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A new round of footage has arrived for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Have a look at 49 minutes of gameplay below.

NIS America announced today that The Longest Five Minutes is slated for February. North America is getting the game on February 13, and Europe will have it on February 16.

To recap, we have information about The Longest Five Minutes below. You can also watch a new system trailer.

Capcom has posted the launch trailer for Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 on Switch, which are available today. Watch it below.

Along with Aqua Moto Racing Utopia, Zordix’s Snow Moto Racing Freedom also came to Switch in Europe at the end of last week. Get a look at some footage below.

Bandai Namco released an English trailer for the new Hero Colosseum mode added to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 this week as part of the latest update. Check out the video below.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

During the German program Game Two, new information was shared about the success of two prominent indie games on Switch. Those are SteamWorld Dig 2 and Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap.

Image & Form’s Brjann Sigurgeirsson didn’t share any specific data for SteamWorld Dig 2. However, he did say that the studio had its biggest launch on Switch. The Switch version sold nearly ten times the amount as the Steam version.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is another game that has done very well on Switch. According to Lizardcube’s Omar Cornut, 100,000 copies have been sold on Nintendo’s console. Moreover, Switch sales have surpassed the total from all other platforms.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PS4) – 9/10/9/9
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/9
Neo Angelique Tenshi no Namida (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Taishou x Alice: Heads & Tails (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Need for Speed Payback (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/8
Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4) – 8/8/7/8
Agents of Mayhem (PS4) – 8/8/7/8
Splasher (PS4) – 8/7/7/7
Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso (NSW) – 8/7/7/7
Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters (PS4) – 7/7/8/7
ZombieVital DG (PS4) – 7/7/8/7
Star Ghost (NSW) – 7/6/6/7
Ninja Shodown (NSW/PS4) – 6/6/7/6

This week’s issue of Famitsu features a 14-page article on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which will finally be released this Friday. Included in that article is an interview with director Tetsuya Takahashi and main composer Yasunori Mitsuda. Japanese blog Hachima Kikou has a summary of the interview up on their website, and Perfectly Nintendo has kindly translated that. Here are some key points from the interview:

We have two more rare blades shown off before the game’s release. The first character is the older looking ice girl, Tsuki, who is designed by Risa Ebato (satellite corporation) and voiced by Naomi Shindou . The younger looking girl is Nanakori, designed by Risa Ebato (satellite corporation) as well and voiced by Rina Hidaka. Check out their images and videos down below.

Over in Europe, Aqua Moto Racing Utopia has finally launched on Switch. Get a look at some footage in the video below.


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