In The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 5, Mando (Pedro Pascal) heads to Corvus to find former Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson). On Corvus, The Magistrate asks Mando to kill a Jedi, offering a pure beskar staff as payment. Mando asks where to find the Jedi. While looking for her, Mando is ambushed by Ahsoka. He tells her that Bo-Katan sent him , and he’s there to ask her about the Child.
Ahsoka communicates with the Child telepathically and we learn more about his past, and his real name, Grogu. He was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and was later taken and hidden from the Empire for many years. She tests Grogu’s abilities and finds that Grogu has formed a strong attachment to Mando, aka Din Djarin. While this episode moved the series forward and taught us about Baby Yoda’s backstory, it also had more Easter eggs and Star Wars references.
Nintendo Switch update 11.0.0 is here, and the latest numbered update makes some big additions. The main one is the addition of a Nintendo Switch Online hub on the main page, but there’s plenty of other stuff to dig into.
The new “Nintendo Switch Online” hub button appears on the home screen next to News, and it collects together all of Online’s functions and services into one place. This includes a list of smartphone apps, online games, current tournaments, an archive of NES and SNES titles arranged by year, your save data in the cloud, and member offers.
Cloud data will now be automatically downloaded on multiple systems attached to the same account, too. This could be a blessing for anyone using a regular Switch and a Switch Lite in conjunction, as once it’s activated save data will jump between the two systems automatically.
A new “Trending With Friends” option is now available on your user page, below “Friend List”. It shows what your friends have been playing recently, telling you exactly how many of the folks on your friend list are still regularly playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and other titles. It tracks who has played over the last ten days, and will tell you the total playtime of the friends listed.
12 new user icons are also added. They’re focused on Mario’s 35th anniversary, with icons based on Mario’s classic appearance right through to Odyssey. You can even use Mario with FLUDD as your icon, if you’re a huge fan of Super Mario Sunshine.
Perhaps most useful of all for those who like to share screenshots, it’s now much easier to transfer screens and videos from the Switch to other devices. You can copy to a computer via USB, or to a smart device via a QR code.
There are a few other changes introduced here, including download prioritization, the ability to name button remaps, and support for Brazilian Portuguese. You can read the full update notes below.
Nintendo Switch Ver. 11.0.0
Nintendo Switch Online was added to the HOME Menu.
Access all Nintendo Switch Online services, from getting the latest information to checking your membership status. *This feature is not available in some countries/regions.
A new feature that automatically downloads backed up save data was added to the Save Data Cloud.
When using software with the same Nintendo Account linked to multiple systems, save data backed up from one console will automatically be downloaded to your other system(s). *To use this feature, it must be enabled under System Settings > Data Management > Save Data Cloud. *Save data will not be downloaded automatically unless save data for that software exists on the console. The first time only, users must download the save data manually. *A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to use the Save Data Cloud service.
A new Trending feature was added to the User Page.
Users can check what software their friends are playing or have started playing recently. Information will not be displayed for friends who have their online status set to display to no one.
Users can now transfer screenshots and videos from Album to their smart devices.
Users can wirelessly connect their smart devices to Nintendo Switch to transfer the screenshots and videos saved within their Album.
For screenshots, users can transfer a maximum of 10 screenshots and 1 video capture at once. *To connect, users must use their smart device to scan the QR Code displayed on the Nintendo Switch screen.
A new Copy to a Computer via USB Connection feature was added under System Settings > Data Management > Manage Screenshots and Videos.
Users can use a USB cable to connect Nintendo Switch to their computers to copy the screenshots and videos saved under Album. * A USB charging cable [model HAC-010] or a USB-IF certified USB cable that supports data transfer is required to connect to a computer.
Users can now select what download to prioritize when there are multiple downloads in progress.
When there are multiple software, update data, or downloadable content downloads in progress, users can now select which they want to download first.
You can set this under Download Options by selecting the icon for the software you want to download first on the HOME Menu.
User icons were added.
12 user icons that commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. series were added.
Users can now name preset button mappings with the Change Button Mapping feature.
Brazilian Portuguese was added as a supported language.
When users set their region to the Americas and their language to Português, the language used on the HOME Menu and in certain software will be displayed in Brazilian Portuguese.
Several issues were fixed, and usability and stability were improved.
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Halo Infinite has been delayed to 2021, but Microsoft is still rolling ahead with news and previews of the sci-fi FPS. The latest special look at the game comes in the form of an “audio field recordings” video that shows off how the audio team went about capturing various sounds.
Most of the sequences in this video were released earlier, but this is a “supercut” video that puts them all together in one place. In the video, you’ll see how the team used everything from an original Xbox to a staffer’s little dog and even a wolverine to record sounds for Halo Infinite. It’s an impressive video that showcases the creative ways in which the team went about creating unique sounds for Halo Infinite–check it out below.
Halo Infinite was originally set to release as a launch title for the Xbox Series X|S, but due in part to complications related to COVID-19, Microsoft pushed the game out to 2021.
The Good Life, the next game from Deadly Premonition director Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro, has picked up a publisher. The game, about New York photographer Naomi Hayward and her move to the mysterious town of Rainy Woods, is due to release in Summer 2021.
The Good Life will be published by The Irregular Corporation, the publisher of Murder by Numbers and PC Building Simulator. The game is being developer by Suehiro’s White Owls Inc. team, and is the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The new trailer shows off some of the game’s major mechanics, including photography and animal transformation–Naomi can turn into a cat or a dog during the adventure. This is, ultimately, a detective adventure, with Naomi digging into the town’s secrets. Hopefully she’ll uncover some interesting truths.
It looks just a little janky in the trailer, but that’s part of the charm of Swery65’s work.
The game is coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’ll also be playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S thanks to backwards compatibility.
Deadly Premonition 2 released exclusively on the Switch earlier this year. It received a 5/10 in GameSpot’s review, which criticized the “jarringly inconsistent frame rate of the open world.” A later patch improved things somewhat.