After players created over 14,000 courses, Infinite Minigolf is receiving some free DLC. Players on Switch can access the pirate themed “Tortuga” expansion at no extra cost. It’s available as a free update.
The new DLC adds 172 new holes, course creator tools and a new set of tournaments. Here’s a brief overview:
Captain Salvador and his crew of buccaneers have many pirate inspired surprises while you play through the 108 holes across four brand new tournaments. Build your own pirate themed course using brand new tiles and pirate themed objects, and share them with the Infinite Minigolf community!
And a trailer:
Zen Studios is also teasing a second free theme due out “in the coming weeks”. More information will be shared soon.
Source: Zen Studios PR
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, Attack on Titan 2 (3DS), Sonic Forces, Super Mario Odyssey, and Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns+. Scans of all games are below.
The roguelike dungeon crawler Tangledeep is coming to Switch, Impact Gameworks has announced. The developer intends to release its game in early 2018. More news about the Switch release will be shared in the months ahead.
Here’s an overview of Tangledeep:
As dedicated fans of Mario RPGs might know, Geno from Super Mario RPG makes an appearance in the GBA version of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. To the disappointment of diehard fans all around, however, Geno seems to have been removed from the 3DS remaster of Superstar Saga.
Originally, Geno could be found as a giver of instructions for a certain minigame, The Star ‘Stache Smash. The minigame has since been reskinned to exclude Geno.
You can see a video comparison from GameXplain below.
Game Rant has published its full interview with Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto. Sakamoto touched on why 3DS was chosen as the platform for Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS, as well as why Metroid II was fit for a remake. He was also asked about possible interest in an animated series / movie, though Sakamoto didn’t have much to say here.
You can read Sakamoto’s comments about these topics below. The full interview is located here.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 73,231
PS4 – 22,822
New 3DS LL – 9,915
New 2DS LL – 8,359
PS4 Pro – 6,547
Vita – 3,732
2DS – 1,655
New 3DS – 392
Xbox One – 71
Wii U – 68
PS3 – 64
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 43,426
PS4 – 18,396
New 3DS LL – 8,726
New 2DS LL – 8,508
PS4 Pro – 5,418
Vita – 3,707
2DS – 1,659
New 3DS – 379
PS3 – 87
Xbox One – 76
Wii U – 56
And here are the software charts:
Marvelous has prepared a trailer for Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns+ on 3DS. Have a look at today’s video below.
Mebius previously released the visual novel game J.B. Harold Murder Club on Switch in Japan back in August. Another entry in the series, Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Manhattan Requiem, is now confirmed for the console as well.
Here’s an English overview back from when the mobile version came out in English several years ago:
Earlier this week, Nintendo’s website listed Don’t Knock Twice for Switch. Wales Interactive sent out an official announcement today, confirming an October 17 launch. The game will launch digitally on the eShop at 00:00am (local) for $12.49 / £9.99 / €12.49.
Don’t Knock Twice is just the start of Wales Interactive’s Switch support. The company is planning “several more” titles for Switch in 2018.
We’ve included more information about Don’t Knock Twice below, along with a trailer.
