Starting Sep 8, 11 PM PT, get ready for some nostalgia with Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) in the Super Mario Kart Tour. Players can enjoy the past with these special 16-bit style racers that pay homage to the very first Mario Kart title on SNES. Check out the trailer below to see them in action:
Dragalia Lost will be seeing a limited event as of 2:00 AM PST, Sep 11, 2020. Check out the details from the Dragalia Lost Team here:
Nintendo increases Switch production to as high as 30 million units this fiscal year, says Bloomberg
With a surge in demand earlier this year, the Nintendo Switch has seen a boost in production to 25 million units, but now that’s said to increase even further. In no small part due to the success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Bloomberg states the following:
Square Enix and Taito will be bringing train operator simulation game Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen to the Nintendo Switch. The game releases on PS4 on December 3 in Japan for 7,800 yen, but no word on a date and price for the Switch version. As for now, you can take a look at an overview of the game and a trailer as rounded up by Gematsu:
The Best At-Home Train Operator Experience
Densha de GO!! finally appears on consoles! Become a train operator and go around the ever-popular Yamanote Line, now with the addition of the new Takanawa Gateway Station. Enjoy the best at-home train operator experience while maintaining the the detail of the arcade version.
Various Modes
Experience various modes including “Operator’s Way,” a chapter-by-chapter mode with an eventual ending, and “VR Mode,” which is exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version.
Featuring That Popular New Station
The March 2020-opened Takanawa Gateway Station has been faithfully reproduced in the game!
Operate Lines Outside of the Yamanote Line
You can also operate lines and trains that do not appear in the arcade version, such as the Saikyou Line and Narita Express.
Nintendo has provided a new look at Super Mario Galaxy on Switch from Super Mario 3D All-Stars. It’s not much, but we do have a bit of footage below.
To further clarify controls on Switch, you won’t be forced to use any sort of motion controls to spin. On Wii, you needed to shake the Wii Remote to perform that move. This is still possible on Switch with the right Joy-Con, but you can now spin with the “Y” button as well.
A new Board Game sale has kicked off on the Switch eShop. Various games are included such as Battleship, Catan, Jeopardy, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game, Uno, and Wheel of Fortune.
Here’s the full lineup:
Nintendo has updated Jump Rope Challenge again, bringing the eShop download to version 1.2.0.
Today’s patch primarily includes two new elements. First, there’s now a results screen to look back on your progress after you’ve completed 100 days. It’s also possible to reset your results and start a second cycle after the same 100-day mark.
Other than that, there’s the standard line about fixing a number of issues to make for a pleasant playing experience.
To promote the new Creeping Winter DLC, Minecraft Dungeons has received a new trailer. Get a look at the video below.
Nintendo has announced the latest Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, characters with long hair will be featured. You can see some of the spirits that will be highlighted above.
The new Spirit Board event goes live in Smash Bros. Ultimate on September 11. It will last for three days in total.
System: Switch
Release date: September 1, 2020
Developer: eXiin
Publisher: Modus Games
Despite games taking us to other worlds and giving us what can feel like the ultimate sense of escapism, it seems that there’s less of an emphasis these days on genuinely having fun and instead wanting to make things as realistic as possible. Sometimes it feels like wonder and awe are lost, but then you come across something like Ary and the Secret of Seasons, which exudes a magical presence and a fantastical setting you’d want to explore and live in. It has that sense of adventure, a charming art style, and a heartwarming story that, while simple, remains effective in giving an overall feeling of positivity as you play throughout. It hits all the right notes when it comes to being a decent game that’s accessible and for a wide demographic, but its biggest issues unfortunately come from an overall mess of an experience filled with graphical glitches, borderline unplayable performance in some cases, and bugs in just about every corner.
