Nintendo has updated the Japanese release schedule on its platforms for the week of November 19, 2020. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
Limited Run Games has shared more details on the physical versions of TowerFall. We first about this back during the summer.
TowerFall will come in standard and collector’s formats. With the collector’s edition, you’ll be getting extra goodies like trading cards, pins, an overworld map, and more.
Limited Run Games will open pre-orders for the physical version of TowerFall starting on November 13 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET. You’ll be able to reserve a copy here. Pre-orders will be live for four weeks.
Spike Chunsoft has passed along a new overview trailer for Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, an upcoming roguelike for Switch. We have the video below.
You’ll be able to pick up Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate digitally from the Switch eShop on December 2, and pre-orders are open now. Spike Chunsoft has confirmed that Limited Run Games will be producing a physical version later.
Catch up on new details regarding Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate here.
Source: Spike Chunsoft PR
To promote the launch of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, the game has received a new launch trailer. Check out the video below.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is out for Switch today in North America. The European release is set for November 20.
Flynns Arcade has announced that it’s bringing LaPointe Joints’ sci-fi top-down twin-stick shooter Gunpig: Firepower For Hire to Switch. A release is planned for December 3.
Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:
Alpaca Ball: Allstars just saw a physical version release in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and other Southeast Asia. It’ll take some time, but a retail release has now been announced for the west as well.
BadLand Publishing will be handling the physical version of Alpaca Ball: Allstars overseas. Aside from a standard copy, fans will be able to purchase a collector’s edition. The latter includes a cap, game soundtrack in CD format, and a plush alpaca.
Alpaca Ball: Allstars will launch physically in the west in March 2021.
Source: BadLand Publishing PR
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Nintendo’s biggest success of the year. No one could have predicted that it would have sold over 26 million copies in just a few months. Nintendo wants that success to continue, with president Shuntaro Furukawa stating during the company’s financial results conference call that with its first year-end sales season approaching, “we hope even more people will take that opportunity to purchase the game.”
Those that already have Animal Crossing: New Horizons can look forward to more content in the future. Furukawa said Nintendo “will continue to implement in-game events and would like to create a situation where consumers will keep enjoying the game for a long time.”
His full words:
When Pokemon Unite releases, it’ll support full cross-platform play. Switch and smart devices will be fully compatible, allowing all users to connect online together.
While The Pokemon Company is trying out cross-platform play, the feature is not something that Nintendo itself is pursuing at the moment. President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed there are currently no such plans to integrate the functionality for its titles during the company’s financial results conference call last week.
He said:
When you think about Nintendo’s major markets, North America, Europe, and Japan come to mind. However, other regions of the world are beginning to have more of an impact, including Asia.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke about sales in Asia during the company’s latest financial results conference call. As part of that, we hear that in China, “Ring Fit Adventure got off to a great start when it was released by them on September 3 and it continues to sell well.”
Furukawa had this to say about Asia:
