Our latest look at Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion comes from Nintendo of Europe. On Twitter, the company shared a clip of another mission today known as Hypercolor Station. Find the video below.

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Earlier in the week, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda conducted Q&A sessions with different members of the media. European press participated in one of these events. Masuda was asked about topics such as how core fans will react to the Let’s Go games, on when it was decided to make those titles as well as the 2019 games, and the possibility of more open gameplay in the future.

Some of the notable excerpts are as follows:

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Shinyuden confirmed in April that Heroes Trials is coming to Switch. The developer won’t be releasing its game alone, as Ratalakia Games has announced publishing duties for the west.

We have the following overview for the action RPG.

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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of April 2018. You can check out the full results below.

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This week, Koei Tecmo made the latest update for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings. The new update puts the game at version 1.03.

A few additions have been added, including new DLC compatibility. We have the full patch notes and rundown of latest season pass content below.

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GRIDD: Retroenhanced is coming to Switch, and it’ll be just a few days until we’ll be seeing it. A listing on the North American eShop shows a release date of June 7.

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is described as “an intense arcade-style cyberpunk hacking shoot ’em up with an incredible soundtrack, procedurally generated elements, and electric visuals.” Antab Studio developed the game, though Kongregate will be publishing.

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In a recent news post sent out to Switch owners, Nintendo provided a listing of the top 15 European eShop downloads for May 2018.

In its first month, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze manages to take the top spot. Other notable inclusion is FIFA 18, which finds its way back into the chart and even at the second position.

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Amazon UK has opened pre-orders for the Owlboy Limited Edition. You can reserve it here. If you missed out on US pre-orders, note that Amazon UK will ship stateside.

Only 6,000 copies of the Owlboy Limited Edition will be produced worldwide so we don’t expect this to last terribly long. It comes with the following items:

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A few days ago, Nippon Ichi released The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince in Japan for Switch. Have a look at a bunch of footage below.

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SEGA finally pulled back on its new Sonic game this week. In Winter 2018, Team Sonic Racing will arrive on Switch.

During an official live stream, Aaron Webber from SEGA’s social media and PR team commented on the game a bit further. He confirmed that it will be playable at E3, and footage is coming soon. Webber also said that the project has been in the works for a while.

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