This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Download
ACA NeoGeo Magical Drop II – $7.99
GoNNER – $9.99
Switch / Wii U DLC
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Expansion Pass: The Master Trials (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch or Wii U) – More adventures await in the Master Trials pack, available June 30. By completing the Trial of the Sword challenge, Link will prove that he has grown worthy, and the Master Sword will be awakened to always be in its glowing, powered-up state while usable. Master Mode ups the challenge, Hero’s Path mode tracks 200 hours of footsteps on the map, the Travel Medallion creates a warp point, eight new armor items offer unique effects, and the Korok Mask helps locate Koroks. This content can only be obtained by purchasing the $19.99 Expansion Pass, which also includes The Champion’s Ballad, the second DLC Pack that will be available this holiday season. Full version of the game is required to use this DLC.
MercurySteam is partnering with Nintendo for the first time on Metroid: Samus Returns. Enric Alvarez, the head of MercurySteam, only had good things to say about the relationship, telling GameReactor that it’s “been an amazing experience and an incredible honor.”
Here are some select quotes from the interview.
“It has been an amazing experience and an incredible honor. We learned a lot from the best, Nintendo. These days, we often pinch ourselves just in case we are in a dream.”
“We have been working with the best. I think this explains pretty much everything about how things went during the development. We were very impressed about the devotion, the care and the quality Nintendo treats the product, and we learned a lot from that.”
“Long time fans are going to be extremely pleased. The game is the result of both, on one hand is a Nintendo game, a Metroid game, and on the other hand, I think people will see the MercurySteam influence.”
You can hear Alvarez speaking about Metroid: Samus Returns and MercurySteam working with Nintendo towards the end of the video below.
Shephy could be heading to the European Switch eShop very soon. The game now has a listing on the store, which shows a July 6 release date. Pricing is set at €4.99.
Here’s a lengthy overview:
Shephy, the single-player card game with cute and lovely illustrations that keeps players coming back for more is now available on Nintendo Switch.
[Increasing the number of sheeps?]
The main goal of the game is to increase your sheep count to 1,000. Using combination of the event cards, achieve the goal before the deck is emptied 3 times. Let’s go sheep.
Miitomo has been updated with new Daily Decorations. Users can check back daily for wallpapers and floorings, including the following:
– Seashore (Wallpaper)
– Bamboo (Wallpaper)
– Simple horizontal stripes (blue) (Wallpaper)
– Simple horizontal stripes (red) (Wallpaper)
– Dot circles (pink) (Wallpaper)
– Underwater (Wallpaper)
– Marine pastels (white) (Wallpaper)
– Chestnut flooring + Chimayo rug (beige) (Flooring)
– Flooring + dog rug (pink) (Flooring)
– Sandy beach (Flooring)
Miitomo Drop stages are located in the Shop tab, and can be played with Miitomo coins or game tickets.
We’ll have to wait a bit longer for it in the west, but De Mambo is out now in Japan on the Switche Shop. View a launch trailer below.
The Electric Gym Cup event is now live in Pokemon Duel. Until July 6th, 4:59 UTC, all Electric-type Movement 1 and 2 figures get an additional 1 movement. Furthermore, all Ground types get a boost of 20 to all of their attacks. Gym Boosters can contain the [EX] Electivire and [C] Elekid figures.
Another week, another round of Dragon Quest XI news from Weekly Jump magazine. This time, we’ve got some new infos on party members Martina and Row and what they’re capable of in combat, as well as the town of Grotta. Credit goes to Gematsu for the translation.
Grotta is a flourishing town in the northern part of Lotozetasia, and where masked fighters participate in a “Masked Fighters Tournament.” There is arena here, as well as a statue of General Greig, who won the tournament once.
Martina is a beautiful fighter with an ambiguous elegance drifting about her. She doesn’t seem to be just an ordinary person. She seems to have the intention to travel the world.
Skills she can use include:
- “Sexy Beam” – A seductive skill in which Martina strikes a sexy pose and monsters fall in love with her beautiful face.
- “Miracle Moon” – A melee skill.
- “Witch Nail” – A claw claw skill.
- “Hell Spark” – A spear skill in which hell thunder strikes down on the enemy.
Row has the appearance of a traveler, but is a man shrouded in mystery who can use advanced magic and martial arts.
Spells that he can use include:
- “Kazam”
- “Kacrackle”
- “Kazing” – A spell that revives a fallen ally.
Skills that he can use include:
- “Baptism of Zero” – An enlightenment skill that eliminates good effects on the enemy.
- “Revival Staff” – A two-handed staff skill that revives an ally.
- “Liger Slash” – A claw skill in which Row hits the enemy with strong, continuous attacks—both spells and direct attacks.
The first round of the War of the Clerics Voting Gauntlet in Fire Emblem Heroes has ended – Lachesis, Elise, Lissa and and Priscilla were victorious and have moved on to the second round. If you supported a winning team in the first round, you get a bonus of 500 feathers and keep fighting for the same team in round 2. If you were on the losing side, you get no bonus, but get to pick a new team in round 2.
Round 2, which will last for 48 hours, pits Lachesis against Elise and Lissa against Priscilla.
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ on Switch has somewhat of a troubled history with regards to its European release, which has suffered several delays. Back in April, publisher Headup Games announced that the game would launch in Europe (and Australia) in Q2 2017 – but since Q2 is ending tomorrow, that clearly isn’t happening. However, it seems like we may finally have a concrete release date now – Just For Games, who are involved with the distribution of the game in Europe, sent out a tweet announcing that manufacturing of the physical version has started and that the game would launch on September 14th.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns has been out in Japan and North America for a while now, whereas European fans are still waiting for the game. They only have to be patient for a little while longer now – Nintendo has announced that Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will launch in Europe on October 13th.
