The genetic survival sim Niche, from Stray Fawn Studio, launches today on Switch. Check out the launch trailer below.
Niche is available today on the Switch eShop
Publisher Deep Silver and developer Animation Arts have announced that point-and-click adventure Secret Files 3 is releasing today on the Switch eShop. Check out an overview and the original trailer below.
A new 5-star Summoning Focus is now being hosted in Fire Emblem Heroes. This latest event, Heroes with Duel Skills, have these Heroes’ stats treated as if they are 170 if they are 5-star Heroes, level 40, and have stats that are less than 170. The 5-star Heroes that can be summoned are Laegjarn: Sheathed Steel, Helbindi: Savage Scourge, and Loki: The Trickster. This event is active until September 11.
Additionally, a new Tactics Drills map is now available: Entwined Fates (Skill Studies, Hard).
Lastly, the latest Voting Gauntlet, Brave Reprisals, has entered Round 2, featuring Dimitri vs Claude and Edelgard vs Tiki. You can check out more details here. Round 2 will last until September 5.
The quirky platformer from Akupara Games, Spinch, has received some footage, courtesy of Nintendo Hall on YouTube. This 12 minutes of gameplay shows off the start of the game and gives a good idea what to expect from the story and platforming action.
Check out the full video below.
Spinch releases on the Switch on September 3, 2020.
The Platinum Showcase is now live in Dragalia Lost, bringing a guaranteed chance to get a light-attuned 5★ adventurer after the tenth summon. The light-attuned adventurers being featured in this event are Lucretia and Curran.
Similarly, a Light focused summon showcase has also started that will give a better chance to pull light-attuned adventurers. This is featuring the same two adventurers already mentioned as well as Tie Shan Gongzhu.
Both of these events run until September 6, 2020 at 10:59pm PT.
Pokemon Masters has started a new egg event featuring Grass, Fire, and Water type Pokemon. In this event, you can receive eggs that will hatch into one of these three types and they have the chance of being one of six new Pokemon.
The six hatchable Pokemon in this event are:
Bulbasaur* (♂ only)
Squirtle* (♂ only)
Charmander* (♂ only)
Bellsprout (♀ only)
Goldeen (♀ only)
Growlithe (♂ only)
Once hatched, these Pokemon can be made into sync pairs with the main character. This hatching event will last until September 16, 2020 at 10:59pm PT.
Earlier today, an update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was released to add Korean text options to the game. Well, it seems that the expansion game, Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country, has also received an update with the same content.
This update (version 1.1.0) includes Korean text options for the game and it is now available for download in the US (most likely other regions are coming soon). The official patch notes are included below for reference.
RideOn Japan has announced Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn of the Twin Dragons, the latest entry in the tactical strategy RPG series. The game will launch this fall.
Details about Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn of the Twin Dragons are light at the moment. However, we do have the first screenshots below.
Atlus has released the second official trailer for Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster. Get a look at the latest video below.
Atlus will be bringing Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster to Switch on October 29 in Japan, followed by Spring 2021 in the west.