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Masahiro Sakurai

Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai is back this week with one of his regular columns in Famitsu. This was the first piece he shared after seeing the reaction to the game’s announcement at E3.

Aside from speaking about the response, Sakurai also spoke about keeping Ultimate and reveal itself a secret, and addressed the series’ future again. There’s even a bit of talk about his health as well.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Telltale Games released a new teaser trailer for The Walking Dead – The Final Season for San Diego Comic-Con 2018. View it below.

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee, SNK Heroines, and Layton’s Mystery Journey DX. Scans of all games are below.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ has revealed its latest DLC characters, which feature Goku and Vegeta in their normal forms. Check out the first scan from V-Jump above.

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As revealed in the latest issue of V-Jump, Digimon Survive is in development for Switch. We have the first scan above.

Digimon Survive will launch sometime in 2019.

Earlier today, we found out that Kefla is coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 as a new DLC character. We now have a first look at her in-game above.

A release date for Kefla’s addition in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has not yet been confirmed.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole has received a new update on Switch. Version 1.03 is out now for all players.

This week’s update tackles a number of issues. We’ve included the full patch notes below. 

Octopath Traveler

Octopath Traveler is a unique Switch exclusive, especially thanks to its art style. Digital Foundry has taken a closer look at the game from a technical perspective.

First, with regard to resolution, Octopath Traveler runs at a native 720p. In portable mode, it drops to 1024×576. However, UI elements remain at 720p regardless.

Octopath Traveler

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 50,239
PS4 – 12,431
PS4 Pro – 5,165
New 2DS LL – 4,176
Vita – 4,112
New 3DS LL – 2,507
2DS – 448
Xbox One – 47
Xbox One X – 32

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 44,237
PS4 – 12,608
PS4 Pro – 5,226
New 2DS LL – 3,965
Vita – 3,444
New 3DS LL – 2,739
2DS – 528
Xbox One X – 47
Xbox One – 41

And here are the software charts:

The Smash Bros. Blog has updated with its latest entry for Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, the Wily Castle stage gets the focus.

Here’s an introduction:


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