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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

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Floating Island Games will release its first-person terrain manipulation game Cloudbase Prime on Switch next week, the developer announced today. The title will be offered as a digital download on the eShop starting May 7.

Here’s an overview of Cloudbase Prime, along with a trailer:

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, many developers are now working from home. That includes Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai. Earlier this month, we heard that he’s now overseeing the game remotely.

Sakurai provided a status update in this week’s issue of Famitsu per his bi-weekly column. Fortunately, things have proceeded without any issues. Sakurai noted in the column that work from home is going well for him and the team. He also joked about saving time on not having to commute to work, and that he doesn’t have to be in a sweaty office.

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia

Happinet will officially release a demo for Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia tomorrow, but it’s already out in Japan. Find some footage from the download below.

Dangen Entertainment and Moonsprout Games will release the adventure RPG Bug Fables on Switch next month, the two companies have announced. It’ll be out via the eShop on May 28.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Mario Tennis Aces will be featured as part of an online event with athletes and celebrities this weekend. Tennis and other sports have shut down due to the coronavirus, but the Switch game is providing another avenue to provide entertainment – and a chance raise some money for charity in the process.

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be partaking in the event, known as “Stay at Home Slam”. Top tennis players will be paired with celebrities for the tournament such as Tennessee Titans quarterback Kevin Anderson.

Here’s the full lineup of participants:

Ninjala

Ninjala kicked off its open beta yesterday, giving Switch owners a chance to try out the game before launch. Dataminers have since gone to work and uncovered new information about the game. Twitter users OatmealDome and LeanYoshi have provided information regarding some collaboration items (including Sonic), story mode, microtransactions with Jala currency, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

The platformer maker Levelhead is due out on Switch tomorrow via the eShop. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.

Nintendo and Monolith Soft shared more information about Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. For today’s update, we have a look at the game’s options.

Fans will be happy to hear that choosing between the original and remastered soundtracks is now officially confirmed. However, Monolith Soft has taken this a step further. There are actually different settings in the options menu for field and battle music. If you want to have the remastered music while exploring the world but the original tunes while battling enemies for example, that’s possible. You can mix and match those two settings in any way you so desire.

Other options for sound include:

Pokemon GO will be ending season 1 of its GO Battle League this week. Developer Niantic is promptly following up with Season 2, which begins on May 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.

New features, rewards, and changes are planned for the upcoming season. We have the full rundown from GameSpot below.


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