PlatinumGames has shared a new interview with The Wonderful 101’s lead environmental artist Yasutaka Maeki. Below, Maeki discusses his work on the game, challenges involved with making art for the game, and more.
Kronya: Gleaming Blade is back in Special Maps for a Grand Hero Battle. There are also some limited-time quests to complete too, even if you’ve cleared the map before. Kronya is originally an antagonist introduced in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She is a member of “those who slither in the dark,” and first disguises herself as a student at the Officer’s Academy. Players in Heroes can defeat her to add her to their roster.
The second part of the facility event, A Dash of Disaster, begins at 10PM PT on March 2. This event will have a summon showcase, featuring 5★ adventurer Mitsuba. You can take a look at Mitsuba’s reveal trailer below:
People call my father’s food the best in Hinomoto, but I’ve come here to win this contest and SURPASS his flavors!” — Mitsuba
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still #2 for Nintendo games while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Shin Megami Tensei V are back in the top ten.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 13 and February 19.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch Edition, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Moonlighter, PictoQuest, Reventure, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
It seems like PlatinumGames is regularly asked about the status of Bayonetta 3. Each time, the response boils down to the studio saying that things are going well. If you weren’t convinced by the many times this has been relayed by Hideki Kamiya, perhaps the latest comments from executive vice president Atsushi Inaba will put your mind at ease.
At PAX East 2020, Gematsu asked PlatinumGames about Bayonetta 3, and if they can say that there’s nothing to worry about. In response, Inaba said:
Nintendo maintenance schedule – March 1, 2020
Nintendo has updated its upcoming maintenance schedule. There’s actually nothing planned for this week (at least so far), but there’s a bunch of stuff happening the week after.
Here’s the full schedule as things stand now:
New footage of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time has emerged thanks to a behind the scenes video, which debuted at PAX East 2020. We have it below.
Note that the audio isn’t perfect due to how it was presented, but can still be heard.
Two Point Hospital finally arrived on consoles last week following a previous delay. Interestingly, it’s Switch where the game did best. GamesIndustry reports that Two Point Hospital had 55 percent of its boxed sales on Switch, followed by 34 percent for PS4 and 12 percent for Xbox One.
We should have the full UK software sales within the next day or so. For now, you can find the top ten below.
