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Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Right around Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ launch, we learned that a new, even harder difficulty mode would be added to the game. The details surrounding it haven’t been officially shared, but thanks to the efforts of dataminer DeathChaos25, we have some earlier information.

Bandai Namco released Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Complete Edition on Switch yesterday. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.

Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off a few new events, including Grand Hero Battle Revival – Kana: Dragon Spawn. For two days only, the character is back for the fifth and final Grand Hero Battle Revival with some limited-time quests.

Heroes with Luna has also started as the ninth day’s summoning event. Fire Emblem Heroes is bringing back summoning focus events for 21 days straight.

Also, as is weekly tradition, Special Maps: Rival Domains has been updated. Players will earn a bonus for defeating foes with cavalry allies.

Nintendo has published a new interview with Dave Pottinger, the director of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics. Netflix had announced the Switch game back in June.

During the interview, Pottinger spoke about how the project came to be in the first place and what it’s been like translating the look of the movie / TV show. He also weighed in on some other topics like working with the creators.

Here’s the full interview:

Cooking Mama: Cookstar was unearthed for Switch this past week thanks to a couple of classification filings. It seems that there was actually an announcement back in February, but no one noticed. Additionally, the game was known as “Cooking Mama: Coming Home to Mama” at the time.

Planet Digital Partners shared the news earlier this year, stating that Cooking Mama: Cookstar “will be the first game to integrate blockchain technology on major consoles.” The site mentions a few other details, including a “Vegetarian Mode”:

On Wednesday, the fast-paced, challenging action platformer Damsel landed on the Switch eShop. Take a look at the game’s launch trailer below.

This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

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GungHo Online Entertainment has confirmed to Nintendo Everything that it worked with an external partner on Grandia HD Collection. Sickhead Games, a company that previously ported Stardew Valley to Switch, is involved with the project.

GungHo told us that Sickhead has been extremely careful with source material. The team used the SEGA Saturn release and new version side-by-side to give great care when making it.

This week, the ESA revealed that Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all adopting new policies that will require games on their platforms to disclose drop rates of loot boxes. The Big N has now issued a statement about the initiative.

As shared by Eurogamer, Nintendo said:

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Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.


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