An interesting announcement was made earlier today. The PlayStation game Fear Effect is receiving a remake, and it’s coming to Switch.

GamesIndustry caught up with a few people involved following the announcement. The site spoke with Sushee CEO Benjamin Anseaume, creative director Thibaut Romaggi, and Square Enix London indie development director Phil Elliot. They all touched on why the remake is happening, and their approach to the project.

Read some comments from Anseaume, Romaggi, and Elliot below. The full interview is located on GamesIndustry here.

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Monolith Soft wasn’t always a Nintendo studio. The company was more closely tied with Namco, but became a Nintendo subsidiary in 2007.

As part of Monolith Soft’s overhauled website, an interview was published with co-founder and executive producer Hirohide Sugiura. A portion of the talk covered Monolith Soft shifting from Namco to Nintendo, and what that whole situation was like. You can read the translation below, courtesy of Siliconera.

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MyGamingBoulevard has posted a video unboxing the Mario + Rabbids Ubicollectibles figurines. We saw a couple of these over the weekend, but the full set is now here. Check out the unboxing video below.

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Switch owners won’t have to worry about LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 being gimped in any way. TT Games has said that the Switch release will be “feature for feature” the same as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.

The developers are also implementing the split Joy-Con setup on Switch. That means two players will be able to play LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 with just one Joy-Con controller each. This is in contrast to LEGO City: Undercover, which required a separate Pro Controller or additional pair of Joy-Con.

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Fire Emblem Heroes updated once again last night with a Valter Grand Hero Battle. Get a look at some footage in the video below.

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Warner Bros. issued the official LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Gamescom trailer today, known as “Journey to Chronopolis”. Watch the video below.

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A few years ago, Bandai Namco created the board game Gotouchi Tetsudou (Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan) for Wii U and 3DS. That same game is now crossing over to Switch.

Bandai Namco announced Gotouchi Tetsudou for Nintendo’s new console today. Some new elements are planned, including the appearance of Angel Ojapon, voice acting (Masako Nozawa, the voice of Goku is lending her talents), new events, and new mini-games.

Bandai Namco intends to release Gotouchi Tetsudou for Switch in Japan this winter. We have plenty of information in our Wii U / 3DS announcement post here. 

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Square Enix has announced today that Fear Effect Reinvented will be released on the Switch in 2018. This is a remake of Fear Effect, which was originally released on the PlayStation in 2000. The game is being developed by Sushee, who successfully Kickstarted a new Fear Effect sequel a while back. However, that game, Fear Effect Sedna, is currently not coming to the Switch.

Reinvented aims to keep the spirit of the original game alive by keeping some key features, like the fixed camera angles, but also making sure the game is up to today’s standards with improved visuals and controls.  Watch the trailer for it below:

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This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
2. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
5. ARMS – Nintendo
6. Troll & I – Maximum Games
7. Super Bomberman R – Konami
8. LEGO City Undercover – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Cars 3: Driven to Win – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft

Wii U

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Splatoon – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Lego City Undercover – Nintendo
10. Pikmin 3 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Miitopia – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
7. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Hey! Pikmin – Nintendo
10. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo

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This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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All formats

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