The Escapists: Complete Edition is coming to Switch, Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studios have announced. A release is planned for later this year.
Here’s what we know:
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
God Wars: The Complete Legend – $39.99 (available September 4)
The Minecraft: New 2DS XL – Creeper Edition launched in Japan a few weeks ago. It has yet to be announced for other regions, but a release in Europe seems likely.
Despite not being officially announced, some assets for the Creeper Edition have been found in media materials sent for Gamescom 2018. As we know though, Nintendo never confirmed this system for PAL regions. The packaging image suggests that it’s happening, but we’ll just have to wait and see if Nintendo moves forward with an announcement.
Cyberstep is continuing to update its action role-playing game Dawn of the Breakers. Version 1.013 is out now, making a number of adjustments and implementing bug fixes.
The full patch notes are as follows:
My Nintendo has updated with several new rewards in North America. Along with several discounts, members can spend points on a Yo-kai Watch Blasters wallpaper and Super Mario Party calendar.
Here’s the full lineup:
Headup Games has confirmed yet another title for Switch. Safety First!, developed by JCO, is currently in the works.
Safety First! is “a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL).” Continue on below for additional details and a trailer.
For the Switch version of Steins;Gate Elite, 5pb. and Mages are offering 8-bit ADV Steins;Gate. This special 8-bit graphics and chiptune version of the game was developed by series creator Chiyomaru Shikura. We have a new trailer for the title, posted below.
Next weekend, another Party Crash will be taking place for ARMS. Byte & Barq and Dr. Coyle will be battling it out in the latest event. “ARMS Labs Exposed” is the theme.
You can participate in the new ARMS Party Crash starting September 7. It’ll last until September 10, and we’ll have the results shortly after.
A couple of weeks ago, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi with Power-Up Kit, essentially an enhanced edition of Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi, was announced for Nintendo Switch. Today, Koei Tecmo revealed the release date for the game in Japan: November 29th. In addition to the standard edition, there will also be a “Premium Box” which contains the game, the soundtrack on CD, an artbook, a historical events guide and a special in-game scenario, “Toyotomi’s Counterattack”.
The next major update for Fire Emblem Heroes is on the way. Version 2.9.0 will be available in early September. Here are some of the major changes coming to the game with this update:
- Relay Defense maps: Relay Defense maps will start to appear in Special Maps starting on September 8th. They will be released periodically instead of Rival Domains maps; Relay Defense maps will be active for two weeks at a time while Rival Domains maps will be active for one week at a time. Like Rival Domains, Relay Defense is played with brigades. As the name suggests, this mode is more focused on defending your territory. Every two turns, your active Heroes will be swapped in and out in groups of five. You will receive a score based on how many enemies you defeat and how many of your Heroes survive.
- Weapon Refinery Update: Cherche: Wyvern Friend and Odin; Potent Force will be able to learn new character-specific weapon skills: Cherche’s Axe and Odin’s Grimoire, respectively. Also, additional refining options will be added for Celica: Caring Princess’ weapon, Ragnarok.
- Combat Manuals: Combat Manuals will essentially be a new way to preserve space in your barracks. You can send a Hero back to their world to create a Combat Manual of them – you will no longer be able to use them in battle, but you can use that Combat Manual for the purposes of Inherit Skill and Merge Allies. Combat Manuals don’t use up barracks slots and you can have up to 9,999 of each type of Combat Manual. However, note that you can’t turn Combat Manuals back into combat-usable Heroes.
There will also be a variety of smaller changes:
- You will be able to check the blessing season on the Edit Team screen
- You will have the option of having your team appear on the right-hand side of the screen in Tap Battle
- You will be able to switch between Reserve Teams and Primary Teams in the UI for battles that require a second team, such as Tempest Trials and Arena Assault
- In Grand Conquests, a warning will be displayed when there are 10 minutes or less remaining in each battle
- New friend requests that are awaiting confirmation will now be displayed at the top of the list
- On Android devices, tapping the back icon during battle will open the Battle menu
