If you’ve ordered a physical copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons from Amazon, there’s a chance that it may not arrive on launch day. Customer reports are surfacing on social media regarding delay messages from the retailer. Instead of being delivered tomorrow, affected copies now have a release date of March 24.
In light of the coronavirus, Amazon has started to prioritize medial supplies and household staples, which have taken precedence over other items like video games. One of the retailer’s warehouses in Queens, New York was impacted after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Amazon ended up closing down that warehouse for a thorough cleaning.
For the re-release of Doom 64 on modern platforms, a brand new level has been included that ties into Doom Eternal. In a video today, GameSpot shared some of the first footage from the stage. Check out the gameplay below.
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.
