If you’ve been keeping up with the Tetris 99 news we’ve been posting over the past couple of months, then you probably knew that additional DLC is in the pipeline that will let players “enjoy playing with their family and friends offline.” In fact, those were the exact words used by producer Akira Kinashi.
Reconfirming that news, Nintendo has now added a listing to the eShop with news about the DLC. Once again, there will be a “new mode that lets you play offline with your family and friends.” It will be available sometime before the end of 2019.
Source: Switch eShop
Yacht Club Games has provided a sales update on Shovel Knight. Since launch, the game has sold 2.5 million copies. That news was announced in celebration of Shovel Knight’s fifth anniversary.
As fans know, there’s still a bit of Shovel Knight content on the way. Yacht Club Games will release Shovel Knight Showdown and King of Cards in the near future.
NPD has shared an expanded listing of the best-selling games on Switch life-to-date in the United States. We now have the top ten, which is perhaps unsurprisingly topped by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. There’s also one third-party title on the list thanks to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
Below are full results:
Avalanche Software will always be known for its work on the Disney Infinity series. Prior to that franchise, however, the studio also put out another Disney-related game: Toy Story 3. While working on that project, Avalanche was cooking up something alongside it.
Kotaku has unearthed details about the cancelled project known internally as Star Command. In it, the cast of Toy Story would head to space and help toys from all over the galaxy.
Here are some additional details:
During a panel at Anime Expo today, Spike Chunsoft made a pair of visual novel announcements. Robotics;Notes Elite and Robotics;Notes DaSH will both be localized for the west, the company confirmed.
Here’s an overview of Robotics;Note Elite, along with a trailer:
Stranger Things 3: The Game is out now on the Switch eShop. Take a look at the official launch trailer below.
Amazon Spain has opened pre-orders the newly-announced Daemon X Machina Orbital Limited Edition. If interested, you can reserve it here. Note that there is no U.S. shipping, unfortunately.
The Daemon X Machina Orbital Limited Edition contains the game, an 18cm-tall Arsenal statue, a 100-page artbook, a steelbook, and a hangar-style box with a compartment in which the Arsenal statue can be displayed.
Earlier this year, it was announced that Zelda from Breath of the Wild will be getting a new Nendoroid. At the time, only a concept image was shared.
At Anime Expo 2019 this week, GoodSmile is featuring the figure at its booth. Although it hasn’t been colored in as of yet, we do have a first look at the prototype. You can check it out above.
Studio HD has posted a five-minute video showing off Metallic Child running on Switch in portable mode. Give it a look below.
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered is the latest port to arrive on Switch. How does the game hold up? Digital Foundry examines things further in its latest analysis.
Of course, one of the aspects to go over first is resolution. If performance mode is enabled when docked, you’ll see resolution bounce between 792p and 900p. Going with quality mode instead keeps the action at 900p.
