Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for the week with a new session for Switch. Along with downtime tonight, the platform will be impacted tomorrow as well.
Nintendo’s current maintenance schedule is as follows:
The next entry in the Witch and Hero series has a release date. Today, Circle Entertainment announced that Witch & Hero III will be available via the European 3DS eShop on March 15. The North American launch will take place soon.
Here’s some additional information and a trailer for Witch & Hero III:
Devious Dungeon is making its way to Switch, Ratalaika Games announced today. The final release date will be shared “in a few weeks once closer to the release day”.
Previously released on mobile, Devious Dungeon is a medieval action platformer with five worlds, 65 levels, and more. We have further information and a trailer below.
Two more videos have surfaced for Attack on Titan 2. The first one shows off the latest gameplay with Mikasa Ackerman voice actress Yui Ishikawa and Armin Arlelt voice actress Marina Inoue while the second is a Levi event scene video. We have both below.
The official Splatoon Twitter account has tweeted a bit about the upcoming Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2. Most of it is a recap of what we already knew from the latest Nintendo Direct, but there were a few new details in there as well.
One tweet mentions that there are “over 80” levels in the Octo Expansion – the reveal trailer seemed to indicate that there 80 exactly. You will also get support from Pearl and Marina. Specifically, they will allow you to skip stages and get straight to the story. It’s not clear yet if this is some kind of limit to this or if will be able to do it as often as you want.
Finally, it’s been confirmed that there will be no gameplay differences between inklings and octolings in multiplayer, and that they share the same gear.
We’ve got several news updates regarding Fire Emblem Heroes today. First up is a new summoning focus which has gone live today. Called “Invisible Ties”, the 5-star focus units are Cherche: Wyvern Friend, Donnel: Village Hero and Olivia: Blushing Beauty. This summoning focus, which will be available for 16 days, is the lead-up to the next Tempest Trials event, which will start this Thursday. The three focus units will be the 20% bonus points units, alongside Robin: Mystery Tactician. The 40% bonus points units are Chrom: Knight Exalt, Morgan: Lad from Afar, Morgan: Lass from Afar and Gerome: Masked Rider, who will be the reward unit for this Tempest Trials event.
The bonus points units for the next two Arena seasons have also been revealed. They are as follows: Chrom: Knight Exalt, Morgan: Lad from Afar, Morgan: Lass from Afar, Ephraim: Legendary Lord, Arvis: Emperor of Flame, Xander: Paragon Knight, Hinoka: Warrior Princess, Kagero: Honorable Ninja, Deirdre: Lady of the Forest and Anna: Commander.
Finally, Intelligent Systems released a new event calendar, detailing most of what’s going to happen in the game in March and April:
Two Tribes issued a new update for Toki Tori 2+: Nintendo Switch Edition this week. If you have the game, you should be able to download version 1.03.
First, the new update introduces a new home icon. It also addressed these bugs:
– Particle effects sometimes went missing, meaning you could hear black goo but not see it as an example
– The game view could get stuck when entering and exiting molehills
Source: Switch news
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Persona Q2 moves up a spot, while there are big rises for Shin Megami Tensei V, Bayonetta 3, and others.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 22 and February 28.
A new update is rolling out for the Nintendo Switch Parental app. Version 1.50 is currently live on iOS. It doesn’t seem to be live just yet on Android as of this moment, but it should be very soon.
Today’s update adds a few new features. For instance, whitelist functionality allows users to exclude games from the Parental Controls Restricted Software setting on Switch.
The full patch notes are as follows:
Awesome Games Studio released its new game I, Zombie on Switch this week. Take a look at the launch trailer below.
