Fire Emblem Heroes – Voting Gauntlet: Springtime Skirmish, new Special Maps live
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Voting Gauntlet: Springtime Skirmish has kicked off in Fire Emblem Heroes. By winning battles, you can increase your army’s score. Complete quests to earn in-game rewards such as Orbs, Divine Codes (Ephemera 3) and more.
Special Maps have also been updated. By clearing these, you can earn 8-bit accessories of the Courageous Heroes Alfonse, Sharena, and Anna. Accessories of Feh and Chief Fehnix are available as log-in bonuses as well.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp update coming this month (version 3.2.0)
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Nintendo has announced a new 3.2.0 update for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. On both iOS and Android, it’s targeted for the middle of the month.
One of the main highlights of the update will allow players to preview furniture and clothing before crafting. The Cookie & Depot Plan is also receiving an upgrade, as you’ll be able to save up to five layouts and the plan name will be getting a makeover. Finally, in Blathers’s Treasure Trek, you’ll soon be able to spend Bells or materials to have Blathers auto-trek through the course.
PlatinumGames’ last “Platinum 4” announcement seems to be the April Fools’ joke Sol Presta
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Going back to the reveal of The Wonderful 101: Remastered several weeks ago, PlatinumGames has been teasing four announcements. Aside from reviving the Wii U game, the studio announced Project G.G. and a new studio in Tokyo. The final piece of news was teased for today, which doesn’t actually seem to be a tangible product.
Tying in with April Fools’, PlatinumGames and Hamster “revealed” Sol Presta. Here’s a video shared online today:
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Dr. Nabbit joining Dr. Mario World
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Dr. Mario World is about to add its latest character. Dr. Nabbit will be joining the game this week, Nintendo has announced.
Nabbit will be appearing as of April 2 at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET. New stages will be added to the game at the same time.
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Arcade Archives Tin Star coming to Switch this week
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Hamster is bringing Arcade Archives Tin Star to Switch this week, the company has announced. A worldwide release is set for April 2.
Tin Star was originally made by Taito in 1983. The shooter involves taking on the role of a sheriff while fighting against outlaws outside of town.
Pricing for Arcade Archives Tin Star is set at $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29.
Source: Hamster PR
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New Animal Crossing spirits coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Nintendo has announced a new Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As part of that, spirits from Animal Crossing will be added to the game. Four new ones will appear in total.
The latest Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event goes live on April 3. Expect it to last a total of five days.
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories footage
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Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories launches for Switch in the west on April 7. Check out some early footage in the video below.
Upcoming Japanese eShop releases – April 8, 2020
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Nintendo has updated the Japanese release schedule on its platforms for the week of April 8, 2020. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
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Rumor: Some Nintendo assets distributed online through hack of internal dev servers
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Update: Flipnote Studio for Switch as well as the new Pokemon music have been confirmed fake, so thankfully we can rest easy knowing that Nintendo’s servers have not been hacked.
Original: When you’re a big company like Nintendo, protecting against hacks is something you unfortunately have to deal with. In the Big N’s case, with announcements and other plans being set up weeks and months in advance, ensuring that information isn’t revealed before an unveiling can be crucial. Hacks (and especially leaks) do happen though, and it’s something we’ve seen impact Nintendo in recent years.
Another notable hack may have taken place over the past few days. Two releases may have been involved: a new Flipnote Studio for Switch and Pokemon Sword/Shield DLC.
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy has unintentional cross-play between Switch and PC due to a bug, dev says it’ll be fixed
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy came out on consoles towards the tail end of last week, but it’s been met with some frustration. Aspyr, the company behind the port, accidentally enabled cross-play between Switch (as well as PS4) and Switch. Usually this sort of feature would be celebrated, but it’s been turned on by default and unfair matches have been taking place between newcomers and experienced PC players.
PC players need to go out of their way in order to make cross-play happen. Users need to input the specific IP address of console matchmaking servers, and it doesn’t even show up on the menus for the PC release. Aside from having more experience, they’re also able to use a mouse and keyboard setup.
Here’s what Aspyr is saying about the situation:
