Much like Mario Kart Tour, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is getting a paid membership service.
Nintendo says that one plan will let you “appoint one lucky animal as your camp caretaker and get some extra help around the campsite.” As for the other plan, you can “receive fortune cookies and store your furniture and clothing items in warehouses.”
Further information has yet to be announced. Additional details will follow on November 20, with the service launching on November 21.
After it was given a December release window, SuperEpic: The Entertainment War has received a final date. Numskull Games will publish the Metroidvania style action-adventure game on December 12.
Here’s an overview of SuperEpic: The Entertainment War, along with a trailer:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Blacksad: Under the Skin, SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions, Heroland, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
As many mainline Pokemon games as there have been, the series has also seen its fair share of remakes. In fact, some generations have been redone more than once.
Speaking with IGN a little while back, Pokemon Sword/Shield director Shigeru Ohmori highlighted the importance of balancing new Pokemon titles with remakes, stating that Game Freak is “kind of torn between the two all the time.” He said:
Luigi doesn’t have a traditional role in Super Mario Odyssey. Unfortunately, you can’t take direct control of the character. Instead, a few months after the game’s launch, Luigi was added as part of a minigame.
Although Luigi isn’t playable, Nintendo still gave the character’s design a lot of thought. In fact, character art lead Sho Murata said in the recently-translated version of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey that the team “considered a drastic costume change” before ultimately settling on “a simple look”.
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have announced Guardians of Peace as the next Fire Emblem Heroes summoning event. It will feature Larum, Perceval, Echidna, and Igrene. These characters represent Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Guardians of Peace goes live on November 18 at 11 PM PT / November 19 at 2 AM ET alongside a new paralogue story. View a trailer for the event below.
Starting on 11/18 at 11 PM PT, new Heroes from the #FireEmblem: The Binding Blade game will be available in the New Heroes: Guardians of Peace summoning event! Also, in the next Tempest Trials+ event, you can earn New Hero Brunnya: Devoted General. #FEHeroes pic.twitter.com/B1DfyUUFVv
— Fire Emblem Heroes (@FE_Heroes_EN) November 17, 2019
Arc System Works today released the official opening movie for its 2D fighter Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]. Get a look at the video below.
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] launches for Switch on February 20, 2020.
Blizzard has prepared a new 2.6.7 update for Diablo III: Eternal Collection. It features the start of Season 19, a Pandemonium buff, new Crusader and Monk sets, bug fixes, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
In a Switch commercial released this week, Aaron Waddingham was one of the boy actors featured. Aaron, who has Down syndrome, has been taking acting classes and auditioning for parts this year. Amazingly enough, Nintendo’s commercial was his first acting job.
Aaron’s mother Sue told Global News that “Nintendo very specifically wanted somebody with a visible disability.” She said:
In last week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai published his latest column. This article gives readers a glimpse behind the scenes of the extensive recording production for the main theme of Psycho Soldier. The song was was rearranged and rerecorded for the most recent wave of DLC from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter’s Pass, celebrating Terry Bogard’s inclusion.
We’ve prepared a full translation below the break.
