Mastiff is getting into the holiday spirit with a limited-time offer. As of today, four Gurumin 3D themes are now free. Head on over to the Theme Shop to pick up the Gurumin Monster Bundle at no extra cost, which features Gurumin Heroes, Gurumin Monster Pals, Gurumin Night Paradise, and Gurumin Orange Twist.
We should also mention that the game itself has been discounted. You can save 35% on Gurumin 3D through January 3.
Pokemon GO finally introduced the much-awaited Trainer Battles this month. Players can now go up against others directly by making a Battle Party from their collection.
As many fans know, the mainline Pokemon games let players battle with six creatures. Pokemon GO, on the other hand, limits things at three. Designer Matt Ein has said that the team considered using six, but ultimately made things much longer than were necessary.
Thanks to a listing on Amazon, we now have the boxart for OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers. View it above.
OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers is coming to retail in early 2019.
Square Enix held a stage show for Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy at Jump Festa 2019, which came with a new round of footage. Check out the full recording below.
The latest summoning event is live in Fire Emblem Heroes. A trio of Heroes with Fortress skills, which trade attack in favor of increased defense, are available as part of the 5-star summoning focus.
This will be live until January 6. For new summoning events, you won’t have to use Orbs the first time you summon.
Twitter has provided a fresh set of data about the most-tweeted video games in the U.S. to close out the new year. Nintendo made the list with several spots, including Pokemon and Smash Bros. Unsurprisingly, Fotnite came in at #1.
The full list is as follows:
Kirby Star Allies was recently given its third and final update. In a news post this week, director Shinya Kumazaki shared a few secrets implemented that players may not be aware of. Kumazaki also goes over some impressive statistics concerning the amount of content that has been added over the past few months.
Here’s the full post:
When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was early on in development, Nintendo had some very different ideas in mind for the design of the Gorons. Lead NPC artist Hirohito Shinoda revealed in the recently-translated Creating a Champion art book that the team was planning a drastic change in which they had bigger heads, a more human-like appearance, and more. However, “none of them really fit.” This led to basing the Gorons on their original design from Ocarina of Time.
Shinoda said:
DenFamiNicoGamer was recently given the opportunity to speak with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai. At one point of the discussion, Sakurai revealed that he wasn’t directly involved with character balancing for this game.
Siliconera translated the relevant portion of the interview. Here’s what Sakurai said on the subject:
The Switch eShop is showing a new title from Session Games and RedBullMediaHouse. Snowboarding The Next Phase is releasing digitally next month, according to the store listing.
Snowboarding The Next Phase features an Arcade Mode and Career Mode. You can also shred the slopes with a friend thanks to split-screen multiplayer and split Joy-Con support.
