Heart & Slash joins the Switch eShop starting this week. The video below contains 18 minutes of footage, which will give you a good idea what you can expect from the game.

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Niantic is boosting Pokemon GO with some new functionality. If you have a device that’s running iOS 11 on iPhone 6s or newer, you’ll be able to experience AR+.

AR+ allows for all sorts of improvements and features. For example, Pokemon are now fixed to a point in space, and they’ll run away if they become aware of the Trainers getting too close.

Here’s the full lowdown on AR+ in Pokemon GO from Niantic:

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Tiny Metal makes its way to Switch tomorrow, and a new trailer is here to celebrate the upcoming launch. Have a look at the video below.

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The latest sales figures from Japan were reported today. Thanks to those numbers, we have an interesting stat about Super Mario Odyssey. After eight weeks, it’s actually the best-selling 3D Mario game ever, beating out Super Mario 3D Land, both Galaxy games, and everything else.

Here’s how the numbers stack up for all of the 3D Mario titles after eight weeks:

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Headup Games prepared a new gameplay trailer for Bridge Constructor Portal. See today’s trailer below.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 221,210
PS4 – 45,161
New 2DS LL – 31,653
New 3DS LL – 19,115
PS4 Pro – 17,804
Vita – 9,049
2DS – 4,324
Xbox One – 2,175
New 3DS – 421
Xbox One X – 132
Wii U – 75
PS3 – 44

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 164,908
PS4 Pro – 45,163
PS4 – 40,524
New 2DS LL – 27,074
New 3DS LL – 15,059
Vita – 8,483
2DS – 3,192
Xbox One – 406
New 3DS – 248
Xbox One X – 75
Wii U – 70
PS3 – 48

And here are the software charts:

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SEGA has shown quite a bit of Valkyria Chronicles 4 since its original announcement, but we’ve yet to really see the game in action. That changes next week.

The first live gameplay from Valkyria Chronicles 4 will debut on December 27 at 8 PM Japan time during a new broadcast. YouTube, LINE Live, and Periscope will be hosting the stream. Valkyria Chronicles fan Hashiyan Kousaka will act as the MC, and special guests Naomi Ohzora (Nikola Graf voice actress) and Yukiyo Fujii (Chiara Rocino voice actress) will be appearing.

We’ll post the gameplay here as soon as it airs.

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Ripstone pushed out a patch for Chess Ultra this week. After it’s downloaded, dual Joy-Con support is enabled when the console is docked. That means you can experience multiplayer with a friend without having to remove the controllers.

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With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.

Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)

People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.

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Tomorrow, The Coma: Recut will be available on the Switch eShop. You can take a look at the game in the video below.

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