The RPG Heroland made it to North America last month. As for those in Europe and Australia, Marvelous today announced that the game will arrive physically and digitally on January 31.
While supplies last, a day one Knowble Edition will be distributed at select retailers. It includes a physical copy of the game, drawstring pouch, musical selections soundtrack CD, theme park-style folded map, and sumo wrestling papercraft. Pricing is set at £39.99 / €49.99.
Heroland will be available to pre-load on the eShop starting January 23 for £32.99 / €39.99 / $60 AUD.
Source: Marvelous PR
The latest issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of 2019. It’s actually a very late release that comes out on top – that being Pokemon Sword/Shield at nearly three million copies sold.
Here’s the full lineup:
01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield #
02./01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #
03./00. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III #
04./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 #
05./00. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
06./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
07./09. [NSW] Minecraft #
08./00. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3
09./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party #
10./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure
The latest issue of Weekly Jump magazine has revealed a couple of new details about One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. The game will have a total of four different online co-op modes:
- Giant Boss Battle: Work together with friends to beat huge bosses like Kaido
- Total Bounty Battle: Work together with friends and try to raise your bounty as high as possible
- Timed Defense Battle: Defend your team’s turf
- Turf War: Compete for territory with three teams of four players
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be released on March 26 in Japan and on March 27 in the rest of the world.
Yesterday, the latest issue of Famitsu revealed that Knuckles would be playable in SEGA Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Today, SEGA opened up the Japanese website for the game, which has a ton of info on what’s new in this release of the game (credit goes to Gematsu for the translation).
Bandai Namco has released a bunch of new information and screenshots for Digimon Survive, which we’ve compiled for you below (credit goes to Gematsu for the translation).
Saki Kimijima (voiced by Minami Takahoshi)
Saki is a first year student in junior high school who joins the extracurricular camp. She’s honest and speaks her mind at all times, which sometimes causes her problems. Her carefree attitude and good looks may make it seem like she’s popular, but none of her supposed friends joined the camp and left her alone. As such, she approaches Takuma and his friends and joins up with them. Together, they explore the off-limits shrine and end up in another world.
Publisher HypeTrain Digital announced today that Black Book, developed by Morteshka, will be released on Nintendo Switch “soon”. The is described as a mix of card-battling RPG and adventure game. Here’s an overview of the game, followed by the announcement trailer:
A fusion of card-based RPGs and Adventure games, “Black Book” is a haunting tale of a young sorceress, who gave her life to serve the dark forces. Dive into the cold, yet alluring world of Russian folktales – and uncover the secrets that hide in the darkness.
A young girl named Vasilisa, destined to become a witch, decides to throw her fate away and marry her beloved – but that dream is shattered when her betrothed dies under mysterious circumstances.
Aching for her lost love, Vasilisa seeks out Black Book – a demonic artifact, said to be powerful enough to grant any wish to the one who uncovers all 7 of its seals.
Join Vasilisa in her adventures across Russian countryside, as she solves the woes of common folk by confronting demons and performing exorcisms.
Uncover the seals of Black Book
Unleash hellish spells on your enemies! Collect spell cards and new skills as you progress.
A Historic Adventure
Solve riddles and complete side-quests to learn more about the cold world of early XIXth Century Russia.
Lead a Demonic Flock
Send demons to do your bidding, but be careful – idle demons will torture you if you don’t find them something to do!
Myths and legends
Explore a world based on Northern Russian mythology. Learn from an in-game encyclopedia, created with the help of expert anthropologists – and find all folk tales hidden within the game!
Rathalos is coming to the world of Dragalia Lost. The Dragalia Lost team has shared a 3D image of the destructive creature, with whom brave players can form a dragon pact with during the event. The team has more information to come and asks that players keep an eye out and look forward to the new content. Are you excited to add the mighty Rathalos to your dragon hoard?
Tap Battle: Illusory Dungeon: Wings Carry Me starts Jan. 16, 11 PM PT. During the active period, there will be Tap Battle quests where you can earn Orbs and accessories, and daily quests that will net you various rewards each day until Jan. 23, 10:59 PM PT.
Second off, Sharena added more Hero intros to “Meet Some of the Heroes!” This time, Tsubasa: Madcap Idol, Mamori: Microwavin’ Idol, Kiria: Cool Façade, Eleonora: Shooting Starlet, and Itsuki: Finding a Path have been added.
And lastly… A new map, Support from Afar, 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.) You can take a look at a preview of the map after the break:
Regista announced the release of “Murasame no Sword Breaker” for Switch in Japan today. The game follows Yuto Kawashima, who lost his sister Yurihime due to a terrible disaster. Yuto encounters many powerful girls to join him on his quest, one of them being girl with the only magic sword “Sword Breaker” that can kill the terrible enemy: the Sword Demon Dragon Excalibur. Follow Yuto on his journey and bring peace back to the people of Highland Empire.
You can take a look at some of the game’s features as well as some screen shots after the break:
