After a crazy week of anticipation and trolling relating to a possible Nintendo Direct, a presentation dropped out of thin air on Thursday. It wasn’t as big as some past presentations – no surprise there given the addition of “mini” in the name – but there were still some surprises.
Switch received all of the love this time around. Highlights included Dark Souls: Remastered, Mario Tennis Aces, The World Ends with You: Final Remix, and SNK Heroines ~Tag Team Frenzy~. We also now know that Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and Ys VIII are all coming to Switch. New updates and DLC were announced for Super Mario Odyssey, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and Pokken Tournament DX were revealed as well. Finally, Kirby Star Allies, Fe, and Celeste were all dated.
What do you make of this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini? Were you pleased or disappointed with anything shown (or something that was absent)? Do you have a favorite announcement? Let us know in the comments below.
Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.
“Snowy superstar! Winter Sportswear” is the returning theme. The stages provide the following:
Yo-kai Watch toys are now showing up in McDonald’s Happy Meals across the United States. Eight toys can be found in total, including watches, masks, and more.
You’ll have until January 28 to secure the different toys. After that, McDonald’s will be retiring them.
Here’s the official news about the new Yo-kai Watch toys:
Jibanyan is popping up at #McDonalds! Exclusive #YokaiWatch toys are available in every #HappyMeal until Jan 28! pic.twitter.com/T0qS0AKx1q
— YO-KAI WATCH (@YokaiWatchNews) January 12, 2018
Starting on January 16, Tempest Trials Mini: Stepping into the New Year will kick off. Players can gather their strongest allies, and fight their way through to clear the final map. This will end on January 23.
To celebrate the upcoming Tempest Trials Mini, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have launched a summoning focus event that might help you obtain some bonus allies. The princesses and prince of Hoshio from Fire Emblem Fates are featured. Using these heroes in the Tempest Trials Mini will increase your score. Additionally, EXP and SP received when using these characters will double.
Source: Fire Emblem Heroes
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that a new update is planned for Splatoon 2 next week. Version 2.2.0 will begin distribution on January 16 in North America / January 17 in Europe.
Nintendo now has the patch notes published in English. A bunch of different changes are planned for multiplayer (including weapons), Salmon Run, and more.
Continue on below for the full patch notes.
Arc System Works has announced a release date for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. In North America, we’ll be getting the game on June 5. It’ll be out in Japan and Asia just slightly earlier on May 31.
Those in Japan will be able to purchase the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Limited Box. The Switch version will contain:
– Special box with special collaborative illustration by Tochimichi Mori (Arc System Works), Shigenori Soejima (Atlus), Seiichi Yoshihara (French-Bread), and Ein Lee (Rooster Teeth)
– “Additional Character All-in-One Pack” download code
– BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle art book
– Multi storage pouch
The official Nintendo Treehouse Log updated this past week with a pair of new entries.
The first one covers the new Fire Emblem Warriors DLC pack, including new characters Oboro, Azura and Niles. In the second entry, we get to read a bit more about the latest ARMS fighter Dr. Coyle.
We have excerpts and links to both Treehouse Log entries below.
Nintendo has posted two more pieces of concept art from Super Mario Odyssey. The first image, attached above, is from Tostarena. We also have concept art for the Odyssey itself below.
More concept art featuring Cappy can be found here.
Team Meat created a new, off-beat video to promote this week’s launch of Super Meat Boy on Switch. Have a look at it below.
Yet another weapon arrived in Splatoon 2 a short while ago, with Nintendo making the Dapple Dualies Nouveau available to players. Get a look at some footage below.
