Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai returned to Famitsu this week with one of his regular columns. Some of his recent pieces shied away from Ultimate, but Sakurai wrote about the Switch game again for his latest entry.
Sakurai reflected on the making of Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 3.0.0 update in his latest column. Additionally, he spoke about having to shelve ideas relating to cooperation gameplay as well as the new sharing features in the game.
Yesterday, Konami brought Castlevania Anniversary Collection to the Switch eShop. Have a look at nearly an hour of footage below.
Several new games out came out this week on the eShop. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
The game coding and sharing app FUZE4 has unfortunately been hit with another delay on Switch. After it was most recently scheduled for May 31, the download will now arrived on July 12.
FUZE Technologies wrote in a statement:
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta sketch their ideas and start planning for levels in Super Mario Maker 2. Check out the full episode below.
Niantic has announced that new Pokemon have arrived in Pokemon GO from the Sinnoh region. Players can capture the likes of Cherubi, Gible, Hippopotas, and many more. Pokemon will appear in the wild and can be hatched in Eggs.
That’s not all for Pokemon GO, as new Lure Models are being introduced. Glacial Lure Modules, Mossy Lure Modules, and Magnetic Lure Modules attract Pokemon in the surrounding area while creating a temporary special habitat, and have the potential to enable evolution of certain Pokemon.
Here’s the full announcement from Niantic:
When Terraria eventually lands on Switch, it’ll arrive with some extensive touch support functionality. Developer Pipeworks outlined what it has in store for this in a forum post this week.
Here’s what players can expect:
Although Assassin’s Creed III Remastered doesn’t officially launch on Switch until next week, some footage has already appeared online. View 10 minutes of gameplay below.
Best Buy has revealed an exclusive bonus for purchasing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. If you get the game at the retailer, you’ll receive the steelbook pictured above.
Bloodstained launches for Switch on June 25. You can pre-order it on Best Buy here.
The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. Host Chris Slate, along with Nintendo of America’s Stephanie Palermo, discuss Super Mario Maker 2. Capcom’s Mike Lunn then stops by to talk about the Resident Evil re-releases on Switch and more.
Here’s the full episode:
