Pokemon celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special presentation yesterday. Pokemon Presents featured three main titles, all of which are exclusively for Switch: New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
New Pokemon Snap showed off its latest trailer and another look at the game. Remakes of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl have long been rumored, and now they’re official. Finally, Game Freak showed off what it’s working on with Pokemon Legends: Arceus, which is more of an open-world action RPG approach to the series. We’ve got a recap of everything shown here.
How’d you ultimately feel about the new Pokemon Presents. Opinions on the art style for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl seem to be mixed, so how are you feeling about the look? And what do you make of Pokemon Legends: Arceus so far? Let us know in the comments below.
Two more wallpapers have been added to My Nintendo. As well as New Pokemon Snap, there’s also yet another design for Bravely Default II.
Both of the wallpapers are priced at 50 Platinum Points each. If interested, you can redeem them here.
Windbound was updated on Switch again a few days ago, adding in the free Rise of the Forsaken DLC. Deep Silver showed off the new content in a live stream earlier this week. We’ve included the full recording below.
Rise of the Forsaken can be accessed in Windbound as a free update. We have more on the game’s latest patch here.
During the latest Nintendo Direct, DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power was one of the newest Switch games Nintendo announced. But there’s been one question floating around since the reveal: who’s actually making it? Thanks to a rating in Australia, we now have that answer.
DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power is developed by Toybox, according to the classification. Some of the studio’s previous projects include Deadly Premonition 2, World End Syndrome, and Little Dragons Cafe.
DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power is due out for Switch on June 4.
Update (2/27): Play-Asia has opened pre-orders here.
Original (2/24): HORI has come out with a few different Split Pad Pro designs in the past. It’s an alternate take on the Switch Joy-Con with a full-size controller experience in handheld mode, a larger grip, d-pad, programmable rear buttons, assignable buttons, and more.
HORI today revealed the next design in its Split Pad Pro line. In April, there will be a new version based on Monster Hunter Rise.
Below are a few photos:
FuRyu and Historia have released the debut trailer for The Caligula Effect 2. Additionally, the first gameplay of the RPG has emerged as well.
Here’s the full roundup:
A few different outlets published a whole bunch of footage from Monster Hunter Rise over the past day or so. We’ve rounded up some of the gameplay for your convivence below.
As part of a fan Q&A, CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama opened up about the challenging development of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.
Despite feeling that the team couldn’t have done much better, Matsuyama said the studio “got behind schedule.” Additionally, CyberConnect2 “exceeded budget and ended up causing trouble to Bandai Namco Entertainment”. Despite the challenges faced during development, Matsuyama feels that the company was still able to make a “a pretty good game.”
Matsuyama’s full words:
The mystery-adventure game Retrace: Memories of Death made it to Switch earlier this week. Get a look at some footage in the video below.
Retrace: Memories of Death can be purchased digitally for Switch on the eShop. More information and a trailer are located here.
The action-RPG Torchlight III was recently updated again on Switch. Version 1.6.103537 is available, which brings along many fixes.
The full patch notes are as follows:
