During a live stream on Niconico, Hamster confirmed another arcade title for Switch. Time Pilot will launch via the eShop on April 11, the company revealed. Konami originally developed the arcade shooter in 1982.
Hamster also reconfirmed other upcoming arcade titles for Switch. These include Image Fight, Butasan, Karate Champ, Psycho Soldier, and Ninja Gaiden.
The Famitsu Award 2018 ceremony was held tonight in Japan, and it was filled with plenty of Nintendo-related winners. The big news is that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won Game of the Year alongside Monster Hunter: World. Masahiro Sakurai, who directed the game, also secured an “MVP” award.
Here’s the full lineup of winners:
Samurai Punk has an entirely new game ready to go on the Switch today. Feather, “a serene game about exploration and immersion in a beautiful landscape,” will be available on the eShop.
Here’s an overview:
Castle Crashers Remastered was playable is playable on Switch at EGX Rezzed 2019, and Eurogamer has shown off the game with plenty of footage. Check out the gameplay below.
A new tweet from XSEED has fans wondering if the company is teasing the upcoming announcement of Peach Ball: Senran Kagura for the west.
Yesterday, the company sent out the following:
Inti Creates has announced that the soundtrack for Blaster Master Zero 2 will get a retail release in Japan on May 1st. A total of 38 tracks are featured on the soundtrack release, which also contains a 20-page booklet with comments from the developers. Pre-orders for the soundtrack, which will cost 2,000 Yen + taxes, will go live on April 23rd.
Publisher Mediascape has announced that the 8-bit real time strategy game TinyWar High-Speed is coming to Nintendo Switch, where it’ll be known as Little Bit War. The RTS is ideal for being played in short busts, with matches that can be finished in around 10 minutes. You build factories, which automatically construct units that attack the enemy, who in turn defends by building fortresses.
The game is currently available on Steam and also features English-language support. While the Switch release of Little Bit War is currently only confirmed for Japan, a Western release thus seems fairly likely.
A new Summoning Focus has gone live in Fire Emblem Heroes: the focus units for “Heroes with Odd Wave Skills” are Ishtar: Thunder Goddess, Loki: The Trickster and Laevatein: Searing Steel. The Summoning Focus will be available until April 16.
The “Destructive Forces” Voting Gauntlet has entered into its final round. Robin: Fell Reincarnation and Idunn: Dark Priestess are the two finalists.
Finally, the next version update, which is scheduled for early April, has been detailed in an in-game notice. Most of the changes and additions were already covered in today’s Feh Channel episode, like the changes to the summoning pool and the addition of Aether Resort and Pair Up. There are a couple of new tidbits of information though. Several Heroes will be able to learn new character-specific weapon skills in the Weapon Refinery. They are as follows:
- Bull Blade – Cain: The Bull
- Hana’s Katana – Hana: Focused Samurai
- Panther Lance – Abel: The Panther
- Peri’s Lance – Peri: Playful Slayer
Two additional Heroes will be available to summon using Heroic Grails: Titania: Warm Knight and Panne: Proud Taguel.
Finally, a small change to Merge Allies: the remaining ally will take over equipped Sacred Seals and accessories from the merged ally, as well as their place in any teams.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [NSW] Yoshi’s Crafted World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.03.29} (¥5.980) – 53.327 / NEW <35,96%>
02./01. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice <ADV> (From Software) {2019.03.22} (¥7.600) – 44.733 / 202.281 (-72%)
03./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 19.802 / 2.993.955 (-6%)
04./08. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 17.106 / 551.473 (-4%)
05./00. [PS4] Winning Post 9 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.28} (¥8.800) – 13.280 / NEW
06./12. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 12.664 / 2.203.456 (+1%)
07./16. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 10.431 / 660.392 (+14%)
08./02. [PS4] Super Robot Wars T # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.03.20} (¥8.600) – 10.360 / 98.453 (-88%)
09./14. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) – 10.006 / 1.556.950 (-7%)
10./15. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 9.765 / 1.074.272 (+5%)
11./18. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 8.727 / 2.979.450 (+11%)
12./09. [PS4] Devil May Cry 5 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2019.03.08} (¥6.990) – 8.686 / 173.389 (-43%)
13./10. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 # <RPG> (Ubisoft) {2019.03.15} (¥8.400) – 8.175 / 87.178 (-46%)
14./17. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 7.921 / 1.342.331 (-8%)
15./04. [NSW] Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.03.20} (¥4.800) – 7.117 / 35.626 (-75%)
16./03. [NSW] Super Robot Wars T # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.03.20} (¥8.600) – 5.968 / 50.019 (-86%)
17./00. [NSW] Winning Post 9 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.28} (¥8.800) – 5.583 / NEW
18./06. [PS4] Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.03.20} (¥4.800) – 4.989 / 26.030 (-76%)
19./21. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} (¥8.800) – 4.668
20./00. [PS4] Call of Cthulhu <ADV> (Oizumi Amuzio) {2019.03.28} (¥7.400) – 4.371 / NEW
Following it’s announcement last month, CoroCoro has released a new promo video for the upcoming distribution of the exclusive “Mecha Gear” in Splatoon 2.
Players will be able to earn the new gear by purchasing the next issue of CoroCoro magazine and getting a special download code. The issue is set to release on April 15th.
The promo trailer can be viewed below.
