Tempest Trials+: Mid-fest Digest has begun in Fire Emblem Heroes. The big rewards this time are the 5★ Special Hero Eir: Renewed Life and three Sacred Seals: Swift Sparrow 1, Spd Feint 1, and HP/Def 1. You can also earn Refining Stones by completing daily quests.
Additionally, it would appear that a new version update is on the way. Slated for early January, players can look forward to the following changes:
- New weapon skills and weapons to refine are being added Cordelia’s Lance for Cordelia: Knight Paragon Rebecca’s Bow for Rebecca: Wildflower Corvus Tome for Henry: Twisted Mind Light Brand for Leif: Prince of Leonster
- Weapon skill Guardian’s Bow is being adjusted The behavior of the weapon skill Guardian’s Bow used by Igrene: Nabata Protector will be adjusted. To thank you for your patience, we will distribute 10 Orbs to players who log in between Jan. 8, 11 PM PT–Jan. 22, 10:59 PM PT
- Notifications will be sent to players when Battle Ballots are fully restored during a Voting Gauntlet.
- Descriptions of Heroes who appear in active summoning events will be added to loading screens.
- Issues affecting Mjölnir’s Strike will be addressed.
- Aether Raids and Aether Resort are being updated
- Three new songs are being added to the Concert Hall.
- Additional Heroes via Heroic Grails
- Cormag: Aloof Lanceman
- Brunnya: Devoted General
Earlier today, NIS America hosted a live stream for Langrisser I & II showing off early English gameplay. View the full recording below, which also has insight from localization editor Jon Chang.
Back in early 2018, a hacking group known as Team-Xecuter announced a Switch mod that allows for pirated games to be loaded onto the hardware. That wasn’t all though, as the group also sold SD cards containing pirated games to be loaded onto consoles via the mod.
Nintendo has now won an injunction, prohibiting Team-Xecuter’s Sergio Moreno from modifying, selling, renting, or distributing unauthorized copies of Nintendo technology, software, or trademarked material. Moreno has also been orders to destroy the existing modded devices and pirated software.
Team-Xecuter also apparently sold a modded NES Classic Edition with over 800 games, but that was not involved with this new injunction.
Kamina Dimension uploaded a new trailer for its Metroidvania 2D game MindSeize. Get a look at the video below.
MindSeize doesn’t have a release date on Switch just yet, but Kamina Dimension will be sharing that information soon.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (available January 3)
Aborigenus, an adventure-RPG platformer, is slated for January 10 on the Switch eShop. View some footage of the game below.
Nintendo is celebrating the start of 2020 with another new Switch eShop sale in Europe. A number of top games have been discounted by up to 40 percent, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Dragon Quest XI S, and Octopath Traveler.
Here’s the full lineup of titles on sale:
Nintendo has shared an English version of the Japanese Animal Crossing: New Horizons commercial released earlier in the week, including a look at the western boxart. Check it out below.
A new Game Boy-inspired title is making its way to Switch this month. An eShop listing shows that Squidlit, a platformer that lets you ink downwards on enemies, will be out digitally on January 14.
Here’s an overview of Squidlit, along with a trailer:
