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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

CrossCode – $19.99
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise – $49.99 (available July 10)
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town – $49.99 (available July 14)
void TRLM(); //Void Terrarium – $24.99 (available July 14)

Koei Tecmo and Gust have introduced the latest trailer for Fairy Tail, which highlights the characters and their stories as well as strengthening connections to unlock new skills. Check it out below.

Fairy Tail is due out for Switch on July 31.

Another new commercial has emerged for Paper Mario: The Origami King. Get a look at the advert in the video below.

Paper Mario: The Origami King arrives for Switch on July 17. In case you missed it, find the previous commercial here.

Despite what we initially heard yesterday, there’s a good chance that Deadly Premonition 2’s frame rate will see an improvement.

During a live stream yesterday, director and writer Hidetaka Suehiro provided an update. Swery said through a translator:

Famitsu have published their latest charts for sales in Japan, these highlighting both hardware and software sales for the first half of 2020.

Overall monetary sales (in billions) are as follows:

Tempest Trials+: Sandy Struggle has arrived in Fire Emblem Heroes. Players can battle in an effort to get a high enough score to earn rewards like a Summer-themed unit from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. You can also check out the gallery below for special art work of the Three Houses characters in their Summer clothes. Details for the event are below from the FEH Twitter account:

Tempest Trials+: Sandy Struggle is here! Here are the big rewards and the score needed to earn them: ◆Divine Code (Ephemera 7) × 50: 6,000 ◆Mirror Strike 1 Sacred Seal: 10,000 ◆5★ Special Hero Lorenz: Highborn Heat: 15,000 ◆Spd/Res Solo 1 Sacred Seal: 20,000
 

Arriving this Fall in Japan for 2,820 yen, Monster Rancher 2 is following its predecessor and making its way to Switch. This enhanced port now has new details and a batch of screenshots from Koei Tecmo, which you can see below courtesy of Gematsu:

Bandai Namco shared a new trailer for its sports title Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 that gives a closer look at the game’s various systems. View it below.

In Japan, Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 releases for Switch on September 17.

Paper Mario: The Origami King has a little more than a week to go until launch, but Famitsu published one of the first reviews in this week’s issue. Four editors gave out scores of “9” for a total of 36 out of 40.

We’ve gone ahead and translated the review from Famitsu in full. Continue on below for the remarks made by the magazine’s different editors.

Update: The full patch notes, which are quite extensive, are now available here.


Nintendo and Monolith Soft have readied a new update for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. As of today, all players can access version 1.1.2.

We’re still waiting for Nintendo to publish the patch notes in English. For now though, here are some of the highlights (via Sir_Teatei_Moonlight):


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