Here is my collection of Nintendo’s E3 press site assets from E3 2010-E3 2018.

UPDATE (May 3rd, 2020): E3 2019 is up!

Surprise! I’ve been attempting to archive Nintendo’s E3 press site assets for the last near decade. All in their original ZIP files with zero editing, except for some E3 2015 stuff where I had the actual files, but they were taken out of their ZIP files so I had to put them in new ones.

I have the following from newest to oldest:

E3 2019

E3 2018

E3 2017

E3 2016

E3 2015

E3 2014

E3 2013

E3 2012

E3 2011

E3 2010

And two bonus ones:

Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017

Wii U Experience Event Holiday 2012

Now, 2016, 2017, and 2018 seem to be 100% complete. Everything prior was mostly the stuff relevant to me. Most will have Nintendo’s Wii U stuff in it like in 2013 and 2014 for instance. I only kept and uploaded Pikmin 3 for E3 2012 for whatever reason back then, and 2010 only has Sonic Colors. Also for some reason I only kept about half of the Switch Presentation stuff.

I may find more stuff, but no promises. A lot of older archives were lost when my computer back in 2011 went bust.

That’s about it! I hope you’ll enjoy what I’ve collected to date! 🙂

The Princess Guide (Switch) Review

Title: The Princess Guide
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: March 26th, 2019 (NA)
ROM File Size: 1.5GB
Amazon retail purchase pages: US/UK/JP
eShop purchase and info pages: US/UK/JP

Review copy provided by Nippon Ichi Software America

Today’s NISA game comes from the same team that created Penny-Punching Princess (here’s my review of that) and evidently so. You can see from screenshots alone that the visual style is very similar, but with less pixelated sprites. Does this game guide you to fun, or will it be so bad that it’s INCONCEIVABLE! Let’s find out!

The Caligula Effect: Overdose (Switch) Review

Title: The Caligula Effect Overdose
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Aquria (Vita original)/Historia (PS4 remake)/Engine Software (Switch version)
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: March 12th, 2019 (NA)
ROM File Size: 5.3GB
Amazon retail purchase pages: US/UK/JP
eShop purchase and info pages: US/UK/JP

Review copy provided by Nippon Ichi Software America

This is a port of a remake so to speak. The game originated as simply The Caligula Effect on Vita which was localized by Atlus some bit ago. Last year the game was sort of remade for PS4 by a different dev called Historia. The PS4 version was made on Unreal Engine 4 instead (I don’t know what engine the Vita original used), had numerous changes including rewriting the script and changing some things around, and added a female playable character (you could only play as a male in the Vita original). The Switch version is a port of the PS4 version. This port was by Engine Software, a dev well-known by Nintendo fans for a variety of ports.

Engine Software did the Switch ports of games such as Little Nightmares: Complete Edition, Monopoly, Risk, RIVE, Into the Breach, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, etc. How does the game and Engine’s port work handle on Switch? Let’s find out!

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (Switch) Review

Title: The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: February 12th, 2019 (NA)

Review copy provided by Nippon Ichi Software America

The first NISA Switch game of 2019 is here! This is another in NIS’s “indie” sort of projects where they hold a sort of internal pitch contest and the winning ones get made into smaller budget games. Prior examples include Penny-Punching Princess and the original Yomawari: Night Alone. You can read my reviews of both on Switch here and here.

So how does this one fare? Let’s find out!

Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (Switch) Review

Title: Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Compile Heart/Ghostlight Games (Switch version)
Publisher: Idea Factory International (NA)
Release Date: January 17th, 2019 (NA)

Review copy provided by Idea Factory International

This is the first Idea Factory game I’ve reviewed. After a long absence on Nintendo hardware since the Wii days, Idea Factory and Compile Heart have returned with a Switch port of a JRPG that originated on PS3. The only thing is that the port was instead done by longtime PC port and EU publishing house Ghostlight Games, who’ve ported a number of Idea Factory and Compile Heart’s games to PC over the years.

And this is their first Switch port and their first one on a console in a long time, possibly ever. So how does the game itself fare and how did it turn out on Switch? Will the game’s Fairize technique Maximize your enjoyment of the game, or will the game turn out to be so bad that it’ll Terrorize you? Let’s fine out!

USK rates Bigben and Kylotonn’s TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge for Switch

Just recently rated by German’s USK game rating board is Bigben and Kylotonn’s motorcycle racing game TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge for Switch. This was already released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC just last year.

Western release of DW8XL Definitive Edition (Switch) recognizes JP-only Musou Switch ports. Potential sign of said games being localized?

Courtesy of a user on ResetEra and twitter named lyte edge found a VERY interesting bit of info. Apparently the western release of Dynasty Warriors Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition on Switch (which just came out today on the eShop), actually recognizes and is compatible with the save files of the Japan-only Musou Switch ports released last year in their proper English names.

SNK 40th Anniversary Collection (Switch) Review

Title: SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Digital Eclipse
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: November 13th, 2018 (NA)

Review copy provided by Nippon Ichi Software America

SNK was a titan in the arcade business with their signature Neo Geo arcade and home console systems. They created numerous franchises including Metal Slug, The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, etc. They just recently with NISA put out SNK Heroines ~Tag Team Frenzy~ on Switch (here’s my review!). Most today know them from their Neo Geo days, but what about their beginnings, before the Neo Geo? That’s where this collection comes in. This is a compilation of many of SNK’s earliest arcade and console games, generally from the 8 and 16-bit era (vs the 32-bit era that the Neo Geo was from).

This review will be a bit different from normal. Normally I’d be focusing on the games in the collection, but there’s a lot of games. On top of that, one of the main people behind the collection at Digital Eclipse, founder Frank Cifaldi, actually wants reviewers to focus on the sheer hard work they poured into the details and options in the collection. And so, I will happily grant him that request and will focus on that. It’s far easier for me, so win-win! 😛 So how is the collection? Let’s dig right into it!

Disgaea 1 Complete (Switch) Review

Title: Disgaea 1 Complete
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America
Release Date: October 9th, 2018 (NA)

Review copy provided by Nippon Ichi Software America

At the Switch’s launch in Japan, NIS released a port of the formerly PS4-exclusive Disgaea 5 on Switch as Disgaea 5 Complete, which contained all the DLC. Fast forward to now, and NIS has released a remake of the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, originally for PS2, on the Switch in HD! This is actually the game’s second go on Nintendo platforms, after Disgaea DS on the, you guessed it, DS.

How is the game? Will it be fun as hell or make you feel like hell? Let’s find out!

Ms. Splosion Man (Switch eShop) Review

Title: Ms. Splosion Man
Platform: Nintendo Switch eShop
Developer: Twisted Pixel Games
Publisher: Twisted Pixel Games
Release Date: November 22nd, 2018 (NA)

Review copy provided by Twisted Pixel Games

This is a shocker. What we have here is the first ever non-Microsoft console game by the formerly Microsoft-owned developer Twisted Pixel Games. Microsoft bought them back in 2011 but spun them off in 2015. Every one of their projects before and after they were owned by Microsoft were (console-wise) only on Microsoft consoles (exceptions being PC and mobile devices, which Microsoft release games on anyway).

Ms Splosion Man was Twisted Pixel Games’ fourth title (released back in 2011 on Xbox 360) and is the sequel to the original Splosion Man released back in 2009. For the Switch version, Twisted Pixel Games made a number of enhancements. Most notable is the framerate being doubled from 30fps to 60fps, and it’s apparently higher resolution to boot (though I don’t know the exact numbers). HD Rumble is also supported, AND single-Joy-Con play is as well! So how is this game anyway? Read on and find out!