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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has kicked off the new year with a couple of events.

First, the New Year’s headband is available as a free gift and will be sitting in your mailbox when you boot up the app. It can be obtained until February 1.

Limited Run Games has opened pre-orders for the physical version of Celeste. Keeping in line with past traditions, two options are available: the standard release and a collector’s edition.

The collector’s edition includes:

Dragalia Lost

Dragalia Lost is receiving its first promotion of the year with a new Japanese commercial. We’ve posted the short advert below.

Bokosuka Wars II is heading to Switch, Pygmy Studio has announced. The game will be released sometime this year.

Bokosuka Wars II acts as a sequel to the original simulation RPG, now with co-op and more. We have more details and a trailer below.

It was roughly a year ago that we heard about Downwell creator Ojiro Fumoto joining Nintendo. That relationship didn’t last terribly long, with Fumoto confirming that he’s already gone from the company. He’s returning to his roots and becoming an indie developer once again.

The good news is that Fumoto left on his own terms and the two sides still have an amicable relationship. He wrote on Twitter that working at Nintendo was “an incredible experience”.

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Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off a few different events in time for the start of 2019.

First, the previously-announced Tempest Trials+: An Alliance of Princesses event is now live. Rewards include the 5-star Special Hero Laegjarn: New Experiences and two Sacred Seals.

Playful Corp appears to be bringing its platformer Super Lucky’s Tale to Switch.

The studio’s concept artist made mention of Nintendo’s console in resumes. In a couple of CVs, it’s stated that this person worked on “environment assets for the upcoming Nintendo Switch port.” Gearbox Software outsource manager Jesse Sosa, who was at Playful Corp until the end of 2017, also says he shipped Super Lucky’s Tale on Switch as part of his LinkedIn profile – though it has obviously yet to be released (or officially announced).

SteamWorld Dig 2

SteamWorld Dig 2 launched back in August 2017. Developer Image & Form has been quiet since then, but it sounds like we’re due for an update from the studio very soon.

Speaking as part of a New Year video to fans, CEO Brjánn Sigurgeirsson said the company will “very soon we have some news for you.” He added that Image & Form will “see you sooner than you think.”

Here’s Sigurgeirsson’s brief message in full:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZ9QOJrHiY

For Mario Tennis Aces’ latest tournament, Luma has been added as a new character. Check out some footage in the video below.

Nintendo is continuing to celebrate the start of 2019 with some special art. We have images featuring Splatoon, Fire Emblem Heroes, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and Animal Crossing attached to this post.



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