Nintendo is continuing to roll out information about the Halloween tour in Mario Kart Tour. Today, the company announced that Waluigi is joining the game as a playable character. He’ll carry “an offense-oriented special skill”. Additionally, fans can look forward to the Waluigi Pinball track.
Nintendo previously confirmed a couple of other new playable characters. Luigi and King Boo will also be appearing, along with the Luigi’s Mansion course from Mario Kart DS.
The Halloween tour in Mario Kart Tour starts on October 22.
The arcade shooter Vortex Attack EX is joining the Switch eShop next week, according to a listing on the store. A release is planned for October 24.
We have the following overview and trailer for the game:
Retrotainment Games and Mega Cat Studios have announced that their respective horror-infused NES games Haunted: Halloween ’86 (The Curse Of Possum Hollow) and Creepy Brawlers are coming digitally to Switch. Both were originally released on NES cartridges in Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 respectively.
Here’s an overview of the two titles plus trailers:
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Koei Tecmo and Gust surprised fans last month when they announced that a brand new RPG is in development based on the Fairy Tail manga / anime. Following the reveal, Nintendo Everything was able to speak with producer Keisuke Kikuchi.
During our chat, Kikuchi discussed a few aspects of the game, including the battle system and story. He also talked about the involvement from Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima. Oh, and we asked about Fatal Frame, because we absolutely had to.
Here’s our full discussion:
As previously mentioned, the Halloween tour is starting in Mario Kart Tour on October 22. Luigi had already been confirmed as playable, and now the same can be said of King Boo as well. Nintendo says he has “his own special skill that’s surely fit for a king”.
Below are some screenshots from the upcoming tour:
A whole bunch of Nintendo maintenance will be taking place this week. Switch is naturally the biggest platform impacted, and there are seven sessions planned overall.
Here’s the current schedule as of now:
During a live stream at EGX Rezzed today, the first gameplay from Koei Tecmo and Gust’s RPG Fairy Tail was shown. The footage can be found below.
At EGX 2019 this week, the Switch edition of Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition was playable. Get a look at some footage below.
