On social media, The Pokemon Company has announced that it will have more news to share on Pokemon Sword/Shield this week. New information will drop on August 7.
Look for a trailer (and more) at the following times:
It’s been pretty much known that Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition is happening on Switch thanks to several retailer listings – which we’ve previously reported on. THQ Nordic has now made an official announcement, confirming the game’s launch of September 26.
Here’s an overview of Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition, along with a trailer:
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was originally planned to have a “Lite” version on Switch on Wednesday. However, that will no longer be happening. Bandai Namco has delayed the release, citing quality improvements.
To recap, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Lite includes:
Nintendo has announced that a bunch of content will be added to Dr. Mario World this week. Along with three doctors including Daisy, twenty new stages will be available.
Nintendo will be conducting maintenance for Dr. Mario World between August 7 at 10 PM PT and August 7 at 1 AM PT. Following this period, the new content can be accessed.
Square Enix released a brief new video on Oninaki, showing off roughly four minutes of gameplay from their upcoming action-RPG:
Oninaki will be released on Nintendo Switch on August 22.
Update: The Pokemon Company has announced that it will indeed only be a temporary location. The Pokemon Center will be open in the Westfield Shopping Centre between October 18 and November 15 this year.
It seems like London will be getting its own Pokemon Center (shops that exclusively sell Pokemon merchandise) soon. Assets for the location appeared on a press site this morning, but so far there has been no official announcement from The Pokemon Company and no further details are available. However, the press assets describe this as a “pop-up” Pokemon Center, meaning that this is likely only a temporary and not a permanent store. We will keep you updated.
Another Forging Bonds event will start soon in Fire Emblem Heroes. It’ll run from August 7 till August 21. The starts this time are four characters from Fire Emblem: Three Houses that will arrive in a Summoning Focus on August 7: Hilda, Hubert, Petra and Mercedes.
Also, a new skill-based Summoning Focus is now live. The 5-star focus units are three heroes with Savage Blow: Camilla: Bewitching Beauty, Leo: Sorcerous Prince and Rhajat: Black Magician. This Summoning Focus will be available until August 15.
Finally, the next daily Summoning Focus as part of Feh’s Summer Celebration is now available: the 5-star focus units are heroes with Cooldown Bonuses: Mia: Lady of Blades, Ike: Brave Mercenary and Nephenee: Fierce Halberdier.
It has been confirmed that Pikachu will spawn globally each day during the upcoming Yokohama Pokemon GO Fest, wearing a different hat each day.
This period is slated to run from August 6th at 10 a.m. JST to August 12th at 5 p.m. JST.
