It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still #2 for Nintendo games while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Shin Megami Tensei V are back in the top ten.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 13 and February 19.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch Edition, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Moonlighter, PictoQuest, Reventure, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
It seems like PlatinumGames is regularly asked about the status of Bayonetta 3. Each time, the response boils down to the studio saying that things are going well. If you weren’t convinced by the many times this has been relayed by Hideki Kamiya, perhaps the latest comments from executive vice president Atsushi Inaba will put your mind at ease.
At PAX East 2020, Gematsu asked PlatinumGames about Bayonetta 3, and if they can say that there’s nothing to worry about. In response, Inaba said:
Nintendo maintenance schedule – March 1, 2020
Nintendo has updated its upcoming maintenance schedule. There’s actually nothing planned for this week (at least so far), but there’s a bunch of stuff happening the week after.
Here’s the full schedule as things stand now:
New footage of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time has emerged thanks to a behind the scenes video, which debuted at PAX East 2020. We have it below.
Note that the audio isn’t perfect due to how it was presented, but can still be heard.
Two Point Hospital finally arrived on consoles last week following a previous delay. Interestingly, it’s Switch where the game did best. GamesIndustry reports that Two Point Hospital had 55 percent of its boxed sales on Switch, followed by 34 percent for PS4 and 12 percent for Xbox One.
We should have the full UK software sales within the next day or so. For now, you can find the top ten below.
This week on NEP, we’re all over the Yacht Club Presents video unveiling Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, and further details on Shovel Knight Dig, Cyber Shadow and more! Also, how about this new Samurai Jack game. Kinda… a few years late, no? Plus, we discuss the news of GDC 2020 being postponed, Platinum Games’ newest announcements, and so many more games to share our impressions. Come hang out.
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Mjölnir’s Strike has started in Fire Emblem Heroes, which players players protecting the Kingdom of Askr from Thórr’s advancing army. The enemy army will be led by Berkut.
For now, Mjölnir’s Strike is in the Brace phase. You’ll be tasked with building structures and placing allies on the map.
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 19 is also now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes in this week’s summoning focus revival.
Dragalia Lost director Yuji Okada today published a new letter to fans. Okada goes over upcoming events, confirms that a new Dragalia Digest presentation is on the way, and more.
Here’s the letter in full:
