Crypt of the NecroDancer: Nintendo Switch Edition made it to the Japanese Switch eShop earlier today. The North American release isn’t far behind, as it’s now confirmed for February 1 – tomorrow in other words. Europe will be getting the game just a bit later on February 8.
Today’s news comes from the official Twitter account:
Crypt of the NecroDancer launches on the Nintendo Switch February 1st in the Americas&Japan, and February 8th in Europe&Australia! pic.twitter.com/8fghi95Wad
— Crypt of the NecroDancer: HATSUNE MIKU?! (@NecroDancerGame) January 31, 2018
Nintendo has published a new video interview with Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the series producer for Zelda and Breath of the Wild’s director respectively. The two talked about a few different topics, including The Champions’ Ballad DLC, what’s next for the series, and more. Watch the full interview below.
Watch Mr. Aonuma and Mr. Fujibayashi talk about The Legend of #Zelda: Breath of the Wild and share some behind-the-scenes insight into The Champions’ Ballad DLC. pic.twitter.com/v8v5Rbsbpr
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 31, 2018
Fire Emblem Heroes is soon celebrating its first anniversary. In honor of the occasion, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have started sharing some interesting stats about the game.
The first information we have pertains to the most tapped characters. It seems the app does in fact track how many times you tap on the different heroes on the main menu.
Here are the full results, as calculated between February 2, 2017 and January 28, 2018:
Psyonix posted a comprehensive update today outlining the various features and updates in store for Rocket League. One point applies specifically to Switch.
This spring, Rocket League will be updated on Switch to support two graphical modes. The first is Performance Mode, which is 900p when docked and 720p in handheld mode at 60 frames per second with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling. If that doesn’t interest you, Quality Mode will offer native 1080p docked and 720p portable resolution at 30 frames per second with added visual effects.
The full roadmap for Rocket League’s pipeline all the way up through April and beyond can be found below.
Genyo Takeda will be receiving special honors at the DICE Awards in Las Vegas next month. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has confirmed that Takeda will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement award.
Takeda spent over 40 years at Nintendo, having joined the company in 1972. He was the company’s co-representative director and “Technology Fellow” towards the end of his career. While he’s now retired, Takeda currently currently serves as a Special Corporate Adviser.
Takeda played a role in the development of games such as Punch-Out!! and StarTropics, but will ultimately be remembered for his role with hardware. He and his team created the Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, and Wii U.
Screenshots are in for the trading card game Hototogisu Tairan 1553: Ryuuko Aiutsu, which was just announced for Switch via this week’s issue of Famitsu. View them below.
We also have a few more tidbits:
– Collect cards drawn by various popular illustrators, assemble a deck, and use that deck to battle
– Two phases
– Tactical Phase: use any card from your hand, such as a strategy or promotion card, and manifest its effect onto the field
– Battle Phase: the units deployed onto the field will move and attack
– The order of movement is based on how high a unit’s stats are for both enemies and allies
– Players can enjoy strategies such as making the first move with fast units, or surrounding the enemy for a formation effect
– eShop title
In Japan, TorqueL: Physics Modified Edition is out now on the Japanese Switch eShop. Have a look at some footage below.
ARMS is getting a new update tonight. To prepare for it, the game will be undergoing some maintenance for about a couple of hours.
Maintenance will be taking place at the following times:
– 4:50 PM PT (January 31) – 6:30 PM PT (January 31)
– 7:50 PM ET (January 31) – 9:30 PM ET (January 31)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (February 1) – 2:30 AM in the UK (February 1)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (February 1) – 3:30 AM in Europe (February 1)
The Japanese Switch eShop shows two new classic games Hamster intends to bring out next week. Super Baseball 2020 and Crazy Climber are both scheduled to launch around the world on February 8.
Here’s an overview and trailer for Super Baseball 2020:
Circle Entertainment has announced that Mercenaries Saga Chronicles is releasing on February 8 in the west. It’s launching in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
You’ll be able to pre-load Mercenaries Saga Chronicles from the eShop starting on February 1 with a 10% discount. The pre-order price will be $13.49 / €13.49 / £12.23. Normally, the game costs $14.99 / €14.99 / £13.59.
Continue on below for full details on Mercenaries Saga Chronicles, along with the latest video.
