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Potata: Fairy Flower, a puzzle-platformer, will be out for Switch on June 6. View some early footage in the video below.

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The action-puzzler Urban Flow has been dated for Switch. It’ll release digitally via the eShop on June 26, Baltoro Games has announced.

Here’s an overview of Urban Flow, along with a trailer:

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A couple of new gameplay videos are in for Minecraft Dungeons, the new action-adventure game for Switch. We have a pair of videos below.

Minecraft Dungeons will be hitting Switch on May 26.

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The previously-announced Tempest Trials+: A Waltz Unending event is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. By clearing maps to raise your score, you can earn rewards. Refining Stones are also up for grabs by completing requests.

Fire Emblem Heroes is also hosting Summoning Focus: Heroes with Lull Skills. Three Heroes with Lull skills are available as part of a 5-star summoning focus.

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

1. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 129,659 (4,480,117)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 21,963 (905,295)
3. [PS4] Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, 04/10/20) – 11,229 (908,337)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,286 (2,946,455)
5. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 8,079 (3,417,239)
6. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,216 (3,697,918)
7. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 6,588 (229,057)
8. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,063 (1,387,002)
9. [NSW] Dragon Quest X All In One Package Version 1-5 (Square Enix, 05/14/20) – 5,657 (New)
10. [PS4] Trials of Mana (Square Enix, 04/24/20) – 5,467 (122,753)

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It was just last month that the second generation of Pokemon games were hit with a huge leak. A ton of sprites surfaced, offering a look at a bunch of different beta designs. 

There are even more Pokemon leaks, this time impacting Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. We won’t be sharing any links here, but source code for the games have appeared online.

Some fans have gone to work and poked through all the various files and codes in hopes of uncovering previously-unknown information. Twitter user eclipse_tt has shared some of the early discoveries, which are as follows:

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Nintendo has updated Animal Crossing: New Horizons with a small patch. Version 1.2.1 is live, though it’s not terribly exciting. According to the single line in Nintendo’s patch notes, bug fixes have been implemented.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons received several updates in April. The biggest one dropped on April 22, which added Leif and Redd plus the latest batch of seasonal events.

The developers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have previously said that the team wants updates to give surprises for years to come.

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PlatinumGames studio head Atsushi Inaba has a lot of love for Switch. While Inaba is embracing the next generation of gaming consoles in the form of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, they don’t carry an “extreme surprise or the unexpected quality”.

In contrast, Inaba feels “Switch was very ground-breaking in how it was able to just to take a home console and make it portable.” Also, much like the Game Boy and DS, he believes the system “opened up all these new possibilities.”

Inaba told VGC:

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Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have updated with a new distribution. By visiting Mystery Gift and then “Receive Via Internet,” a few new goodies can be obtained.

First up, players can get their hands on a Hidden Ability Galarian Mr. Mime at level 15. The Pokemon Comes in a Cherish Ball.

Also available are four different types of PokeBalls. These include a Lure Ball, Heavy Ball, Moon Ball and Dream Ball.

There’s no word currently on how long the Mystery Gift distribution will be live for.

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Nintendo has sent out a new Japanese commercial for Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics. Get a look at the advert below.

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is slated for a June 5 release on Switch.

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