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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha – $39.99 (available January 21)
Soccer, Tactics & Glory – $39.99 (available January 22)
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore – $59.99 (available January 17)

Fans have long been wondering which character will be closing out the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter Pass. During a presentation with director Masahiro Sakurai today, that question was finally answered.

Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses is joining the roster. It’s not that alone, as the character will be available in both male and female forms.

Byleth is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on January 28.

Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation with director Masahiro Sakurai will be starting soon. The live stream kicks off at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.

As Nintendo has said earlier in the week, the new video will introduce the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Sakurai will be presenting the news in a 35-minute rundown.

You can watch the stream as it happens below. We’ll be sure to report back on all of the big news as it happens.

The RPG Heroland made it to North America last month. As for those in Europe and Australia, Marvelous today announced that the game will arrive physically and digitally on January 31.

While supplies last, a day one Knowble Edition will be distributed at select retailers. It includes a physical copy of the game, drawstring pouch, musical selections soundtrack CD, theme park-style folded map, and sumo wrestling papercraft. Pricing is set at £39.99 / €49.99.

Heroland will be available to pre-load on the eShop starting January 23 for £32.99 / €39.99 / $60 AUD.

Source: Marvelous PR

The latest issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of 2019. It’s actually a very late release that comes out on top – that being Pokemon Sword/Shield at nearly three million copies sold.

Here’s the full lineup:

01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) – 2.988.134 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 1.092.397 / 3.453.052 (-54%)
03./00. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III # (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} (¥8.800) – 861.226 / NEW
04./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 # (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} (¥5.980) – 800.504 / NEW
05./00. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 747.589 / NEW
06./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 628.712 / 2.659.009 (-32%)
07./09. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 620.894 / 1.145.939 (+18%)
08./00. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (¥5.980) – 505.998 / NEW
09./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 498.857 / 1.263.710 (-35%)
10./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) – 495.639 / NEW

The latest issue of Weekly Jump magazine has revealed a couple of new details about One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. The game will have a total of four different online co-op modes:

  • Giant Boss Battle: Work together with friends to beat huge bosses like Kaido
  • Total Bounty Battle: Work together with friends and try to raise your bounty as high as possible
  • Timed Defense Battle: Defend your team’s turf
  • Turf War: Compete for territory with three teams of four players

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be released on March 26 in Japan and on March 27 in the rest of the world.

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Yesterday, the latest issue of Famitsu revealed that Knuckles would be playable in SEGA Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Today, SEGA opened up the Japanese website for the game, which has a ton of info on what’s new in this release of the game (credit goes to Gematsu for the translation).

Bandai Namco has released a bunch of new information and screenshots for Digimon Survive, which we’ve compiled for you below (credit goes to Gematsu for the translation).

Saki Kimijima (voiced by Minami Takahoshi)

Saki is a first year student in junior high school who joins the extracurricular camp. She’s honest and speaks her mind at all times, which sometimes causes her problems. Her carefree attitude and good looks may make it seem like she’s popular, but none of her supposed friends joined the camp and left her alone. As such, she approaches Takuma and his friends and joins up with them. Together, they explore the off-limits shrine and end up in another world. 

Publisher HypeTrain Digital announced today that Black Book, developed by Morteshka, will be released on Nintendo Switch “soon”. The is described as a mix of card-battling RPG and adventure game. Here’s an overview of the game, followed by the announcement trailer:

A fusion of card-based RPGs and Adventure games, “Black Book” is a haunting tale of a young sorceress, who gave her life to serve the dark forces. Dive into the cold, yet alluring world of Russian folktales – and uncover the secrets that hide in the darkness.

A young girl named Vasilisa, destined to become a witch, decides to throw her fate away and marry her beloved – but that dream is shattered when her betrothed dies under mysterious circumstances.

Aching for her lost love, Vasilisa seeks out Black Book – a demonic artifact, said to be powerful enough to grant any wish to the one who uncovers all 7 of its seals.

Join Vasilisa in her adventures across Russian countryside, as she solves the woes of common folk by confronting demons and performing exorcisms.

  • Uncover the seals of Black Book

    Unleash hellish spells on your enemies! Collect spell cards and new skills as you progress.

  • A Historic Adventure

    Solve riddles and complete side-quests to learn more about the cold world of early XIXth Century Russia.

  • Lead a Demonic Flock

    Send demons to do your bidding, but be careful – idle demons will torture you if you don’t find them something to do!

  • Myths and legends

    Explore a world based on Northern Russian mythology. Learn from an in-game encyclopedia, created with the help of expert anthropologists – and find all folk tales hidden within the game!

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Rathalos is coming to the world of Dragalia Lost. The Dragalia Lost team has shared a 3D image of the destructive creature, with whom brave players can form a dragon pact with during the event. The team has more information to come and asks that players keep an eye out and look forward to the new content. Are you excited to add the mighty Rathalos to your dragon hoard?


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