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Nintendo has its usual maintenance planned for the coming week, but at least so far, only a couple of sessions are planned. Downtime involving Switch and 3DS should be over by the early part of the week – at least as things look now.

Here’s the current schedule:

Koei Tecmo has issued a special movie for Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate to promote the ending theme song “Statice”. It’s sung by Saori Hayami, composed by Nozomi Tanabe, Gratia, and Keita Takiguchi, and arranged by Wataru Maeguchi. Eliana was behind the English lyrics.

Here’s the full video:

Due to popular demand, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are bringing back Weekly Revival summoning events for another cycle. There are twenty variations in total, and the variation will change each weekend.

Heroes: Tiki (Dragon Scion), Linde (Light Mage), and Deirdre (Lady of the Forest) are featured for today’s event. Weekly Revival 1 will last until November 3.

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2

Atypical Games is putting the air combat game Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2 on Switch next week, the studio has announced. A release is set for October 31.

Here’s an overview of Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2, along with a trailer:

Gods & Monsters was hit with a delay this week, which many saw coming due to a lack of news following the initial reveal at E3 2019 back in June. Instead of February, Ubisoft has pushed the game back into the next fiscal year starting April 2020.

After the delay was announced, the Gods & Monsters team shared a message for the fans. It reads in full:

505 Games is promoting the opening of pre-orders for Zumba Burn It Up! with a new trailer. Have a look at the video below.

New Super Lucky's Tale

IGN has shared a new gameplay video for New Super Lucky’s Tale featuring the Carnival Court level. View the video below for the latest footage and developer commentary.

Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection

Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection, New Super Lucky’s Tale, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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Several months after its original release, Blaster Master Zero 2 is getting new DLC. Inti Creates has announced that Copen, known from his appearance in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX and the Gunvolt series as a whole, will be added to the game.

Here’s a trailer showing off Copen:

The Elder Scrolls: Blades

At E3 this year, Bethesda announced a reworked port of their mobile title, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, for Nintendo Switch. The upcoming game will have many new features including button controls, PvP, seamless pick-up and play between devices, and much more.

We were able to catch up with Craig Lafferty and Matt Carofano (project lead and art director on Blades, respectively) earlier this year for an interview on the upcoming title. We we asked them questions about Switch’s new features, in-depth aspects they haven’t talked about yet, and many more questions that fans want to know.

Check out our transcript below:


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