Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has posted a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. Sakurai goes in-depth on the topic of presentations, and discusses how he went about the (roughly) 20-minute reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3.

He shares some tidbits as well, including the fact that Digital Frontier worked on CG. The design document for Smash Bros. Ultimate is also 200 pages long.

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Flipping Death launches on Switch next week

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Flipping Death, Zoink’s Stick it to the Man spiritual successor, has been dated for the Switch eShop. The adventure and platformer mashup arrives in less than a week – August 7.

Here’s the full notice from Zoink:

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Nintendo Switch Online subscription may not be needed to play free-to-play titles online

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Nintendo Switch Online is about a month away from its full launch. When that happens, most games on the system will require the paid membership to play via the internet. However, there seems to be a few exceptions: free-to-play titles.

The eShop provides some interesting information here. For a listing like Minecraft, which has online play, the page store has the following notice in the fine print:

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Scans roundup – Peach Ball: Senran Kagura, Kamen Rider Climax Scramble Zio, more

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include first looks at Peach Ball: Senran Kagura and Kamen Rider Climax Scramble Zio, Robotics;Notes DaSH, and Neko Tomo. Scans of all games are below.

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Salt and Sanctuary Switch footage

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Salt and Sanctuary heads to Switch digitally tomorrow, with a physical version to follow at the end of October. Take a look at some footage below.

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Latest Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee footage, with a look inside Game Freak

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YouTuber Hajime was recently given the opportunity to try out Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee. Not only that, but he was invited to play the new entry at developer Game Freak’s studio. Watch the video below for footage and a look at Hajime’s trip, including a peek behind the scenes.

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Mario Tennis Aces version 1.2.0 footage

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Mario Tennis Aces was updated to version 1.2.0 yesterday. The patch makes a number of improvements and changes across the board – not to mention the addition of Blooper. See some footage of the update below.