Koei Tecmo has announced that, in addition to Champion Jockey Special, the horse racing simulation game Winning Post 8 2017 will also be released on September 14 on the Nintendo Switch. The interesting part is that you can share save data between both games – for example, you can use a horse you raised in Champion Jockey Special as a race horse in Winning Post 8 2017.
An English localization of either game is pretty unlikely, but if can speak Japanese and are a fan of the genre, September 14 looks to be a pretty great day.
During yesterday’s Splatoon 2 Salmon Run segment at Treehouse Live, we got a quick look at some of the weapons that were available to the players, and this confirmed two more returning weapons from the first game: the Jet Squelcher and the Splattershot Jr. We didn’t learn if their sub and special weapons changed compared to the first game, but this is nonetheless good news for fans of those weapons.
ARMS is launching tomorrow and Nintendo UK has released a video in which Nintendo fans, including expert Smash Bros. players, give prospective new players some tips for this fresh new fighting game. Check it out:
Nintendo has been gradually making new announcements throughout E3 during their Treehouse Live streams. Today is the last day of the show, and it looks like there will probably at least one more announcement.
The folks over at GameXplain had the chance to interview the producer and the characters designer of ARMS yesterday, and they mentioned that they learned something new about the game, and that that info will likely be shared during an ARMS segment at Treehouse Live today.
Since the game will be released tomorrow, this news will probably be about the free content updates that ARMS will be getting post-launch. We will of course report on this if and when the announcement happens.
The next game in the Professor Layton game series, Layton’s Mystery Journey, is out this year – but what’s in store for the series after that? Speaking to Eurogamer, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has said the following about a possible Layton game on the Nintendo Switch:
I played Zelda. I love the Switch. I think it’s amazing hardware. The problem is, the Layton series does a lot with the touchscreen and pointing. So, the problem with the Switch is, if you play on handheld you can do it, but if you put it on the dock… we’re trying to figure out how that would play into it.
If we can get around that and figure out a way of doing it, definitely we’re looking into putting the next Layton onto the Switch.
At the very least, it’s good to see Level-5 being so frank about it, and it seems they are committed to figuring things out with regards to a Switch game.
Yo-kai Watch 3 has been continuously getting updates in Japan that add new content, and the next one is on the way. Update 4.0 will be released this Summer and will, among other things, add several new Yo-kai. Each of the game’s three versions will get one exclusive Yo-kai:
- Sushi version: Indie J
- Tempura version: Neko 2-sei
- Sukiyaki version: Zom Bie C
New Yo-Kai will also be added to the game’s Busters T mode: Mr. Scope, Eldragon, Hino Tori, Cleplepatra, Yamato Bokeru.
A new Grand Hero Battle featuring Legion (from Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem) is going live tomorrow. As usual, you can obtain a 3 star version and a 4 star version of that character if you can beat the map on Hard or Lunatic.
There should be a new Summoning Focus going live tomorrow tied into the Grand Hero Battle but at the moment we don’t have details on that.
Nintendo World Report TV has posted some footage of what Super Mario Odyssey looks like on the Switch’s Tabletop Mode. You can check out the footage below.
We have a new screenshot from Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon showing off the “I Choose You” Cap Pikachu.
No news yet if there will be an international event for the “I Choose You” Cap Pikachu but we will update you if there is.
