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Starting today, Luigi’s Mansion 3 players can get their hands on the game’s Multiplayer Pack Part 2 DLC.

New content and features for both ScreamPark and ScareScraper modes are available. These include three more mini-games for ScreamPark mode, as well as three new ScareScraper outfits with matching floor themes and themed ghosts. One such addition is the Cap’n Weegee costume. Finally, players can view concept art from development.

Here’s an overview of the DLC from Nintendo:

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Nintendo has released the latest firmware update for Switch. The system is now at version 10.0.2, and this upgrade can be downloaded by all users worldwide.

Today’s update includes stability improvements, including a solution for an issue involving the Switch Pro Controller. Below are the full details:

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia

The strategy simulation title Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is receiving a demo on Switch, and to promote the news, Happinet has shared a new trailer. Check it out below.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, many developers are now working from home. That includes Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai. Earlier this month, we heard that he’s now overseeing the game remotely.

Sakurai provided a status update in this week’s issue of Famitsu per his bi-weekly column. Fortunately, things have proceeded without any issues. Sakurai noted in the column that work from home is going well for him and the team. He also joked about saving time on not having to commute to work, and that he doesn’t have to be in a sweaty office.

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia

Happinet will officially release a demo for Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia tomorrow, but it’s already out in Japan. Find some footage from the download below.

Mario Tennis Aces will be featured as part of an online event with athletes and celebrities this weekend. Tennis and other sports have shut down due to the coronavirus, but the Switch game is providing another avenue to provide entertainment – and a chance raise some money for charity in the process.

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be partaking in the event, known as “Stay at Home Slam”. Top tennis players will be paired with celebrities for the tournament such as Tennessee Titans quarterback Kevin Anderson.

Here’s the full lineup of participants:

Nintendo and Monolith Soft shared more information about Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. For today’s update, we have a look at the game’s options.

Fans will be happy to hear that choosing between the original and remastered soundtracks is now officially confirmed. However, Monolith Soft has taken this a step further. There are actually different settings in the options menu for field and battle music. If you want to have the remastered music while exploring the world but the original tunes while battling enemies for example, that’s possible. You can mix and match those two settings in any way you so desire.

Other options for sound include:

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A couple of years after a lawsuit was filed against Nintendo involving Switch’s detachable controllers, the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled in March that Gamevice’s controllers are “unpatentable.” However, it seems that Gamevice isn’t giving us on legal action just yet.

After receiving a complaint from the company, the International Trade Commission will hold an evidentiary hearing. Engadget reports that Gamevice is looking for the ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against the Switch.

Gamevice still believes that the Joy-Con are reminiscent of to its own detachable gamepads for smartphones and tablets. However, whereas Switch uses snap-in rails, Gamevice’s method is through a vise-like strap.

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Port Royale 4

Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Gaming Minds Studios have dated Port Royale 4, the latest entry in the strategy series. The game is releasing on September 25 on Switch.

Here’s an overview of Port Royale 4:

Publisher label Modus Games, along with developers Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK, today shared 20 minutes of new gameplay from Cris Tales, the upcoming turn-based RPG for Switch.

Here’s a rundown of the footage plus the video itself:


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