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.
Vblank Entertainment issued a new video for Shakedown Hawaii. Watch the “Get to the Mission!” trailer below.
Shakedown Hawaii launches Q1 2019 on Switch and 3DS.
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee director Junichi Masuda has commented on the game’s visuals.
According to Masuda, the team wanted to make the graphics approachable – especially for parents. He explained that he “didn’t want to make it a game that would cause parents to feel mistrustful of our games.” Game Freak also “didn’t want it to look scary.” This is partially why the team went about making character proportions “look a bit childish”.
Square Enix finally gave us a taste of the Switch version of Dragon Quest XI at Jump Festa 2019. A trailer was released, giving us an idea as to how things are shaping up on Nintendo’s console. However, we’ll still have to wait for actual gameplay.
In the meantime, fans are already putting comparisons together to show how the Switch and PlayStation 4 versions stack up. We have a few of those below. Note that in comparisons without platform labels, PS4 is first while Switch is the second image on the bottom.
A new trailer has come online for the Kirby Star Allies soundtrack. We’ve included the video below.
Play-Asia is taking pre-orders for the Kirby Star Allies soundtrack here. A release is planned for February in Japan.
More than a year after its release, Nintendo is still posting concept art from Super Mario Odyssey. The latest piece below is focused on the Snow Kingdom.
We have a bit of additional news on Dragon Quest XI S coming out of the game’s Jump Festa 2019 stage show earlier today.
First, some sort of surprise is planned for January 1. Square Enix didn’t elaborate further on this and it’s unclear how and when it will be shared.
A brand new update has gone live in Moonlighter. Digital Sun is introducing a bunch of content, including New Game+ as well as new weapons and items. On top of that, many improvements and bug fixes have been implemented.
The full patch notes are as follows:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate brought in a bunch of guest composers to arrange tracks for the game. Among these was Hiroshi Yamaguchi, who works at PlatinumGames. Yamaguchi ended up arranging “The Map Page/Bonus Level” from Donkey Kong Country.
Yamaguchi reflected on contributing to Smash Bros. in a post on PlatinumGames’ website this week. He shared the following:
Horizon Shift ’81 debuted on the Switch eShop earlier this week. Flump Studios issued a launch trailer for the game, which we have below.
