Now that the holidays are over, Nintendo is starting to ramp up its plans for maintenance again. Aside from the previously-announced distribution of update data (which may be something or could be nothing), there’s standard Switch maintenance planned for later on in the week.
Here’s the full schedule:
Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 11 has returned as the latest event in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes in this week’s summoning focus revival.
You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 10 until January 12.
Developer Four Fats is putting its fantasy action-platformer Blackmoor 2 on Switch tomorrow, according to an eShop listing. It will be sold digitally on the store.
We have the following overview and trailer for Blackmoor 2:
Team Reptile has finally set a release date for the arrival of Dust and Ashes in the Switch version of Lethal . The game’s latest character joins consoles on January 17, the developer announced this week.
In case you missed it, here’s a brief introduction to Dust and Ashes:
GameStop has posted the official boxart for Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, Palindrome Interactive and Kalypso Media’s upcoming strategy game. Give it a look above.
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars launches for Switch in Spring 2020. You can pre-order it on GameStop here.
Metacritic has a reputation of being one of the top sites when it comes aggregating reviews. Now that 2019 has wrapped up, the site has offered a look at the best-reviewed Switch games of the year.
It’s actually a port that takes the top spot, as Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition is sitting strong at 93. In terms of the best-reviewed exclusive, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is at 83.
Here’s the full top 50:
If you didn’t get your fill of Star Wars with The Rise of Skywalker, you’ll be happy to know that there’s a lot of LEGO goodness coming to Switch later this year. Warner Bros. and TT Games are preparing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which packs in all of the different movies into a single experience.
A little while back, we were able to speak with TT Games creative leads Arthur Parsons and James Burgon to learn more about the game. We asked about the studio’s new engine, content carried over between episodes, the Switch version, and lots more.
Here’s our full discussion:
A new month (and a new year) rolled right on in a few days ago. Now that we’re in January, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Are you playing through any new games you were given as gifts from the holidays? Or maybe you’ve been going through something in your backlog? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Bandai Namco is back with another Japanese commercial for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4. Find an advert focusing on Enies Lobby below.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke with Nikkei regarding the work environment for Nintendo’s development staff. Furukawa stated that he relies on professionals to handle their work, and was met with surprise. When probed further in being asked if he truly did not have to interfere with their processes, Furukawa elaborated.
Here’s our translation:
