Nintendo has been in the mobile game market for a while now and has released several games, with more on the way. According to the Wall Street Journal, one of Nintendo’s next mobile games will be one based on The Legend of Zelda. Supposedly, “people familiar with the matter” said that a Zelda mobile game would be released sometime after the Animal Crossing mobile game, which is apparently being released in the latter half of 2017, although the release timing and release order could still change. Neither Nintendo nor DeNA commented on the matter.
That’s not all, though – according to the Wall Street Journal, The Pokemon Company is planning to release a new Pokemon Trading Card Game app on mobile devices. This is peculiar since a Pokemon TCG app already exists and can be played on mobile games – Pokemon TCG Online has been around for a while and is still supported to this day.
As always, takes rumors like this with a grain of salt. While the WSJ is usually fairly reliable when it comes to their sources and a Zelda mobile game isn’t exactly a far-fetched idea, this is far from an official confirmation. Thankfully, E3 is right around the corner, so we might hear more about either of these rumored games in a couple of weeks.
The second part of the Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia tie-in event is now live in Fire Emblem Heroes. A summoning focus with Celica, Mae, Boey and Genny as the 5-star focus units will be available until May 30th. In addition to that, chapter 11 of the main story, Rite of Shadows, has been added, as well as quests that require you to complete these missions under special conditions.
Next Saturday, Atlus will be hosting a 10th anniversary live stream for Etrian Odyssey. It will be shown on both FRESH! and Niconico. The pre-show is taking place at 3 AM PT / 6 AM ET / 11 AM in the UK / 12 PM in Europe, with the main event happening a half hour later.
Here’s what’s planned for the live stream:
- ???: An event shrouded in mystery. Hint: It involves a special guest.
- Series music popular vote result announcement: The results from the poll (which ended on April 9th) for the most popular Etrian Odyssey music will be announced. This music will be included in Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2‘s limited edition, with the 2-disc “Etrian Odyssey User’s Best Album (provisional name).”
- Etrian Odyssey Maniac Quiz (Provisional): A quiz that the audience will participate in. Fans will have to use all of their knowledge as a skilled adventurer to answer in this event. Great awards will be presented as the number of correct answers increases.
- Series class popular vote result announcement: The results of the popular class vote online will be announced. Comments from fans about their picks will also be shared.
- Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 latest information: A new trailer for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 will be released. Additionally, there will be a live gameplay demonstration.
- More
During the Etrian Odyssey pre-show, songs for the complete 2-disc soundtrack of Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology included with the limited edition will debut.
Arc System Works recently published Cube Creator DX in Japan. Take a look at over an hour of footage in the video below.
One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition was announed in the latest issue of Weekly Jump. ShonenGames now has a translated scan up, and in high quality to boot. See it below.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. Dragon Quest XI on 3DS has now reached the top spot, and Splatoon 2 is back in the top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between April 20 and April 26.
A bit of off-screen Super Mario Odyssey footage has been making the rounds today. It doesn’t show true gameplay, but it does provide a look at a couple of areas in the game. What’s funny about this discovery is that the footage was actually shown during the Nintendo Switch Experience in Japan from January, but is only just being noticed now. In any case, watch the video below.
This summer, Capcom is introducing a big update for Monster Hunter Stories in Japan. It’ll add new Otomon, character customization options, and more. Capcom has a trailer out for the update, which we’ve posted below.
All sorts of information has been coming out about ARMS from this month’s issue of EDGE. Another tidbit previously unknown is that the game features items that appear each round. One powers up your super, one heals you, and another is a time bomb that you and your opponent can hand off back and forth with punches until it explodes, similar to a game of hot potato.
We did actually get a look at items during the most recent Nintendo Direct, but it went largely unnoticed. Pictured above, when you punch the drone, the item is dropped.
Keep in mind that items aren’t mandatory. You can turn them off in the options menu if you’d rather play a more traditional match.
When you take your Switch unit out of the box for the first time, you expect it to be entirely new. Yet one user found the screenshot above on the system when starting it up following the initial boot.
It’s thought that the image is from a quality check program not typically made available to consumers. Perhaps the person operating this Switch unit accidentally pressed the screenshot button, or forgot to delete the photo during the testing process. In any case, it’s not something that you generally see, so it’s pretty interesting to see this pop up.
