A short clip was added to the Japanese Kirby Twitter account last night, offering a quick look at the Whispy Woods boss fight. Check out the video below.
…１０回目のジャマハローア。
森にたたずむ１本の木…なにか様子がおかしいですわ。
突然の巨大化、落ちてくるリンゴ…
しかも、こんなにいっぱい降りそそぐなんて…
１、２、３、４……ワタクシ、数えきれませんわ！#星のカービィスターアライズ pic.twitter.com/kcWG05Je3R— 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) January 26, 2018
Atlus has sent out a new survey to its Japanese customers. In it, they want to hear their fans’ opinions on a variety of topics, but mostly which games they want to see on which systems. The games range from sequels to remakes to re-releases to entirely new games and IPs.
A big topic is naturally the Persona series. Atlus is even asking fans about non-video game stuff here, asking whether fans would be interested in a new Persona board game. Another question is about interest in a non-RPG Persona game, such as a strategy game or a shooter. Atlus also mentions a hypothetical Persona 6. As mentioned before, fans can choose which systems they’d like to see these games on. The choices for the system include the Switch and the 3DS.
Naturally, you shouldn’t be jumping to any conclusions based on this survey. Atlus has sent out surveys like this in the past and the choices aren’t necessarily indicative of Atlus’ actual plans. Persona 6 on Switch is sure to be a popular choice, but that doesn’t mean it’s actually going to happen. For now, Persona fans can look forward to Persona Q2 on 3DS.
Here’s something that you may not know about Project Octopath Traveler. Francesca Baerald, an artist and cartographer, has a fairly significant role. Square Enix brought her on board to handle the map.
This week, Baerald was kind enough to share the full map shown in Project Octopath Traveler’s reveal trailer from 2017. It was made with watercolor and ink on paper.
Switch has been hitting all sorts of milestones as of late. As one example, the platform has become the fastest-selling home system in a number of countries, including Spain. Nintendo appears to have reached notable mark in Spain as well.
Gamereactor reports that, in Spain, more Switch units are out there than the Xbox One. If the site’s information is correct, Nintendo has sold more units in 10 months than Microsoft has in almost 50.
Gamereactor further adds that Switch has sold over 300,000 units in Spain. As for the Xbox One, it was hovering just below that number by the end of 2017.
Pokemon Crystal is now available on the 3DS Virtual Console. To celebrate the occasion, Nintendo put together a launch trailer – check it out:
Nintendo has announced that version 1.3.0 of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be available in mid-February. This patch will add a New Game+ function to the game. Details on that mode haven’t been announced yet, though it was previously hinted at that in New Game+ you will be able to get certain Blades that are used by the antagonists.
1.3.0 will also contain a bug fix for an issue that was introduced in version 1.2.0, wherein a Blade synchronized with a certain Driver will not be displayed on the Blade list in mid-chapter 7.
The second round of the Choose Your Legends vote for Fire Emblem Heroes is currently underway. We’re halfway through the voting period (it ends on January 29th) and Intelligent Systems decided to publish the current standings of the vote.
The previous winners (Ike, Roy, Lyn and Lucina) are exluded from this vote. Naturally, those who placed high in the first round of the vote but didn’t quite win are doing well in this round, such as Camilla, Eirika, Hector or Marth. The recent release of Fire Emblem Echoes definitely help boost the popularity of some of its characters – Celica is leading the female vote and Alm is ranked fourth in the male vote. Another trend are some of the original Heroes characters that aren’t available to players yet, such as Veronica and Loki. Finally, characters that Heroes made popular because of their usefulness in-game are also doing well in the vote, with the obvious example being Reinhardt who is currently in fifth place. In the first Choose Your Legends vote, he ended up in 584th place.
Head past the break for images of the current male and female standings.
It’s the end of the week, which means another new weapon addition to Splatoon 2. This time, it’s the Rapid Blaster Deco, which has the same stats as the regular Rapid Blaster, but comes with the Suction Bomb sub-weapon and the Inkjet special. It’ll be available tomorrow around noon in Japan and Australia, early in the morning in Europe and later tonight in North America.
The newest Grand Hero Battle has just gone live and features Lyon. This includes three difficulties: hard, lunatic and infernal.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
02./00. [PS4] Gintama Ranbu #
03./02. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
04./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
05./00. [PSV] Gintama Ranbu #
06./01. [PS4] Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT
07./03. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
08./05. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
09./06. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100
10./07. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
11./09. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Hihou Legend Banbarayaa – Sword / Magnum
12./00. [PS4] Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
13./08. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5
14./11. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII #
15./10. [NSW] Arms
16./12. [NSW] 1-2-Switch
17./43. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX
18./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
19./00. [PS4] Valkyria Chronicles Remastered [New Price Edition]
20./14. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 #
