At the end of October, The Wall Street Journal shared some rumored information claiming that one reason for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s delay was due to the game seeing an overhaul “at least once during the development process to ensure quality.” Liam Robertson from Unseen64 apparently has more on the situation, and dug up details about how a much different title was initially planned.

Development on the Animal Crossing game for mobile apparently began in early 2016. At the time, what Nintendo had been cooking up was said to be more simplistic.

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Following the last update in August, a new patch is out now for Death Squared on Switch. It’s been upgraded to version 1.2.0.

The official details about the update haven’t been made known. However, it seems as though new cosmetics have been included. SMG Studio did intend to offer new hats after the Japanese release, so that might have been added.

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Black The Fall is coming to Switch. Rather than having the news revealed through an official announcement or an eShop listing, we’ve actually found out about it through the system’s news feature. The game now has a channel of its own, though no posts have been made just yet.

Black The Fall is a puzzle-platform game that released earlier this year, and some have compared it to Inside – another game planned for Switch. Square Enix published the title and supported it through its Square Enix Collective program.

We have additional details about Black The Fall below, along with a trailer.

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Capcom is celebrating the launch of Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil Revelations 2 on Switch with some special gifts. Codes can be obtained for various items in Raid Mode, including rare weapons and exclusive parts.

All of the information you need to know can be found here. However, it looks like you’ll need to register with Capcom’s official website in order to obtain codes and participate in the giveaway.

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The Switch Pro Controller has been widely praised since launch. However, some players have taken issue with its d-pad. With the new version of the controller released alongside Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Nintendo may have made some improvements.

One difference pointed out by Reddit user Howwy23 is that the pole in the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 controller has a pole that’s longer than the old version. The old version had its own pole, but was apparently shorter.

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Update (12/2): Pre-orders are now open on Play-Asia.

Original (12/1): Pre-orders are now starting to open for the Lana Nendoroid.

Over at Good Smile, you can reserve the Lana Nendoroid right here. Pre-orders will be available until January 11th and Good Smile will also be including a Waterium Z-Crystal Base as a bonus if you purchase the Nendoroid on their website.

AmiAmi also has pre-orders open. You can click here to get Lana.

The Lana Nendoroid is currently not available for pre-order on Play-Asia or any other websites yet but we’ll update you if anything changes.

Below are some photos of the Lana Nendoroid:

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Another update is now available for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. On both iOS and Android, Nintendo has started distributing version 1.0.3.

Today’s update admittedly isn’t terribly exciting. The patch notes only state that bug fixes have been implemented.

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This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 – 4
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 7
Call of Duty: WWII – 7
Need for Speed Payback – 4
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – 5
Hidden Agenda – 4
Bury Me, My Love – 7
Million Onion Hotel – 8

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Earlier in the week, a new update for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 went live. It was highlighted by the addition of the free Hero Colosseum and data for the Extra Pack 1 DLC.

The full patch notes for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 version 1.08.00 have come in. While they’re for the PlayStation 4 version, we expect most (if not all) of the notes to pertain to Switch as well.

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Arcade Distillery appears to be bringing Plague Road to Switch next week. Over on the eShop, it’s listed for December 7.

Plague Road is a dark fantasy game featuring a mix of turn-based tactical strategy and roguelike elements. It involves the story of a doctor who returns to his abandoned to learn the fate of those they left behind.

For more on Plague Road, hit up the overview and trailer below.

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