Ubisoft has come out with a new Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle trailer highlighting the accolades it has received thus far. Watch it below.
With the release of the SNES Classic around the corner, Nintendo decided to make up some artwork in the format of Nintendo Power magazine covers. These three pieces of artwork cover Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Star Fox 2.
Nintendo urged fans on Twitter to download and enjoy the covers, but those attending PAX West this week can obtain physical copies.
Images below.
Some additional information about Medabots Classics has been revealed in this week’s edition of Famitsu.
Firstly, development is stated to have been exactly 78% complete.
There are postgame bonuses for completing the main stories, such as being able to replay the game with every part unlocked and even gaining access to phantom parts that were never available before. There is something called a “Meda-Album” which functions something like a Pokedex, compiling all the parts you obtained in the main stories. You can save and load at any time, and you can skip pesky low-level battles (or high-level ones) using a “Force Robobattle Skip” feature. Wireless local multiplayer has been included for battles and trading.
Medabot Classics versions Kabuto and Kuwagata will release in Japan for 3DS on December 21st, 2017.
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a report on the best-selling games in Japan for July. Among the information shared was debut digital sales for two key titles: Splatoon 2 and Dragon Quest XI.
For Splatoon 2, Famitsu reports that the game sold 60,205 copies digitally. Dragon Quest XI sold 62,939 units on 3DS.
We’ll have a full report on the best-selling games in Japan during the month of July later this week.
The review embargo for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has lifted, and plenty of outlets are beginning to share their thoughts about the game. We’ve compiled some of the early verdicts below.
Nintendo Everything – Thumbs Up
IGN – 7.7 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 8.5 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 9 / 10
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Eurogamer – Recommended
Destructoid – 7.5 / 10
GameXplain – Liked-A-Lot
GamesBeat – 85 / 100
Polygon – 8 / 10
TIME – 5 / 5
Nintendo’s maintenance had a brief period of quietness, but that’s starting to change this week. Nintendo added even more maintenance to its schedule today which will impact Wii U and 3DS for several hours.
The schedule is as follows:
– 6 PM PT (August 28) – 2 AM PT (August 29)
– 9 PM ET (August 28) – 5 AM ET (August 29)
– 2 AM in the UK (August 29) – 10 AM in the UK (August 29)
– 3 AM in Europe (August 29) – 11 AM in Europe (August 29)
During the maintenance period, all network services such as online play and rankings will be impacted.
A new trailer for Tiny Metal has gone live ahead of PAX West 2017 later this week. Take a look at the video below.
Nintendo has a new update being prepared for Miitomo. It’s not massive, but Nintendo says that “Mii creation will be updated to Nintendo Switch standards, with new skin and hair colors, glasses options and more”. Performance improvements are also planned.
We should be seeing the new Miitomo update “soon”. That likely means this week, or within the next few days.
The last couple of Fire Emblem games all received a separate soundtrack release, and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia will soon follow in their footsteps. The soundtrack album will be available for purchase in Japan on October 25th for 5,300 Yen. It comes on five discs, four music discs and one data disc (which contains a selection of songs in mp3 format as well as the game’s opening movie in HD) with over five hours of music.
Not only does this album contain the completes Shadows of Valentia soundtrack, it also comes with all the songs from the original NES game Fire Emblem Gaiden as well as the Fire Emblem Cipher main theme and instrumental and English versions of “The Heritors of Arcadia”.
The soundtrack also comes with some physical goodies, such as a five postcards, a stickerbook and an exclusive Fire Emblem Cipher Alm & Celica card. Finally, the included booklet has song lyrics as well as a look at the history of Fire Emblem Echoes’ sound team.
Check out the video below to listen to a preview of the album:
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed a new entry in the Sumikko Gurashi series. Titled Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park e Youkoso, this party game will be released on the Switch on December 7th. As with past entries in the series, a localization seems extremely unlikely, but with the Switch being region-free, you’ll at least be able to easily grab the Japanese version.
