The trailer for the upcoming Bridal Bloom summoning focus hid a little secret: Marth in a special groom outfit could be glimpsed at the end. Since he isn’t part of the summoning focus, that means that he will be available through other means. Nintendo of Europe has now confirmed via Twitter that Marth: Altean Groom will be available as a reward in the next Tempest Trials+ event, which will start on May 25th.
Also, a new set of quests are now available in Fire Emblem Heroes. The Weapon Workout quests require you to defeat a certain number of enemies with each type of weapon (swords, lances, axes, colorless bows, daggers, red tomes, blue tomes, green tomes and staves). There are quests for defeating foes of any level, as well as foes that are at least level 35. The rewards include orbs, stamina potions, arena medals and great badges.
Nintendo published a new (Japanese) trailer for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker today. The video shows off both the Switch and 3DS versions of the game:
System: Switch
Release date: May 22, 2018
Developer: Choice Provisions
Publisher: Choice Provisions / Nicalis
The Bit.Trip series has had an interesting aesthetic progression. Starting out as an assortment of simple WiiWare rhythm games with mock Atari 2600-style visuals, it treated a few simple gameplay concepts with a kind of low fidelity presentation suitable for the WiiWare service’s strict file size limitations. Out of this collection, Bit.Trip Runner found the most success. Being the least abstract of the series, the autorunning rhythm platformer was fashioned after Pitfall, if Pitfall had trance-inducing chiptune music. Runner2 released with a revamped 3D art style and a musical style that was appropriately more sophisticated. In most ways, Runner3 is a natural progression from Runner2, cutting down on superfluous gameplay concepts and evolving the Bit.Trip formula to an impressive degree. Its control nuances and smart level design makes for one of the least stiff and most improvisational autorunning games that I’ve played.
Super Sportmatchen is coming to the Switch eShop. It will cost $14.99 to purchase. Super Sportmatchen will be releasing May 24th in the United States and Japan; while Europe gets it June 1st. Check the source for more details.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
02./02. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018
03./05. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
04./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
05./03. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit
06./04. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies
07./07. [PS4] God of War #
08./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
09./08. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018
10./10. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
11./09. [NSW] The Snack World: TreJarers Gold
12./13. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
13./23. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – Advanced Edition
14./12. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit
15./24. [PS4] Cities: Skylines – PlayStation 4 Edition
16./15. [PS4] Far Cry 5
17./20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
18./14. [NSW] 1-2-Switch
19./16. [NSW] Arms
20./21. [3DS] Detective Pikachu
Amazon has posted the Japanese boxarts for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker on Switch and 3DS. We have the packaging images above.
Here’s the North American version to compare:
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have detailed the next summoning event for Fire Emblem Heroes. Bridal Bloom will kick off on May 21, the two sides announced today.
Ninian, Sanaki, and Tharja will all be featured. Expect a new Paralogue Story as well.
Here’s a trailer for Bridal Bloom:
Johnny Turbo’s Arcade Super Burger Time was added to the Switch eShop earlier today. Watch some footage in the video below.
Update: And just like that, we already have a silouette for one of the Dream Friends:
Original: We now have confirmation that Nintendo and HAL Laboratory will introduce the next update for Kirby Star Allies sometime this summer. The news was just made known on the official Japanese Kirby Twitter account.
What can we expect from the next update? At the very least, new Dream Friends should be on the way. A number of characters were leaked last month through datamining.
The first major update for Kirby Star Allies was published shortly after launch in March. It was highlighted by the addition of new Dream Friends Marx, Gooey, and Rick & Kine & Coo.
