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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu, Trials of Mana, and Fairy Tail. Scans of all games can be found below.

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In Masahiro Sakurai’s most recent column in Famitsu, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director touched on the topic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) affecting the games industry. Sakurai stressed the difficulty the industry is facing when it comes to development specifically, because the nature of the job is handling very confidential material which can’t be taken home. He also expressed his concerns for workers with young children to look after (considering schools have been closed), as he says those people might be forced to take off work.

Of particular note to gamers, Sakurai vaguely detailed how COVID-19 has affected development on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC fighters. Apparently, some plans for a certain fighter have been put on hold for the time being.

You can read our full translation of the excerpts below.

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There’s been a bit of confusion surrounding Billion Road’s western release date. The game was announced to be coming out in March, but was seemingly delayed after the eShop listed a new April 26 launch. It turns out that wasn’t final, as Acttil has announced that we’ll be seeing it on April 16.

For more on Billion Road, check out the following overview and trailer:

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IGN recently spoke with Animal Crossing: New Horizons director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami. During the interview, one of the topics discussed was the collaboration art that fans have been making for the new Switch game and Doom Eternal. These two titles technically only share the same release date, but the internet has really run with the idea of Animal Crossing and Doom coming together.

Kyogoku told IGN:

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Octopath Traveler has sold over two million copies worldwide, Nintendo has announced.

To celebrate the news, Square Enix’s RPG is now half off on the eShop. This applies to both North America and Europe.

The new Octopath Traveler sale will be live until April 2.

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Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that Echo will be joining Overwatch as the game’s 32nd playable hero.

“An evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, Echo represents the cutting edge of technology,” the studio says of the new character.

We have an original story trailer for Echo below.

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GameXplain has put together a new video comparing Trials of Mana on Switch and PlayStation 4 from a graphics and load time perspective. Check it out below.

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Most Switch games make use of cloud saves through Nintendo Switch Online. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, however, isn’t one of those.

Speaking with IGN, director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami explained that the lack of compatibility is in place to preventing cheating. Nogami noted how Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an online game, and cheating is a concern with such titles. Kyogoku, meanwhile, also said that the in-game economy could be abused if cloud saves were enabled.

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Following a previous delay, the mech strategy title Warborn has received a final release date. PQube and Raredrop Games have announced that a release is planned for June 12.

Here’s an overview of Warborn, along with a trailer:

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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