Nintendo’s financial results briefing for the third quarter of the current fiscal year took place last week. As always, there was a Q&A session with investors at the end of the meeting. Nintendo’s official English translation of the transcript of that Q&A is now available here.
From Nintendo’s board of directors, Shuntaro Furukawa (President and Representative Director), Shinya Takahashi (Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer), Shigeru Miyamoto (Representative Director, Fellow), Ko Shiota (Director, Senior Executive Officer) and Satoru Shibata (Director, Senior Executive Officer) were present. Naturally, most of the questions and answers center around sales and business strategies, but they also touch upon Nintendo’s collaboration with LINE for Dr. Mario World, video game addiction, the number of female employees Nintendo has and more. There aren’t any groundbreaking new announcements, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.
The first paid piece of DLC for Dragon Quest Builders 2, the “Japanese-Style Pack”, will be available in late February in Japan. This DLC pack was initially scheduled to launch in April, but Square Enix seemingly moved the launch forward a bit. It’ll cost 700 Yen and feature various classic Japanese-inspired items and materials such as lanterns, wall scrolls, futons and more. Square Enix will show off the DLC in more detail in a live stream which will take on February 13 at 9PM JST on their Youtube channel.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 has been out since December 20 last year in Japan. It’ll launch sometime this year in the West. It’s not clear yet how Square Enix will handle DLC packs such as this one for the Western release.
Chara-Ani released a new trailer for the Langrisser I & II remake collection, which you can watch below:
The game will be out in Japan on April 18. A Western release has not yet been announced.
5pb. published the opening movie for Our World is Ended today, which you can watch below. The visual novel is set to launch in Japan on February 28, in Europe on March 22 and in North America on March 26.
The Special Heroes: Greil’s Devoted Summoning Focus is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. Until March 3rd, you have the chance to get Ike, Mist, Soren and Greil in their special Day of Devotion outfits. As always, since these are considered Special Heroes, they won’t be added to the regular summoning pool once this Summoning Focus ends. There’s also a new Paralogue story featuring these Heroes, as well as some time-limited quests.
As part of the game’s second anniversary celebration, another Summoning Focus is available only today – Ephraim & Myrrh’s Bound Hero Battle. The 5-star focus units are Myrrh: Great Dragon, Ephraim: Restoration Lord and Eirika: Anamnesis Lady.
Finally, the Special Orb Promo for February is now available. You can purchase 21 orbs and get 60 Sacred Coins as an additional gift.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dragalia Lost is set to host its first story event — titled Valentine’s Confections.
From February 14th until February 22nd, players will earn exclusive event items from main story quests and event-related quests that can be used to unlock limited-time stories for certain characters.
Not many other details on the event are known at this time, aside from the quote below, provided by the official Dragalia Lost website.
The eighth and latest Gyroidite Scavenger Hunt is now live within Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp — fittingly themed for Valentine’s Day.
Titled “Valentine’s Jam Session”, players will once again be tasked with searching and finding numerous Gyroidites. However, this time they will have the opportunity to trade these in for Valentine’s Day themed instruments.
The event is set to last until February 15th. A list of craft-able items can be viewed below.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III # (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} (¥8.800) – 91.019 / 701.096 (-85%)
02./02. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 # (Capcom) {2019.01.25} (¥7.800) – 51.339 / 304.186 (-80%)
03./03. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 45.879 / 358.748 (-21%)
04./04. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 35.217 / 2.799.969 (-8%)
05./08. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! # (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) – 21.274 / 1.457.907 (+128%)
06./00. [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) – 18.679 / NEW
07./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 12.181 / 996.084 (+2%)
08./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 11.710 / 2.108.522 (+8%)
09./05. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown # (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.17} (¥7.600) – 11.444 / 239.322 (-55%)
10./09. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 8.250 / 590.289 (-4%)
11./00. [NSW] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) – 8.046 / NEW
12./10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 7.689 / 2.918.368 (+5%)
13./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 6.957 / 1.276.558 (+6%)
14./13. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX > (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) – 6.023 / 235.306 (-1%)
15./11. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) – 5.814 / 223.424 (-18%)
16./00. [PSV] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥6.800) – 4.589 / NEW
17./00. [NSW] Dragon Marked For Death # (Inti Creates) {2019.01.31} (¥5.537) – 4.492 / NEW
18./00. [NSW] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star Link (Marvelous) {2019.01.31} (¥7.980) – 4.134 / NEW
19./00. [PS4] Robotics;Notes Dash (5pb.) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) – 3.943 / NEW
20./17. [NSW] Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) {2018.12.20} (¥5.800) – 3.613 / 23.332 (-13%)
The developer Neos has announced that a new Sanrio game — titled Puru-Chara Friends: Hoppe-chan to Sanrio Characters — is heading to Switch on April 25th in Japan.
Gematsu has gone through the trouble of translating the retail overview for the game. It can be viewed below, along with a couple early screenshots.
