As previously announced, Nintendo is hosting a brand new Indie World Showcase today that will cover upcoming indie titles for Switch. The roughly 20-minute presentation goes live at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe.
You can watch the Indie World Showcase as it happens below. We’ll have our own posts going up while the broadcast is airing. Stay tuned for additional coverage after the show, as well as further news from Gamescom 2019 this week.
Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Realmforge Studios today announced Spacebase Startopia, a game in which you’ll “manage your very own space station, maintaining the three unique deck types, accommodating eight different alien races and defending against enemy invaders while also contending with the station’s sharp-witted and sarcastic narrator AI, VAL.” It will arrive on Switch in Q3 2020.
Here’s an overview of Spacebase Startopia, along with a railer and some screenshots:
A modern port of Monster Rancher (known as Monster Farm in Japan), which was originally released on the PlayStation in 1997, was recently announced. However, at the time, it wasn’t revealed which platforms would be receiving the port. The newest issue of Nintendo Dream magazine has now revealed that Monster Rancher will be released on the Nintendo Switch eShop sometime this year. The port will be published by Koei Tecmo. Note that so far this release has only been confirmed for Japan. We will keep you updated should a Western release be announced.
Just a small bit of Fire Emblem Heroes news today. Today’s daily summoning focus is Heroes with Drive Atk. The 5-star focus units are Quan: Luminous Lancer, Leif: Prince of Leonster and Micaiah: Priestess of Dawn.
Cygames has announced that the Story Event titled Valentine’s Confections will be making an out-of-season return in the latest revival on August 22nd.
Those interested can check out the details for the event below.
Valentine’s Day may be months away, but it’s never too early to share your feelings! In the Valentine’s Confections story event, you can use event items acquired by clearing quests from the main campaign and various events to unlock special Valentine’s stories. You’ll be able to check out limited-time stories for the various characters.You can defeat fiends to collect items and create special memories with residents of the Halidom, but who will you choose? A strict priestess? A man with love to spare? But there’s no telling who else may make an appearance!How much story you experience is up to you… But we hope you enjoy this extra-sweet, gushy time of year, and that you’re looking forward to the Valentine’s Confections story event revival!Notes:1. Players must have completed up to Chapter 2 / 2-1 (Normal) of the main campaign to participate.2. Players must have completed up to Chapter 2 / 2-1 (Normal) of the main campaign in order to play co-op.
As part of the ongoing series of devblogs being put out by Platinumgames in the lead up to the release of Astral Chain, the blog has taken a new look at the team’s development of the overall user interface of the game.
This time around, we get to hear from lead UI artist Rui Onishi and other UI artist Yasutaka Saito. Those interested can read the notes below, and visit the blog to view animations of the development.
Square Enix has published the Japanese launch trailer for Oninaki.
Those interested can view the footage below.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. Highlights include Blossom Tales, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, Gris, and Valkyria Chronicles.
Here’s the full roundup of sales:
The adventure game Ary and the Secret of Seasons will be appearing on Switch early next year. Take a look at a few minutes of direct-feed footage below.
