Hello my Switch Lites and Switch Pros! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we’re announcing the winner of The Wonderful 101 Remastered giveaway. We then critique our experiences with some lovely, smaller JRPGs: Child of Light and Underhero. Afterward, we explore industry talk and current trends: what’s going to happen with the Switch moving forward into the new console generation? A Switch Pro? Go harder on mobile? External graphics card? A new dedicated home console in tandem with Switch being a dedicated handheld? Possibilities abound! Check out links and timestamps below, and come hang out.
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Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 10 has returned in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week.
You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 11 until May 31.
Metal Max Xeno: Reborn is experiencing a second delay. Originally, the game was planned for March 26 in Japan. It was later moved back to July 9. That date won’t be met either, with Kadokawa Games today announcing that the game has been delayed to September 10.
The news was shared today as part of a 29th anniversary live stream for the series. Like many games, Metal Max Xeno: Reborn appears to have been impacted by the coronavirus.
Here’s the full live stream showcasing gameplay:
Ivo Gerscovich, chief brand officer for Sonic Studio at SEGA of America, recently held a Reddit AMA. Gerscovich addressed several questions from fans regarding the IP’s future and more.
One important note concerns the status of Sonic Boom. The days of the Wii U and 3DS games are long gone, though a show had been airing through the end of 2017. With a lack of news over the past couple of years, it’s unsurprising that the show appears to be over. Gerscovich said “there are no plans for a new Sonic Boom specific TV series or game.” Some fans believe that the comment leaves the door open to more episodes in the future, but executive producer Bill Freiberger has been putting out tweets indicating that the show is finished.
Elsewhere in the AMA, Gerscovich was asked about the future of the Sonic brand. Gerscovich said SEGA will be focusing on “respecting the past while looking to evolve the brand and its characters and storylines for the future across all content, products, and platforms.” He also stressed the importance of releasing “high quality content”.
Here’s a full roundup of the important bits from the AMA:
RetroMania Wrestling now has a release month. The game will arrive sometime in July, developer Retrosoft Studios has announced.
Although RetroMania Wrestling won’t be sold physically (at least for now), a “Digital Plus” version is planned. Copies come with a box, full color instruction manual, and stickers. Pricing is set at $29.99.
If interested, you can pre-order the RetroMania Wrestling Digital Plus version here.
Do Not Feed the Monkeys appears to have a release date. A listing has shown up on the eShop, which has the simulation strategy title pinned down for June 1.
Here’s an overview of Do Not Feed the Monkeys, along with a trailer:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Minecraft Dungeons, Shantae and the Seven Sirens, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Rather than just sprucing up the game and making some subtle changes, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition actually has content not included in the original. Fans of the Wii title plus newcomers can play through Future Connected, an epilogue that takes place after the main story ends.
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Monolith Soft president and creator Tetsuya Takahashi was asked about why Future Connected was created and its concept. In response, he explained:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players looking to fill up their museum with art can do so by buying pieces from Redd. However, it turns out there’s another way to expand your collection as well.
Findings from dataminer Ninji confirm that you can randomly receive art in the mail from villagers. It appears that the following can take place based on their personalities:
