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This week on NEP, Oni and Galen wade through the concept of Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch, discuss the weekly news, and banter over all the talking points that Nintendo gave us from their Financial Q&A.
Plus, Oni talks the importance of women in the (Nintendo) workplace in regards to Japanese society and Galen tells us all about what game he needs to see revived in his lifetime.
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Another Splatfest for Splatoon 2 is in the books. North America and Europe carried the same theme this week, which was pancakes vs. waffles.
After a day of battles, the latest Splatfest is now over. Nintendo has shared the results since the event has concluded.
Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off the Tempest Trials+: Greil’s Request.
The 5-star Special Hero Titania: Warm Knight and two Sacred Seals, Aerobatics 1 and Torrent Dance 1 can be obtained as rewards. Clear maps to raise your score and earn rewards. Also, by completing daily quests, you can earn Refining Stones. Players can look forward to even more rewards for the daily quests during the second half of the event.
Tempest Trials+: Greil’s Request lasts until February 20.
Cowcat is kicking off March with the release of Riddled Corpses EX on the Switch eShop. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for the coming week has started to update. As of now, two sessions are planned for Switch – we’ll have to see if additional sessions are added later on.
For now, here’s the current schedule:
We recently learned that Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax is due out on the Japanese eShop next week. As it turns out, that news applies to the west as well. The North American eShop shows the same release date of February 14.
Here’s an overview for Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax plus a trailer:
Amazon Japan has updated its product listing with the boxart for Nippon Ichi’s Murder Detective: Jack the Ripper. Check out the packaging image above.
At the end of the week, Ratalakia Games published the puzzle title Access Denied on the Switch eShop. We’ve included the official launch trailer below.
