It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is still the top Nintendo title while Bravely Default II is back in the top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 3 and September 9.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Deemo, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Sniper Elite games, Trine titles, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
Ubisoft has offered up another lengthy look at Immortals Fenyx Rising with over an hour of footage. Check out the gameplay below.
Immortals Fenyx Rising arrives for Switch on December 3. Read our hands on impressions here.
A few days ago, Grisaia Phantom Trigger 04 – another entry in the visual novel series – landed on Switch. Find some footage in the video below.
Grisaia Phantom Trigger 04 is available now for Switch via the eShop.
An ad in Japan is leading to speculation that the next DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be announced soon. It’ll only be up until October 4, and based on previous patterns, Nintendo may have news to share in the very near future.
A similar situation has occurred with 7-11 ads in Japan. With Hero and Banjo & Kazooie for instance, their ads were set to be removed by a certain date, and their DLC release took place just a few days before they were taken down.
Target has revealed a special Double Pack containing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Party. As the name implies, you’re getting two games for the price of one, and at a bit of discount. The bundle costs $99.99 and you’ll even get a $10 gift card.
Target lists the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Super Mario Party Double Pack for release on October 4. Pre-orders are open here.
Capcom has a trio of amiibo planned for Monster Hunter Rise. Fans will be able to pick up figures based on Palamute, Magnamalo and a Palico. Interestingly, it appears that they’ll cost a bit more than usual.
According to GameStop’s internal system, the new amiibo will cost the following:
This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, two Nintendo Directs came out and they’re pretty fresh! Monster Hunter Rise and Stories 2 look so tempting, and so many other games have us looking forward to the future. Also, Mario 3D All-stars is apparently emulated, but…is that really a problem? We also throw in some next-gen talk with the recent PS5 price and pre-order situation.
Check out links and timestamps below and come hang out.
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Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes doesn’t appear to be any closer than when the game was first announced in 2016 as Inazuma Eleven Ares. On Twitter, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino said the company is prioritizing the development of Yo-kai Watch Jam – Yo-kai Academy Y: Waiwai Gakuen Seikatsu instead.
Hino’s full words, as translated by Siliconera:
