This week on NEP, we’re all over the Yacht Club Presents video unveiling Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, and further details on Shovel Knight Dig, Cyber Shadow and more! Also, how about this new Samurai Jack game. Kinda… a few years late, no? Plus, we discuss the news of GDC 2020 being postponed, Platinum Games’ newest announcements, and so many more games to share our impressions. Come hang out.
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Mjölnir’s Strike has started in Fire Emblem Heroes, which players players protecting the Kingdom of Askr from Thórr’s advancing army. The enemy army will be led by Berkut.
For now, Mjölnir’s Strike is in the Brace phase. You’ll be tasked with building structures and placing allies on the map.
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 19 is also now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes in this week’s summoning focus revival.
Dragalia Lost director Yuji Okada today published a new letter to fans. Okada goes over upcoming events, confirms that a new Dragalia Digest presentation is on the way, and more.
Here’s the letter in full:
The tactical-strategy game Alder’s Blood launches for Switch on March 13. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.
Grizzland, a 1-bit Metroidvania game, joined the Switch eShop a couple of days ago. Get a look at some footage in the video below.
Lost Horizon, an adventure title that originally debuted a decade ago, will soon be appearing on Switch. An eShop listing shows that the game will launch digitally on March 4.
Here’s some information about Lost Horizon as well as a trailer:
A recent issue of Famitsu has a lengthy discussion between Japanese game director and scenario writer, Taro Yoko (who is also the creator of NieR), and PlatinumGames’ Takahisa Taura and Hideki Kamiya. The three chat about each other’s games, their development style and their experiences. Yoko revealed some of his wild, early impressions of Astral Chain and where he thought the story to go.
We’ve translated the following:
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD was added to the Switch eShop a little while ago, but as we previously heard, a physical version is in the cards. Amazon has now opened one of the first product listings for the retail edition.
We have the boxart for Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD above. According to the listing, the game will cost $29.99 at retail. You can pre-order on Amazon here.
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, Afterparty, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
