Nintendo has announced the 16th Maximus Cup for Tetris 99. This time around, players will have another chance to earn past in-game themes.
Round 1 features Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the second round is for Luigi’s Mansion 3, and the third round is for Ring Fit Adventure. We have a look at the relevant dates above.
To earn each in-game theme, you’ll only need 50 points now as opposed to 100.
Pikachu, Raichu, Alolan Raichu, and Pichu are now appearing more frequently in Max Raid Battles for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. If you’re lucky enough, you may encounter a Shiny Pikachu.
To participate in this new event, connect your Switch system to the internet. After this, when you see a pillar of light shining from a Pokemon Den in the Wild Area, walk up to it and interact to kick off a Max Raid Battle.
The new Max Raid Battle event featuring Pikachu lasts until August 9 at 4:59 PM PT / 7:59 PM ET.
GameSpot has shared a video featuring the first 30 minutes from Windbound. Have a look at the footage below.
Windbound launches for Switch on August 28.
During a live stream today, Sabotage offered up some brand new gameplay footage from its RPG Sea of Stars. Get a look at the footage below.
Twitter shared new data today for the first half of 2020. As part of that, we’ve learned that Animal Crossing was the most tweeted about game of the year so far.
Here’s the complete top ten:
One of the features being touted for PGA Tour 2K21 is the game’s course designer functionality. After creating a layout, players can even share their content online.
The unfortunate news for Nintendo fans is that the feature appears to be entirely absent from the Switch version. That information comes from the game’s latest trailer, which clearly mentions this fact at the beginning of the video. We can’t say for certain as to why that is, but perhaps the team felt that they couldn’t get things working properly on the system.
Towards the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Nintendo NY closed its doors. Now, however, the store is getting ready to open back up, though it will do so in limited capacity.
All guests are now required to reserve 30-minute slots. There will be no entry on Monday while the hours for other days will be from 11 AM to 5:30 PM. Guests are asked to practice a few safety measures, including wearing a face covering at all times, sanitizing hands, maintaining a safe distance of at least six feet, postponing visits if they’ve been exposed to experience symptoms of COVID-19.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night received its Boss Revenge and Chroma Wheel update on most platforms in July, but it turns out that Switch owners have been forced to wait. The team has now provided an update, stating that the patch should go live on Nintendo’s console “later this month.”
Boss Rush lets players take control of several villains while battling a series of heroes. Chroma Wheel allows for more customization. You can read more about the new Bloodstaind update here.
The heavily-rumored Pikmin 3 Deluxe was finally announced today. Nintendo has now opened the teaser site, accessible here. There’s not a ton of content there at present, but it should receive a proper update before launch.
We do want to bring up that the site mentions at the bottom that Switch Lite players are required to use detached Joy-Con. However, this is likely nothing more than an error. If we do happen to hear otherwise, we’ll definitely let you know.
