Hit the road with the definitive version of Mario Kart 8 and play anytime, anywhere! Race your friends or battle them in a revised battle mode on new and returning battle courses. Play locally in up to 4-player multiplayer in 1080p while playing in TV Mode. Every track from the Wii U version, including DLC, makes a glorious return. Plus, the Inklings appear as all-new guest characters, along with returning favorites, such as King Boo, Dry Bones, and Bowser Jr.!
Launching Apr. 28, 2017
Here are super high res images of the Breath of the Wild boxart as well as the special editions for the game (right-click and open in new tab for full resolution):
[UPDATE] Official word from Nintendo on these bundles: “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will provide players with a landmark Nintendo Switch experience on the system’s launch day in March, and will be available as a standard edition, Special Edition and Master Edition. The Special Edition includes the game, a Nintendo Switch Sheikah Slate Carrying Case, Sheikah Eye Collectible Coin, Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon Tapestry and Weather-Worn Map, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection CD for a suggested retail price of $99.99 US. The Master Edition includes all of those items plus a Master Sword of Resurrection figure, and has a suggested retail price of $129.99 US.” No Canadian prices have been announced yet, but if Nintendo is roughly following conversions like they are for the console price, then it will be around $129.99 CDN and $179.99 CDN respectively for the bundles.
If you’re unable to stream Nintendo’s live presentation (above) regarding the Switch this evening at 10pm CST, then you can follow along on our liveblog below for our thoughts on all of the new info that will come flooding in. May the odds be ever in our favour.
While not a banner year for gaming of all kinds, and certainly not a banner year for the world at large with celebrity deaths, political and social upheaval and the murder of an innocent gorilla, 2016 did have a few gaming gems to keep us occupied in our respective disaster shelters. Many games that were cultural phenomena this year like Overwatch, the new Doom, and Uncharted 4 were technically derivative of games from years past, but their new features, graphics, gameplay tweaks and characters helped them elevate gaming as a whole to new heights. The same is especially true for our 2016 Game(s) of the Year, Pokemon Sun/Moon.
We’ve covered and used several Mayflash products over the years including the GC Controller Adapter for Wii/Wii U and always found them to be extremely functional and useful. When Mayflash reached out to us to invite us to try out their new Universal Arcade Fightstick we jumped at the chance to put it through its paces. We’ll add a full video review to the top of this article once it’s ready, but for now read on to see what we thought of our time with Mayflash’s new mid-range universal arcade controller.
Learn more about Nintendo’s new home gaming system at the Nintendo Switch Presentation, streamed LIVE on Jan. 12 https://t.co/0c7gOJasA2 pic.twitter.com/5aR7MBH2C5
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 27, 2016
Thankfully no longer leaving the droves of people looking forward to the Nintendo Switch hanging, Nintendo announced Thurs, Jan. 12 as the date of their live switch presentation in which they’ll reveal “launch date and pricing for Nintendo Switch, as well as a look at the lineup of games currently in development”. We’ll likely live tweet the conference so we hope you’ll join us in the new year for more exciting Switch news!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI
Nintendo showed off the first teaser trailer and shared some details about their Nvidia-powered hybrid home console with us for the first time. For most appearances it seems that the majority of rumours were true, it seems to act like a portable Wii U in a slim tablet design with removable side controllers called Joy-Con that can be used attached to the system, one in each hand, or attached to a middle base to act more as a classic controller. There will also be a Switch Pro controller available that looks more or less like an Xbox 360 controller. Some third parties you don’t normally see are involved already and Skyrim (Special Edition perhaps?) was shown running on the system.
Here are some high-res images of the system, logo, and a list of third parties already working on games. We’ll let you know if any more substantial details arise about the exciting new platform still due out in March 2017 and launching with Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
