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Another summoning event is live in Fire Emblem Heroes. This time around, three Heroes with the Dragon Fang skill are available in the 5-star summoning focus. This skill boosts damage by 50% of their Atk.

You can participate in Summoning Focus: Heroes with Dragon Fang until June 6.

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Update (5/26): FIFA 2020 has also been listed by Amazon UK, and is even up for pre-order here.

Original (5/22): EA will be bringing FIFA 20 to Switch, according to a listing on Amazon. An official announcement should be made within the next couple of weeks.

After taking several years off on Nintendo systems, FIFA finally returned with FIFA 18 for Switch. This will be the third year in a row that the series will be appearing on the console. FIFA 19 made a number of improvements over the previous version, so here’s hoping that the trend continues with this year’s iteration.

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The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse as been updated once again. Version 1.17 is live, which primarily hosts a bunch of fixes.

Below are the full patch notes:

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At least for now, Nintendo has quite a bit of maintenance planned for the next week. Sessions are lined up for Switch, the 3DS, and the eShops.

Here’s the schedule currently:

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Per usual, the Nintendo UK store has bonuses available for those who pre-order Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Consumers will receive the keychain and sticker set pictured above.

You can pre-order Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on the Nintendo UK store here. The game launches on July 19 worldwide.

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Nintendo and Cygames have announced a new Gala Dragalia event for Dragalia Lost, which kicks off tomorrow.

As part of the festivities, the human form of Mym will be featured here. Additionally, the initial appearance rate for 5-star adventurers and dragons will be boosted to 6%, up from the standard 4%. Nintendo says that if you get a 5-star summon or 5-star featured summon, the appearance rate will return to the initial 6%.

Here’s a trailer:

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Amazon Japan has posted the boxart for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game, which we have above. The title is due out in Japan on July 24, followed by the west sometime next year.

That’s not the only Olympics game from SEGA. This winter, we’ll be getting Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Switch.

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Now that Cuphead has been released for Switch, you might be interested to hear that an official art book will release later this year. Developer Studio MDGR teamed up with Dark Horse Books to give fans a look at “early concepts, production work, and early ideas that went into the making of Cuphead’s characters, bosses, stages and more.”

Here’s an official description:

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Sumo Digital worked on two kart racers for SEGA. The two sides teamed up again for Team Sonic Racing, but there are no SEGA characters to be found here – it’s naturally all about Sonic.

Some may be surprised to see such a specific roster focus given Sumo’s past efforts. In a recent interview with GameSpot, studio design director Derek Littlewood explained that the move was a difficult one, but it allowed the team “to create a very new kind of unique experience”.

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More: Ben Wilson, Derek Littlewood, interview, SEGA, Sumo Digital, Team Sonic Racing

Just like with previous years, Nintendo has produced a new company handbook for 2019. It not only features plenty of lovely game art, but also a slight peek behind the curtain with the company’s employees working on such projects.

Here’s a look at the new handbook:

You can find photos of the 2013 edition here, 2014 edition here, 2015 edition here, 2016 edition here, 2017 edition here, and 2018 edition here.

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