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Wargroove, the turn-based strategy game planned for Switch, will let players choose from one of over twelve commanders from four warring factions. This week, we’re able to learn about another one of the commanders: Valder. Everything you need to know about Valder can be found from developer Chucklefish below.

In the bitterly cold mountains to the south there lies a nation of shambling corpses and assorted undead fiends. Travellers hope only to avoid meeting them on the open road, whilst would-be heroes and naive soldiers are eager to meet them in battle. They are the Felheim Legion, and they are governed by the necromancer Valder.

Control over the vast masses of the undead falls to whoever wields the Fell Gauntlet, and Valder secured it at a young age. A master in the necromantic arts, Valder even created the commander Ragna from the remains of countless skilled warriors, so that he can designate military matters to her. To him, the bloodthirsty hordes of skeleton soldiers are like his children, even if they tend to lack proper etiquette (and some brains).

If called to battle, Valder strikes using the powerful magic within the Fell Gauntlet to wipe out his opponents with a single hand.

He might not fear death, but his enemies would do well to fear him…

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One of the new elements in Runner3 are “Puppet Shows”. In a blog post this week, Choice Provisions explained what these are all about. 

Here’s the rundown:

If you A) complete a world in Runner3 and B) collect the required items scattered all throughout, you’ll be treated to a Puppet Show. You don’t have to watch it, but doing so will provide you with a little more backstory for the game. For example, those who watch the Puppet Show for Spookyland will learn what life was like in that world before The Parliament of Owls arrived (spoiler: it was a lot better). 

Oh, and all of the Puppet Shows will be narrated by Charles Martinet. It was our hope all along to have more Martinet in this game, and this is just one example of how we’ve managed to pull that off!

We also have a look at one of the puppets:

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Ore Creative has a new teaser video up for Ira that offers a glimpse at the game’s interaction system. View the video below.

A few new games out came out this week on the various eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.

The Jackbox Party Pack 3 must have done well on Switch, as two more entries in the series are bound for the console. Jackbox Games just announced that the original two releases are on the way.

Aside from a brief tweet, that’s all we have at the moment. No word on a release date or anything else at this time. We’ll keep you looped in as we hear more.


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Update: Bumped to the top. Nintendo has confirmed the same stages and weapons for Europe (so probably North America as well). We’ve added in the full weapon sets below.


Original: The Splatoon Twitter account has revealed the stages that will be used in the Japanese Splatfest World Premiere tomorrow. It’s not clear if these stages will also be used in the European and North American versions of the Splatfest, though it seems likely that they will be.

In any case, for the first two hours of the Japanese Splatfest, players will be battling on Starfish Main Stage and Inkblot Academy. For the final two hours, fights will be taking place on Moray Towers and Humpback Pump Track. Special nighttime versions of the maps will be used for the Splatfest.

Since this is essentially just a demo version, players won’t be able to use their own weapons. Instead, they will be able to choose from a total of four – Tentatek Splattershot, Splat Dualies, Splat Roller and Splat Charger.

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It looks like we finally have an official release date of Minecraft Story Mode – The Complete Adventure for the Nintendo Switch. The game is set to release on August 22nd for $40 according to the eShop.

This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
2. GoNNER
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4. ARMS
5. Snake Pass
6. Snipperclips
7. Implosion – Never Lose Hope
8. Mighty Gunvolt Burst
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
10. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
11. Oceanhorn
12. NBA Playgrounds
13. Blaster Master Zero
14. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
15. Kamiko
16. Bulb Boy
17. Puyo Puyo Tetris
18. Cave Story+
19. The Jackbox Party 3
20. Vaccine

Source: Switch eShop

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Fatal Fury Special landed on the Switch eShop today as the newest NeoGeo game. View some footage of the download below.

Flip Wars is already out in Japan, and it recently came out in Europe. It’s still a little ways off in North America, but only by about a month. Nintendo has announced a stateside release for August 10.

Flip Wars is a multiplayer action game in which players flip over panels and their opponents by stomping the ground and using power-ups. We’ve attached the European launch trailer below.

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