To accompany the start of Bound Hero Battle: Ike & Soren, three heroes are now part of a 5★ summoning focus. They are:
- Ike: Young Mercenary
- Soren: Shrewd Strategist
- Elincia: Lost Princess
Learn more about the event in the Fire Emblem Heroes app.
Metal Slug 5 will be made available on Switch as the console’s latest NeoGeo game, Hamster has announced. The company will also be bringing out Athena as an arcade title as previously confirmed.
Here’s a brief overview for Metal Slug 5:
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection was updated today with 11 brand new games. Get a look at the latest titles below.
Famitsu has published an official report on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s debut sales in Japan. In just three days, the game sold 1,238,358 copies. Digital sales are not included, but units from physical download cards are.
As expected, Smash Bros. Ultimate provided a huge boost to Switch hardware sales last week. Famitsu reports that the system moved 278,313 units. The previous week, Media Create had Switch at 120,546 units sold.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had the best debut for the franchise in Japan, beating out the openings for all previous entries.
Pokemon GO’s latest update is now available. On iOS, the new version is 1.99.1. Android users can download version 0.131.1.
The full patch notes are as follows:
A second Sonic movie poster has appeared. This follows the one released yesterday, available here.
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie will debut on November 8, 2019.
Nintendo will be kicking off a special Spirit Board event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate later this week. As pictured in the image above, it’ll carry a glasses theme. You’ll have a better opportunity to obtain Spirits who wear glasses when live.
The event begins December 14 at 3 PM Japan time, lasting for three days. Assuming it goes live worldwide at the same time, the start time should translate to:
The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
Nintendo will release a new update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the company has announced. Specifics of the patch have not yet been detailed. Version 1.2.0 was just confirmed via the in-game notice system.
Nintendo cautions that replays created with the current version will not be compatible. If you’d like to preserve them, you can convert them to videos by accessing the replay data option in the Vault mode.
We’ll have the patch notes when the update goes live, which should happen within the next week.
Thanks to KobobKC for the tip.
Nintendo has updated the release schedule on its platforms for the week of December 20. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
