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	<title type="text">Nintendo Indie and Partner Direct: the biggest news and trailers &#8211; The Verge</title>
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				<name>Andrew Webster</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Castlevania’s classic DS trilogy is coming to the Switch]]></title>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Three of the best Castlevania games are launching on the Switch very soon - Nintendo just revealed the Castlevania Dominus Collection, which will be available on August 27th. The bundle brings together the trilogy of Castlevania titles that originally debuted on the Nintendo DS; that means Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, and Order of [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>Three of the best <em>Castlevania</em> games are launching on the Switch very soon - Nintendo just revealed the <em>Castlevania Dominus Collection</em>, which will be available on August 27th.</p>
<p>The bundle brings together the trilogy of <em>Castlevania</em> titles that originally debuted on the Nintendo DS; that means <em>Dawn of Sorrow</em>, <em>Portrait of Ruin,</em> and <em>Order of Ecclesia</em>. As a bonus, the 1987 arcade game <em>Haunted Castle</em> is also included. Konami says that the games have been updated with "extra features such as save states or rewind." That might make up for the lack of a second screen for displaying the map.</p>
<p>With the launch, the Switch is slowly turning into the ideal …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24229521/castlevania-dominus-collection-nintendo-switch-ds-trilogy">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Emma Roth</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[MySims is making a comeback on the Switch]]></title>
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			<updated>2024-08-27T10:39:46-04:00</updated>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[MySims is back, and it's coming to the Nintendo Switch. A new bundle featuring revamped versions of EA's MySims and MySims Kingdom will revive the classic simulation titles with Switch-optimized controls and updated textures. If you've never played MySims, it's sort of like a cross between The Sims and Animal Crossing. In the mainline game, [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p><em>MySims</em> is back, and it's coming to the Nintendo Switch. A new bundle featuring revamped versions of EA's <em>MySims</em> and <em>MySims</em> <em>Kingdom </em>will<em> </em>revive the classic simulation titles with Switch-optimized controls and updated textures.</p>
<p>If you've never played <em>MySims</em>, it's sort of like a cross between <em>The Sims</em> and <em>Animal Crossing</em>. In the mainline game, you're tasked with rebuilding a run-down town by procuring blueprints, constructing houses, and making furniture to attract new residents. Each character has their own unique characteristics, like the bug-loving <a href="https://mysims.fandom.com/wiki/Gertrude_Spackle">Gertrude Spackle</a> and <a href="https://mysims.fandom.com/wiki/Yuki">Yuki</a>, who often threatens to bite your face for some reason.</p>
<p><em>MySims</em> lau …</p>
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				<name>Ash Parrish</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Nintendo is closing out the summer with a 40-minute showcase]]></title>
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			<updated>2024-08-26T10:41:24-04:00</updated>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nintendo has added one final event to the summer game-a-palooza calendar with not one but two game showcases. Tomorrow at 7AM PT / 10AM ET, Nintendo will host an indie world showcase, and then a partner direct will immediately follow. Altogether, Nintendo says the two back-to-back events will be 40 minutes long. Nintendo's already had [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>Nintendo has added one final event to the summer game-a-palooza calendar with not one but two game showcases. Tomorrow at 7AM PT / 10AM ET, Nintendo will host an indie world showcase, and then a partner direct will immediately follow. Altogether, Nintendo says the two back-to-back events will be 40 minutes long.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Join us tomorrow, August 27 at 7am PT, for an <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndieWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndieWorld</a> Showcase followed by a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoDirect?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NintendoDirect</a> Partner Showcase! The livestream, featuring both presentations back-to-back, will be roughly 40 minutes in total.<br><br>Watch here: <a href="https://t.co/SyxftK1vRR">https://t.co/SyxftK1vRR</a> <a href="https://t.co/tIs15ggQaM">pic.twitter.com/tIs15ggQaM</a></p>- Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1828070146117644476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>Nint …</p>
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