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Devolver Digital has set a release date for the Switch version of Downwell. Thanks to the company’s Discord channel, we have confirmation that it’ll arrive on January 31.

We have the following overview and trailer for Downwell:

Nintendo has put out a couple of videos highlighting some of the top indie games on Switch this year. We have them below.


Nintendo has readied a new trailer for Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey. Watch it below.

Nintendo Switch

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 278,701
PS4 – 57,948
New 2DS LL – 19,096
PS4 Pro – 17,845
New 3DS LL – 7,116
Vita – 3,939
2DS – 724
Xbox One X – 195
Xbox One – 182

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 281,213
PS4 – 62,580
PS4 Pro – 19,014
New 2DS LL – 14,510
New 3DS LL – 5,132
Vita – 2,647
Xbox One X – 847
2DS – 395
Xbox One – 204

And here are the software charts:

Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off its latest event. Players can participate in Grand Conquests, in which three armies fight over territory during the course of three battles. The continent of Elibe from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is where battles are fought this time.

The latest Grand Conquests event in Fire Emblem Heroes will be live until January 1.

In anticipation of the 2019 release of Kill la Kill the Game: IF on Switch, Arc System Works has let loose more details on the game’s main Story Mode, as well as its various Practice Modes.

This news comes to us in full from Gematsu, who broke down all of the new information and screenshots below.

The King of Fighters 2002 is coming to Switch this week as the system’s latest NeoGeo game, Hamster has announced. It will be the 100th entry in the ACA NeoGeo series.

Here’s a brief overview:

Update: We’ve now prepared a full translation of the column here.


Original: In early excerpts from this week’s Masahiro Sakurai column in Famitsu, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Director has shared some new insight on the development of Joker as a playable character, the logistics of his reveal, and briefly addresses online play.

Thanks to user BlackKite on Twitter, translations of this information has been made known. The tidbits are included below.

After a string of delays over the past year, developer Area Zero has announced a new January 2019 release window for Touhou Sky Arena in Japan.

The game is set to retail at 3,000 yen. While the new DLC character Toyosatomimi no Miko will release sometime after release in January for the Switch version, the Remilia Futo character add-ons that have already been made available on other versions of the game will be available at launch. On top of new characters, these add-ons also include new stages and music.

In tandem with the announcement, a new trailer has been released for the Switch version. The footage can be viewed below.

Clannad

Clannad is in the works for Switch. That’s according to the latest issue of Famitsu, which shares the initial news. Touch screen and Joy-Con usage will be supported.

Here’s an overview of the visual novel:

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