Over on its recruitment website, Game Freak posted an interesting article about the creation of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. Director Shigeru Omori and planning director Kazumasa Iwao provided some insight into how the Switch games came to be.
We’ve now translated the full piece. If you’re interested in learning more about Pokemon Sword/Shield’s development, continue on below.
Another year is in the books, and celebrations within the gaming industry are already started to take place. We’ve begun seeing a number of illustrations and messages coming through on social media to celebrate the beginning of 2022. Developers, publishers, and more have been publishing posts.
Here’s a roundup of Nintendo-related New Year’s illustrations and messages for 2022:
Picross S7 made it to Switch earlier today, and we now have a good chunk of gameplay. We have 18 minutes of footage showing Jupiter’s latest release.
For more on Picross S7, read the following overview:
With 2021 now drawing to a close, Nintendo has shared a list of the top 22 most played Switch games of 2021 in Europe.
Fortnite proves that it’s still a force to be reckoned with as it managed to top the chart. We actually see a lot of titles released in prior years showing up here such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is right behind at #2 and Minecraft at #3. In terms of 2021 games, we do see Pokemon Unite at #12, Monster Hunter Rise at #13, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury at #20.
The full list is as follows:
Type-Moon, the company behind the Tsukihime and Fate series, today announced that it’s bringing Witch on the Holy Night (Mahoutsukai no Yoru) to Switch. Japan will be getting the title in 2022.
Witch on the Holy Night is a visual novel that initially debuted for PC in 2012. This marks the first time it will be released for consoles.
Aoko Aozaki is heading to Melty Blood: Type Lumina as a new DLC character, Project Lumina revealed today. She’ll be going live on January 13, 2022.
Aoko Aozaki is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in the game. Read a bit more about the character below thanks to the official website.
To celebrate the new year, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have announced a new Max Raid Battle event with Shiny Magikarp and more.
Magikarp will be appearing more often during the Max Raid Battle. That’s not the only Pokemon here though, as Meowth, Sudowoodo, and Darmanitan will be showing up at a higher frequency as well. Those that are lucky enough will be able to encounter a Shiny Magikarp.
XSEED Games and Marvelous have revealed some new gameplay for Rune Factory 5 ahead of its release in March 2022. Check it out with the video put together by Perfectly Nintendo below the break.
Intelligent Systems has announced that a new update is headed to Fire Emblem Heroes next week. The new update will include new skills, events, and more. Here are the full patch notes:
A new raid event, Celestial Showdown, is live now in Dragalia Lost. This event features the new adventurer Izumo who will join the player’s roster if their friendship is raised high enough (his mana circle can be upgraded after being added to the party). There is also an event theme song called “I will be stronger with you” by Honoka Watanabe. Celestial Showdown will be live until January 12, 2022 at 9:59pm PT.
Alongside this event, a Gala Dragalia has started. This summoning event features these new and limited time adventurers/dragons:
