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Square Enix published a launch trailer for its Switch eShop RPG I Am Setsuna. Have a look at the video below.

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It was assumed that Nicalis was teasing Hydra (or Hydra Castle Labyrinth) for Switch last month after the company tweeted out an image of the game on the system’s home screen. Now that’s been officially confirmed.

Nicalis’ Tyrone Rodriguez showed Hydra running on Switch during a Polygon live stream yesterday. Additionally, the first gameplay of 1001 Spikes and Cave Story debuted as well. Check out the recording below.

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

PS4 – 37,008
New 3DS LL – 15,984
Vita – 10,704
PS4 Pro – 6,481
2DS – 4,303
New 3DS – 1,254
PS3 – 505
Xbox One – 469
Wii U – 464

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

PS4 – 21,204
New 3DS LL – 16,426
Vita – 8,284
PS4 Pro – 5,999
2DS – 4,665
New 3DS – 1,203
PS3 – 500
Wii U – 491
Xbox One – 76

And here are the software charts:

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New details about Monster Hunter XX have emerged from this week’s Famitsu. The magazine details Hunter Call, Felyne Palico armor coloring, and the Horns Coin. We’ve rounded up the information below, courtesy of Gematsu.

Hunter Call

– New, local wireless play feature
– Call hunters to a meeting place by turning on your Hunter Search
– If the hunters you call out to respond, they’ll immediately join you at your meeting place and can participate in multiplayer
– Easy way to play with the people around you

Felyne Palico Armor Coloring

– Set colors for your Felyne Palico Armor
– Freely color each part of your Felyne Palico’s armor

New Item: Horns Coin

– Get these as a reward by clearing quests at “Horns”
– Horns: a bar where you can accept G-rank quests
– You can exchange Horns Coins for various items by giving it to the bar’s show girl
– Items you can exchange them for include raw meat, crossbow bullets, and other consumable goods, as well as things necessary for producing and strengthening armor
– Can change the background music at the bar

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Square Enix prepared a special video to promote the launch of Dragon Quest Heroes I-II in Japan. View the new video below.

In other news, Square Enix has announced that a demo for Dragon Quest Heroes I-II will be up on the Japanese Switch eShop on Friday. This was confirmed during the game’s live stream held just a short while ago.

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GameSpot has shared a few more minutes of footage from Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, posted below. We get a look at some of the townfolks you meet and how to start your first garden.

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Raw Fury uploaded trailers for its initial batch of Switch games. You can watch videos for GoNNER, Kingdom: Two Crowns, and Dandara below.

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Walmart currently has the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition to pre-order. You can reserve the package here. This is mostly the same as the Master Edition, but is without the Master Sword statue.

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Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers now has a release date… in Japan. During the latest episode of Capcom TV, it was announced that the fighter will arrive on May 26. The North American date has not yet been determined.

Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers’ retail version will cost 4,990 yen. The eShop version is priced at 4,620 yen.

Capcom TV also showed the latest footage from Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers. We should have the archive soon.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Switch eShop, Wii U | 122 Comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NSW / Wii U) – 10 / 10 / 10 / 10
Dragon Quest Heroes I-II (NSW) 9/9/9/9
For Honor (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
Blaster Master Zero (NSW / 3DS) – 8/8/8/8
The Brookhaven Experiment (PS4) – 8/8/8/8
Ys Origin (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
Super Bomberman R (NSW) – 8/7/8/7
Pirate Pop Plus (Wii U / 3DS) – 6/6/6/6

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the 24th perfect score from Famitsu in the magazine’s history. Other titles to receive the same accolades are as follows:

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