Nintendo has its usual maintenance planned for the coming week, but at least so far, only a couple of sessions are planned. Downtime involving Switch and 3DS should be over by the early part of the week – at least as things look now.
Here’s the current schedule:
Koei Tecmo has issued a special movie for Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate to promote the ending theme song “Statice”. It’s sung by Saori Hayami, composed by Nozomi Tanabe, Gratia, and Keita Takiguchi, and arranged by Wataru Maeguchi. Eliana was behind the English lyrics.
Here’s the full video:
Due to popular demand, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are bringing back Weekly Revival summoning events for another cycle. There are twenty variations in total, and the variation will change each weekend.
Heroes: Tiki (Dragon Scion), Linde (Light Mage), and Deirdre (Lady of the Forest) are featured for today’s event. Weekly Revival 1 will last until November 3.
Atypical Games is putting the air combat game Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2 on Switch next week, the studio has announced. A release is set for October 31.
Here’s an overview of Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2, along with a trailer:
Gods & Monsters was hit with a delay this week, which many saw coming due to a lack of news following the initial reveal at E3 2019 back in June. Instead of February, Ubisoft has pushed the game back into the next fiscal year starting April 2020.
After the delay was announced, the Gods & Monsters team shared a message for the fans. It reads in full:
505 Games is promoting the opening of pre-orders for Zumba Burn It Up! with a new trailer. Have a look at the video below.
IGN has shared a new gameplay video for New Super Lucky’s Tale featuring the Carnival Court level. View the video below for the latest footage and developer commentary.
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection, New Super Lucky’s Tale, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Game Freak has been known to put out Pokemon games regularly. Since the company took a break in 2015, we saw Pokemon Sun/Moon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee, and now Pokemon Sword/Shield in consecutive years. Although it may seem like Pokemon is a yearly series, Game Freak says it’s not intentional.
Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda explained to VG247, “each time we go into making a new game and start a new project we look at what exactly we want to create – and then from where we decide the most appropriate timing to release it depending on various factors.” What’s important to Game Freak is to have “as many people to come in contact and play Pokemon as possible.”
Game Freak shared some news at E3 2019 earlier this year regarding Pokemon Sword/Shield that left many fans disappointed. Unlike past entries, not all Pokemon will be included this time around. We still don’t have a complete list as to which creatures are in and which aren’t, but the bottom line is that some Pokemon are being cut.
Speaking with VG247, producer Junichi Masuda again weighed in on the situation, stating that Game Freak always hopes to develop “the most interesting game possible and make a more enjoyable, richer experience for the fans.” And since the team is able to “give people a greater attachment to the Pokemon that are in the game,” the studio has no regrets about the decision made with the national Pokedex.
Masuda shared the following when asked if the fan response gave Game Freak any pause for thought, and if he believes this is the only way to go in the future:
