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During Nintendo’s 80th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about Switch’s online services and the thought that network services go down easily. Furukawa responded by noting that there have been instances in which there’s been network latency or server crashes “where there’s a sudden influx of server access that exceeds our expectations”. “We take this feedback very seriously, and will continue to work hard so that consumers can use Nintendo’s products and services with security,” he said.

Furukawa’s full words:


Like many companies, Nintendo has been dealing with the effects of the coronavirus since the pandemic started earlier this year. President Furukawa, speaking during the 80th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, discussed the impact it’s had on three key areas: production, sales, and game development.

Furukawa said:

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During Nintendo’s 80th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, president Shuntaro Furukawa addressed the recent situation regarding Switch shortages. Though we covered this a bit earlier in the week, we now have those full comments and official translation.

Furukawa told those attending the event:

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Robozarro

Eastasiasoft is publishing Frozen Flame Interactive’s physics-based 2D action game Robozarro on Switch next week, the company announced today. It’s due out on July 9 via the eShop.

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

Developer Big Ant Studios and publisher Nacon have unveiled their new sports simulation, Tennis World Tour 2, coming to Switch this September. Check out an overview and gameplay trailer below.

Kemono Heroes

Mad Gear Games has rolled out a new update for their action-adventure, Kemono Heroes. This update mostly involves fixing various bugs and improves general stability. Read the full notes here:

Level-5 has announced the release of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future HD for Mobile (Lost Future for Europe and Australia). This is an HD remaster of the third game in the Professor Layton series that had originally released on the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2008. Check out an overview below.

Keen: One Girl Army, the tactical turn-based puzzle-adventure game from publisher Phoenixx and developer Cat Nigiri, is available now on the Switch eShop. Check out some gameplay in the video below.

Fire Emblem Heroes is now hosting Summoning Focus: Heroes with Draconic Aura. As part of this 5-star summoning event, three Heroes with Draconic Aura will be available, those being Keaton: Lupine Collector, Kjelle: Fair Fighter, and Corrin: Dream Princess. Additionally, all Heroes with Draconic Aura will have their Special damage dealt boosted by 30% of their Atk.

This Summoning Focus will be available until July 10.

Dragalia Lost has added some new events, including a Platinum Showcase that will guarantee players a five star water-attuned adventurer after their tenth summon result. Featured in this event are the adventurers Valerio and Catherine. 

There is also a Water Focus summon showcase going on that will only give water-attuned adventurers and dragons. Valerio and Catherine are also included in this, as well as the dragon pair Gaibhne & Creidhne. 

Finally, a double drops and half stamina event is going on for certain main story quests. Double the prizes will be given to players who participate and stamina will be taken at half the rate as normal. The exact quests effected by this have been listed below. 


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