This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include a first look at the Langrisser I & II remakes, Nelke & The Legendary Alchemists, The World Ends with You: Final Remix, and Team Sonic Racing. Scans of all games are below.
Unties announced its lineup for PAX West 2018 today. There will be several familiar faces, including Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers, Tiny Metal, Tokyo Dark: Remembrance, Battlloon, The Midnight Sanctuary, Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded, Azure Reflections, and Gensokyo Defenders.
A couple of brand new Switch titles are also confirmed for the expo. These are 3rd Eye, a 2D horror exploration game and Necrosphere, an adventure played with only two buttons.
Son of a Witch will release on Switch, Bigosaur has announced. The game is on track for September 4.
Son of a Witch, which has been in development for three years, is an action roguelike. Solo, co-op, and four-player sessions are supported.
Nintendo of Europe has posted a new gameplay video for Super Mario Party that gives fans a first look at a brand new mode. River Survival will be included, and first details are in.
Here’s what we know:
GameXplain has posted another comparison video for Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, we’re able to see how returning stages from Melee stack up. View the comparison video below.
Earlier today, Shigeru Miyamoto delivered the keynote address at the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference. It was here that we heard Miyamoto praising Minecraft, among other things.
Kotaku also has a small translation of another topic addressed in Miyamoto’s keynote. The Nintendo developer said that he’s not interested in making an MMORPG due to the business model and not wanting to focus on a single game.
505 Games and Keen Games have outlined a number of new features coming soon to Portal Knight on Switch. Adventurers, Creators, and Villainous updates will be combined and released as a single patch.
Here’s the rundown of new features:
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 54,647
PS4 – 20,911
New 2DS LL – 7,872
PS4 Pro – 4,932
New 3DS LL – 3,316
Vita – 3,083
2DS – 708
Xbox One – 51
Xbox One X – 45
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 50,143
PS4 – 16,982
New 2DS LL – 7,628
PS4 Pro – 5,044
Vita – 3,507
New 3DS LL – 2,784
2DS – 498
Xbox One X – 43
Xbox One – 31
And here are the software charts:
Just a few months ago, Football Manager Touch 2018 made it to Switch. SEGA will be quickly following up with this year’s entry, Football Manager 2019.
Fortunately, there won’t be any sort of delay this time around. Football Manager 2019 is scheduled for November on various platforms, and that includes Switch – so it looks like we could be looking at a near simultaneous launch here.
This week, Tencent finally determined a release month for the Switch version of Arena of Valor. We can expect to see the game on the eShop sometime in September.
Pre-registration is now open on the official website here. Tencent will be giving out these bonuses to those who do so: Maloch 7-day Trial Card, Level 3 (Top Level) Arcana Chest, 100 Gems, and a 3-day Double EXP Card.
