This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – $59.99 (available March 20)
Happinet has published the third producer letter for Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia. This time around, Kazuhiro Igarashi introduces the game’s Alternate Chapter (Challenge Mode).
Here’s the full rundown:
Nintendo has announced that the Hammer Bro Tour will be the next event in Mario Kart Tour. It will be held between March 25 and April 8.
Like other Tours, this one will feature newly added courses and challenges. Donut Plains 1 has been shown as one of the tracks in the in-app preview.
A new launch trailer is in to celebrate the upcoming release of TT Isle of Man 2. We’ve included today’s video below.
Hamster held one of its latest live streams on Niconico a short while ago where it detailed upcoming Arcade Archives games for Switch. Gradius, Sunset Riders, and Trigon are all now confirmed for release.
Hamster also has a number of other previously-announced Arcade Archives titles in the pipeline for Switch as well. These include The Tin Star, Gemini Wing, and VS. Wrecking Crew.
Release dates for upcoming Arcade Archives games have not been confirmed at this time.
First announced in Famitsu this week, Koei Tecmo and Gust have officially announced the inclusion of Gildarts and the Eclipse arc in the Fairy Tail RPG for Switch.
Here’s the full rundown:
There are quite a few otome visual novels on Nintendo Switch already, and another one will soon join their ranks. Gunka o Haita Neko will launch in Japan on June 18; it will cost 7,150 Yen. The game sees Tama, princess of a race of cat people, having to choose between an arranged marriage or finding love with a mysterious human that appeared from the sky. An English localization hasn’t been announced so far, and it’s fairly unlikely that will change. The game has been released on a few other platforms so far and all releases have been Japan-only.
Even long after the game’s release, Bandai Namco is still supporting God Eater 3 with new content. Version 2.50 of the game will launch next week, on March 26. Among other new content, it will include a new story chapter focused on Ein. Here’s the Japanese trailer for the update:
The latest Umihara Kawase game, Umihara Kawase BaZooKa!!, has just gone gold, publisher Success announced today. As such, it is set to meet its release date of May 28. Currently, the game is only set to be released in Japan, however its Japanese release will include English text.
Finally, Success announced that a demo for the game is on its way, though no release date for that was given.
A new Bound Hero Battle has gone live in Fire Emblem Heroes. It features two of the main characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Edelgard and Dimitri. Challenge them at various difficulty levels to earn orbs. The Bound Hero Battle will be available until March 30.
A Summoning Focus themed around the Bound Hero Battle has also gone live will similarly be available until March 30. The 5-star focus units are Edelgard: The Future, Dimitri: The Protector and Claude: The Schemer.
Finally, since it’s Thursday, Tactics Drills has been updated. The new map “Masking Dragons” can be found in the Skill Studies section; clearing it gets you one orb.
