Nintendo’s regular news updates for Super Mario Odyssey continue on. On the game’s Japanese Twitter account, Nintendo showed off one of the new enemies you’ll see.
The screenshot above offers a look at Tomapon. These enemies are located in the Mount Volbono section of Luncheon Kingdom). When Mario steps on a Tomapon, its magma spreads, so you’ll need to watch out for these potentially dangerous enemies.
Thanks to Lukas M for the tip.
On its Japanese website, Nintendo has character profiles for various characters in the Mario franchise. One change in particular is earning a great deal of attention.
This is Nintendo’s character description for Mario:
Between new games and remakes, Atlus has cranked out a bunch of Etrian Odyssey games for 3DS. Another entry in the series is in development, and it sounds like it will be the last one for Nintendo’s dedicated portable.
Referring to what fans want to see from Etrian Odyssey, series director Shigeo Komori told Famitsu in a new interview:
In order to meet the expectations of these fans, I would like to deliver a “festival”-like game that can be said to be another culmination [of the series]. That’s the feeling I have, and I am currently developing a new game.
Komori went on to tease towards the very end of the interview:
This is the last game in the series that will have a map to be drawn on the bottom screen on the Nintendo 3DS. For specifics, I hope that you can wait until the day when we can officially announce it.
Nintendo has two rounds of maintenance scheduled for this week thus far. The first period will specifically impact certain network services for 3DS (online play, rankings, etc.) while the second will affect Nintendo’s portable in addition to Switch and Wii U.
The full schedule is as follows:
3DS
– 5:50 PM PT (September 5) – 7:30 PM PT (September 5)
– 8:50 PM ET (September 5) – 10:30 PM ET (September 5)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (September 6) – 3:30 AM in the UK (September 6)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (September 6) – 4:30 AM in Europe (September 6)
Switch / Wii U / 3DS
– 9 PM PT (September 7) – 2 AM PT (September 8)
– 12 AM ET (September 8) – 5 AM ET (September 8)
– 5 AM in the UK (September 8) – 10 AM in the UK (September 8)
– 6 AM in Europe (September 8) – 11 AM in Europe (September 8)
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
5. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
6. ARMS – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure – Telltale Games
8. Lego City Undercover – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Cars 3: Driven to Win – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Super Bomberman R – Konami
Wii U
1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – Nintendo
10. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Miitopia – Nintendo
6. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
7. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
10. Hey! Pikmin – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
The official Twitter account for Splatoon has revealed that Splatoon 2’s next update, 1.3.0, will be available to download this Friday, September 8th, at 10 AM JST (meaning it’ll drop late at night in Europe and during the early evening in North America on the 7th). Any details on what exactly the update contains haven’t been revealed, though it’s a pretty safe bet that there will be some balance changes.
The official Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account has revealed all of the game’s upcoming events in September, and it’s looking like quite a packed schedule: (thanks to Serenes Forest for providing a translation)
The version update log-in bonus starting in three days means that, well, we’re due a version update pretty soon. Since we haven’t heard anything about until now, it’ll likely be a fairly minor one, but still. Also of note is the game’s first collaboration with Fire Emblem Warriors with special maps dropping on the 21st, one week before the game’s Japanese release on the 28th. Could the new heroes we’re getting on the 15th also be from Fire Emblem Warriors? It’s quite possible.
We are also getting not one, but two Tempest Trials this month, with the Tempest Trials Mini only lasting one week. Two new Bound Hero Battles are also coming, featuring Ephraim & Eirika from Sacred Stones and Ninian & Hawkeye from Blazing Blade. Finally, it doesn’t look we’re getting a new Grand Hero Battle at all this month, merely two reruns featuring Female Robin and Clarisse.
Another new summoning focus is now available for you guys to try out, this one focuses on Threaten Def and includes Peri, Ephraim and Raven and will go until the 18th. There will also be double experience on most maps. The exp bonus will last until September 11th.
Also the final voting gauntlet has started between Ike and Camilla, so now is the time to choose your side if you lost in the earlier parts of the gauntlet.
Medabots Classics official website is now officially open and with it some new information. Here is some info as listed by Gematsu:
Due out on December 21 in Japan in Kabuto and Kuwagata versions, the collection includes the respective versions of the following five titles:
– Medabots (Game Boy, 1997)
– Medabots 2 (Game Boy Color, 1999)
– Medabots 3 (Game Boy Color, 2000)
– Medabots 4 (Game Boy Color, 2001)
– Medabots 5: Susutake Mura no Tenkousei (Game Boy Color, 2001)
Each version will cost 4,800 yen.
A 12,000 yen “20th Anniversary Edition” will also be released.
In total, it will include:
– Medabots Classics: Kabuto Version
– Medabots Classics: Kuwagata Version
– 20th Anniversary Box (Special Packaging)
– Soundtrack – A 20-track, best-of album containing title and Robattle music from all five titles.
– Ultimate Character Book – A 160-page book containing a considerable number of previously unseen artworks from all five games, including illustrations of all 520 Medabots.
In addition to the five classic Medabots games, Medabots Classics will offer the following new features:
– Save and Load Anytime – Save right before a Robattle to try it again. No longer should you worry about being defeated and losing your parts.
– Wireless Multiplayer – Local wireless battles have been implemented for each game. Parts trading is also supported.
– Robattle Skip and Speed Feature – Skip Robattles against small fry enemies or against enemies you cannot defeat. However, while you can earn experience points, your Medal proficiency will not raise, so you cannot use this feature too often. You can also increase the speed of the game.
– Medabot Album – A Medabot Album featuring the parts you obtained in the main story of each game has been added. The full graphic for a Medabot will be unlocked after you obtain all four of its parts.
– Play a New Game with All of the Parts You Obtained – After clearing the main story of a game, you can start a new game with all of the parts you obtained. It may even be possible to use the phantom parts that cannot be obtained in the main story.
