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A poll was recently held to determine the next couple of Pokemon GO Community Days. Charmander, Caterpie, Grimer, and Porygon were all nominated.

Porygon was the top choice with 55.3 percent of the vote. Next up was Charmander, who earned 36.6 percent. They’ll be featured in the next Pokemon GO Community Days for September and October respectively.

Look for the next Pokemon GO Community Day on September 20. Following that will be on October 17.

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Nintendo brought back another one of Splatoon 2’s Splatfests this weekend. Team Chicken won back in 2018, but Team Egg now had another opportunity to take home the win.

The encore Splatfest has drawn to a close and the results are in. Here’s a look at how things panned out:

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Before a movie goes into full production, it can be accompanied by a previsualization video. Concept shots and footage are created before any real work is done. For animated films, it can give animators and directors a better idea as to how certain scenes will actually turn out.

Artist Ellery Ortiz has now uploaded a video showing off previsualization work for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. She said of her work on Vimeo:

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Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Sonic Mania + Team Sonic Racing Double Pack

Update (8/23): The Sonic Mania + Team Sonic Racing Double Pack is now live on Amazon.


Original (8/22): According to a listing on Amazon, Sonic Mania + Team Sonic Racing Double Pack is making its way to Switch. It’s apparently releasing on October 26. We have the official boxart above.

Pre-orders aren’t live just yet. However, Amazon should eventually be taking reservations here.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp updated today with ten new animals. The lineup includes Felicity, Ruby, Buzz, Rolf, Dora, Wade, Billy, Huck, Claude, and Cashmere.

As noted in the app, players can receive animal maps via souvenirs from exporting to specific islands in Gulliver’s Ship. They can also meet animals by exploring and completing animal maps in Blathers’s Treasure Trek.

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Nintendo Dream‘s latest edition has an interesting teaser for its next issue. In September, the Japanese magazine will apparently be revealing a Switch game “that everyone will enjoy”.

Unfortunately, no additional information is available. While it sounds like Nintendo Dream may have a scoop, it’s not entirely clear if a different source will beat them to the punch with the news. Also note that while Nintendo’s Dream context indicates that this is a single announcement, Japanese doesn’t easily differentiate between plural and singular.

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The team behind Killer Queen Black has provided an updated roadmap that details future plans for the game.

In July, Killer Queen Black received the major Betelgeuse Update. It brought along a new map as well as improvements to party systems and gameplay.

As for what lies ahead, more updates are planned for Q3 and Q4. There’s been a bit of a shift in terms of what will be included in the next couple of updates, you you can see the full roadmap above.

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PGA Tour 2K21

A couple of days ago, PGA Tour 2K21 made it to Switch as one of the few golf games on the system. If you’re curious as to how the game looks and runs, check out the footage below.

Color Jumper

According to an eShop listing, Color Jumper will be releasing on Switch next week. The color-based puzzle-platformer (which does include a colorblind mode), will be out on August 28.

We have the following overview and trailer for Color Jumper:


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