This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include the new Switch games Death Mark and World End Syndrome plus Atelier Lydie & Soeur: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting. Scans of all games are below.
Super Mario Run was made with Unity. The same can be said of Nintendo’s latest game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
Unity confirmed the news on Twitter:
Villagers unite! Get ready to collect bells & shake trees. Live stream about @animalcrossing for mobile begins soon. #madewithunity https://t.co/aVQLxeP2vN
— Unity (@unity3d) October 25, 2017
We’ve started to see Nintendo experiment with various engines in recent years. The new Yoshi game for Switch, for example, runs on Unreal Engine 4.
Update: Switch maintenance also scheduled for today / tomorrow. The schedule is as follows:
– 5:50 PM PT (October 25) – 9 PM PT (October 25)
– 8:50 PM ET (October 25) – 12 AM ET (October 26)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (October 26) – 5 AM in the UK (October 26)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (October 26) – 6 AM in Europe (October 26)
Original: Two more periods have been added to Nintendo’s maintenance schedule. Minecraft will be impacted later this week, with shop maintenance scheduled for next week.
The times are as follows:
Minecraft (Switch / Wii U)
– 11:50 PM PT (October 26) – 1:30 AM PT (October 27)
– 2:50 AM ET (October 27) – 4:30 AM ET (October 27)
– 7:50 AM in the UK (October 27) – 9:30 AM in the UK (October 27)
– 8:50 AM in Europe (October 27) – 10:30 AM in Europe (October 27)
Wii U / 3DS eShops, Wii Shop Channel
– 1 PM PT (October 30) – 5 PM PT (October 30)
– 4 PM ET (October 30) – 8 PM ET (October 30)
– 9 PM in the UK (October 30) – 1 AM in the UK (October 31)
– 10 PM in Europe (October 30) – 2 AM in Europe (October 31)
A couple of videos were released on YouTube today showcasing footage of Gear.Club Unlimited. If you’re interested in the racing sim, you can view a bunch of gameplay below.
Nintendo has prepared a new North American commercial to promote Xenoblade Chronicles 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Fire Emblem Warriors. See it below.
Warner Bros. and TT Games have a whole bunch of plans for LEGO Worlds going forward. Tomorrow, the game will be getting another big patch on Switch with features, changes, and improvements. Another patch is also planned by the end of this year, with even more support coming in 2018.
TT Games outlined everything that’s to come tomorrow as well as in the future. You can find the full rundown below.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Switch – 31,092
PS4 – 25,075
New 2DS LL – 8,449
PS4 Pro – 6,203
New 3DS LL – 6,187
Vita – 3,535
2DS – 1,367
New 3DS – 195
Xbox One – 69
PS3 – 50
Wii U – 40
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Switch – 40,803
PS4 – 16,933
New 2DS LL – 10,569
New 3DS LL – 8,369
PS4 Pro – 5,773
Vita – 3,938
2DS – 1,565
New 3DS – 242
Xbox One – 71
PS3 – 65
Wii U – 58
And here are the software charts:
Since Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been pushed out in Australia, folks are beginning to get their hands on the game. Watch a half hour of footage below.
Pokemon Duel has received its latest update. On iOS and Android, version 4.0.6 has been released.
Today’s update isn’t terribly exciting. The official patch notes only make mention of bug fixes. That seems to be all.
Source: iOS / Android
FDG Entertainment released the first trailer for Blossom Tales on Switch, where it will be a console exclusive. Check out the trailer below.
