Fire Emblem Heroes is currently hosting the first part of a new Voting Gauntlet: Brave Reprisals. This Voting Gauntlet features Dimitri vs Berkut, Claude vs Takumi, Edelgard vs Celica, and Lysithea vs Tiki. Paired with this are a new series of quests with each round, the first lasting from September 1 to September 3, then one from September 3 to September 5, and the last one from September 5 to September 7.
Additionally, a new update has been announced for Fire Emblem Heroes, 4.9.0. This update will add the new Frontline Phalanx event, a Hero Trait rework, new weapons, and more. Check out the full patch notes below.
The adventure game Ary and the Secret of Seasons lands on Switch today, and we have a look at the game running on Nintendo’s console. Check out an hour of footage below.
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is on Switch both physically and digitally.
Square Enix has released their featured games along with a schedule for Tokyo Game Show 2020. TGS 2020 will be online this year, and runs September 24 to 27. Square Enix will be seeing a large amount of features this year, including several mobile titles and a heck of a lot of Dragon Quest. Switch titles like Collection of Saga: Final Fantasy Legend, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, and other Japan exclusive games will see the spotlight. Check out the full lineup and schedule below, as rounded up by Gematsu after the break:
Amazon has posted the boxart for Sonic Forces + Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Double Pack, which appears to be on track for October 26. Pre-orders are open here.
Also remember that SEGA has another similar release incoming with the Sonic Mania + Team Sonic Racing Double Pack. That one should arrive on the same day as well. If you’d like to pre-order, you can reserve that one here.
Vaporum: Lockdown, a prequel to Vaporum, was revealed for Switch last year. Originally, the game was targeting an early 2020 release. It’s been some time since we’ve heard about the project, but developer Fatbot Games confirmed a new release window of Q4 2020 for the Switch version today.
Here’s an overview of Vaporum: Lockdown, along with a trailer:
Takara Tomy has set a release date for Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast. In Japan, the game launches for Switch on November 26.
Here’s a trailer:
Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have updated, which have cycled out the current event for Max Raid Battles.
One of the main highlights is that in Pokemon Sword, Gigantamax Appletun and Gigantamax Toxtricity (Low Key Form) encounters will be more common. For Pokemon Shield, it’s Gigantamax Flapple and Gigantamax Toxtricity (Amped Form).
AtomTeam’s well-received old school role-playing game Atom RPG is reaching Switch this week, the developer announced today. The title will be available on September 4.
Here’s some information about Atom RPG as well as a trailer:
Paper Mario: The Origami King doesn’t have a traditional experience points system. When you win a battle, you instead receive coins and confetti. However, at one point, implementing experience points during development may have been a possibility.
Fans have picked up on that information based on a datamine of the game’s save file. Interestingly enough, one of the variables included is “battle_win_exP”. It’s included in the final game and can be easily seen by opening up the save file data in a program like Notepad.
Here’s a look:
