Square Enix continues to re-releases its older games through remasters and ports. That doesn’t mean you can play everything, however. As one example, there’s currently no way to experience Chrono Trigger on Switch. Square Enix also has a bunch of older titles that have yet to make their way to newer systems.
Interestingly, Square Enix president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda told Game Informer that hes’ aware of the demand to have the company’s library to be available completely digitally. Matsuda said that a “variety” of plans are in the works on that front, with Square Enix “working hard” to offer “classic titles that you might have played on NES”. In fact, a dedicated project is now in place to port those kinds of titles.
Nintendo has now opened the Japanese website for Astral Chain, which has a bunch of videos clips spread out. For those that would prefer to watch the gameplay easily, we’ve rounded up the footage below.
A Hole New World, Shadow Bug, Castle of Hearts will be receiving physical editions from First Press Games, the company has announced.
Pre-orders for A Hole New World open in July, with a release in August. Shadow Bug is up next for reservations in August and a launch in September. Finally, Castle of Heart goes up in September and is due out in October.
All physical releases will be getting a regular edition and collector’s edition. They’ll be split between 3,000 copies and 1,000 copies respectively.
Nintendo’s Doug Bowser says it has no new 3DS games to announce at E3, but business still doing well
If it hasn’t become clear by now, Nintendo has essentially moved on for 3DS. There are almost no new games due out this year, and nothing has been announced in quite some time – including at E3.
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser commented about the 3DS in an interview with Time, reiterating that the company has no new titles to announce at the expo this year. On the bright side, business for the dedicated handheld “continues to do quite well.”
SEGA has posted two more videos for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game. The latest gameplay gives us a look at Hammer Throw and Boxing, which feature Takeshi Matsuda – an actual record holder for the Olympics. Take a look at the footage below.
Developer Nomada Studio has announced that Gris will be getting a physical version after all. Special Reserve Games will have the exclusive on this one. Pre-orders for the game open on July 25, and will close off on July 17.
As we’ve heard throughout the week, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield won’t feature all Pokemon. That means you won’t be able to transfer every creature that the series has seen.
If you were hoping that the games would be updated to support missing Pokemon in the future, you might be out of luck – at least for now. Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori told Famitsu that there is currently no decision to bring the existing Pokemon that can’t be used back into the game using patches, but those that don’t will still have an active role in Pokemon HOME.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Rage 2
02./01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #
03./02. [NSW] Minecraft #
04./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
05./00. [PS4] Everybody’s Golf VR |PlayStation VR|
06./04. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! #
07./05. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
08./07. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
09./06. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
10./00. [PS4] PlayStation VR Worlds |PlayStation VR| #
Nintendo showed off about half an hour of Fire Emblem: Three Houses during Treehouse Live yesterday, but obviously dedicated Fire Emblem fans want to see more of this game. Luckily, a couple of outlets got to go hands-on with the game and record some footage. You’ll find Gamespot’s video below, and then head past the break for Kotaku’s and IGN’s:
