Over in Europe, a demo for Detective Pikachu has been made available. Check out some footage in the video below.
Switch’s video apps are fairly limited at the moment. Aside from Hulu and Niconico, there isn’t much to choose from.
One service that has been noticeably absent is Netflix. During a press Q&A panel in Silicon Valley, Netflix vice president of device partner ecosystem Scott Mirer was asked about supporting Switch.
Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for next week isn’t looking quite as busy as the past few days (at least not yet), but a few early sessions have been scheduled. Maintenance for Switch, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and more is planned.
Here’s the full schedule:
Tomorrow is March 10, which is recognized as Mario Day. To celebrate, Google Maps has a little something special in store.
For the next week, Google Maps on iOS and Android will let users switch the blue navigation arrow that marks your car’s position in navigation mode into a special Mario Kart version. You can do so by pressing the yellow question mark button at the bottom of the app. After this, a “Mario Time” message will appear.
SEGA announced a special Zelda collaboration for Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud on Switch yesterday. The game will include Link’s hairdo, costume, and accessories in both male and female versions. We have a closer look at the collaboration with the screenshots below.
Similar to Japan, Europe will be getting a physical version of Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers. We have the game’s boxart above. Note that it will be digital-only in North America.
Like with Wii U, the new Switch / 3DS boxarts for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker will be a bit different in Europe compared to North America. We have the PAL packaging images above. As for North America, you can see how the design compares below.
The Japanese rhythm game Gal Metal has received an update. With version 1.0.1, new features have been added.
First, Practice, Free Play and Mode options have been added to the main menu, Players can also take advantage of a calibration feature that fixes input/audio discrepancies when playing on a television.
Currently, there’s no word on a western release of Gal Metal.
Tennis World Tour had previously been confirmed for May. But until today, we didn’t have an exact date. Bigben has now rectified that.
Today, Bigben and Breakpoint revealed that Tennis World Tour will be available for Switch on May 22. Each of the principal countries will have its own packshot, with local stars around Roger Federer. We have a look at the various boxarts above.
Source: Bigben PR
