Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser will be attending The Game Awards 2019 tomorrow night, show host and creator Geoff Keighley has confirmed. Keighley did not say if Bowser will be presenting an award or if he’ll have any other presence.
In previous years, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime was on the advisory board for The Game Awards. While Reggie has retired from the company, Bowser has since assumed the same role.
Keighley said the following when asked if Bowser has been as supportive of The Game Awards as Reggie:
Yesterday, the visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace launched for Switch in the west. Have a look at some footage in the video below.
Nintendo has put together a trailer to highlight the new doctors and assistants featured in the game’s latest content update, highlighted by Baby Rosalina and Kamek. View it below.
Square Enix has delayed Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition for a second time. The GameCube re-release for Switch will now launch in Summer 2020.
Originally, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition was on track for this year. Square Enix then ended up announcing a new release date of January 23, 2020.
Regarding the latest delay, Square Enix said:
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 201,838 (2,224,881)
2. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 34,122 (319,297)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 16,128 (328,511)
4. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 15,335 (1,038,091)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,623 (2,557,915)
6. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 15,159 (77,180)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 13,959 (3,362,447)
8. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 13,872 (1,177,650)
9. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 12,284 (720,268)
10. [NSW] Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 11,521 (243,913)
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Prison Princess (NFSW – you’ve been warned), Fairy Tail, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix, Samurai Shodown for Switch, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3. Scans of all games can be found below.
Nippon Ichi Software is now offering a demo for void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium on the Japanese eShop, giving us a look at the Switch version in action. Check out some footage below.
To promote the new Buzzy Bees update for Minecraft, a new trailer has been prepared. Take a look at the video below.
Starlight Children’s Foundation and Nintendo of America have had an ongoing partnership since 1992. The two companies have delivered over 7,200 Starlight Gaming stations to hundreds of hospitals across North America for an estimated 11.6 million seriously ill children. Previous Nintendo consoles have been represented, including the SNES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Wii U systems.
The partnership continued today with the Starlight Nintendo Switch gaming station. Nintendo and Starlight unveiled the gaming station today at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Washington.
