Capcom has announced via twitter that additional content will be added to Monster Hunter Rise via free updates in the coming weeks. The tweet, translated by NintendoLife, explains:
“Monster Hunter Rise” In “Ver.2.0” scheduled to be delivered at the end of April, “Nushi Rio Leus” will be newly released! Several additional monsters, including the Kasumi Dragon “Onazuchi”, will appear as early as about a month later. Prepare for more monsters!
No official patch notes have been released yet.
Fire Emblem Heroes’ Twitter account has opened up a new poll for users to decide what the next New Heroes and Forging Bond events to return are, and some other events are active today. Check out the details below.
Which of these New Heroes (and accompanying Forging Bonds) events do you want to see return in May? The choice with the most combined votes across the official EN and JP Twitter accounts will win! Voting is open for five days and closes Mar. 31, 12 AM PT. #FEHeroes
— Fire Emblem Heroes (@FE_Heroes_EN) March 26, 2021
- New Heroes summoning events and their corresponding Forging Bonds events are returning together as event revivals! This time it’s “Heroes, Light and Shadow.” You can choose one 5-star focus Hero to summon for free after summoning a total of 40 times in this event.
- Forging Bonds Revival: Shape of a Spirit is here! Play the event to earn 10 Divine Codes (Part 2) the first time you clear a map (once per day, up to 7 days). Earn rewards like First Summon Tickets to be used in the “Heroes, Light and Shadow” summoning event!
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town has reached an impressive sales milestone in its first month of release. Marvelous has announced that the game has sold over 700,000 worldwide units (counting both digital and physical sales) with a short time on the market.
The western version of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town has only been out for three days (launching March 23), while the Japanese version has been out since February 25, 2021. This is quite the sales accomplishment given this small time of being released and the fact the game is only on the Switch.
Hopefully, the sales will continue to climb and Marvelous will give more updates on the sales numbers soon.
The upgraded version of Summer Pockets has received a release date of July 1, 2021 on the Switch in Japan. This upgrade is called Summer Pockets: Reflection Blue, and it includes new characters to play as, additional story routes for the original cast, accessibility options, and much more.
If Switch owners already own the original game, Summer Pockets, they can upgrade to this new version for 3,000 yen. It will also be offered as a standalone game for 8,800 yen, and it has a physical version.
Game developer aNCHOR announced that a new Mech action game will be coming to Switch in August 2021. This game is called Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail, and it features mechanized fighters facing off against bug-like exteresstial beings known as BETA. In addition to epic battles, there will be story choices that will affect the world and characters of the game.
A small gameplay sequence of the game has been released alongside its announcement for Switch, and this can be seen below.
The tactical RPG Aria Chronicle has been given a release date of July 8, 2021. This game was released back in July 2020 on PC and was projected to come to Switch in winter 2020, but this was never confirmed. Now, it has shown up on several retail websites showing this new release date of July 8.
It has a listed price of 4,356 yen and will support English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese text (with Japanese voice options). For more information on the game, check out the trailer included below.
Good Smile has set up a pre-order page for its newest Fire Emblem figure- Ike from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. The figure is approximately 16.53 inches in height and will cost $209.99.
The listing can be found here and it only ships to Canada and the United States (although other shipping options are available from Intelligent Systems website). The figure has a release date of July 2022 and will be available for pre-order until July 21, 2021 11:59pm PT.
More information about the figure can be found below, as well as new pictures released.
Ganso Minna de Spelunker, which was revealed for Switch earlier today, is now confirmed for the west. Strictly Limited Games will be handling the game physically outside of Japan.
Tozai Games has also put out the debut trailer for Ganso Minna de Spelunker. Get a look at the video below.
Melty Blood: Type Lumina was revealed for Switch earlier today, and the news has now been officially announced. First proper details have come through as well as screenshots.
Here’s the full roundup:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 37,396 / 555,517
2. [NSW] Densha de Go!! Hashirou Yamanotesen – 24,393 / NEW
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,275 / 2,052,117
4. [NSW] Jack Jeanne – 15,827 / NEW
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 14,865 / 2,466,941
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,925 / 3,738,387
7. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition – 11,665 / NEW
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 10,397 / 4,208,669
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,516 / 6,699,716
10. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,320 / 1,861,643
