Nintendo put out a video yesterday to showcase another unique way of playing Switch. The company had extreme sports athlete Mich Kemeter go up on a highline to play Zelda: Breath of the Wild. If you’re interested in getting a look at how everything came together, watch the making of video below.
Vblank Entertainment has passed along the news that Retro City Rampage DX is officially slated for Switch next week. It will be available digitally beginning on August 3.
Here’s the launch trailer:
Retro City Rampage DX will be priced at $14.99 / €14.99 / £12.99.
Source: Vblank Entertainment PR
Nintendo of America has put out its own launch trailer of sorts for Hey! Pikmin, which releases today on 3DS. View it below.
With Miitopia launching today, Nintendo published another new North American commercial for the game. It’s a bit more traditional than the previous one. Check out the advert below.
Sine Mora EX could be coming to Switch soon. According to a listing on the Switch eShop, the game will be out on August 8. Pricing is set at £24.99.
As usual, we do have warn that eShop dates are not final. The North American and Japanese Switch eShops have been pretty accurate, but the European store has been off in many instances lately. We’ll have to wait and see if this latest listing turns out to be accurate.
Source: Switch eShop
Dragon Quest XI is officially coming west. Square Enix has just announced the overseas release under the name “Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age”.
Series creator Yuji Horii shared the news in a new video:
Dragon Quest XI will launch in the west in 2018. More details will be shared sometime this fall.
We’ve included today’s full announcement below.
Team17 released the latest trailer for The Escapists 2 today. It shows U.S.S Anomaly, the new home for interstellar inmates. Your escaping prowess will be put to the test, as the floating fortress features robotic guards (and dogs), jet packs, shuttles and an A.I Warden. View the new trailer below.
Capcom reported its latest financial results earlier today. In its overall outline, the company noted that Ultra Street Fighter II – the company’s first Switch game – is a “smash hit” and “made an excellent start”. At least for the time being, Capcom appears to be pleased the performance of Ultra Street Fighter II. The game shipped 450,000 copies in Q1, which was above expectations.
Perhaps due to Ultra Street Fighter II’s sales, Capcom looks to be putting in more resources towards Switch. The publisher is now “starting to prepare” multiple Switch-version titles, as relayed by Takashi Mochizuki from The Wall Street Journal.
Capcom is next bringing Monster Hunter XX to Switch in Japan on August 25. It’s unclear what plans Capcom has beyond this.
Wonder Festival 2017 Summer will be taking place this weekend. New products will be on display, including the latest figures.
With just a couple of days to go until the big event, a new Good Smile blog post has gone up. It offers various sneak peeks of what will be shown. Among the various teaser images is one that looks a whole lot like the Guardian from Zelda: Breath of the Wild (see above).
Wonder Festival 2017 Summer takes place in Japan this Sunday. We should be finding out more then.
It won’t be much longer until Slime-san appears on Switch. Today, publisher Headup Games announced that the action-platformer is set to debut on Nintendo’s console next week.
Slime-san is coming to Switch on August 3 via the eShop. HD Rumble will be supported, and the multiplayer mini-games can be played locally with one set of Joy-Con.
We’ve included more details about Slime-san below, along with a new Switch trailer for the game.
