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Animal Crossing New Horizons Direct live stream

Today’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct will be starting in an hour, and we’ve got a live stream ready for the proceedings. It will kick off at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe.

During the broadcast, Nintendo will be detailing upcoming content planned for the Switch title. This was first teased during the most recent general Nintendo Direct in September. We’ve thus far gotten a tease of The Roost, but not much else is known beyond that.

Developer ButtonX and publisher RedDeerGames have announced that puzzle battler Aloof is arriving on Switch today. Check out the launch trailer along with an overview below the break.

The latest daily demon video for Shin Megami Tensei V has been shared by Atlus. This latest video goes over the demon Thoth, check it out along with some extra details below.

Dragalia Lost’s challenge event The Mercurial Gauntlet has been updated with new quests. These quests The Mercurial Gauntlet (Water) Lv. 61 through The Mercurial Gauntlet (Water) Lv. 70.

In addition to these additions, a Gala Dragalia Remix is now live as well. This summoning event features the new adventurers 5 star Basileus (wind/wand) and 5 star Sandalphon (water/staff) and brings back the adventurer 5 star Gala Elisanne (water/axe). The Gala Dragalia Remix will be live until October 17, 2021 at 10:59pm PT.

Specifics about the appearance rates of the adventurers included in the Gala Dragalia Remix and more info about The Mercurial Gauntlet can be found below.

The next tour has been announced in Mario Kart Tour, and this one is the Halloween Tour. This tour will have players racing through the streets of London with characters dressed up for Halloween.

Included in this event are: Magician Waligi, a Vampire Mario, and a Witch Rosalina, alongside themed cars. A preview video of the Halloween Tour can be seen in this tweet from the official Mario Kart Tour Twitter page:

Super Robot Wars 30 is getting a DLC pack with exclusive crossover content. This includes content from the SEGA franchise Sakura Wars, and it is due out in DLC Pack #1 in November. Here’s a list of what will be included in that pack (translation courtesy of Gematsu): 

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack – Beltorchika’s Children
  • Sakura Wars series
  • Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V
  • Super Robot Wars OG series

DLC Pack #1 is just the beginning of extra content heading to Super Robot Wars 30 though- there is also a Season Pass that will add special missions to the game. Additionally, players with the Season Pass will gain exclusive first access to another content pack that planned for the future. Here’s the specifics of what the Season Pass includes:

Atlus has published another demon trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V, and this time we have a look at the creature known as Setanta. It has shown up in a variety of games throughout the series, including Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Persona 4, Persona 5, Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, and much more.

The Megami Tensei Wiki has a little bit of extra information about Setanta. Read more about the demon below.

Metroid Dread review

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] Metroid Dread – 86,798 / NEW
2. [PS4] Far Cry 6 – 34,219 / NEW
3. [PS5] Far Cry 6 – 16,686 / NEW
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 12,257 / 4,085,509
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 11,936 / 4,450,954
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 11,257 / 2,862,651
7. [NSW] Minecraft – 10,699 / 2,225,165
8. [NSW] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus – 9,513 / NEW
9. [PS4] Lost Judgment – 8,589 / 140,834
10. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! – 7,787 / 144,966

Metroid Dread bug

Nintendo has acknowledged a bug that players may encounter in Metroid Dread towards the end of the game.

If you encounter the issue, the title will forcibly close. You’ll also see a message that states: “The software was closed because an error occurred”. 

Dungeon Encounters gameplay

Now that Dungeon Encounters has released on Switch, we have a good look at gameplay. Today’s video shows off 23 minutes of footage.

For those that haven’t heard of Dungeon Encounters previously, check out the following overview:


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