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While both Guilty Gear and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R are currently available for Switch digitally worldwide, Arc System Works revealed at the ArcRevo World Tour 2019 Finals that North America would be getting the Guilty Gear 20th Anniversary Pack. Previously only released in Europe, Japan, and Asia, the anniversary pack includes the following items:

  • A physical copy of the game (includes both Guilty Gear and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R)
  • Collector SteelBook
  • Sol Badguy headband
  • Anniversary commemorative coin
  • And more

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. In its last week, Pokemon Sword/Shield ends its run at #3 while Rune Factory 5 is now in the top ten.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 31 and November 6.

Pokemon Sword/Shield

Preliminary sales information is in from the UK for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, courtesy of GamesIndustry.

First, let’s go over the facts. The latest Pokemon entry is the biggest exclusive of the year, the third biggest boxed launch of 2019 (behind the multiplatform titles FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare), and the second biggest Pokemon launch ever.

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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for the coming week. Things are pretty quiet so far, with only two sessions planned for Switch.

Here’s the full schedule as of now:

Last month, Inti Creates announced new Copen DLC for Blaster Master Zero 2. The company today confirmed that the playable character will be added on November 29.

Here’s a trailer:

Galarian Ponyta

During a Q&A session at a Japanese media event recently, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda was asked about The Pokemon Company’s unique approach to announcing new creatures for this generation, such as with the live stream which revealed Galarian Ponyta.

When asked how this incorporates into their approach with this new entry, Masuda had the following to say:

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Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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If you’ve been hankering for more Zelda action on Switch, Sparklite could be right up your alley. The 2D action-adventure game, which just dropped on Nintendo’s console this week, was heavily inspired by the classic franchise.

Around the release of Sparklite, we spoke with Red Blue Games co-founder Edward Rowe. We discussed those Zelda inspirations in greater detail – which range from the gameplay to the soundtrack – as well as the distinctive art style and potential post-launch updates.

Here’s our full discussion:

Nintendo published a new interview this week with Andrew Newey, the designer of Golf Story. Newey spoke about a few topics, including why the decision was made to create a game based around golf, how certain aspects came together at the very last minute, and more.

Here’s a full transcript of the interview:

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield aren’t completely open world, but they do finally allow players to explore a big environment in full 3D. That’s thanks to the inclusion of the Wild Area. In the Wild Area, one of the main draws is being able to see and approach any Pokemon that shows up on screen. However, including the feature wasn’t originally planned.

That’s according to director Shigeru Ohmori, who shared the news in a recent interview with German website Heute. Ohmori explained that Game Freak wasn’t originally sure how many Pokemon it could show on screen at once, which could have prevented the feature from happening. But thanks to the positive feedback from the Pokemon: Let’s Go games, it was something the studio wanted to include.


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