Nintendo has revealed its playable lineup for PAX East 2018. A number of titles will be playable for the first time, including Dark Souls: Remastered, Wolfenstein II, Sushi Striker, and more. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition will also be at the show, along with a few other heavy hitters.
The full list of playable games is as follows:
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has started a new activity today. Through mid-April, players can participate in the Zipper’s Wonderland Event.
Here’s the official description:
Nintendo has started to populate its maintenance scheduled for next week. Thus far, one session is planned for Switch.
The current schedule is as follows:
– 5:50 PM PT (April 3) – 7:30 PM PT (April 3)
– 8:50 PM ET (April 3) – 10:30 PM ET (April 3)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (April 4) – 3:30 AM in the UK (April 4)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (April 4) – 4:30 AM in Europe (April 4)
Nintendo Japan has a brief video up showing how users can put on the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Robot suit. We’ve attached it below.
Fire Emblem Heroes’ next major update, which will be released sometime in April, will add a couple of new weapon skills and weapons that can be refined in the Weapon Refinery.
The following completely new weapon skills will be added:
A new trailer for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle has been released, showcasing the game’s various modes and characters. Give it a watch:
Level-5 has been one of steadiest third-party supporters of Nintendo in the last couple of years, releasing quite a few titles on the 3DS – and that support is now going to continue on the Switch. Speaking to Nikkei (thanks to Gematsu for the translation), Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino stated the following:
“Basically, in the future our main titles will all be released on Nintendo Switch. The idea is that what we have created for 3DS will move over to Switch.”
Among what has been promised for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Nintendo and Monolith Soft have said that new Rare Blades will be added. With the game’s latest update, some information on this front has finally been provided.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 players can begin to expect new Rare Blades starting in early May. They’ll be delivered in installments, meaning we’ll be seeing multiple additions.
Aside from Rare Blades, a bunch of other content will be delivered throughout 2018. A Challenge Battle Mode and new story DLC are also planned.
Thanks to m_t for the tip.
Arc System Works has two new videos ready for Cube Creator X focusing on game’s “Home World” and plating. We’ve included both below.
Super Bomberman R has sold nearly one million copies worldwide on Switch. That’s according to Konami president Hideki Hayakawa, who shared the news in an interview with Nikkei Trendy.
Hayagawa pointed out how Super Bomberman R was the only completely original third-party title available at Switch’s launch. That alone helped the game catch on with new system owners. Aside from Japan, it has been performing well in the west.
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed that Super Bomberman R shipped over 500,000 copies in March 2017, less than a month after the release of Switch.
