Nintendo is gearing up for the arrival of even more villagers in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. A silhouette, which teases five new characters, is shown above. Expect them to be added to the game within the next few days.
The third and final wave of online finals for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 tournament will be held today. For those that are interested, all of the matches can be watched through the live stream below.
Note that this is the final wave of online finals before the ultimate final tournament at PAX East 2019. The winners of today’s final will join the winners of the first and second online event finals in the PAX Arena at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on March 30. Moreover, the collective winners from each region will form teams to play Squad Strike in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at the PAX East finals.
Arc System Works published the latest character trailer for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Find a video focusing on Seth below.
Seth will be available as a DLC fighter in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on Switch in the future.
Media Create has been the go-to tracker when it comes to Japanese sales data. However, that may very well change following an announcement from the company this week in terms of how it will be handling the information it provides going forward.
In the past, Media Create has published full hardware and software sales from Japan. However, starting in April, the company will only post the top ten software ranking without actual sales numbers. Those who are interested in more specific information will need to work with Media Create directly on a paid basis – meaning the public will essentially be locked out of the data.
What does that mean for us? Well, until the change is made (which will be pretty soon), we’ll continue to use Media Create data. Nothing has been settled for certain, but we’ll likely switch over to Famitsu numbers after that seeing as the two are relatively similar.
Daedalic Entertainment has announced that its sci-fi roguelike RPG The Long Journey Home is on the way to Switch. A release window was not confirmed.
Here’s an overview for the game, along with a trailer:
Limited Run Games has announced a partnership with Nitrome to produce a physical version of Bomb Chicken. Pre-orders open on March 29 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET.
In many cases, Limited Run Games opts to offer a collector’s edition of their releases. With Bomb Chicken though, that won’t be happening. Only a standard version of the game is planned.
Shmuplations has translated a pair of classic interviews with the developers behind Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. One of these was a discussion with Koji Igarashi, the game’s producer – and is currently leading the way on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
One interesting part of the interview came about when Igarashi was asked about why Aria of Sorrow was developed for the Game Boy Advance. He cited strong sales of Circle of the Moon and the fact that 2D games were more acceptable on the device in comparison to something like the PlayStation 2.
Square Enix had some significant news to share about Octopath Traveler last week. The game is getting a mobile prequel, and a new console title is also in development.
Following the announcement of Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent for iOS and Android, Famitsu managed to score one of the first interviews with Tomoya Asano and Yuki Yokoyama. Asano is responsible for planning / producing Octopath Traveler while Yokoyama is the mobile project’s producer and talks with partner developer Acquire as a mediator.
Kirby Star Allies is celebrating its first anniversary. In honor of the occasion, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory have prepared a special piece of art. We’ve included it above.
