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Now that we know you can use Link to
kit out your Dovahkiin in TESV Skyrim
on Switch, here are a few more ideas:
• Bowser – fireballs.
A new spellbook – simple as that. I’d
even go so far as to call it ‘Your Princess
Is In Another Castle’.
• Yoshi – turning people into eggs.
And yes, you can even do it to giants.
• Pikachu – companion.
You’d get Pikachu to follow you around
and zap people, and when he’s not
with you, he’s back holding the fort in
Whiterun.
• Toad – size boost.
You get a growth spurt for a few
minutes, like Giant-Man but cooler.
amiibo
dreaming
booths were some of the most intense at the
show and we'd probably still be queuing now.
We'll hopefully be able to get a full rundown on
these titles when the E3 code makes its way
Down Under. We were reliably informed that
Fallout 4, in particular, is absolutely knockout.
Paul: I loved what MachineGames did with
the Wolfenstein reboot back in 2014, and played
it – along with the standalone follow-up, The Old
Blood – relentlessly. I wasn't overly impressed
with the predictability of Raven Software's 2009
reboot, so when The New Order was unveiled, I
was pessimistic; there was no need for concern.
Needless to say I was overjoyed when Bethesda
announced at its E3 press conference that BJ
Blazkowicz was coming back this year on
October 27.
The ‘50s-inspired café booth at E3
serving strawberry milkshakes proved
the perfect setting for hands-on with
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. The
demo takes place on Set Roth’s U-Boat
with BJ restricted to a wheelchair – yep,
a wheelchair.
But that doesn’t impede ole BJ,
who, with machine-pistol in hand,
wheels around the U-Boat deck shooting,
vapourising and cracking Nazi skulls against the
armrest of his wheelchair. Expectedly, it’s as
outlandish and enjoyable as it sounds – and a
thoroughly good looking shooter to boot.
MachineGames have been given creative
carte blanche with the Wolfenstein franchise,
often matching the absurd with realism in the
same passage of play. It’s this unpredictability
that raises the question of whether the
developer is being serious or not, and this is
why it works. I, for one, can wait to play this in
its entirety.
Unfortunately, that was all we got to
go hands-on with on the booth, though to
Bethesda’s credit, both WII and EW2 are
releasing this year. Now, time to ponder what
all the different amiibo will do in Skyrim for the
Switch…
Wolfenstein II:The New Colossus
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