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Fire Emblem Heroes - Weekly Revival 11

Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 11 has returned as the latest event in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes in this week’s summoning focus revival.

You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 10 until January 12.

Developer Four Fats is putting its fantasy action-platformer Blackmoor 2 on Switch tomorrow, according to an eShop listing. It will be sold digitally on the store.

We have the following overview and trailer for Blackmoor 2:

Team Reptile has finally set a release date for the arrival of Dust and Ashes in the Switch version of Lethal . The game’s latest character joins consoles on January 17, the developer announced this week.

In case you missed it, here’s a brief introduction to Dust and Ashes:

GameStop has posted the official boxart for Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Palindrome Interactive and Kalypso Media’s upcoming strategy game. Give it a look above.

Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars launches for Switch in Spring 2020. You can pre-order it on GameStop here.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Metacritic has a reputation of being one of the top sites when it comes aggregating reviews. Now that 2019 has wrapped up, the site has offered a look at the best-reviewed Switch games of the year.

It’s actually a port that takes the top spot, as Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition is sitting strong at 93. In terms of the best-reviewed exclusive, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is at 83.

Here’s the full top 50:

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Bandai Namco is back with another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. Find an advert focusing on Enies Lobby below.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke with Nikkei regarding the work environment for Nintendo’s development staff. Furukawa stated that he relies on professionals to handle their work, and was met with surprise. When probed further in being asked if he truly did not have to interfere with their processes, Furukawa elaborated.

Here’s our translation:

The well-received point-and-click mystery adventure title Later Alligator has been confirmed for Switch. On social media, publisher SmallBu shared the news.

Here’s an overview of Later Alligator, along with a trailer:

In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa discussed the company’s stance on AR and more.

Furukawa noted that the Big N is “constantly researching and developing” new technologies, and there are talks between the hardware and software teams. As for AR specifically, he said Nintendo is actively researching how it can be used.

Here’s our full translation from the Japanese interview:

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Update (1/6): We’ve updated a portion of the line in our translation, specifically about Nintendo focusing on improving methods of play on dedicated hardware.


Original (1/4):Cloud gaming continues to become an important topic in the gaming industry. Google, for instance, just entered the scene with its Stadia service a couple of months ago.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently weighed in with his own thoughts as part of an interview with Nikkei. Speaking with the Japanese publication, Furukawa expressed the possibility that cloud gaming could become prominent in 10 years, but doesn’t currently think that dedicated hardware is going anywhere in the short-term. He did also note that Nintendo needs to “focus on improving methods of play that can only be had on dedicated hardware.”

Here’s the full excerpt as translated by Nintendo Everything:


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