A few months ago, Nintendo Dream was able to interview some of the developers behind Dragon Quest XI S. Towards the end of discussion, the Japanese magazine asked about Hero’s inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Producer Hokuto Okamoto, development director Masato Yagi, and director Takeshi Uchikawa all shared a few words about the Square Enix roster edition. Twitter user Sephazon has prepared a translation of the excerpt, which you can find below.
It was basically a foregone conclusion, but now we have official confirmation: the Cynthia & Garchomp Spotlight Scout will be coming to Pokemon Masters soon. We don’t have an exact date yet, but it’ll happen sometime this week. Here’s a look at the pair’s Sync Move, which turns Garchomp into Mega Garchomp:
【予告】
バディーズサーチに「★５ シロナ＆ガブリアス」が登場予定です！「シロナ＆ガブリアス」のバディーズわざ「神話の真実に迫るじしん」をご紹介します！
バディーズわざを放つと、メガガブリアスになりますよ！#ポケマス #シロナ #ガブリアス pic.twitter.com/69E04Xc0aM
— 【公式】ポケマスEXだいすきクラブ (@pokemas_game) December 30, 2019
Allegiance Battle Quests are now on in Fire Emblem Heroes. Players will be able to take on special battles where foes continuously appear. Up to five orbs can be earned through these skirmishes, a hefty stockpile for anyone wanting to save up for the new type of Hero featuring two characters side by side that was added this year: the Duo Hero. Keep your eyes peeled for more special banners and news to come.
Starting Dec. 30th at 10PM PST, a new swath of events will be coming to Dragalia Lost. The Platinum showcase, the most recently announced event, guarantees 5★ adventurer or dragon when summoning. There will be two separate showcases, one for dragons and one for adventurers. During the period, players are limited to doing the Platinum Showcase summon three times per showcase type, and these summons can only be performed with diamantium (purchase required).
The New Year’s Tidings: A Clawful Caper raid event will begin 1:00 AM, Dec 31, 2019 — During this event, you can use co-op play to fight against the shadow-attuned raid boss.
Notte’s Slumber Shot, the popular and adorable shooting game created by Notte and released exclusively on April Fools’ Day, is making a return. This event will run from 1:00 AM, Dec 31, 2019 to 12:59 AM, Jan 06, 2020.
The Campfire campaign that launched in Japan late last month has met its 15 million yen funding goal, meaning the next game in the Spirit Hunter series will be making its way to both PS4 and Switch. While developer Experience previously said that they’d go ahead with development regardless of whether the target was met, a few stretch goals still remain with 17 days of funding left to go. The goals are as follows:
20 million yen
- Additional costume for the protagonist (from the voice drama Death Mark: Blue Demise)
- Voice-overs increased by 50 percent
- Additional horror scene visuals (event CG)
25 million yen
- Theme song production
- Implementation of a death scene expression change system
- Addition of former marked characters that do not appear (Towako Yasuoka, Suzu Morimiya, Tsukasa Yoshida, etc.)
30 million yen
- Additional downloadable content production (series collaboration story)
- Spirit Hunter series event (concert? collaboration cafe? etc.)
- Novelization
Shibito Magire is aiming for a Summer 2021 release in Japan.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is back up to #2 while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition move up a few spots.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 12 and December 18.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Death Mark, Ikaruga, Little Dragons Cafe, Spirit Hunter: NG, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
With the continued holiday period this week, Nintendo doesn’t have much in the way of maintenance going on. In fact, there’s nothing scheduled for this coming week currently. The only session planned is actually for next week, involving distribution of update data for Switch.
Here’s the full schedule:
