The official Japanese Fire Emblem Twitter account introduced Edelgard today, one of the main characters of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The future heir of the Adrestian Empire, she leads the Black Eagles house at Garreg Mach Monastery. In the Japanese version, she is voiced by Ai Kakuma. The Twitter account also shared the brief clip below in which Edelgard introduces herself to Byleth:
士官学校に到着して早々の、エーデルガルトとの会話です。 #FE風花雪月 pic.twitter.com/ZGfmHUR0WM
— 『ファイアーエムブレム』総合 (@FireEmblemJP) April 29, 2019
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Dragon Quest XI S returns to the top for Nintendo titles, but Pokemon Sword/Shield is right behind.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between April 11 and April 17.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Dark Souls: Remastered, Katamari Damacy Reroll, and more.
Here’s the full roundup of sales:
A new update has gone live for the Switch version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Bandai Namco is distributing version 1.12.00.
The main highlight this time around is the new Photo Mode. In this mode, players can select characters and a stage to photograph. Various customization options can be used, including camera position and angle. Pictures can be decorated with special frames and stamps as well.
An in-game notice also mentions new Daily Missions. With these, you can get up to a total of 10 TP Medals by completing eight designated missions. Missions’ status is shared across your avatars, and is updated when you receive your login bonus, so you can complete them every day.
Featuring Mr. Mime in Pokemon: Detective Pikachu was no easy task. It involved the use of a real mime, approval from the president of The Pokemon Company, and more over a two-year span.
Speaking about why Mr. Mime was a desirable character for the movie in the first place, director Rob Letterman explained to IGN:
What’s good, spider balls and morph balls! It’s bonus time! We had so much to talk about in NEP 026 that we made it double the length! We’ll also be doing an EXTRA episode during the week: a spoilercast for Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!
In this episode of NEP, we discuss Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Thieves, the controversy of Persona 5 not being announced for Switch and the community’s negative reaction. This leads us to talk about reality vs expectation, vocal gaming culture and how some gamers handle disappointment. We then lighten things up by talking about Super Mario Maker 2’s upcoming release, Nintendo’s financial briefing (including Pokemon and E3 details), and some more information about Nintendo and Tencent Holdings partnership to break into the Chinese market with the release of Nintendo Switch. And even more!
We hope you enjoy the extra effort this week! As ever, we would appreciate your help in growing the show by sharing the podcast with a friend!
Thanks for listening!
System: Switch
Release date: April 23, 2019
Developer: Square Enix / Virtuos
Publisher: Square Enix
It’s just another ordinary day: Hell has frozen over, pigs are soaring across the skies, and you’re playing Final Fantasy X on a Nintendo console. What was once thought impossible has become a delightful role playing reality. The series infamous for its break with Nintendo has come back home with plenty of classic games in tow, and this remarkable trend continues with the release of Final Fantasy X and its direct sequel on Switch. So many years after these games defined a generation of RPGs, they continue to hold up in fine form on Nintendo’s newest system, retaining every bit of their strategic and storytelling brilliance with a few modern enhancements thrown in to sweeten the deal.
A new store ad for Super Mario Maker 2 has emerged from Japan. It may seem innocuous on the surface, but it appears to hold a number of interesting tidbits.
Folks over on the Super Mario Maker 2 are speculating about what’s been shown, including new items such as Meowser from Super Mario 3D World and a Super Mario Bros. 1 jungle theme.
Yesterday it was made known that Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s latest update improved loading times. The same can be officially said of Super Mario Odyssey, too.
GameXplain takes a look at how loading times in the 3D platformer improved with version 1.3.0. It seems as though all areas have been improved, ranging from the initial load to moving between Kingdoms.
