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Nintendo has a new round of maintenance scheduled for next week, affecting all platforms. Switch, Wii U, and 3DS will be impacted.

The latest maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 9 PM PT (September 19) – 2 AM PT (September 20)
– 12 AM ET (September 20) – 5 AM ET (September 20)
– 5 AM in the UK (September 20) – 10 AM in the UK (September 20)
– 6 AM in Europe (September 20) – 11 AM in Europe (September 20)

Online play of Switch / Wii U / 3DS games may be impacted while maintenance is taking place.

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Update: Trailer added below.


Original: Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch’s Story: Combat is coming to Switch later this month, Inside System has announced. Pricing will be set at $8.99 / €8.99.

Brave Dungeon is the original 3DS game, now in HD. It also adds the new characters Nevil and Clinsy.

Dark Witch’s Story: Combat is a 3 vs. 3 strategy battle game. In it, you select three out of four available characters, and equip each with magic items.

Brave Dungeon + Dark Witch’s Story: Combat launches on September 28.

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The latest Pokken Tournament DX trailer has gone up featuring Sceptile. Take a look at today’s video below.

If you’ve purchased the digital version of Shovel Knight, a new update can be downloaded. Yacht Club Games has issued version 3.2 for the handheld. It includes Japanese language options, many fixes, and localization / text improvements.

For the full patch notes, continue on below. Note that the update will be going live for the physical version next Tuesday.

Update: You can also grab the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super NES wallpaper for 50 Platinum Points.


Original: Over in Europe, My Nintendo members can use their points to grab three 3DS themes. Themes based on Mario, Link, and Pit are available for 200 Platinum Points each.

These rewards can be found on My Nintendo here. They’ll be up until December 1.

Metroid: Samus Returns launches today, and to celebrate this occasion, Nintendo has prepared a special launch trailer. Check it out:

Another new weapon is coming to Splatoon 2 pretty soon. The Heavy Splatling Deco has the same stats as the regular Heavy Splatling and comes with the Bubble Blower special and the Splash Wall sub-weapon. It will be available in-game tomorrow around noon in Japan and Australia, early in the morning in Europe and late at night today in North America.

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The newest summoning focus is now live for Fire Emblem Heroes. The focus includes Oscar, Nephenee and Elincia from Path of Radiance. New story chapters and quests featuring the new characters have also gone live. Finally, prepare yourself for the Black Knight, Ike’s nemesis.

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

01./00. [PS4] Destiny 2 (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.09.06} (¥7.900) – 50.263 / NEW
02./02. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
(Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 44.981 / 1.101.481 (-14%)
03./00. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.09.07} (¥6.800) – 24.045 / NEW
04./01. [PS4] Everybody’s Golf (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.08.31} (¥5.900) – 22.488 / 123.207 (-78%)
05./05. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) – 15.993 / 1.709.906 (-30%)
06./04. [NSW] Monster Hunter Double Cross: Nintendo Switch Ver. # (Capcom) {2017.08.25} (¥5.800) – 12.811 / 124.207 (-53%)
07./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 10.526 / 683.214 (-16%)
08./07. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) – 9.147 / 1.337.602 (-35%)
09./09. [3DS] The Snack World: TreJarers
(Level 5) {2017.08.10} (¥4.800) – 7.079 / 155.149 (-30%)
10./00. [PS4] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kono Yokubukai Game ni Shinpan o! # (5pb.) {2017.09.07} (¥7.800) – 7.044 / NEW
11./00. [PSV] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kono Yokubukai Game ni Shinpan o! #
(5pb.) {2017.09.07} (¥7.800) – 7.000 / NEW
12./03. [3DS] Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 # (Atlus) {2017.08.31} (¥6.480) – 5.709 / 35.596 (-81%)
13./15. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 4.485 / 580.552 (-9%)
14./06. [PS4] Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.08.31} (¥7.300) – 4.155 / 22.362 (-77%)
15./10. [PS4] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2017.08.31} (¥2.990) – 3.837 / 13.097 (-59%)
16./13. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo) {2017.06.16} (¥5.980) – 3.711 / 218.111 (-28%)
17./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 3.704 / 236.114 (-8%)
18./14. [PS4] Yomawari: Midnight Shadows # (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.08.24} (¥6.980) – 3.003 / 16.011 (-39%)
19./21. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 2.938 / 1.204.956
20./22. [PS4] Hitman: The Complete First Season
(Square Enix) {2017.08.10} (¥7.800) – 2.900 / 32.702

This will contain spoilers, so steer clear of this video if you want to keep your gaming experience pure. If you really want to get a glimpse of the ending and final boss you can check out the GameXplain video down below.


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