The Arcade Archives series is expanding with new games from NMK. Hamster has acquired the rights for titles such as Zed Blade, Thunder Dragon, Hacha Mecha Fighter, and Saboten Bombers. These releases will be primarily distributed in the Arcade Archives and ACA NeoGeo series.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

GoNNER – €9.99
Magical Drop II – €6.99
Physical Contact: SPEED – €4.99

Switch / Wii U DLC

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass – €19.99

Switch DLC

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Mini Game Heroes Skin Pack – €1.99

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Hamster held a new live stream on Niconico today, and announced the latest NeoGeo games making their way to Switch as part of the Arcade Archives series. Fatal Fury Special, Samurai Shodown, Super Sidekicks, Aero Fighters 2, The King of Fighters 2000 will be releasing in the weeks and months ahead. Note that there are no specific release dates for these titles just yet.

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Warner Bros. has announced The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game, and it’s planned for Switch.

Here’s what we know:

In the game, players battle their way through waves of enemies with honor and skill as their favorite ninjas Lloyd, Nya, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane and Master Wu to defend their home island of Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon and his Shark Army. To do so, they must master the art of Ninjagility which allows them to traverse Ninjago by wall-running, high-jumping and battling the foes of Ninjago to rank up and upgrade the ninja’s combat skills. Players can harness the power of Spinjitzu combat to defend Ninjago together.

The game features eight large, action-packed locations based on the story of The LEGO NINJAGO Movie. Each location includes its own unique Challenge Dojo where players can put their combat skills to the test and battle with increasingly tougher enemies. And with Battle Maps, players can go up against their friends and family in four different game modes, with competitive split-screen local gameplay for up to four players.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game launches on September 22 in North America and October 6 in Europe. Watch a trailer below.

Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR

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Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon will launch in the west this October, Koei Tecmo announced today. The game was originally announced for Japan and is set to arrive on August 31.

Here’s an overview:

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon takes place in a fictional, demon-ridden Western European city towards the end of the 19th century. The story focuses on a knight protector named Alushe and her two childhood friends – Liliana, a kind-hearted priestess, and Ruhenheid, a holy knight of the Lourdes Order. While guarding Liliana, Alushe is ambushed and killed only to later awaken as an artificial half-demon at the hands of the New Curia, a religious organization with dark ties. In the company of a variety of unlikely allies with their own pasts and agendas, Alushe’s strong desire to save Liliana gives her the strength to scatter the shadows shrouding the world and motivation to uncover the shocking truth behind the mysterious Queen of the Moon.

And a trailer:

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon launches for Switch in North America on October 24. The European release is due on October 27.

Source: Koei Tecmo PR

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo Magical Drop II – $7.99
GoNNER – $9.99

Switch / Wii U DLC

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Expansion Pass: The Master Trials (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch or Wii U) – More adventures await in the Master Trials pack, available June 30. By completing the Trial of the Sword challenge, Link will prove that he has grown worthy, and the Master Sword will be awakened to always be in its glowing, powered-up state while usable. Master Mode ups the challenge, Hero’s Path mode tracks 200 hours of footsteps on the map, the Travel Medallion creates a warp point, eight new armor items offer unique effects, and the Korok Mask helps locate Koroks. This content can only be obtained by purchasing the $19.99 Expansion Pass, which also includes The Champion’s Ballad, the second DLC Pack that will be available this holiday season. Full version of the game is required to use this DLC.

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MercurySteam is partnering with Nintendo for the first time on Metroid: Samus Returns. Enric Alvarez, the head of MercurySteam, only had good things to say about the relationship, telling GameReactor that it’s “been an amazing experience and an incredible honor.”

Here are some select quotes from the interview.

“It has been an amazing experience and an incredible honor. We learned a lot from the best, Nintendo. These days, we often pinch ourselves just in case we are in a dream.”

“We have been working with the best. I think this explains pretty much everything about how things went during the development. We were very impressed about the devotion, the care and the quality Nintendo treats the product, and we learned a lot from that.”

“Long time fans are going to be extremely pleased. The game is the result of both, on one hand is a Nintendo game, a Metroid game, and on the other hand, I think people will see the MercurySteam influence.”

You can hear Alvarez speaking about Metroid: Samus Returns and MercurySteam working with Nintendo towards the end of the video below.

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Shephy could be heading to the European Switch eShop very soon. The game now has a listing on the store, which shows a July 6 release date. Pricing is set at €4.99.

Here’s a lengthy overview:

Shephy, the single-player card game with cute and lovely illustrations that keeps players coming back for more is now available on Nintendo Switch.

[Increasing the number of sheeps?]
The main goal of the game is to increase your sheep count to 1,000. Using combination of the event cards, achieve the goal before the deck is emptied 3 times. Let’s go sheep.

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Miitomo has been updated with new Daily Decorations. Users can check back daily for wallpapers and floorings, including the following:

– Seashore (Wallpaper)
– Bamboo (Wallpaper)
– Simple horizontal stripes (blue) (Wallpaper)
– Simple horizontal stripes (red) (Wallpaper)
– Dot circles (pink) (Wallpaper)
– Underwater (Wallpaper)
– Marine pastels (white) (Wallpaper)
– Chestnut flooring + Chimayo rug (beige) (Flooring)
– Flooring + dog rug (pink) (Flooring)
– Sandy beach (Flooring)

Miitomo Drop stages are located in the Shop tab, and can be played with Miitomo coins or game tickets.

We’ll have to wait a bit longer for it in the west, but De Mambo is out now in Japan on the Switche Shop. View a launch trailer below.

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