For the first Grand Prix season in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Tawna and her “Watermelon Tawna” skin were added. Players quickly took issue with the name. Because of her darker fur and watermelon shirt, many people felt that this was racially insensitive.
Activision and Beenox have since taken action. The skin has since been changed to Summertime Tawna along with a few others. “White Tawna” is now known as “White Tiger Tawna”, for instance. A number of other skins with “Black” or “White” in front of them have also been given a slight change such as “Black N. Tropy” and “Black Zem”.
GungHo Online Entertainment issued a new teaser trailer for its upcoming Switch title Puzzle & Dragons Gold. Have a look at the video below.
Pokemon GO has announced a special collaboration with the manga and anime One Piece. Between July 22 and July 29, a special Straw Hat Pikachu will appear in-game. Players will also be able to access a straw hat outfit.
Japan is taking the collaboration a bit further. A One Piece statue will be placed in Kumamoto with special PokeStop featuring art from series creator Eiichiro Oda. This is being held to help support the Kumamoto prefecture in Japan rebuild following last year’s earthquake.
When SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays was announced, we heard that the game would be made available in Asia with English subtitles. It’s now been confirmed that the launch will take place on November 28. Japanese voice-overs will be included with English text. Play-Asia has pre-orders here.
Fans will be able to purchase standard physical and digital editions. A limited physical and digital “Premium G Sound Edition” is also planned, which features 35 Gundam anime theme songs and original soundtrack music collections.
Here’s a trailer for SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays:
Arc System Works appears to be bringing Damascus Gear Operation Osaka to Switch. The hack-and-slash game has been rated for the console in Taiwan, suggesting that there are future plans.
Damascus Gear Operation Tokyo released on Switch last year. As for Operation Osaka, it was first made available on PS4 and PS Vita before appearing on Steam.
Nihon Falcom doesn’t exactly have a lot of experience with Nintendo platforms. If Nippon Ichi Software didn’t offer to port Ys VIII, it probably wouldn’t have ended up on Switch.
In an interview with USgamer, Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo commented on what it would take to further suport Switch. Kondo explained that they “don’t have the knowhow” to develop for the platform and has to serve its fan base on PlayStation systems above all else. However, Nihon Falcom would be very much interested in an external company porting its titles to Switch much like we saw with Ys VIII.
Kondo’s full words:
Pokemon GO has received a new update. Android users can now access version 0.149.0, and iOS players should be seeing the patch soon.
The main highlight of the update – at least in terms of what’s immediately available – involves changes to the appraisal system. Here’s the rundown:
Banjo-Kazooie will finally be back on a Nintendo platform later this year when the new DLC launches for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Prior to this, the series was a platforming staple on the N64.
According to composer Grant Kirkhope, Nintendo was “surprised” by the reaction to Banjo-Kazooie’s Smash Bros. announcement. He told VGC:
Nintendo has published the latest Fire Emblem: Three Houses focusing on the Golden Deer. Get a look at the video below.
Broken Arms Games has announced that Hundred Days, a winery-making game, is on the way to Switch. A release window has not yet been confirmed.
Here’s an overview of Hundred Days plus a trailer:
