SEGA has provided a new trailer for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD to celebrate today’s launch. View the new video below.
Bayonetta first released on this day ten years ago (though it wasn’t on a Nintendo platform back then). PlatinumGames are celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of their most popular franchises with the special piece of artwork you see above, which was illustrated by Bayonetta series character designer Mari Shimazaki. They’ve also set up a special website here; among other things, you can find the following message from Bayonetta series director Hideki Kamiya there:
A new sync pair has been announced for Pokemon Masters: Caitlin & Reuniclus will soon be available via a Spotlight Scout. A new story event featuring them will also be available soon. We don’t have an exact date for these events yet, but based on past announcements, both should start within the next couple of days.
A great honor for Shigeru Miyamoto: the legendary developer and creator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda and many other franchises and characters, is to be recognized in Japan as a Person of Cultural Merit. This is an official, government-sanctioned honor and recognition which is awarded annually to people who have made outstanding cultural contributions. Previously, many actors, scientists and authors have been awarded that honor, but Miyamoto is the very first video game developer to receive it. Miyamoto said the following: “I’m thankful that light is being shined upon the genre of games.” He also thanked his co-workers: “This is a job where you can’t do anything by yourself.”
This week’s issue of Famitsu has an announcement for a new game from Good-Feel: Monkey Barrels, a top-down action shooting game for Nintendo Switch. You move your character with the left stick while aiming with the right stick. There will also be online multiplayer for up to six players.
This will be the first game that Good-Feel have published themselves. They’ve previously done a lot of contract work for Nintendo – their most famous games are Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Yoshi’s Woolly World and Yoshi’s Crafted World. The game will be released next week, on November 7. So far, it’s only been confirmed for a Japanese release.
The recently announced Summoning Focus for the new Legendary Hero, Leif: Unifier of Thracia, is now available. As always, the initial chance to get a 5-star Hero is set at 8%, and the only 5-star Heroes to appear are the following: Leif: Unifier of Thracia, Alm: Saint-King, Tiki: Torpid Dragon, Ryoma: Supreme Samurai, Ike: Stalwart Heart, Palla: Eldest Bun-Bun, Lucia: Glorious Archer, Azura: Vallite Songstress, Marisa: Crimson Rabbit, Hector: Marquess of Ostia, Felicia: Off the Menu and Ranulf: Friend of Nations. The Summoning Focus will be available until November 5.
Leif is also an enemy you can face in a new Legendary Hero Battle. Beat the various difficulty modes to get a variety of rewards. The Legendary Hero Battles for Hector, Lucina, Alm, Azura and Ryoma are also back. All of those will be available until November 5.
Finally, Meet Some of the Heroes has been updated with some Heroes from Thracia 776: Finn: Lance of Legend, Nanna: Nordion Princess, Reinhardt: Thunder’s Fist, Olwen: Blue Mage Knight and Saias: Bishop of Flame.
A new update is now live for Dragalia Lost. This brings the version number up to 1.13.0 If you choose not to download it now, you can wait for the automatic update on 10/30. A free tenfold summon voucher will be distributed after the automatic update in celebration.
You can take a look at the full patch notes, detailing the changes to unbinding, daily rewards, and more here.
Obsidian has put out a brief video for The Outer Worlds that serves as an outline for what players can expect from the RPG. Give it a look below.
Freedom Finger’s latest update is now available. Wide Right Games has started the distribution of version 1.0.081, featuring more accessibility options, enemy/boss balancing, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
Sensor Tower is reporting that Mario Kart Tour was downloaded 123.9 million times on iOS and Android in its first month. Between those two devices, the game has earned $37.4 million in player spending since September 25.
Mario Kart Tour is by far the most-downloaded Nintendo mobile title in terms of first month performance. The next closest is Super Mario Run at 21.8 million.
