Nintendo and Camelot have released a major update for Mario Tennis Aces, continuing the game’s support nearly a year later. The latest version is 3.0.0.
Ring Shot mode has been added as something entirely new to the game. You can battle against opponents while trying to pass the ball through rings and wrack up your score. Yoshi’s Ring Shot is available as well, and is being featured in the Co-op Challenge mode. Finally, there’s a new opening movie in the game’s story mode.
The Art of Splatoon 2, which released in Japan back in November 2017, is finally coming west. Listings on Amazon reveal that the book will be made available in North America and Europe later in the year.
Here’s an overview of The Art of Splatoon 2, which features nearly 400 pages of material:
EA and Respawn launched their free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends at the start of February. Right after that, we heard that the team was interested in having the game on Switch, but there was nothing they could take about at the time.
Respawn project lead Drew McCoy has now addressed the Switch discussion once again. As part of a new Wired feature, McCoy acknowledged all of the requests about wanting to play the game on Nintendo’s console. However, no promises can be made and the team doesn’t have anything to announce at this time.
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A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III, FIFA 19, Gal Metal, LEGO Harry Potter Collection, and more.
Here’s the full roundup of sales:
The stylish neo-noir, action-platformer Katana Zero launches for Switch on April 18 from Askiisoft and Devolver Digital. We have a look at the first half hour of the game below.
Per usual, Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule once again. Fortunately things are looking light so far with only one session planned for Switch later tonight.
Here’s the current schedule:
HumaNature Studios has provided details on the 1.3.0 update for ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, which will be coming to Switch in the near future. It’ll include improvements, European Spanish support, and more. The team is also promising to further optimize the Switch version.
Here’s the full notice from HumaNature:
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action launches for Switch via the eShop on May 2, with a physical version to follow. View a half hour of footage in the video below.
