Dr. Mario World has reemerged with Nintendo confirming the game’s release date. The mobile title will hit iOS and Android on July 10 worldwide, the company announced.
Here are the first details from the new website:
The latest system update has just gone live for Switch. Starting today, Nintendo is offering version 8.1.0.
Like the previous firmware change, this one doesn’t appear to be overly exciting on the surface level. Nintendo says the following of the update: “General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.”
PlatinumGames has revealed some rather interesting origins for Astral Chain. According to director Takahisa Taura, the original plan was to make a fantasy game where players would use magic.
Taura told Polygon at E3 2019 last week:
ICO Partners has published a new report on E3 media coverage after its technology monitored everything that took place last week. Aside from insight into this year’s show, there’s interesting analysis for Nintendo and more on the whole.
The first chart above shows the amount of attention that Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox have received since 2014. Nintendo was at one of its lowest points in 2016, but started to rebound after that. This E3 was one of the best for the Big N, which can be attributed to Switch’s success.
At E3 2019 last week, the narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer Ministry of Broadcast was on display. Have a look at some footage from the demo below.
A lot of what Pokemon is involves training and evolution. For Pokemon Sword/Shield, this will relate directly to the player as well.
In an interview with Kotaku, director Shigeru Ohmori mentioned that the Switch entry emphasizes that trainers are going through their own evolutionary journey:
Level-5 has announced that it will be attending Anime Expo 2019 next month. Not only that, but it sounds like some surprises will be sharing during an upcoming panel.
Here’s an official description of the event:
SNK has published a new video for Samurai Shodown focusing on Jubei. Have a look at his character trailer below.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios announced today that the Mortal Kombat 11 Kombat League goes live tomorrow. The new seasonal ranked mode lets players compete against others online to earn exclusive in-game rewards. Kombat League will be offered as part of a free update.
Here’s some additional information:
