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Niantic has released a new version 56.0 update for Pikmin Bloom.

This update mostly focuses on small quality of life changes. These include being able to see featured items in shop banners, providing the ability to sort postcards by favorites, adjusting the sound of Pikmin eating nectar, and updating the appearance of special spots.

Here are the full patch notes for the update:

Broken Universe – Tower Defense has just released, with new gameplay being posted online for the title. About 26 minutes of footage showcasing the start of the game are available.

For more information on the game, check out the following overview.

Nintendo Switch Sports update 1.2.3

The second Nintendo Switch Sports update of the week has now gone live, and distribution of version 1.2.3 has started.

For those that aren’t keeping up with the situation, Nintendo’s patches this week are intended to address issues that started with version 1.2.1. With that update, cheaters were primarily being targeted. However, some players ended up encountering crashing issues once version 1.2.1 was installed. Due to the problems, online servers were even taken offline for a few days.

The official patch notes for the Nintendo Switch Sports version 1.2.3 update are as follows:

Minecraft Dungeons Fauna Faire update

Minecraft Dungeons received a massive update today known as “Fauna Faire”. Although it’s largely known as version 1.16.2.0, it’ll show on Switch as version 1.16.1.0.

Fauna Faire lets players team up with friends and take on new challenges including the Tower multiplayer mode featuring additional floor variations as well as Treetop Tangle. There’s also the Enchantsmith, an option to take on a random mission, and more.

The full patch notes for the Minecraft Dungeons “Fauna Faire” update (version 1.16.1.0) are as follows:

Pokemon Crystal

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope frame rate resolution

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is almost here, and Digital Foundry is back with a new technical analysis covering topics such as frame rate and resolution. One of the big takeaways is that the team opted for a different visual approach compared to the first game, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Here are some of the more notable points:

Oddworld: Soulstorm release date

Oddworld: Soulstorm is almost ready to go on the Switch, and a release date has now been announced. We now have confirmation that the North American launch is lined up for November 8, 2022. Europe will be getting the game a bit earlier on October 27.

Get caught up on everything you need to know with the following overview:

Sonic Frontiers Cyber Space DJ Mix

SEGA is offering another preview of the Sonic Frontiers soundtrack with another piece of music, “Cyber Space DJ Mix”. Tomoya Ohtani was in charge of the arrangement and composition. 

Sonic Frontiers will be largely open zone. However, players can also enter Cyber Space levels which feature the kind of 3D platforming levels the series was known for previously.

Splatoon 3

Thanks to GamesIndustry, we have new insight into the UK gaming market for September 2022.

For Nintendo, Splatoon 3 was a big winner of the month. It was the second best-selling physical game in the UK for September. It was #4 overall, but keep in mind that Nintendo doesn’t report digital sales.

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Chompy Chomp Chomp Party

Chompy Chomp Chomp Party will soon be making the jump to Switch. The party title will arrive on November 17, 2022, Utopian World of Sandwiches has announced.

If Chompy Chomp Chomp Party sounds familiar, that could be because the game first appeared on Wii U. We originally saw it back in May 2016. As far as we can tell, the Switch version will have the same exact content.


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