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It’ll be a little while longer until Yooka-Laylee hits Switch, but reviews for the game based on its initial launch are starting to come in. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

IGN – 7 / 10
GameSpot – 6 / 10
Game Informer – 8 / 10
Polygon – 5.5 / 10
GameXplain – “Liked”
USGamer – 3 / 5
Destructoid – 8 / 10
GamesRadar – 3 / 5
Eurogamer – N/A

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In a new video, members of the Playtomic team talk about their favorite parts of Yooka-Laylee and tell their story of modernizing the 3D platformer genre for a new era. Check it out below.

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One of the toughest maps on the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game is the new Grand Hero Battle featuring Michalis, but it is possible to beat it without using some of the more advanced tools and rare characters that we can manage to get in the game.

The official Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account has listed the 4 least rare characters used by players to success in the Michalis battle:

• 3 ★ Virion (Level 40)
• 3 ★ Narcian (Level 40)
• 4 ★ Tiki (Level 40)
• 3 ★ Gwendolyn (Level 40)

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With LEGO City Undercover releasing on Switch today, Warner Bros. prepared a launch trailer for the game. You can watch it below.

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This week, Famitsu is publishing an interview with some of the developers behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and series producer Eiji Aonuma spoke about the game in-depth, among others. Ahead of the magazine’s official release tomorrow, some tidbits from the interview have appeared online.

First, Famitsu asks about how Nintendo settled on Ganon’s role in the game. Zelda was given a fairly deep portrayal, but Ganon only exists as a calamity. Fujibayashi responded by saying that, role-wise, it was unnecessary for him to be personified. If he talks, then his background would need to be shown and that would only be an obstruction in the game. That’s why Ganon is shaped as it is.

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Japanese teardown firm Fomalhaut published a new article about Switch on Nikkei Technology. While a subscription is required to access the full piece, we do have an early tidbit.

Fomalhaut estimates that Switch’s manufacturing cost is $257. Additionally, the company speculates that the system could sell 30 million units by the end of 2018.

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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is releasing this month in Japan and Nintendo, in collaboration with Shogakukan, will publish an official guidebook after the date of launch.

This guidebook is already on Amazon Japan and its description shows us some new content that we didn’t know the game had. Due to potential spoilers, we’ve posted the news after the break.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Death or Kiss (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/7/7
Back to Bed (Wii U) – 8/7/7/7
Repkiss (PS4/PSV) – 8/7/7/7
Damascus Gear: Saikyo Exodus (PSV) – 7/7/7/7

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The Switch Parental Controls app has received an update, but only on Android. Version 1.0.3 is out now. It’s a fairly insignificant patch, as it only includes bug fixes rather than adding new features.

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We finally have a good look at LEGO City Undercover’s co-op gameplay on Switch thanks to a few minutes of footage from Nintendo World Report. Check it out below.

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