Earlier this year, Bigben and Breakpoint announced Tennis World Tour. Platforms were mostly a mystery at the time, but Bigben has now confirmed that the game is coming to Switch.
Tennis World Tour is intended to be a spiritual successor of sorts to the Top Spin franchise. Pierre André, who was a producer on Top Spin 4, is working on the project.
Details are mostly unknown at the moment. We do know that 30 playable tennis stars will be included, such as Roger Federer, Gaël Monfils, Angelique Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza, Carolin Wozniacki, Nick Kyrgios, Alexander Zverev, and John Isner.
Tennis World Tour is heading to Switch in 2018.
Note: screenshot is from Top Spin 4.
Over the past few weeks, qualifiers have been held for the Nintendo World Championships 2017 leading up to the big tournament next month. Various events have been held in partnership with Best Buy to determine who would be making it to the finals.
Unfortunately, Hurricane Irma is approaching, and it may have a huge impact on the Miami area. Due to this, Nintendo has postponed the full weekend of events originally planned for September 9 and September 10. It’s unclear if and when a makeup event will take place.
Nintendo’s full statement reads:
“Due to the serious threat posed by Hurricane Irma, Nintendo and Best Buy are postponing the Sept. 9-10 Miami qualifying round for the Nintendo World Championships 2017. We will continue to monitor the situation in Florida to determine whether a makeup event will be scheduled.”
NIS America issued a new trailer for Culdcept Revolt. You can watch it below.
Along with the trailer, NIS America passed along some news about a free DLC opportunity. Fans who sign up on the official website in North America, Europe, and Australia will be provided with the following DLC packs:
Challenge from Hell DLC – A challenging bonus scenario and special map that can be used in single and multi-player game modes!
Soltis Book Cover DLC – Show off your book locally and online with a glorious book cover based on the god of Soltaria!
The offer only lasts until 9:59 AM PDT on October 3, 2017. Codes will be e-mailed on launch day at 10:00 AM PDT.
Source: NIS America PR
Alongside the actual launch of LEGO Worlds this week, Warner Bros. has also released the Classic Space DLC on Nintendo’s console. Get a look at some footage below.
As we mentioned earlier today, the Ghost Gym Cup went live in Pokemon Duel as part of the latest content update. View some footage below.
Just like with the NES Classic Edition, Nintendo is producing a series of interviews centered around the games included in the Super NES Classic Edition. First up: Star Fox 2. Shigeru Miyamoto, Takaya Imamura, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe were all brought in for the discussion.
All three developers talked about the creation of Star Fox 2, why it was cancelled, and bringing it back for the SNES Classic Edition. They also spoke about making the original controller for the SNES, among other topics.
Continue on below for the full interview.
Fire Emblem Warriors was shown off during a Japanese live stream earlier today. Take a look at eight minutes of footage from the recording below.
The Switch eShop has provided a trio of file sizes for games launching this week. Double Dragon IV, Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition, and Neurovoider are the titles in question.
Below are the file sizes for each:
Double Dragon IV – 1.0GB
Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition – 435MB
Neurovoider – 131MB
All three of these games should be debuting on the Switch eShop tomorrow.
Source: Switch eShop
Nintendo just announced upcoming Splatoon maintenance for Thursday and Friday, September 7 and 8.
Here’s the full schedule:
– 5:50 PM PT (September 7) – 7:30 PM PT (September 7)
– 8:50 PM ET (September 7) – 10:30 PM ET (September 7)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (September 8) – 3:30 AM (September 8)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (September 8) – 4:30 AM (September 8)
Source
When the Super Famicom Mini launches in Japan early next month, HORI will be putting out a special controller. The Fighting Commander controller was popular back in the day, and a new version is being created for the system.
The Fighting Commander for the Super Famicom Mini uses a 2.4GHz frequency automatic switch method so you can leisurely play without having to worry about the cord. It has two levels of Slow Motion Switch. If this Slow switch is set to 1 or 2, it will cause the game to be in a slow motion mode where it will continuously pause. There are also switches to activate Turbo or Hold mode for each of L, R, Y, X, B, and A buttons. It can launch a turbo of 24 presses per second.
The Fighting Commander controller for the Super Famicom Mini will be available on October 6. Pricing is set at 2,678 yen.
