This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Cube Creator X, My Hero Academia: One’s Justice, and D3Publisher’s Switch lineup. Scans of all games are below.
Update: Bumped to the top. Full pre-order links – Play-Asia, AmiAmi, GoodSmile.
Original: Yesterday we reported on Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s Pyra being made into a figure by Good Smile. Today, we have some more info on it. As with most high-quality scale figures like this one, it’ll be fairly expensive: ¥18,333 + taxes. If you decide to pre-order it, you’re unfortunately gonna have to wait a bit till the figure is in your hands – it’ll be released in December 2018.
Though the game had released many years ago, the online servers for GoldenEye 007 have still been up and running on Wii. At least in Japan, they’ll be going offline on March 30. The news hasn’t been confirmed for other territories as of yet, but other regions could certainly be impacted as well.
You might be wondering how the online play for GoldenEye 007 could still be running after the end of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection a few years ago. While most games for Wii and DS were affected, a few were not – including this title.
With Christmas comes many new Switch owners, and indies are reaping the benefits. SMG Studio is one such developer that has confirmed a huge increase in sales during the holidays.
On Twitter, SMG said that Death Squared’s sales are up 500% during the Christmas period. That’s despite a lack of promotion and visibility. The game isn’t on sale either.
SMG stated:
Steam sales up too but we're 25% off. And Steam sales just reach what we get daily on Switch (in the tail) but on sale so less $$$.
— SMG Studio (@smgstudio) December 26, 2017
Fiery Squirrel has announced Cosmos Defenders, a fast-paced 2D shooter for Switch. The game features “a group of unconventional heroes using the power of nature to stop chaotic aliens from taking over the universe.”
Here’s some additional information about the project:
The newest tempest trial has just gone live and will be up til January 9th. The character reward for this one will once again be Masked Marth, with the bonus characters being the new holiday themed characters plus Frederick, Nowi, Masked Marth and Lucina. Good luck!
In this week’s Pokemon Shuffle we have a new stage, Granbull (Winking), running until January 9th. There will also be an Arcanine and competitive Kyurem stage running til January 2nd.
Buzzwole, Meloetta Pirouette Forme, Hitmonlee, Silvally and Keldeo Resolute Form will also be beginning their repeat runs.
Nintendo has kicked off a special New Year’s event in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Players will find new furniture, clothing, and more.
While the event is live, you may get countdown charms when completing requests from animals. If you collect enough, you’ll earn special New Year’s-themed items. It’s also possible to unlock New Year’s-themed clothing by completing animal requests.
Here’s a trailer for the upcoming Japanese Switch eShop game: Kaiji: Steel Beam Crossing of Despair. The game will be coming out on the 28th for 999 yen, you can see the video down below.
