The next batch of Nintendo Switch Online games is nearly here. On December 12, Wario’s Woods, Ninja Gaiden, and the Adventures of Lolo will be joining the NES library.
Tag: NES
I didn’t do the news yesterday. Forgive me, I was shopping for a toaster oven. Here’s the news.
- Bless Online Refunds
- Lunastra Comes to Monster Hunter: World
- Team Sonic Racing
- SNES Games on an NES
Bless Refunds
According to recent reports, Steam has been allowing refunds for MMORPG Bless Online, regardless of play time. Usually, Steam limited automatic refunds to games with less than 2 hours of play time. Though every so often, Steam will make an exception. Usually, it’s when a game is marketed well enough to gather many initial sales, but based on the design of the game, you don’t discover how poorly crafted it is until a few hours in. No Man’s Sky was another example of this.
Lunastra
Teostra is an intimidating fire lion elder dragon in the Monster Hunter games. But like with many animal breeds, the female is actually the larger, more powerful one. This is the Lunastra. In another free update by Capcom released today, Lunastra has come to Monster Hunter: World. Enjoy, hunters.
Team Sonic Racing
Last March, Sega teased a new Sonic game, one that implied motor vehicles. Now we know precisely what it is. Team Sonic Racing is the next upcoming Sonic game. And as the name implies, it’s a racing game. Working in teams of three, with multiplayer and co-op game modes. developed by Sumo Digital, Team Sonic Racing is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One this winter. Check out the trailer for it here.
SNES on an NES
Emulating games usually is when a more powerful device pretends to be an older one, in order to run the games and software designed for it. Modder Tom “Tom7” Murphy took this in the opposite direction. Tom7 has managed to get a regular, unmodified NES to run SNES games. This is done by heavily modifying the game cartridge hardware, with a raspberry pi installed therein to “downgrade” the game into something that the NES can handle. It’s very techy that only kind of makes sense to me. Watch the video on it here.
Thanks for reading, that’s all for today. The next podcast episode will NOT be Jade Empire. Justine was busy, so I recorded solo this week. Hope yall don’t mind. It’s about Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy. Come back tomorrow for another news chunk. Otherwise, have a great day!
Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you had a good gift-giving season and will have fun on New Years. Heres some news from the last few days.
- Ubisoft starts up an AI research facility
- Super Mario Land 2 DX releases
- The Golf game hidden in the Switch is removed
- ARMS updates for the last time
La Forge, Ubisoft’s AI Facility
Ubisoft is looking to merge together the gap between gaming AI research, and scientific AI research with their new facility, La Forge. The gimmick here is that Ubisoft staff and academics will work together to help make advancements in AI. some of which will be used on their games, some of which that will be released academically. This is supposed to be mutually beneficial, though it’s too soon to know how well it works.
Super Mario Land 2 DX
Super Mario Land 2 was considered much better than the more popular predecessor, but it was still flawed. Fans have banded together to create a ROM hack of the game that has some notable changes. The biggest one being that it has been converted into full color. They also fixed the input lag and even added Luigi as a playable character. I always love seeing passion projects completed. You can see the ROM for yourself here.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/
NES Gone
A while back, gamers discovered that by performing certain actions, a motion control version of the classic NES Golf could be played within the Nintendo Switch’s software. Many believed this to be a homage to the late Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata. In a recent firmware update, that easter egg has now been removed. The removal as equally unknown as its inclusion.
I actually have a copy of NES Golf, its one of my favorite NES games. After Iwata’s passing, I wrote his name and dates on the back as a tribute. Rest in Peace Iwata, you are missed.
ARMS update
The popular Switch fighting game, ARMS, had updated to version 5.0. This new version includes a new character, the Scientific CEO madwoman, Dr. Coyle (she’s my favorite for sure). Unfortunately alongside this update is the announcement that from here on out, ARMS would only receive balance patches and no more additional content. This is a shame for ARMS players, what few there are.
Thanks for reading again! no news yesterday because its Christmas, the same can be assumed for next Monday on New Years, depends on how free I am.
Be sure to check back tomorrow for more of the latest and greatest in gaming news. Until then, have a great night!
The idea of video games as art has been a minor topic of discussion for over a decade. As the capabilities of video games expanded, so have the ideas of what constitutes a video game. For years, video games have been used not as an entertainment medium, but as a creative one. Where does that line stand? At what point can you call a video game “art?”
You can read the full article at the other site I write for, gamerzunite.com, just click here.
Sorry for the bait and switch, but paid writing jobs are a priority, all I can do is link you to them. Personally, I think this is one of my favorite articles Ive written yet. It’s something I very strongly believe in.