Nintendo has run a couple of promotions for Switch Online subscribers in Japan. Previously, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Fire Emblem Warriors were offered entirely for free during a limit period. Now the program is expanding to third-party offerings.
Today, Nintendo announced that Dead Cells will be completely free to play between February 24 and March 1, assuming you’re a Nintendo Switch Online member. There is no limit on how much the game can be played, and you’re able to transfer progress to the full version.
Nintendo has not announced any similar promotions for Switch Online subscribers in the west at this time.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include 99Vidas: Definitive Edition, Cat Quest, Fe, Ghostbusters: The Videogame Remastered, Overwatch: Legendary Edition, Swords and Soldiers 2, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
In a recent issue of Dengeki PlayStation, the magazine published a lengthy interview with the developers behind Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers. Producer / director Daisuke Kaneda, director Mumon Usuda, director Kazutoshi Sekiguchi, and director Nobumichi Kumabe all shared some in-depth information about the game’s creation.
Persona Central went to the trouble of sharing information from the interview. We have a roundup of the notable tidbits below.
During the GameCube era, Blizzard was developing StarCraft: Ghost. The stealth-action game would have hit Nintendo’s older console along with other competing platforms. It sadly wasn’t meant to be, as the entire project was scrapped – though it wouldn’t be officially confirmed as cancelled until 2014.
All of these years later, we have a brand new look at Starcraft: Ghost. An old Xbox build has apparently leaked online from a dev kit and has started to spread. A couple of videos can be found below, but it’s expected that we’ll be hearing more about the project going forward now that a much wider group of people have access.
Hello, my beautiful sewer babies! This week on NEP, our big talk is on E3. With Sony gone (for good probably) but Nintendo still attending, Oni Dino and Galen take a look at the burning question: Is E3’s importance waning? There’s a lot of elements at play on both the consumer side and the business side, and we throw our hats into the ring. Plus, we’re talking mixed first impressions on Persona 5 Scrambled Eggs, Fire Emblem: Three Houses wave 4 DLC: Cindered Shadows, the Sonic film’s release (with a shocking mention of Pee Wee Herman) and generally unhealthy mindsets in the gaming community—a discussion sparked by… you guessed it: Pokemon Sword and Shield. Let’s Gaming!
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The Sonic the Hedgehog film is off to a strong start at the box office – so much so that it has overthrown Detective Pikachu as the best opening weekend for a video game movie. Detective Pikachu earned $54.3 million in 2019 over three days. Meanwhile, Sonic saw a three-day domestic opening of $57 million, which marks a new record for a video game adaptation.
Sonic took home another $43 million overseas for a global total of $100 million through Sunday. It’s also on track for $111 million through Monday. The movie earned $6.7 million in Mexico and another $6.2 million in the U.K.
The good news doesn’t stop there. Sonic is projected to earn $68 million over four days, which would be among the best showings ever for the long Presidents Day weekend.
If a new rating is anything to go by, Atlus could be bringing Catherine: Full Body to Switch. The puzzle game was classified for release on Nintendo’s console in South Korea just last month.
Catherine: Full Body is an enhanced version of the 2011 PlayStation 3 game. It features a third love interest, new cutscenes, tweaked gameplay, and more.
Here’s an overview of Catherine: Full Body, along with a trailer:
XCOM 2 Collection appears to be bound for Switch. Last month, it was classified for Nintendo’s console in South Korea.
While this isn’t an official announcement, the same ratings site has outed other Switch releases before they were revealed. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is one recent example.
XCOM 2 is a turn-based tactics game. As for the collection, it includes the War of the Chosen expansion and four DLC packs (Resistance Warrior Pack, Anarchy’s Children, Alien Hunters, Shen’s Last Gift, Tactical Legacy Pack).
Here’s an overview of XCOM 2, along with a trailer:
Nintendo will be carrying out its latest round of maintenance this coming week. Three sessions are planned, all of which are for Switch.
Here’s the full schedule as things stand now:
