Top Five Stories of the Week – Nintendo Teases “NX” Platform

<p>We’re back with the Top Five Stories of the Week&period; We have some great stories for you below&period; There you will find articles about God of War III coming to the PS4&comma; PlayStation Plus&comma; Nintendo goes mobile and much more&period; As always&comma; for the full article&comma; simple click on the hyperlink&period; Get in&comma; sit down and hold on because here we go&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 5<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;square-enix-confirms-new-dlc-for-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call&sol;theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-78764"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78764" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05022608&sol;Theatrhythm-Final-Fantasy-Curtain-Call-&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Theatrhythm Final Fantasy&colon; Curtain Call" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"533" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;new-dlc-released-for-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call&sol;">New DLC Released for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy&colon; Curtain Call<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Theatrhythm&plus;Final&plus;Fantasy&percnt;3A&plus;Curtain&plus;Call"><em><strong>Theatrhythm Final Fantasy&colon; Curtain Call<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a> has received a new batch of DLC songs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Curtain Call<&sol;em>’s DLC consists of six songs and each track will be retailing at £0&period;89 &lpar;€0&period;99&rpar; on the Nintendo 3DS eShop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similar to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;square-enix-confirms-new-dlc-for-theatrhythm-final-fantasy-curtain-call&sol;"><em><strong>Curtain Call<&sol;strong><&sol;em> DLC released earlier this month<&sol;a>&comma; the songs have been divided into two separate categories&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Battle Music Sequence” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Field Music Sequence&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DLC songs&comma; as always&comma; are based on music from Square Enix’s well-known titles&comma; such as <em>Final Fantasy X-2&comma; Chrono Trigger<&sol;em> and<em> NieR Replicant &amp&semi; NieR Gestalt&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Square Enix has revealed that the DLC update includes two free <em>Curtain Call<&sol;em> tracks—&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Struggle to the Death” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Devil Lord Confrontation II”—available to download from March 19th to April 1st&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 4<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;79667" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-79667" style&equals;"width&colon; 650px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;evolve-gets-its-first-paid-dlc-this-month&sol;evolve-behemoth&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-79667"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-79667" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;evolve-behemoth&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Behemoth" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"365" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-79667" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Behemoth<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;evolve-gets-its-first-paid-dlc-this-month&sol;">Evolve Gets Its First Paid DLC This Month<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Turtle Rock has announced that its first paid DLC for <em>Evolve <&sol;em>will be out by the end of March&period; The pack includes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Two Maps- Broken Hill Mine and Broken Hill Foundry&period; Both maps are free but Xbox One owners get them on March 31 while PlayStation 4 and PC players have to wait until April 30&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Behemoth- A new monster that can turn itself into a rolling bolder&period; It costs &dollar;14&period;99 but is free to those who received the Monster Expansion pack when they pre-ordered <em>Evolve<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Four new characters –<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>For details on the expansion&comma; check out the full article&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 3<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-confirms-free-playstation-plus-weekend&sol;rsz&lowbar;3rsz&lowbar;screen&lowbar;shot&lowbar;2015-03-16&lowbar;at&lowbar;144315&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-79483"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79483" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;rsz&lowbar;3rsz&lowbar;screen&lowbar;shot&lowbar;2015-03-16&lowbar;at&lowbar;144315&period;jpg" alt&equals;"PlayStation Plus" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"714" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sony-confirms-free-playstation-plus-weekend&sol;">Sony Confirms Free PlayStation Plus Weekend<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>PlayStation Plus will be free this weekend in North America for PlayStation 4 owners&comma; Sony has announced today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Running from March 20th to March 22nd&comma; the online multiplayer restriction will be lifted for non-PS Plus members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PS Plus discounts and free titles&comma; on the other hand&comma; are still reserved for those who are members of Sony’s paid subscription service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sony’s Anson Fong explained that the free PS Plus weekend is being held due to the popularity that <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;eu&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2015&sol;02&sol;09&sol;playstation-plus-multiplayer-open-weekend-kicks-friday-2&sol;&quest;emcid&equals;social&lowbar;20150209&lowbar;40173506&amp&semi;adbid&equals;564800370338058240&amp&semi;adbpl&equals;tw&amp&semi;adbpr&equals;36969785">the same promotional event received last month<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;eu&period;playstation&period;com&sol;">PlayStation Blog Europe<&sol;a>&comma; however&comma; is yet to confirm if the PS Plus event will be taking place in the region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 2<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sonys-summoning-a-god-of-war-iii-remastered-for-ps4&sol;ps4-splash&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-79785"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79785" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05015241&sol;PS4-Splash&period;png" alt&equals;"PS4-Splash" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;sonys-summoning-a-god-of-war-iii-remastered-for-ps4&sol;">Sony’s Summoning a God of War III&colon; Remastered for PS4<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>If you thought that this generation couldn’t get enough remasters&comma; than think again&period; This summer&comma; Playstation 4 owners will get to experience Kratos’s death march to Mount Olympus all over again in the shiniest&comma; grittiest kills that HD can offer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the trailer above looks a bit familiar to you – than by all means&comma; it should&period; Sony’s announced today that <em>God of War III<&sol;em> &lpar;no&comma; not 4&comma; sorry&rpar; will be remastered for the PlayStation 4 in 1080p this <strong>July 14th<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2010 action-game debuted on the PlayStation 3 five years ago and its prequel&comma; <em>God of War&colon; Ascension<&sol;em>&comma; released just two years ago this month&period; The remastered version will be in 1080p and 30 fps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We actually kind of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hell-hath-furies-god-war-ascension&sol;">loved <em><strong>Ascension<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&OpenCurlyQuote;s<em><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;em>multiplayer<&sol;a> back in the day&comma; if not its underdeveloped campaign&period; In the time since <em>Ascension<&sol;em>&comma; Sony Santa Monica’s been hit hard with layoffs&comma; though the company’s reportedly remained dedicated to making more games still&comma; including this remaster&comma; apparently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Number 1<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-announces-new-mobile-deal-teases-nx-platform&sol;satoru-iwata-bagogames&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-79574"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79574" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05020143&sol;Satoru-Iwata-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Satoru Iwata BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-announces-new-mobile-deal-teases-nx-platform&sol;">Nintendo Announces New Mobile Deal&comma; Teases &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NX” Platform<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>No&comma; Nintendo’s not going mobile just yet&comma; but after today&comma; it’s going to be letting someone else play with its IPs…on mobile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a press conference today&comma; the company formally announced its new partnership with Japanese mobile developer and e-commerce provider&comma; DeNA&comma; with the intent of making all-new Nintendo games for mobile phones&period; Any and all Nintendo franchises are up for grabs and if you were holding your breath for old New Super Mario Bros&period; ports&comma; forget about it&period; Ports of any old games will&comma; by all accounts&comma; not be in the cards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You might remember DeNA as the company behind a recent Transformers mobile title and is working with Square on <em>Final Fantasy Record Keeper<&sol;em>&period; No games have been announced by either them or Nintendo yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And do you <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;top-5-stories-week-club-nintendo-to-say-goodbye&sol;">remember Club Nintendo<&sol;a>&quest; The folks at DeNA will apparently be some of the brains behind renewing the membership service&comma; reportedly via Wii U&comma; 3DS&comma; and – coincidentally – PC&period; The as yet unnamed service is supposed to be out this year&comma; but where in the world it’ll be is still unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On top of all that&comma; Nintendo let its biggest news slip&colon; it’s apparently working on <em>some<&sol;em> kind of new game platform&comma; but whether it’s hardware&comma; software&comma; or an outright home console is known to only the folks deep inside Nintendo right now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As proof that Nintendo maintains strong enthusiasm for the dedicated game system business&comma; let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename &OpenCurlyQuote;NX’ ” Iwata said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is too early to elaborate on the details of this project&comma; but we hope to share more information with you next year&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Honorable Mentions<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;check-out-the-leaked-footage-of-phantom-dust&sol;phantom-dust&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-79775"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79775" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05015306&sol;Phantom-Dust&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Phantom Dust" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"358" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This week had a lot of big news and the news staff and I found it hard to narrow it down to the usual five stories&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;features&sol;">Check Out the Leaked Footage of Phantom Dust<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nvidia-shield-console-announced-at-gdc-2015&sol;">Nvidia Shield Console announced at GDC 2015<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>If you have suggestions for future entries&comma; feel free to email me at jeremy&period;tyler&commat;bagogames&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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