check out this script that organizes them by
game.
For cinema - goers, summer ’11 has provided no shortage
of spandex - clad warriors and explosive fight scenes, but the rap
game's superheroes have been uncharacteristically coy: Lil Wayne's fourth Carter album has been delayed for
months, the Jay - Z / Kanye collabo finally hits stores next week after a half - year's worth
of bait and
switch, and Drake passed on giving the season a high - profile closer when he pushed his Take Care from mid-September to late October.
The Nintendo
Switch version was teased several
months ago when the Xbox One and mobile versions
of the
game were announced.
Ahead
of its release date, Ubisoft is holding a closed beta for its upcoming vehicle -
switching racing
game later this
month.
With a
month to go before The Elder Scrolls Online morphs into a buy to play
game under the mouthful
of a new title The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, there is now more info on how things will work after the
switch.
I've spent some time with Ultra Street Fighter 2 on Nintendo
Switch and while my review will have to wait until the end
of the
month, I wanted to talk now about the
game's first - person mode, which, I'm sorry to say, is awful.
Then, a few
months later, the company confirmed in an investor's meeting that the
Switch «Tales
of»
game would launch in the 2017 fiscal year.
During a Nintendo Direct video presentation, Nintendo provided details for more than 40
games launching for Nintendo
Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family
of systems over the next several
months.
After recently announcing that the Nintendo
Switch became the fastest - selling video
game system
of all time in the United States within 10
months, Nintendo decided to release a surprise Nintendo Direct Mini this week.
The
Switch version
of that
game was released the same time as the other platforms, but it had a lot
of issues and missing features for several
months.
In the platform breakdown, which does not include the hardware category, the number
of nominations was similar across PC (49), PlayStation 4 (49) and Xbox One (44);
games for the Nintendo
Switch, which launched less than four
months ago, picked up 17 nominations.
This update comes four
months after the last version
of the iOS arrive in version 4.2, which brought with it multitasking, folders support, a unified inbox,
game centre, AirPlay and AirPrint for the iPad; where the side
switch can now lock the screen rotation or mute the volume quickly in 4.3.
Wii U - the port will not be a launch day release for the
Switch - the goal is to release in the first six
months after the
Switch hits shelves - port will contain all DLC from the Wii U version
of the
game
According to the recent NPD post, it ended up being the 5th best selling
Switch game of 2017 despite only coming out last
month, so it's safe to say that people are responding positively to it.
- Nintendo is the «cheapest
game stock in the world» - Nintendo has a ¥ 6.43 trillion ($ 58.7 billion) market cap and is trading at ¥ 46,370 a share ($ 424.15 - Nintendo posted 2018 fiscal year results which included 2018 Q3 operating profit
of ¥ 178 billion - this beat the consensus
of ¥ 169 billion by 67 % - Nintendo issued a conservative operating profit guidance and the stock declined 2 % Thursday - Goyal maintains his 12 -
month price target
of ¥ 79,900, which exceeds the average analyst price target
of ¥ 59582 - Goyal believes value could more than triple in 2 years, driven by
Switch, digital titles, and mobile
games - if Pokemon
Switch hits this fiscal year, final
Switch shipments for FY3 / 19e could well exceed co-guidance
of 20m
- Playtonic says «unforeseen technical issues» are the reason - looking into
Switch version - backers
of the Wii U version can move their reservation to another system, get a refund or wait for a
Switch announcement - details on potential
Switch release coming in early 2017 - Playtonic said they explored «every possible avenue» to bring the
game to Wii U - the devs worked «tirelessly over many
months in attempt to solve» the problem
The Super Mario Odyssey
game for Nintendo
Switch emerged as the top - selling video
game of the
month on the NPD sales chart, even though it launched at the end
of the
month on Oct. 27
The Nintendo
Switch has come on top
of the monthly NPDs in the majority
of the
months since its release, and that trend may continue to follow with a solid state
of games that we have collected in our top 10 list
of games that are left to release in 2017 for the Nintendo
Switch.
Every copy
of the
game will include a 3 -
month trial for the service on
Switch ™, Wii U ™, PlayStation ® 4 and Xbox One.
Since release on other platforms, the Playtonic team personally handled development on Nintendo
Switch and spent many
months adding significant optimisations and dozens
of game updates to ensure that this version
of Yooka - Laylee really is the bee's knees.
«We spent many
months adding significant optimisations and dozens
of game updates to ensure the Nintendo
Switch version
of Yooka - Laylee really is the bee's knees.»
Nintendo
Switch gamers may still be completely invested in Breath
of the Wild, rightfully so, but at the end
of the
month, an updated version
of the wonderful Mario Kart 8 finally arrives.
And for 7
months, only one
of those
games has been confirmed to be getting a
Switch release, Ark: Survival Evolved.
Hello and welcome to the first instalment
of Jacktendo Selects, a new monthly feature in which will see me countdown my favourite
games on
Switch in the
month that they came out and reveal the
game I'm most looking forwards to from the following
month!
Here is a list
of some
of the best new
Switch games this
month.
Following its announcement a few
months ago, Milestone has confirmed that its motorcross simulation MXGP 3 will be landing on Nintendo
Switch on November 21st, thus filling the current void
of bike racing
games on the system.