Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
Update: Following our initial post, more assets have come to light. You can find our follow-up here.
Original: Two years ago, the 1997 Space World demo for Pokemon Gold leaked online. It brought along a ton of interesting details and scrapped elements, including unused creature designs. There’s now been another leak for Gen 2 with another round of juicy discoveries.
It seems that today’s leak involves the full source code of the classic Pokemon games. Fans will undoubtedly be digging through it all in the days to come, but unsurprisingly, much of the talk thus far involves the Pokemon themselves. Beta and placeholder sprites are starting to spread online that show some pretty wild designs for Celebi, Pichu, and more.
Here’s a look at every sprite extracted:
Hang the Kings, a chess-inspired puzzle game, is out now on the Switch eShop. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
Risk of Rain 2 has been updated on Switch, and is now at version 1.0.6. A pair of notable issues have been addressed as part of today’s patch.
Specifically, the following has now been fixed:
IGN recently announced plans to host a Summer of Gaming event in light of E3 2020’s cancellation. GamesRadar has now revealed a similar initiative.
Future Games Show, “a digital showcase of the most exciting games of 2020 and beyond”, will be held in June. The hour-long broadcast will include “trailers, announcements, and deep dives on existing AAA and indie games”. GamesRadar will also share news, previews, and interviews.
Here’s a video promoting Future Games Show:
Nintendo began distributing Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 1.2.0 update earlier this week. While it brings along new characters and seasonal events, what players may not know is that big changes have been made to bug spawn rates.
Twitter user Ninji, who datamined the game previously and has provided accurate information about New Horizons, shared the discovery. After digging through the code, it was determined that spawn rates have been unified for all insects. Whereas something like the agrias butterfly used to be less common in April than in its other available months, that’s no longer the case.
Here’s a closer look at how things have changed with the latest update:
The Pokemon Company kicked off Pokemon: Twilight Wings earlier this year. The animated mini-series is designed to give fans more insight into the Galar region and is based around Pokemon Sword/Shield.
In the latest episode, Early-Evening Waves, fans noticed that Pokemon like Dewgong appeared despite not being available in the actual games. That prompted The Pokemon Company to issue an apology on its Japanese Twitter page today. The message was primarily aimed at those who may have felt mislead in any way.
Pokemon: Twilight Wings still has three more episodes to air. Previous episodes can be found here, here, here, and here.
It’s been announced that R.B.I. Baseball 20 is getting another patch on Switch soon. It’ll take care of a few issues, including a stealing exploit and freezing that may occur during online play.
The full patch notes are as follows:
Merge Games today announced a partnership with Frozen District to bring House Flipper to Switch. The simulation title launches this summer both physically and digitally.
For the collectors out there, Signature Edition Games will distribute a special boxed version. Copies will include two limited edition enamel pins featuring the House Flipper logo and a Sledgehammer, a numbered collector’s certificate that printed with the developers’ signatures, a House Flipper Wrench keyring, customized House Flipper carpenter’s flat pencil, sturdy “Sierra” box with foam insert, and outer sleeve featuring alternative artwork.
Here’s an overview of House Flipper, along with a trailer:
80’s Overdrive, the pixel art racer that previously came out on 3DS, is about to land on Switch. Insane Code has announced that this new version of the game is dropping in all regions on May 7.
We have the following overview and trailer for 80’s Overdrive:
