Hello, my wonderful superheroes! This week on NEP, we’ve got exclusives on The Wonderful 101: Remastered coming to Switch, PS4 and Steam via Kickstarter. Oni Dino talks about his meetings with Platinum last year, leak culture and butts in Platinum Games (of course). Galen is still holding out for Wonder Red in Smash Bros. Galen also tells more about Dragon’s Crown Pro experiences, and Oni Dino highlights some of the more bespoke writing in Tokyo Mirage Sessions. And the topic of games-as-a-service rears its head in our listener segment.
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During the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Finals, new information about the fighting game was announced.
Season 3 and FighterZ Pass 3 are officially happening with even more DLC characters. Five additions are planned, starting with Kefla at the end of February. Goku (Ultra Instinct), who was previously announced, will follow this summer.
Those who purchase FighterZ Pass 3 will get two days of early access to each character. That means with Kefla, you’ll be able to start playing on February 26 instead of February 28.
Here’s a trailer for FighterZ Pass 3:
Update (2/9): Pre-orders are up on Amazon UK here and Amazon Germany here.
Update (2/4): Amazon US has opened pre-orders here.
Update (2/3): This is now up on Amazon Canada.
Update (1/31): The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders here.
Original (1/30): Every now and then Nintendo comes out with a special edition Switch. To celebrate Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a special hardware design will be available. You can read more about it in our original post here.
Retailers have started opening pre-orders for the new release. Right now you can get a reservation in at either Best Buy or GameStop.
In other news, we have the packaging image for the box above.
Fire Emblem Heroes is continuing on with its celebration for the game’s third anniversary. Starting today, the winners of the Choose Your Legends: Round 2 event are available as part of a 5-star summoning focus. Additionally, part two of a series of 3rd Anniversary Quests and a log-in bonus from which players can receive up to five First Summon Tickets can be obtained.
In other Fire Emblem Heroes news, Bound Hero Battle: Raven & Lucius is live alongside a summoning event. There’s another summoning event for Weekly Revival 16 as well.
Kamina Dimension has shared the latest trailer for MindSeize, the upcoming Metroidvania 2D game. Have a look at it below.
A listing on the eShop shows that Served!, a top-down multiplayer racing game, will be available on Switch this month. Its digital release is currently scheduled for February 27.
Here’s an overview of the game:
The puzzle-adventure game 7th Sector released on Switch earlier this week on the eShop. We have the game’s launch trailer below.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered has reached another milestone on Kickstarter. Fans have helped raise $1.5 million, meaning the “Luka’s First Mission” stretch goal has been reached. PlatinumGames hasn’t shared too many details, but we know that it will be a “brand new 2D side-scrolling adventure starring a young hero”.
The Wonderful 101: Remastered will also have a Time Attack mode after it previously reached $1 million. If the campaign hits $1.75 million, there will be a remixed soundtrack “featuring a secret special guest”. There will also be “Luka’s Second Mission” at $2 million.
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Two Point Hospital, Florence, Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai wrote up his latest column in the Japanese magazine. Many of his pieces as of late haven’t been related to the Switch game, but seeing as Byleth has now been added, he felt he should publish a few words on the character’s creation.
We published a brief summary of Sakurai’s column a few days ago. Now, however, we have a full translation – which does include some quick mentions of Smash Bros. having too many Fire Emblem characters and sword-users.
Here’s the full piece:
