SNK has readied a new Samurai Shodown for Wan-Fu, the fighter’s latest DLC character. Take a look at the video below.
System: Switch
Release date: December 6, 2019
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Back in May, Ubisoft pulled a rather curious move by releasing Assassin’s Creed III – and its counterpart, Liberation – for the Switch. The port was widely criticized for being poorly optimized and somewhat irrelevant, especially considering the leaps and bounds that the franchise had made in scope and polish since the game’s original release. Many reviewers (myself included) longed to see the series’ fourth entry, Black Flag, released for the Switch instead – albeit without the low frame rate and ropey audio present in Assassin’s Creed III. Fast forward to today, and Ubisoft has only gone and done, well, exactly that.
A Switch rating for Journey to the Savage Planet has popped up a couple of times now. The first instance came about a few months ago in Brazil, and there was another classification for Nintendo’s console just last week from the ESRB. Typhoon Studios creative director Alex Hutchinson has now given an official update regarding potential Switch plans.
During a recent episode of the Game Informer Show, the possibility of couch co-op was brought up. That prompted Hutchinson to say, “If we could ever get a Switch version together, I think it would be brilliant to have the two people next to each other, so we’re looking into it.” Then when asked about Switch specifically, he added that they’re “still figuring out how to handle it”, and the team would likely work with an outside company on the Switch port due to a lack of experience with the hardware.
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Fire Emblem Heroes is now hosting Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 8. 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week.
Players can participate in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 8 until December 22.
Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule has been updated. Switch will be impacted several times throughout the coming week, including Pokemon Sword/Shield specifically. Nintendo also has one period planned for early January involving “distribution of update data”.
Here’s the full maintenance schedule:
Galak-Z: The Void and Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition originally debuted on the eShop. But in early 2020, they’ll be sold physically. Retailer listings show that a double pack is planned for retail.
You can pre-order Galak-Z: The Void / Skulls of the Shogun Bone-A Fide Platinum Pack on Amazon here or GameStop here. Both list a tentative March 31, 2020 release date as well as a $29.99 price point.
We have the boxart for Galak-Z: The Void / Skulls of the Shogun Bone-A Fide Platinum Pack above.
Never Again, a first-person experience with horror elements, will soon be released on Switch. That’s according to a new eShop page, which lists a January 30 release date.
We have the following overview and trailer for Never Again:
