Koei Tecmo has published the first trailer for Monster Rancher in celebration of TGS 2019. Get a look at the video below.
GameXplain has shared some footage of a boss fight from Luigi’s Mansion 3 – specifically in Garden Suites. Have a look at the gameplay below.
The rhythm-sports game Super Dodgeball Beats will be appearing on the Switch eShop starting tomorrow. Take a look at some footage below.
Natsume has issued the first trailer for Harvest Moon: Mad Dash, which launches on Switch this fall. We have the video below.
Yesterday, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the owner of ROM website RomUniverse. In its filing, the company said that the pirated games display “counterfeit copies of Nintendo’s trademarks” when the games are played while also infringing the copyright of the actual works. Nintendo is looking to receive $150,000 for each copyright infringement, in addition to up to $2 million for each trademark infringement.
RomUniverse, which offers a $30 yearly membership, allows users to download “an unlimited number of pirated games, [referred to as ROMs,] with higher speeds than non-members,” Nintendo said in the lawsuit. The company further added that the site is “among the most visited and notorious online hubs for pirated Nintendo video games”. There have been close to 300,000 downloads for Switch games and “more than 500,000” downloads for 3DS games.
This isn’t the first time Nintendo has gone after ROM sites. Last November, the company reached a $12 million settlement with LoveROMS.com and LoveRETRO.co.
Merge Games, rokapublish, and Lemonbomb Entertainment have shared a new trailer for the open world, exploration and farming adventure game Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands. Check it out below.
Update (9/11): As expected, Nintendo has confirmed that the same date applies to North America. No reason has been provided for Bayonetta 1 and 2’s removal.
Original (9/10): Bayonetta 1 and 2 are both leaving the Wii U eShop, Nintendo has announced. They will no longer be available after September 19. Notices have been provided officially in Europe and Japan, and while there isn’t any news specifically for North America just yet, it’s expected to have an effect stateside as well.
If you own Bayonetta 1 and 2 on Wii U currently, there won’t be any issues going forward. Both titles can still be re-downloaded after the de-listing goes live.
Those who are interested in Bayonetta 1 and 2 will still be able to purchase the games on the Switch eShop.
Publisher En Masse Entertainment and developer BonusXP have gone with a new “Tactics Allies and Adversaries” trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics. We have it below.
Rarely do games stay the same throughout development. One example of this pertains to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, specifically involving two locations.
In an interview published on Nintendo’s website this week, developer Manabu Takehara revealed that Kakariko Village and Korok Forest ended up swapping locations. He felt that “the two locations were out of place” as the game started to come together, so having them switch made the most sense.
Takehara said:
