The next online competition has been announced for Pokemon Sword & Shield. Called “Extreme Speed! Single Battles!!”, the competition shortens turn times, Pokemon selection times and more, allowing for fast-paced battles that require players to act fast. Dynamaxing is banned. All Pokemon except Mythicals are allowed to take part, even those transferred through Pokemon Home. Here are the full rules:
Registration Date
March 12th 2020 05:00 UTC – March 19th 2020 23:59 UTC
Battle Date
March 20th 2020 00:00 UTC – March 22nd 23:59 UTC
Format
Single Battle
Region: International
Battle Format: Singles Battles
Battle Limits: 15 Battles per day
Match Time: 10 Minutes
Player Time: 5 Minutes
Turn Time: 10 Seconds
Pokémon Select Time: 30 Seconds
Pokémon Restrictions: Legendary & Mythical Pokémon Banned.
Dynamax: Banned
Transfered Pokémon: Allowed
Pokémon Limits: Team of 1 selected of 6 Pokémon from Level 1 to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50
The fourth wave of DLC for SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays is now available. Bandai Namco published a trailer recently, showing off the new content:
Mistover received a fairly significant piece of DLC today – a crossover with Guilty Gear. Called “Dr. Faust’s Otherworldly Adventure”, the DLC sees players tackle a dungeon created by Dr. Faust. Check out a trailer for the DLC below:
Last year, Microids announced that they would be releasing a physical collection of the two classic platformers Another World and Flash in November of 2019. However, November came and went without a release of the collection. Today, Microids send out a new press release, announcing that the collection is now set to arrive on April 16, 2020. The physical release will contain both games, digital OSTs for both games, two postcards of each game and a reversible cover.
Mixtvision Games announced today that they would be publishing A Juggler’s Tale on Nintendo Switch in 2021. The side-scrolling adventure game by indie studio Kaleidoscube sees players assume the role of string-puppet Abby who longs for freedom. Here’s an official overview of the game, followed by the debut trailer:
“Ladies and Gentlemen! Come in, come in! In the mood for a story, are we?”
Abby is an artiste held captive at a circus: She spends her days entertaining the audience and her nights in a cage, longing for freedom. One day, she escapes the circus and gets to explore a mystical world.
Alas, freedom comes at a cost and Abby soon finds herself dragged into the dangers this world has to offer: In a war-torn, medieval fairytale, surrounded by ravaged, starving citizens and hunted by the relentless cut-throat Tonda, Abby has to cross raging rivers, make it through bandit camps and around traps. Her adventure is always accompanied by the lyrical rhymes of puppet master Jack, who is telling her story while holding the strings of his puppets firmly in his ever-helpful hands.
Who can Abby trust? Can she find a way to truly break free? Despite dangling from her threads, will Abby learn that she can still influence her destiny?
inbento, the calming puzzle game about cats creating bento boxes, just received some footage thanks to Direct Feed Games.
The relaxing gameplay is on full display in this almost 10 minute preview, showing off some of the beginner puzzles to the tune of its key-infused soundtrack.
The full gameplay video is included below.
inbento is set to release for Switch later today, March 12, 2020.
Here are the latest updates for Fire Emblem Heroes:
- A three-army battle between Leif, Finn and Nanna is about to unfold! Grand Conquests starts Mar. 14, 4 AM PT! Earn Divine Codes (Ephemera 3) and exchange them for Limited-Time Combat Manuals of your favorite Heroes! Tap Events and then Grand Conquests to pre-register!
- A new map, A Lesson Well Taut, is now available in Tactics Drills: Grandmaster! Check it out in Story Maps to test your skills! (You must complete Book I, Chapter 13 of the main story to take on Grandmaster maps.)
Neon City Riders, the 2D action-adventure game with heavy cyber-punk aesthetics, just got a long gameplay preview thanks to Handheld Players.
The 26 minute preview starts at the beginning of the game and provides plenty of action and story details to hook those that are interested.
Check out the full video below.
Neon City Riders is set to release later today, March 12, 2020 on Switch.
After the lawsuit began around three years ago an end is finally in sight. Gamevice originally launched a case against Nintendo for violating its patent on a “combination computing device and game controller” with a “flexible bridge section”. It then dropped the case and filed another claim with the US Trade Commission, which then began its own official investigation. Per 360Law, here’s how this lengthy episode ended:
Nintendo Co. Ltd. walked away victorious from consolidated inter parties reviews of a Gamevice Inc. mobile gaming patent, with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidating all 19 claims Nintendo had challenged. In a pair of decisions issued Tuesday, the board determined that all claims were obvious in light of earlier patents.
Nippon Ichi Software has just released an extensive gameplay preview for their upcoming mystery adventure game, Bokuhime Project.
The over 27 minute video is entirely in Japanese but it shows some of the character interactions as well as giving a look at the specific style of the game. Just a fair warning though, there are some spoilers in this video, even if they are in Japanese.
Take a look at the complete gameplay preview below.
Bokuhime Project is set to release for Switch on April 23, 2020 in Japan. No US release date has been given at this time.
