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SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

Nintendo has a short video up for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy that promotes the game’s early September launch date. Get a look at it below.


Japan wasn’t the only region that had a new Splatfest in Splatoon 2 this weekend. Over in Europe, a separate event was held with its own topic.

Nintendo asked players how they prefer to spend their holidays. You could choose either Team Adventure or Team Relax.

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GameXplain has shared the latest comparison video for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, we’re able to see how stages that were in Smash Bros. Brawl stack up to their updated versions in the Switch title. View the video below.

As we’ve previously mentioned, new Spy Gear for Splatoon 2 is being offered through the Japanese magazine CoroCoro with a download code. We now have some footage in the video below.

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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule with several different sessions. Switch will be impacted in the near term – starting today – though maintenance has been lined up all the way into September already.

The current schedule is as follows:

GameStop has revealed an exclusive pre-order bonus for Valkyria Chronicles 4. If you rserve the game, you’ll receive the Ragnarok hat pictured above. Pre-orders can be placed here.

All retailers, including GameStop, will also be offering a launch edition for Valkyria Chronicles 4. This comes with a free Ragnarok controller skin.

Another Splatfest for Splatoon 2 is in the books. The latest event was held in Japan this past weekend, pitting Team Kinoko no yama and Team Takenoko no sato up against each other. This was indeed a Meiji-sponsored food Splatfest.

Following a day of battles, Nintendo has posted the results. Here’s a look at how things turned out:

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When Valkyria Chronicles 4 launches for Switch in Japan, it’ll be accompanied by the original Valkyria Chronicles. We now have a proper look at how the game is looking on the system thanks to an eShop listing. View a handful of screenshots below.

Valkyria Chronicles 1 will be sold for just 500 yen for those who purchase Valkyria Chronicles 4. A release in other regions has yet to be announced.

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One of the more surprising Switch announcements this year was Ark: Survival Evolved. There weren’t too many who expected the game to come to Nintendo’s console, especially with solid performance. But thanks to the porting work from Abstraction Games, Ark: Survival Evolved is indeed happening, and based on the little footage we’ve seen, it looks pretty good.

Abstraction Games head of production John Day was asked how Ark: Survival Evolved is possible on Switch during a recent episode of Fragments of Silicon. Day started out by explaining:

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OatmealDome, who has a solid understand of behind-the-scenes activity in Splatoon 2 including unreleased modes and content, has revealed that an anti-cheat system is now in place. Actually, it’s been active since version 3.1.0.

Nintendo has the ability to flag players regardless if mods are used online. Even by starting up the game with edits, they’ll be flagged. Nintendo seems to put in bans one day after a player has been flagged.

OutmealDome as well as Khangaroo from Splatoon Modding Hub were the first to make note of Nintendo’s anti-cheat system.

Thanks to Alice N for the tip.

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