This week, Spike Chunsoft and Q-Games shared a bit of PixelJunk Monsters 2 footage on Switch. We’re able to get a short look at the game running via handheld mode. Check out the clip below.
Twitter friend @VofEscaflowne asked if there was footage of #PixelJunkMonsters2 running on Switch.
Our producer @SeriousKyotoCat was too proud not to show him! It looks dope on Switch! pic.twitter.com/fqxJEKGJp3
— Q-Games 🐤 All You Need is Help 🐷 (@PixelJunkNews) April 17, 2018
Thanks to m_t for the tip.
At SEGA Fes 2018 in Japan last week, a special Sonic DJ Live event was hosted with Tomoya Ohtani. Plenty of music from the Sonic series was played, and Jon Underdown even stopped by to perform. You can watch the full recording below.
The Snack World: Trejarers Gold debuted in Japan on April 12. Through April 15, the game sold about 35,000 copies. Dengeki further reports that it sold through 65% of its initial shipment.
Originally, The Snack World originally appeared on 3DS last year. It managed to sell somewhere around 100,000 copies in its first week with a 55% sell-through rate.
Given that the Switch release is an enhanced version that’s coming out a year later, The Snack World: Trejarers Gold had a pretty good debut. Sales may also receive a bump during Golden Week.
We’re still unsure when exactly we’ll be seeing Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion on Switch, but Well Played did recently conduct an interview with some of the developers at Climax Studios to gain more insight. Associate producer Orcun Adsoy, lead designer Ian Hudson, and audio lead Chris Jolley participated in the chat.
Shinyuden has confirmed that the action RPG Heroes Trials is coming soon to Switch. A release is planned for this spring.
Heroes Trials features different characters to play as with unique fighting styles, such as a sword fighter and magic wielder. The game involves going through dungeons, solving puzzles, and defeating bosses.
Further details about Heroes Trials, plus a trailer, are included below.
A new event is on the way to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Nintendo has provided first information about the Gyroidite Scavenger Hunt in the app today.
Here’s the official rundown:
The latest summoning event has started in Fire Emblem Heroes. Players can partake in Summoning Focus: Heroes with Combat Boosts as of today.
Three Heroes with skills that buff their stats when they initiate combat, Swift Sparrow and Mirror Strike, are being offered as part of the 5-star summoning focus. The event lasts until May 4.
By the way, Sanctuary of the Earth has also been added as a new Blessed Gardens map. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems encourage players to visit it with four Heroes who are either Earth-type Legendary Heroes or Heroes with an Earth blessing.
In Japan, the latest Splatfest for Splatoon 2 was held this weekend. When asked which makes them feel the most wonder, players were given two options: unknown/undiscovered creatures or advanced technology.
We now have the full results from the latest Splatfest. Though it was pretty close, advanced technology took home the win. That team actually won all three categories – votes, solo battles, and team battles. The final score was 0-3 in favor of the latter team.
Square Enix confirmed at the end of January that the Octopath Traveler demo had been downloaded over one million times. That number has since climbed to 1.3 million, the company announced this week.
The news was tucked away in the announcement for the Octopath Traveler Official Soundtrack. In Japan, Square Enix will be releasing the OST alongside the game on July 13. It has over 80 tracks and spans 4 CDs.
If you missed one of our recent file size roundups, you may not have heard about an interesting approach Bandai Namco is taking with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy on Switch. You’ll be able to purchase the collection itself, but also the individual games.
This could be handy if you played through one of the Naruto titles on other platforms previously and are only interested in certain ones. That means, for example, you’ll be able to purchase Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 on its own. With listings on the European eShop, we can confirm Bandai Namco will be making the trilogy and standalone titles available in Japan and in the west.
The final file size for the different games are as follows:
