Last week, the ARMS Twitter account shared a fun look into the lore of the world, and today they’ve revealed a couple more tidbits.
It is said that the number of people who have the talent of extendable arms is increasing – currently, 2% of the world’s population have that ability. That is only the official number, though, and it is likely there are more people with the ability who haven’t been reported. As we learned the last time, this ability has been around in the world of ARMS for millennia, so it has mostly been seen as something ancient and rare, though lately people with the ARMS capability have become the subject of adoration, thanks to the increased spotlight they’re in thanks to the ARMS Grand-Prix.
Splatoon 2 is getting some nice quality-of-life additions. The official Splatoon Twitter account revealed that the game now tracks assists, i.e. team member’s contributions to a splat. The number of splats each player does doesn’t really matter in Splatoon compared to most other shooters, but it’s still nice that the game is tracking such a teamwork-oriented stat. If you get an assist, the icon displayed on screen is a circle, instead of the usual spiked/pointy shape.
In addition to that, the game also tracks how often you used your special during a match and displays that number on the results screen at the end.
Well, this certainly came out of nowhere: Nintendo (specifically, Nintendo Co, Ltd) has grabbed a trademark for “Awazon no Hihou”, which is the subtitle of the Japanese version of the Virtual Boy Wario Land game. In addition, they also trademarked “DS Kondate Zenshuu”, which is the subtitle of the Japan-only Nintendo DS cooking sim Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000.
The timing is obviously peculiar since E3 is currently going on, but remember that this doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Nintendo registers new trademarks and renews old ones constantly, so don’t take this as a confirmation of a Virtual Boy Virtual Console or something.
A new trailer for Fire Emblem Heroes came out and the game will be receiving new heroes tomorrow in a new summoning focus called “Echoes of Mystery.” It will feature Katarina, Roderick, Athena, and Luke from Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. There will also be a new Paralogue called “Echoes of Mystery.”
You can check out the trailer below and see the new heroes in action.
Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for this current week and next week. For now, these following dates will have maintenance service which will impact the Switch Wii U, and 3DS’ online features (online play, rankings, etc.).
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017:
– 6:45 PM PT – 8 PM PT
– 9:45 PM ET – 11 PM ET
– 2:45 AM in the UK – 4 AM in the UK
– 3:45 AM in Europe – 5 AM in Europe
Monday, June 19th, 2017:
– 9 PM PT – 3 AM PT (Tuesday)
– 12 AM ET – 6 AM ET (Tuesday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Tuesday) – 11 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Tuesday) – 12 PM in Europe (Tuesday)
Another Pokemon Shuffle update is here and their is quite a bit of information.
First off, the Tornadus Therian Forme and the Landorus Therian Forme stages are on repeat runs again. They both will run until June 27th.
The Original Cap Pikachu is being distributed to all players.
There is a new special stage for Hoenn Cap Pikachu which will run until June 20th.
Early stages now have been altered to give these various items.
- Stage 50: Moves + 5,
- Stage 70: Disruption Delay,
- Stage 80: Mega Start, Stage 100 Disruption Delay,
- Stage 110: Mega Start,
- Stage 130: Disruption Delay,
- Stage 140: Mega Start
There is also some brand new main stages that have been added to Pokemon Shuffle.
Finally, if you were one of the players worldwide who ranked in the Primarina competitive stage over the past week, the prize is now available to be received. The Skill Swapper, Attack Power, Mega Speedup and Raise Max Level for the higher ranked players will also be obtained. If you didn’t qualify, then you can redeem an Attack Power. You have until June 20th to check in and receive your item.
This month’s CoroCoro issue has started to leak early. Last month we reported that CoroCoro would be revealing new information on the Mythical Pokemon, Marshadow and it looks like they did. Marshadow will be distributed with the new Pokemon movie on July 15th 2017 in Japan. There is also some artwork for Marshadow when it uses its special moves and its Z-Move called Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike.
CoroCoro also reconfirms that Ho-Oh distribution happening via Serial Code is still happen in next month’s issue of the magazine.
In a recent GamesIndustry interview with the creative director of Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Laurent Malvill explains why him and his team have decided to make the game and bring life back to toys-to-life in the market.
“We think innovation can really bring life back into this market. We think that toys-to-life brought a lot of younger players into video games, and that was great. But we think as they grew up, the expectation grew with it. So for us, we didn’t want to do just another one like those games. It was important for us to innovate in this category. We didn’t want to innovate on just the toy itself – and we think we did do that – but also to innovate with the huge open world. We’re not talking down to the players. This is a big open world that you can spend time in.
“We think the toy is the whole game. That is the beauty of it – having that modular starship on-top of a controller. You don’t open a complex menu or anything, it is just there. You just grab the weapon, put it on and it appears right away. Or if you want another pilot, because I want to use his special ability in that fight, it is just there and it is the simplest way of doing it. And those collectibles, those starships, those pilots, what is beautiful is that once you’ve played the game for several hours, you can just put them on your bedside table or on your shelf.
But because we want to provide the maximum freedom for players to experience this game, we designed that idea that every physical part that you buy, you will unlock a digital part. So if you want the full experience, you can play with the starships on top of your controller. But if you want to just display the collectibles on your shelf, and play the game without them, you can do that as well.
You will also be able to buy the digital part separately, without the collectibles, if you want. Just because, again, we want to provide freedom for players. But the magical moment where you connect the part is something that is dear to us.
Approving crazy projects is part of the DNA of Ubisoft. If you look at Assassin’s Creed back in the day, or Just Dance… it is just part of what the company does. We were excited to show him what we’d done. And we were super happy that the top management team in Paris were just as excited as we were, and that we got to make it.”
Ubisoft has posted some information on the Mario + Rabbids Kingdom’s website about a Rabbid Kong worldwide selfie contest they are doing to celebrate the announcement of the game. The grand prize for the contest is the choice one of the Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 6’’ collectible figures from Rabbid Mario, Rabbid Peach, or Rabbid Luigi. There is also other prizes to win such as caps, t-shirts, and a set of four pins.
If you are interested in participating in the contest, you can read more about it here on their website and learn how to join.
The seventh Pokemon Global Mission for Pokemon Sun / Moon is now over. 1,228,170 items & Pokemon were collected at rare fishing spots, meaning it was a success. Those who participated can receive 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC if the game is connected to the Global Link. Distribution of the Lure Ball and Rare Candy event will be happening later this month and will be given through Serial Code on the Global Link.
In other news, the eighth Pokemon Global Mission has a date. It’ll take place on June 27 and involves successfully defending your Champion title in the Pokemon League.
