Yesterday, Level-5 announced that The Snack World is finally releasing in Japan on July 13. The company is now beginning its promotional efforts, starting with the commercial below.
FDG Entertainment prepared a new video today that provides a first look at Oceanhorn running on Switch. The brief clip, posted below, is off-screen but shows the game running at 60 frames per second.
The Japanese Splatoon 2 website is now live. You can check it out for yourself here. It has some plenty of screenshots and some footage as well.
Kamiko wasn’t the only new Switch game to hit the Japanese eShop following yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Unholy Heights was another game that was made available. Some lengthy footage can be seen below.
Super Mario Run’s Loads of Coins event is up and running again. If you win at Road Tally, you’ll receive 1.5 times as many coins as usual. It lasts until April 24.
Nintendo already has maintenance lined up for next week. Switch, Wii U, and 3DS will be impacted for a little over an hour on Wednesday / Thursday.
The schedule is as follows:
– 6:45 PM PT (April 19) – 8 PM PT (April 19)
– 9:45 PM ET (April 19) – 11 PM ET (April 19)
– 2:45 AM in the UK (April 20) – 4 AM in the UK (April 20)
– 3:45 AM in Europe (April 20) – 5 AM in Europe (April 20)
Nintendo has come out with a new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe video that shows off the different boosts that you can pull off, including the new pink addition. Have a look at it below.
Thanks to Amazon Japan, we have a look at the Japanese boxart for Ever Oasis. Check it out above.
Here’s the North American version to compare:
Thumper was one of the games that was confirmed for the Switch at the Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase in February. Since then, we haven’t heard much about it. Curiously, the game was actually shown off during the latest Nintendo Direct – but only in the Japanese version, despite the game being developed by a Western studio. It seems like NoE and NoA wanted less of a focus on indie games in their respective Directs.
The Japanese Direct revealed that Thumper will launch in May in Japan. We don’t know its European or North American release date yet, but thankfully, it’s easy to access the eShops of other regions on the Switch.
A new trailer for the 3DS version of Dragon Quest XI was shown during the recent Japanese Nintendo Direct. Give it a watch:
