Upcoming Japanese eShop releases for the week of September 12, 2024
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Nintendo has updated the Japanese release schedule on Switch for the week of September 12, 2024. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
Pre-order updates – September 8, 2024
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Nintendo maintenance schedule – September 8, 2024
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Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of September 8, 2024 is now available.
Switch will be affected, but also 3DS and Wii U. All told there are currently three sessions on the docket.
Below is the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of September 8, 2024:
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Ikki Unite getting physical release in Japan with English support, pre-orders open
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Ikki Unite released digitally on Switch earlier this year, but there’s now a physical release heading to Japan.
Ikki Unite will be sold standalone as well as in the form of a limited edition. The latter includes the game, Gonbe plush, scroll, folding fan, original soundtrack CD, and special Tsuzura box and Famicom-style sleeve.
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Gimmick 2 gameplay
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With Gimmick 2 coming to Switch this week, we’re now able to get a closer look thanks to plenty of gameplay. Footage shows Midsummer Meadow, Tadpole Temple, and more.
Additional details can be found in the following overview:
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Switch file sizes – Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp dev explains how the parntership with Nintendo came to be
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A new Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp developer interview gives us insight as to how the partnership between Nintendo and WayForward came to be.
This was a milestone release for a number of reasons. WayForward, best known for its Shantae series, was finally able to work with a Nintendo IP. Advance Wars was also dormant for about 15 years, as Days of Ruin was the last entry having hit the DS in 2008.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – September 2024
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A new month just started up a few days ago. Now that we’re in September, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Are you going through some of the releases from the Indie World + Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase like Castlevania Dominus Collection or Pizza Tower? How about Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Bakeru gameplay
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Following the overseas release of Bakeru, fans can get a good look at the localized version with gameplay. Tokushima: Journeying From Tanuki Village and Wakayama: Sparkling Ocean Beach stages are shown here.
Find some information about Good Feel’s Switch game in the following overview:
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was almost called Zelda: Tears of the Dragon
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Nintendo has spoken about the name for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and revealed that there was strong consideration for calling it Tears of the Dragon instead.
That tidbit comes from Eiji Aonuma, the game’s producer. Aonuma was speaking about Tears of the Kingdom in the newly-released art book, indicating that the Tears of the Dragon name could cause issues since it would “emphasize the Light Dragon”. Only after another member of the team suggested “Kingdom” that the final title materialized.
You can read our full translation below (some spoilers for those who haven’t played the game).
