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Atomicom announced today that its Mars based survival sandbox game JCB Pioneer: Mars is heading to Switch. A release is planned for December 24.

Originally, JCB Pioneer: Mars debuted on Steam Early Access. The team has since addressed user feedback, added a bunch of updates and improvements “including a huge increase in performance, new and improved UI, new tools, refined gameplay and much more.” Designer Tamsyn Hastings adds: “We’ve made drastic improvements across the board; refining playability and in game experiences, implementing new explorable areas and mechanics which allow us to show more game depth than the original early access release.”

Koei Tecmo published the first trailer for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet. We have it below, but keep in mind there’s an obvious NSFW warning here.

Blue Rider

Eastasiasoft Limited has announced a partnership with Argentinian developer Ravegan to bring the 3D shoot’em up Blue Rider to Switch. A worldwide release is planned for December 13.

Here’s an overview, along with a trailer:

Bandai Namco issued a new batch of screenshots from Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition today highlighting customization (as well as various items you’ll find along the way). Check out the latest images below.

The Legend of Zelda Concert 2018 has had a couple of performances in Japan thus far, with another to follow in Tokyo on December 14. Although the event will be wrapping up soon, Nippon Columbia announced that an album is on the way.

Fans can purchase the new album starting March 6. Two options are planned: a standard release as well as a limited edition. Both contain 2 CDs while the limited edition contains an extra Blu-ray. The Blu-ray features a recording of the concert itself taken during the Tokyo event.

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Nintendo has posted another update to the Smash Bros. Blog for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, we have an introduction to the Midgar stage.

Here’s the overview:

Per usual, Hamster is readying a new NeoGeo game for Switch this week. But on top of that, Double Dragon II: The Revenge will be available on the eShop as a new arcade title.

We have the following overview:

Twinkle Star Sprites is heading to Switch this week as the system’s latest NeoGeo title, Hamster has announced. It’s scheduled for a worldwide release on December 6.

Here’s a brief overview:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate technically doesn’t launch until Friday, but you can go ahead and download an update for the game. It’ll be version 1.1.0 after the patch is installed.

If you’ve gone with the pre-purchase option, version 1.1.0 should be available. The extra data clocks in at 400MB.

We previously heard that Smash Bros. Ultimate would be getting an update at launch to ensure that everything is in order with the reply system. It’s unclear if anything else is involved with this new version.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:


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