PlatinumGames would love to port Wii U’s Star Fox Zero to the Switch, but it would want to respect both Nintendo and Miaymoto’s wishes in regards to an updated version.

Speaking to VGC, PlatinumGames studio head Atsushi Inaba said that it would have interest in porting 2016’s Star Fox Zero to Switch – which remains one of the few big-name Wii U games yet to make it to Switch alongside remasters of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and Twilight Princess – if Nintendo wanted it. However, any “potential changes would be up to Mr. Miyamoto.”

“It’s not cool that people aren’t able to play older games because they’re locked out of the platform, so of course if anything was possible we’d like to bring over any of those older titles to the newer platforms,” Inaba said. “It kind of depends on what’s in the realm of actual possibility, but yeah, if the chance came up it’s definitely something we’d like to think about.”

“The important thing to remember there is that because it’s Nintendo’s IP, the ideas are coming from Miyamoto-san himself. We have to respect what Miyamoto-san wants to do.” Inaba continued. “Of course, at that time there was a lot of discussion between Platinum and Nintendo, but if the opportunity came up to bring Star Fox Zero to the Switch again it would be more of a question of what he would like to do in that opportunity, and of course we would respect that again.”

Star Fox Zero would need to be more than just a simple port, as the Wii U version had players using both the TV screen and the Wii U gamepad to play. The TV would should traditional third-person Star Fox gameplay, while the Wii U’s screen would provide a cockpit view that was used to aim and use motion controls.

In our review of Star Fox Zero, we said that was one of the weaker parts of the game.

“The problem comes when trying to maintain control as you move your eyes between the two screens, especially since the perspectives affect how you aim.” IGN’s Jose Otero wrote. “Even though the TV shows a larger field of view, sometimes using it to take an unassisted shot that looks like it should hit will completely miss. In those cases, you have to look down at the GamePad to line up a precise volley, then look back up to take in your surroundings and push forward.”

Star Fox Zero’s new features had mixed reactions from others around the industry, including Giles Goddard, one of the programmers on SNES’ Star Fox. He said that he would be very interested in working on another Star Fox, but one that would “just dial it back a lot and not in gimmicks like, you know, the stuff Star Fox Zero had, and maybe not even put in the free roaming aspects and stuff like that.”

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Fortnite Season 8 has arrived. Although this means the war against the aliens has ended, the war against the cubes, however, has just begun. These cubes are enigmatic, sentient, and nearly omnipotent, so you’ll need a whole slate of new Fortnite Season 8 weapons if you’re going to win this war. In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you can expect to find in terms of weapons and gadgets scattered across the island as loot.

Fortnite Season 8 Sideways Weapons

If you read our Fortnite Season 8 map changes guide, you already know about The Sideways, an alternate dimension full of Cube Monsters and featuring a post-apocalyptic aesthetic that captures just how destructive Operation: Sky Fire was in the end. As it turns out, you won’t just face greater threats in The Sideways, you’ll also fight for greater rewards. Two unique Sideways Weapons will be found exclusively in this off-island realm for those who can manage to escape with them in hand.

The Sideways Rifle and Sideways Minigun are two brand-new weapons loopers can find in The Sideways, and these weapons can be buffed even further by defeating monsters and picking up Cube Monster Parts. Using the crafting menu first introduced in Season 5, you’ll be able to improve these two Sideways weapons with these new crafting materials. These weapons also do more damage when they’re nearly overheated, so to get the best DPS out of them, you’ll want to charge them up.

Fortnite Season 8 Vaulted And Unvaulted Weapons

If you’d rather stay away from The Sideways, don’t worry; You can still find ways to enhance your arsenal. Nuts and Bolts are back for a second consecutive season and once again allow to you craft weapons that would otherwise be unvaulted. For example, while the Lever Action Shotgun is now the default shotgun on the island, you can swap it out for a Charge Shotgun by using Nuts and Bolts just like you may have been doing in Season 7–head to your crafting menu to alter your weapons. You’ll also be able to use the same mechanic to swap out a basic Assault Rifle for a Suppressed Assault Rifle.

Additionally, both the Harpoon Gun and Automatic Sniper Rifle have been unvaulted for the start of Season 8. We’re still on the lookout for what else has changed with Fortnite Season 8 weapons, though we did notice a new fish type: the Shadow Flopper, which gives you brief invisibility. That’s also what Shadow Stones do, by the way, which you can learn more about in our Season 8 map changes guide.

It’s launch day, and before the end of the day, we’ll have fleshed out a complete list of weapons that have been vaulted and unvaulted. For now, if you’re looking for new toys, The Sideways offers the biggest bang–if you can survive it. Check out more on Fortnite Season 8, like the Fortnite Season 8 battle pass roster.

The Mothership has crashed and the cubes have arrived. Fortnite Season 8 is here and, as always, you can expect a host of Fortnite Season 8 map changes. This season’s map returns all of the same named locations as Season 7, but that’s not to say there haven’t been sweeping changes made across all of the island. Here are all the new Fortnite map changes for Season 8.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8 Map

If you played Fortnite Season 7 through to the end, you’ll find the Season 8 map involves virtually every place of interest (POI) returning under the same name as we last saw it. This includes the slightly revised Sludgy Swamp, formerly Slurpy Swamp, as well as Holly Hatchery reverting back to its usual name, Holly Hedges. Every other locale features the same name, but on ground level, they can look quite different. Let’s get into why that is.

Sideways Anomalies

The biggest change this season is something called The Sideways. It’s an alternate dimension and home to never-before-seen Sideways monsters. Think of it as Fortnite’s take on The Upside Down from Stranger Things.

Players can cross into The Sideways by finding Sideways Anomalies, portals to this otherworldly realm located within the burnt orange map sections in the image above. There they can scavenge for Sideways weapons, which are new and exclusive sci-fi guns that can only be found in The Sideways. They’re more powerful than typical Fortnite weapons, but you’ll need to contend with the Cube Monsters lurking in this area in order to escape with them.

The best analog for Sideways Anomalies is Season 7’s Mothership gameplay, in which players could be abducted and taken aboard the Mothership for a chance at the best loot in the game, but it takes a lot of skill and some luck to get out of there with such top-tier items–not to mention the Mothership didn’t have monsters roaming around.

Sideways Zones

If Sideways Anomalies are where the island bleeds into The Sideways, Sideways Zones are the opposite: They’re where The Sideways infects Apollo, bringing the doomed look and dangers of The Sideways into the loopers’ world. If you’re not willing to venture into The Sideways due to its existential threats, you’ll want also want to stay away from these Sideways Zones as much as you can. Like Season 7’s Abductors, these Zones will rotate from place to place with each map, allowing for variety and some unpredictability.

The War Effort

A Fortnite map on day one of a new season is always just the start. Led by new battle pass hero, J.B. Chimpanski, every looper on the island will come together in the fight against the cubes. This will manifest in changes to the island led by communal decisions, like building turret stations to fend off the mysterious six-sided overlords. Players can contribute their gold bars as a means of voting on future map changes, developing new weapons, and unvaulting past favorites.

Because this is a change that will take place slowly over the course of the next several months, it’s not one we can closely examine right now, so just understand that this season’s map changes will be more player-driven than ever before.

Players will also find new resources around the island including Shadow Flopper fish and Shadow Stones, both of which will grant their users temporary invisibility, so you can sneak past–or sneak up on–your enemies.

As the Season 7 dish stations remain on the island but apparently not in working order, it will be up to the Fortnite community to rebuild and retool in the face of a threat even greater than the aliens they’ve just barely managed to vanquish.

For more on Fortnite Season 8, make sure to check out what’s in the Fortnite Season 8 battle pass, or find a full breakdown of everything new this season in our Fortnite Season 8 primer.

Fortnite Season 8 and the Fortnite Season 8 battle pass have arrived after 14 weeks of an alien invasion. There’s no rest for the weary as, following their battle with The Last Reality, Fortnite loopers will now have to defend the island from the cubes which have forcibly taken dominion over the island. If you’re wondering what’s in the Fortnite Season 8 battle pass, we’ll be breaking down character by character.

Starting from the left of the battle pass lineup image below, the characters are:

• Kor
• Toona Fish
• Marvel’s Carnage
• Torin
• Fabio Sparklemane
• J.B. Chimpanski
• Charlotte

Out of the gate, the most story-relevant character may prove to be J.B. Chimpanski. As Doctor Slone left loopers for dead during Operation: Sky Fire, Chimpanski has assumed the role of leader of the new war effort. The cubes are everywhere, leaving vast portions of the island looking like a battlefield, but Chimpanski plans to rally the troops and save the island. Hopefully loopers can trust him more than they could Slone in the end.

Toona Fish is sure to be a hit too. Modeled in a similar image to Toon Meowscles, this cartoonish hero will be fully customizable like last season’s Kymera character, only this time it’s Color Bottles you’ll be seeking across the island. We’re hard at work on uncovering all the Week 1 Color Bottles and will have a guide up soon.

While we’re still fleshing out the backstories of Kor, we know that Torin–front and center in the image above–is a monster hunter, likely well-equipped to take down the Cube Monsters we’ll be seeing thanks to the Fortnite Season 8 map changes. Meanwhile, Charlotte on the right is leading an investigation into the Imagined Order–long overdue, if you ask me.

We should all take a moment to appreciate the unbridled majesty that is Fabio Sparklemane. Looking a bit like if Bojack Horseman was dunked into a rainbow-colored pond, the part-time cereal mascot/full-time unicorn has a good chance to emerge as the fan-favorite skin this season, following in the path blazed by previous absurdities like Peely and Tomatohead.

As always, each character will be further decked out with additional items like back bling, gliders, loading screens, pickaxes, and more across the full 100 tiers of the battle pass. Players who keep climbing the tiers will start to earn bonus enlightened skins after tier 100, though Epic has not yet revealed what these will look like this season.

If you’re looking for Marvel’s Carnage, you’ll need to wait a bit longer, as he’s this season’s “secret” skin. There was a time when these characters really were kept hidden, but these days they appear in the lineup key art with the rest of the seasonal crew. Still, Carnage can’t be obtained until later in Season 8. When he does become unlockable, he’ll include his own challenges, at which point we’ll guide you through completing all of those. Catch up on everthing else we have in our already expansive Fortnite Season 8 hub.

Fortnite Season 8 has arrived, following the stunning conclusion of Operation: Sky Fire and some extended downtime. As always, a new Fortnite season means a ton of new things to learn, such as what’s in the Fortnite Season 8 battle pass, what weapons have been vaulted and unvaulted, and what the new map looks like. Each season also adds its own unique mechanics. We’ll be breaking down all of those things here for you so you can jump into Fortnite Season 8: Cubed with an advantage over other loopers.

What’s New In Fortnite Season 8?

With the Mothership crashing down onto the island following Operation: Sky Fire, the island has once more undergone serious changes. Kevin-like cubes can be seen all over the island and, in some locations, players will find Sideways Anomalies. These are portals to a monster-infested alternate dimension called The Sideways that offers special loot such as unique weapons if you can survive it.

On the flipside, Sideways Zones are places of interest that are experiencing a bleed-through effect where The Sideways is coming through to the island’s world. These Sideways Zones will move from match to match, much like we saw with invaded locations in Season 7.

Players will be enlisted into the war effort against these enigmatic cubes, and they can contribute gold bars to build new defenses, unvault weapons, and reshape the island all season long. They can also take on new Party Quests which offer greater rewards for playing in bigger teams. While Season 7 split the community’s allegiance between the aliens and the IO, Season 8 is all about loopers coming together in the face of an existential threat: the cubes.

What’s In The Fortnite Season 8 Battle Pass?

A new Fortnite season means new battle pass characters. As has become customary, Fortnite Season 8 includes another eight characters to unlock and stylize with their own cosmetics as you move through 100 tiers in the battle pass–not to mention the expected bonus enlightened skins we should hear about in a few weeks. You can find a full introduction to all the new heroes in our Fortnite Season 8 battle pass overview. In addition, you’ll find Marvel’s Carnage, the Season 8 “secret” character, will have his own page shortly because he won’t be available for a while, but will eventually become unlockable with his own exclusive questline later this season.

Fortnite Season 8 Map Changes

In the new season, the island of Apollo has been taken over by the sentient cubes which once powered the alien Mothership. Now that the Mothership has crashed onto the island, these cubes have scattered everywhere and opened rifts into The Sideways, a parallel dimension filled with monsters. In our Fortnite Season 8 map changes overview, we’ve explained everything you need to know about Sideways Zones, Sideways Anomalies, Turret Stations, and more.

Fortnite Season 8 NPC Locations

First introduced in Season 5, NPCs are back again for a fourth consecutive season–and may be a permanent fixture at this point. The island is already home to several NPCs, and as always, we can expect more to appear as the season goes on. New this season are Party Quests, challenges that can picked up from NPCs that will reward your entire squad. We’re actively locating all the current Fortnite Season 8 NPCs and will have a complete guide to share shortly.

Fortnite Season 8 Color Bottles

If you were diligently chasing Alien Artifacts every week last season, you’re going to enjoy Color Bottles. This season’s battle pass includes another customizable character by the name of Toona Fish, and to unlock his customization options, you’ll need to collect Color Bottles which will reliably spawn in specific places every week. We’ll have the first Color Bottles guide up very soon to help you get going. Each week, we’ll be bringing you more Color Bottle locations so you can stay up-to-date on all of Toona’s stylish offerings.

Fortnite Season 8 Weapons – Vaulted, Unvaulted, And New

In Fortnite Season 8, players will be pulling never-before-seen weapons out of The Sideways and bringing them back to the island. You can upgrade them using Cube Monster Parts or you can swap them out for vaulted guns using Nuts And Bolts. Check out Fortnite Season 8 Weapons guide to catch up with everything new, vaulted, or unvaulted.

It’s going to be another action-packed season of Fortnite, as the war-torn map indicates. We’ll be bringing you daily coverage of the new season, so keep it here as we join forces with the entire Fortnite community to protect Apollo from the cubes.

Images from Redfall, the upcoming Xbox Series X/S console exclusive from Dishonored and Deathloop developer Arkane Studios, have seemingly leaked from a playtest.

The leaked images were first seen in a now-deleted Reddit post from TheRedFall and show off some of the game’s weapons and heroes alongside the Redditor describing a game that appears to be very much like Borderlands with Dishonored-style abilities. Other Redditors, like kidaXV, have reposted the images and re-wrote what was originally said.

Two of the weapons that appear in the images are titled the UV Beam M01 and Stake Launcher M02. Besides these weapons sounding like the perfect foil for vampires, they also show their descriptions and modifiers.

For example, the UV Beam has a “Rating” of 5,384, a high “Rate of Fire”, a bit lower “Reload Rate,” and a “Magazine Size” of 65. It also boasts “Additional charge capacity,” “Increased accuracy while moving,” and “Increased petrification speed.” There is also a “Scrap Value,” which may be Redfall’s currency.

The weapons come in one of five rarity levels, and the Loadout screen shows that each character will have access to three weapons, and one slot for Armor, Medkit, Remnants, and Memento. There were six heroes in the playtest, and each hero has three abilities assigned to them as well.

It’s also important to note that these images are from a very early stage of the game and are likely not indicative of the final quality for its graphics or even aspects of its gameplay. Games constantly change throughout their development, and while it is exciting to see more of a much-anticipated game, expectations need to be set properly.

Redfall was announced at E3 2021 and showed a glimpse of the open-world co-op FPS that will feature vampires created from an experiment gone wrong.

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WandaVision has earned Marvel Studios its first three Emmy Awards for narrative (half-hour) production design, fantasy/sci-fi costumes, and original music and lyrics category for ‘Agatha All Along.’

As reported by Variety, Marvel Studios’ first TV show has been a huge success and was nominated for 23 Emmys overall in 2021, which makes it the most for a limited series and the second-most for any series.

These three victories were awarded at this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and WandaVision still has a chance to win at the Primetime ceremony on Sunday, September 19, in the Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Elizabeth Olsen), Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Kathryn Hahn), and Outstanding Lead Actor In a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Paul Bettany) categories.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier also scored five Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Don Cheadle), Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie, and Outstanding Sound Editing Series (One Hour). It has yet to win.

While these are the first Emmy wins for Marvel Studios, Marvel Television did win an Emmy for Netflix’s Jessica Jones in 2016’s Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music category.

Loki did not quite make the deadline for this year’s Emmy Awards, but it will most likely earn some nominations, and possibly victories, next year. Speaking of next year, Marvel Studios has a stacked line-up of shows coming to Disney+ that include Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Secret Invasion, and much more.

Disney+ also saw more Emmy wins with The Mandalorian, which brought home seven awards that include a second consecutive victory for the show’s composer Ludwig Goransson.

For more on WandaVision, check out our review of the series, why Kevin Fiege said Agatha Harkness’ return “can’t come soon enough,” why Doctor Strange was written out of WandaVision, and how the show changed the MCU forever.

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