Pre-order updates – March 15, 2020
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Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 1 returns in Fire Emblem Heroes
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Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 1 has returned in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week.
You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 1 until March 22.
Nintendo maintenance schedule – March 15, 2020
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Nintendo’s maintenance schedule has received its regular update. There’s not too much coming up over the next few days, though there’s some notable eShop downtime the following week.
Here’s the current schedule:
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Cygames announces Shadowverse: Champions Battle for Switch
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Cygames today announced Shadowverse: Champions Battle, a card battling RPG for Switch. It’ll be based on the upcoming TV anime that’s kicking off on April 7 in Japan. Fans can expect card battles, story elements, charming characters, and two-player support.
Shadowverse: Champions Battle launches later this year in Japan. We’ve included a new trailer for the anime below.
Auto-running, Greek-inspired rhythm game Rhythm of the Gods appearing on Switch this month
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LyreLark is bringing the auto-running, Greek-inspired rhythm game Rhythm of the Gods to Switch this month, an eShop listing reveals. A release is set for March 23.
We have the following overview and trailer for Rhythm of the Gods:
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Kunai update out now (version 1.0.3)
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The fast-paced action adventure / Metroidvania game Kunai has been updated on Switch. With version 1.0.3, the team has implemented a few improvements and fixed a number of issues impacting the player experience.
Below are the full patch notes:
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Switch file sizes – Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, more
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Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Nintendo ranks fourth in Metacritic’s 2019 game publisher rankings
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Metacritic has published its tenth annual game publisher rankings based on titles released in 2019. Critic reviews were used here to determine the best and worst companies of the year.
Nintendo ranked third in 2019, earning an average Metascore of 80.0. Its Metascore actually rose close to four points year-over-year. 79 percent of Nintendo’s 2019 releases earned positive reviews, which is an increase of 65 percent from 2018. Switch titles Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Super Mario Maker 2 helped contribute to the Big N’s strong year.
Here’s a look at the top forty publishers as ranked by points:
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Kamiya talks about his early meetings with Nintendo, how the art direction for The Wonderful 101 changed
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In a recent issue of Famitsu, PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya bonded with game director and scenario writer, Taro Yoko, over their mutual unwillingness to compromise on their creative visions. This prompted Yoko to bring up the topic of The Wonderful 101, as he had heard that the art direction for the game was quite different in the very beginning of development.
Kamiya explained the situation in our translation below:
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – Japanese Wano Country commercial
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Another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 has arrived, this time focusing on Wano Country. Check it out below.