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Fire Emblem Engage DLC characters

The developers of Fire Emblem Engage have briefly discusses how the game’s DLC characters were decided, which added new Emblems to the game.

Fire Emblem Engage kicked off its Expansion Pass with Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses plus Tiki from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. Wave 2 added Hector (Emblem of Strength) Soren (Emblem of Acumen), and Camilla (Emblem of Revelation). Chrom and Robin (Emblem of Bonds) and Veronica (Emblem of Heroes) were in the third wave.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Restored Content DLC cancelled

Aspyr has announced that it’s cancelling plans for the release of Restored Content DLC in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II on Switch.

The DLC would have featured new content, including a mission with droid companion HK-47, a revamped ending, new dialogue and interactions among your crew, and new quests and combat missions scattered throughout the world. This would have been restored from what was cut when the game originally came out in 2004. Plans were also in place to make it entirely free.

PAW Patrol World

Outright Games is publishing another PAW Patrol game having now announced PAW Patrol World. On Switch and other platforms, it’ll be out on September 29, 2023.

PAW Patrol World is an adventure game developed by 3DClouds. Further information can be found in the following overview:

Xicatrice

Original (2/21): Nippon Ichi Software has officially unveiled the upcoming Switch game Xicatrice, a “superpowers x academy RPG”. This was first teased earlier in the week.

Here’s some information about the game, courtesy of Gematsu:

River City Girls 2 update 1.0.3

A significant update for River City Girls 2, version 1.0.3, is now available.

The update is highlighted by repeat New Game+ playthroughs. It also comes with frame rate improvements and other fixes.

The full patch notes for the River City Girls 2 version 1.0.3 update are as follows:

Splatoon 3 update 4.0.1

Another update for Splatoon 3 is here, with Nintendo making version 4.0.1 available.

Version 4.0.0 previously went live earlier in the week in time for Sizzle Season 2023. However, a couple of issues were discovered. Nintendo was on the case quickly and issued a follow-up patch to take care of those problems. You’ll want to download and install the update for the smoothest experience.

The full patch notes for the Splatoon 3 version 4.0.1 update are as follows:

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 148,482 / 1,515,673
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,373 / 5,310,115
3. [NSW] Bustafellows Season 2 – 7,514 / NEW
4. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 6,385 / 2,196,076
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,368 / 3,146,828
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 5,042 / 5,039,337
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,978 / 5,200,365
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 4,804 / 4,024,155
9. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – 4,492 / 436,641
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 3,389 / 1,084,836

Joy-Con colors

Nintendo has announced a new wave of Switch Joy-Con colors. The lineup includes Pastel Purple (L) / Pastel Green (R) as one set, with Pastel Pink (L) and Pastel Yellow (R) making up the second set.

All of these Switch Joy-Con colors are due out on June 30, 2023 worldwide. Here’s the official blurb: “Start off your summer in style with this new line of pastel Joy-Con. Whether you’re at the beach or a backyard barbecue, you’ll be keeping it cool with these colorful controllers!”

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Everybody 1-2 Switch

Nintendo just announced Everybody 1-2 Switch, which follows in the footsteps of the original launch title for the system. It will launch on June 30, 2023.

About a year ago, rumors surfaced that Nintendo was working on a 1-2 Switch sequel. However, it was claimed that there was uncertainty with the project and even had a small chance of being cancelled. In the end Nintendo will move forward with the launch, but it looks like the company is getting it out the door quickly.

Killer Frequency trailer

To promote the launch of Killer Frequency, Team17 readied a new launch trailer. The video offers up another look at the first-person horror adventure game.

We have the following overview for those interested in learning more:


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