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Fight Crab

In partnership with developer Calappa Games, Mastiff has announced that it will publish the physics-based 3D action battle game Fight Crab on Switch next month. A release is scheduled for September 15 in North America, Europe, and Australia.

At least for now, Fight Crab will be digital-only in the west. However, a physical version is planned for Asia, and you can import a copy here.

Here’s some information about Fight Crab as well as a trailer:

Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu

Level-5 has put out a third trailer for its Japanese Switch game Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu. View it below.

Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu launches for Switch in Japan on August 13.

Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez

Bandai Namco today announced Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez, a new action game for Switch. It will launch in Japan on October 29.

Here’s the first round of details:

SNK has announced that a new DLC character from Honor of Kings is joining Samurai Shodown. Honor of Kings was made by Tencent, and originally released on mobile back in 2015.

SNK is keeping quiet on the exact identity of the character. However, we do have a silhouette above.

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Paper Mario: The Origami King

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima – 221,915 / NEW
2. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King – 109,092 / NEW
3. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 71,897 / 5,186,283
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 36,183 / 1,173,243
5. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 – 29,719 / 124,595
6. [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 – 26,951 / 118,498
7. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics 20,586 / 235,891
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,031 / 3,035,989
9. [NSW] Together! The Battle Cats – 9,725 / NEW
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 7,843 / 3,662,804

Sonic the Hedgehog

Paramount has set a release date for its Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel. It’ll be debuting in theaters on April 8, 2020, the company has announced.

Specifics about the movie have not yet been shared. However, we do know that Jeff Fowler is returning as director while Pat Casey and Josh Miller are writing the script.

Plans for a follow-up to the Sonic movie were announced at the end of May.

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Balan Wonderworld

Square Enix has published a video with Balan Wonderworld director Yuji Naka and character designer Naoto Ohshima. Below, the two developers introduce their new 3D action-platformer.

Balan Wonderworld launches for Switch in Spring 2021.

Catherine: Full Body

Atlus has posted the results of a poll it recently held on social media for Catherine: Full Body. In both the west and Japan, fans were asked about their favorite love interest: Catherine, Katherine, or Rin.

Katherine was the top choice in the west while Catherine led the way in Japan. That being said, the results were very close the whole way around.

Here’s how things panned out:

Volta-X

The real-time robot strategy battler Volta-X will feature-cross-play between Switch and PC, GungHo Online Entertainment America has announced. Players on the two platforms will be able to team up and form clans or battle each other online.

A new webcomic has also been released, accessible here. GungHo says that it “showcases the unique art style of Volta-X and dives into the backstories of two of the game’s main protagonists, Ian and Sheldon. Both are on the verge of graduating from the Volta academy but need to pull off a heist to ‘borrow’ their own giant Volta robot for an upcoming tournament.” More comics will be shared in the future.

Volta-X launches on Switch later this summer.

Civilization VI

Civilization VI’s new Ethiopia Pack is now live on Switch. In addition to that, a free update has been made available.

Below are the full patch notes:


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