Hello my beautiful Black Eagles, Blue Lions and Golden Deer! In this episode of NEP, we put on the boxing gloves and discuss microtransactions in gaming, why Fire Emblem: Three Houses is so damn good, and the wild mechanics with Dragon Quest Hero as he debuts in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. We also have a chat about the new additions to Nintendo Switch Online and if they save the service or not, Ubisoft’s Chinese Rabbids game and the meager announcements from Nintendo and Tencent at ChinaJoy. Finally in our Listener Mail segment, we recommend JRPGs and give our brutally honest feelings about the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts series.
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Not too long ago, new Neon Purple/Neon Orange Joy-Con and Blue/Neon Yellow Joy-Con were announced for North America. There hasn’t been any official news for Europe, but it looks like those controllers are also due out on the same day.
Nintendo Everything reader Mittens reached out to Nintendo’s customer support team to ask about the situation. A representative said, “the Joy-Con controllers in question are most certainly being released in Europe and will be on World Animal Day October 4th.”
The newest Switch Joy-Con colors were previously announced to be launching in North America on October 4.
It’s another busy day in Fire Emblem Heroes, as three more events are up and running. These include Grand Hero Battle Revival – Lyon: Shadow Prince, Daily Summoning Event: Heroes with Miracle, and Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 9.
Grand Hero Battle Revival – Lyon: Shadow Prince will be live for just two days only, which comes with some limited-time quests as well. Heroes with Miracle is even shorter, lasting just a single day. Weekly Revival 9 ends on August 11, and features 5-star Heroes who appeared before the start of Book II.
Nintendo has a few different sessions of maintenance planned, most of which are specifically for Switch. The downtime starts tomorrow and leads into the middle of the week.
Here’s the current maintenance schedule:
Tucked away inside Nintendo’s latest release schedule was a small but interesting announcement. The Irregular Corporation is bringing PC Building Simulator to Switch, the document reveals.
There are plenty of simulator titles to choose form these days, but PC Building Simulator might be worth keeping an eye on. It launched on Steam earlier this year where it has received overwhelming positive feedback.
If you’ve played some of Team Ninja’s previous games such as Ninja Gaiden, you know how difficult they can be. Apparently that toughness rubbed off on the team when Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order was in development. According to producer Yosuke Hayashi, Marvel Games told Team Ninja that the Switch game was too difficult, which led to adjustments being implemented.
Hayashi told IGN:
At Evo 2019 later today, Arc System Works is expected to debut a new trailer for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The video was leaked online, and although it has since been pulled, some major information is floating around online.
We’ll be sharing details from the video below. If you don’t want to be spoiled in any way, please don’t proceed beyond this point.
At ChinaJoy 2019, the newly-announced Rabbids: Adventure Party was playable on Switch for the first time. Have a look at some off-screen footage below.
Rabbids: Adventure Party has currently only been announced for China, and it is unclear if there are release plans for other regions.
Famitsu has recorded some off-screen footage of Samurai Shodown DLC character Rimururu, who is playable this weekend at Evo 2019. View the gameplay below.
