Famitsu published one of its year-end features in this week’s issue. 132 game creators and personalities voted on their favorite games of 2020, including Suda51, Hideki Kamiya of PlatinumGames, Level-5 boss Akihiro Hino, and more. Selections weren’t necessarily restricted to titles that released this year, so a couple of games like Ring Fit Adventure and Pokemon Sword/Shield made the list.
Below are the collective results:
Hobonichi recently set up new Mother shops in Japan based on the EarthBound series. A location previously opened in Osaka for a couple of weeks, followed by another in Tokyo, which will close on December 27.
If you’re an EarthBound series, you’ll find that these shops are almost like treasure troves. There’s a slew of merchandise to pick up such as Mother: The Complete Scripts, plushies, jewelry, and more.
Many fans – especially ones in the west – probably won’t be able to make it to these limited-time shops. However, Twitter user masato_furuya did share a whole bunch of photos a few days ago. We’ve rounded them up below.
Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
It wouldn’t be a holiday without some network overload, which is what seems to taking place with the Switch eShop at the moment. Nintendo says that it is “experiencing difficulties with our network services”.
The Switch eShop may take a few attempts to load, or it may not start up at all. We’ve also seen reports of users being unable to download games. If you make a purchase and it’s not appearing on the home menu, you can rest easy knowing that you’re not alone and it’s a temporary problem.
Nintendo is likely on the case and should be working on any and all issues. Hopefully it’ll all be fixed before too long.
Last week, Excalibur Publishing prepared a new 1.4.5 update for Tracks: Toybox Edition on Switch. It comes with a couple of new elements.
After installing the patch, players can access new skybox options as well as video recording on Switch. The game also now has improved load times.
Windbound was updated on Switch this week, bringing the game to version 1.2.39400.349. It’s a notable patch, as players now have access to new Towers, a Free Sailing Mode, and Night Stalker items. There are plenty of improvements and bug fixes as well.
The full patch notes are as follows:
Spike Chunsoft today issued a general overview trailer for Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne. Check out the video below.
Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne is planned for January 29, 2021 in North America and February 5 in Europe.
Koei Tecmo has prepared a new gameplay video for Winning Post 9 2021 that shows off an Arima Kinen horse race in the game. We’ve included it below.
Winning Post 9 2021 will debut for Switch in Japan on March 18, 2021. A western release has not been announced at this time.
Nintendo has announced the next major event for Mario Kart Tour. Next week, the New Year’s 2021 Tour will be kicking off. It’s set to begin on December 29 at 10 PM PT / December 30 at 1 AM ET.
Mario Kart Tour is currently hosting the Rosalina Tour. It’ll be up and running until the New Year’s 2021 Tour starts.
