Over the past few years, Nintendo has been recognizing March 10 as Mario day. Retailers will be taking that information to heart with a new Switch sale planned for next week.
GameStop and Target (with other retailers likely to follow) are confirmed to be discounting Super Mario Maker 2, Super Mario Party, Yoshi’s Crafted World, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. All of these games will be down to $40. That’s the main highlight, though there will be other smaller offices like Target throwing in a Joy-Con wheel with the purchase of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Hanaji Games’ shooter Dezatopia has been dated for Switch. It’ll launch digitally via the eShop on March 19, the developer has announced.
Here’s an overview of Dezatopia, along with a trailer:
Yoshinori Kitase has had a long and prestigious career at Square Enix. He joined the company in 1990, and one of the first games he worked on was Final Fantasy V. Because of that, and given that Square Enix hasn’t done a realistic retelling, he’d be up for remaking that RPG someday.
Kitase told GameReactor in a recent interview:
Update (3/6): Octobox Interactive says the release has been delayed “for reasons beyond our control”. We’ll pass along the new date when we have it.
Original (3/5): It didn’t take long for Auto Chess: Heroes of Paragon to receive a final release date. Today, Octobox Interactive announced a final release date of March 6 for Europe and March 12 for North America.
Here’s an overview of the game:
The adventure game Lost Horizon was added to the Switch eShop earlier this week. For a look at some footage, look at the video below.
The coronavirus outbreak continues to be a major issue worldwide, and Nintendo of America has responded to the situation by taking precautionary measures. In a statement sent to Kotaku, the company confirmed that its employees are now allowed to work from home.
The full note reads:
Nintendo has posted a European commercial for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Get a look at the “Island Decorating” advert below.
Fantastico Studio has announced that the shoot ’em up / bullet hell title Rainbows, Toilets and Unicorns will release on Switch next week. A digital launch is scheduled for March 13, and it can be found on the eShop.
Here’s some information about the game as well as a trailer:
PlatinumGames has published a new interview with The Wonderful 101 director Hideki Kamiya. Below, Kamiya talks about the new remastered version, what he’s been playing lately, and more.
Forever Entertainment is publishing the poly art puzzle game Poly Puzzle on Switch, the company has announced. A release window was not shared.
Here’s an overview of Poly Puzzle:
