Under its new “HAL Egg” brand, HAL Laboratory released its first mobile game Hataraku UFO. It arrived on iOS and Android in Japan last week.
Famitsu spoke with HAL Laboratory about Hataraku UFO and more in its latest issue. The conversation started with the topic of how HAL Egg started, to which brand manager Shigefumi Kawase explained:
Niantic is ringing in Thanksgiving week with the first-ever Global Catch Challenge for Pokemon GO. Starting November 20, players will be tasked with catching 3 billion Pokemon.
Every player catching Pokemon over the next week will be involved with the goal. By hitting different milestones, new rewards can be unlocked. Obviously the biggest rewards are tied to three billion Pokemon caught.
Players will have until November 26 to catch 3 billion Pokemon.
Teslagrad for Switch is heading to North America and Europe next month, but in Japan, it’s already available. Check out some footage below.
Two SEGA games for Switch will be bundled together in a “2 Hits Pack” for Europe. A listing on Amazon France shows that Sonic Forces and Puyo Puyo Tetris will be sold as a single package.
2 Hits Pack: Sonic Forces / Puyo Puyo Tetris will be available on January 5. Pricing is set at €49.99.
Nintendo released another new trailer for Style Savvy: Styling Star, otherwise known as Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique 3 – Styling Star in Europe. Check it out below.
Over in Japan, a New 2DS XL system debuted this week with a special 2DS design. See it unboxed in the video below.
If there’s one thing Harvest Moon fans have been critical of with Light of Hope, it’d be the graphics. The game doesn’t quite have a 3D look. At the same time, it doesn’t have 2D art either.
Natsume vice president of operations Graham Markay commented on Harvest Moon: Light of Hope’s graphics in an interview with PC Gamer. He noted that “Harvest Moon has never been about graphics,” and the series instead relays the message “that hard work gets rewarded.”
