Amazon and Walmart have discounts on a few different Nintendo-published Switch titles. Between the two, you can save on Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Tennis Aces. All of these games have been discounted by $15.
You can save via Amazon here. Walmart has Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe here while Mario Tennis Aces is here.
The Escapists 2 will be receiving the physical treatment, publisher Team17 announced today. Sold Out will be distributing the retail version starting October 30.
The Escapists 2 is also available on the Switch eShop. It originally launched on the system this past January.
My Memory of Us is coming to Switch, Crunching Koalas announced today. A release is planned for Q4 of this year.
My Memory of Us promises “a touching tale of a friendship between a girl and a boy, in the times of terror.” It’ll feature the voice of actor Patrick Stewart.
The rogue-like, randomly generated shooter Polygod makes its way to Switch on Thursday. For a look at the title, check out the footage below.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is hosting its latest fishing tourney. Chip has arrived in Lost Lure Creek, and players are being tasked with giving fish they catch to the character. Depending on the amount and size of the fish, you can earn a trophy and other prizes.
The tourney ends on August 19. You’ll have until August 20 for trophy pickup.
The suspense puzzle action game Behind the Screen is due out on Switch next Thursday. Take a look at some footage in the video below.
2Awesome Studio has announced a parntership with Awfully Nice Studios that will see the release of The Bug Butcher on Switch. This will be 2Awesome’s first effort as part of its new port and publishing plans.
Here’s a brief introduction to The Bug Butcher, a 2D side-scrolling shooter:
Octopath Traveler has been a huge success for Square Enix and Nintendo around the world, selling over one million copies despite facing continuing stock issues. Famitsu Magazine has done something rather unusual today – the prestigious Japanese gaming publication has put up a questionnaire about the game on their website – in English. They specifically want to hear from overseas fans about their experience with the game. The questions are about your party composition, how you liked each individual story and so on. Select answers will be featured in a future article in Famitsu. You can find the questionnaire here.
The latest Tempest Trials+ event has started in Fire Emblem Heroes. Titled Chaos Named, it’ll run until August 24th. The main rewards this time are Heroes that were available in Tempest Trials in 2017: Marth: Enigmatic Blade, Tobin: The Clueless One, Clive: Idealistic Knight, Black Knight: Sinister General, Arden: Strong and Tough and Joshua: Tempest King. Those six are also the bonus units for this event, in addition to Alfonse: Prince of Askrs and Sharena: Princess of Askr.
Today’s daily Summoning Focus is Heroes with Powerful Specials. The focus units are Karel: Sword Demon, Sonya: Vengeful Mage and Nephenee: Fierce Halberdier.
Finally, the Arena changes that were announced a while ago have now gone into effect with the season that started today. The new Tier, High Summoner, can now be reached, and you will now receive a three-point score bonus when you defeat enemies with one of the current Bonus Heroes.
Nintendo has posted another update to the Smash Bros. Blog for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This time around, we have an introduction for the Pokemon Abra.
Here’s the overview:
