Nintendo has updated the release schedule on its platforms for the week of January 10. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
Bandai Namco has put out a set of character trailers for Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. View videos featuring Yuri Lowell, Repede, Karol Capel, and Rita below.
Since 2018 is over and done with, we have new data from Amazon revealing the best-selling video games of the year.
A number of Nintendo titles made the list, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at #1. Super Mario Party, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild are the other highlights.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has kicked off the new year with a couple of events.
First, the New Year’s headband is available as a free gift and will be sitting in your mailbox when you boot up the app. It can be obtained until February 1.
Limited Run Games has opened pre-orders for the physical version of Celeste. Keeping in line with past traditions, two options are available: the standard release and a collector’s edition.
The collector’s edition includes:
Dragalia Lost is receiving its first promotion of the year with a new Japanese commercial. We’ve posted the short advert below.
Bokosuka Wars II is heading to Switch, Pygmy Studio has announced. The game will be released sometime this year.
Bokosuka Wars II acts as a sequel to the original simulation RPG, now with co-op and more. We have more details and a trailer below.
It was roughly a year ago that we heard about Downwell creator Ojiro Fumoto joining Nintendo. That relationship didn’t last terribly long, with Fumoto confirming that he’s already gone from the company. He’s returning to his roots and becoming an indie developer once again.
The good news is that Fumoto left on his own terms and the two sides still have an amicable relationship. He wrote on Twitter that working at Nintendo was “an incredible experience”.
I was working at Nintendo for most of 2018 but I quit at the end of the year to pursue being an indie dev again. Working there was an incredible experience but ultimately I found my passion to simply be making a thing I want to make.
So yeah, I'll get working on that this year!— Ojiro Fumoto (@OjiroFumoto) January 1, 2019
Fire Emblem Heroes has kicked off a few different events in time for the start of 2019.
First, the previously-announced Tempest Trials+: An Alliance of Princesses event is now live. Rewards include the 5-star Special Hero Laegjarn: New Experiences and two Sacred Seals.
Playful Corp appears to be bringing its platformer Super Lucky’s Tale to Switch.
The studio’s concept artist made mention of Nintendo’s console in resumes. In a couple of CVs, it’s stated that this person worked on “environment assets for the upcoming Nintendo Switch port.” Gearbox Software outsource manager Jesse Sosa, who was at Playful Corp until the end of 2017, also says he shipped Super Lucky’s Tale on Switch as part of his LinkedIn profile – though it has obviously yet to be released (or officially announced).
