Dangen Entertainment and Moonsprout Games will release the adventure RPG Bug Fables on Switch next month, the two companies have announced. It’ll be out via the eShop on May 28.
Here’s an overview of the game:
Mario Tennis Aces will be featured as part of an online event with athletes and celebrities this weekend. Tennis and other sports have shut down due to the coronavirus, but the Switch game is providing another avenue to provide entertainment – and a chance raise some money for charity in the process.
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be partaking in the event, known as “Stay at Home Slam”. Top tennis players will be paired with celebrities for the tournament such as Tennessee Titans quarterback Kevin Anderson.
Here’s the full lineup of participants:
Ninjala kicked off its open beta yesterday, giving Switch owners a chance to try out the game before launch. Dataminers have since gone to work and uncovered new information about the game. Twitter users OatmealDome and LeanYoshi have provided information regarding some collaboration items (including Sonic), story mode, microtransactions with Jala currency, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
The platformer maker Levelhead is due out on Switch tomorrow via the eShop. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.
Nintendo and Monolith Soft shared more information about Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. For today’s update, we have a look at the game’s options.
Fans will be happy to hear that choosing between the original and remastered soundtracks is now officially confirmed. However, Monolith Soft has taken this a step further. There are actually different settings in the options menu for field and battle music. If you want to have the remastered music while exploring the world but the original tunes while battling enemies for example, that’s possible. You can mix and match those two settings in any way you so desire.
Other options for sound include:
Pokemon GO will be ending season 1 of its GO Battle League this week. Developer Niantic is promptly following up with Season 2, which begins on May 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.
New features, rewards, and changes are planned for the upcoming season. We have the full rundown from GameSpot below.
A couple of years after a lawsuit was filed against Nintendo involving Switch’s detachable controllers, the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled in March that Gamevice’s controllers are “unpatentable.” However, it seems that Gamevice isn’t giving us on legal action just yet.
After receiving a complaint from the company, the International Trade Commission will hold an evidentiary hearing. Engadget reports that Gamevice is looking for the ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against the Switch.
Gamevice still believes that the Joy-Con are reminiscent of to its own detachable gamepads for smartphones and tablets. However, whereas Switch uses snap-in rails, Gamevice’s method is through a vise-like strap.
Toge Productions will publish Mojiken Studio’s slice-of-life adventure game A Space for the Unbound on Switch, the latest issue of Famitsu reveals. A release is planned for this winter.
Here’s an overview of A Space for the Unbound:
Dread Nautical is out now on the Switch eShop, and Zen Studios has shared a launch trailer to celebrate. Get a look at the video below.
Dread Nautical, the tactical turn-based RPG, can be found on the eShop.
Kairosoft is bringing Tennis Club Story to Switch next week, according to an eShop listing. The game will launch worldwide on May 7.
We have the following overview and trailer for Tennis Club Story:
