A rather silly rumor has been making the rounds over the past day or so. In the latest Boys’ Life magazine, a quote was found that led some people to believe that Nintendo will be announcing new Animal Crossing and Pikmin games for Switch at E3.
The quote is as follows:
“Since Nintendo already launched its Switch console and the epic Zelda: Breath of the Wild earlier this year, what’s left to announce? Updates on cool Switch games like Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Animal Crossing and even a new Pikmin title.”
GameXplain reached out to the source directly for an answer. As expected, Boys’ Life did say that this was only conjecture. If new Animal Crossing and / or Pikmin games are announced, it’ll merely be a coincidence.
EA won’t have a traditional press conference at E3 this year. That’s in large part because the publisher is hosting its own event dedicated for fans, known as EA Play 2017.
The full lineup for EA Play 2017 was announced today. Interestingly, FIFA on Switch will be playable for the first time (as of now it’s not using the FIFA 18 name by the way).
EA Play 2017 will take place on the following days / times at the Hollywood Palladium:
Saturday June 10 from 4pm – 8pm
Sunday June 11 from 12pm – 6pm
Monday June 12 from 12pm – 5pm
EA Play 2017 will be fully open to the public. Free tickets can be ordered here.
Source: EA PR
If you needed any further evidence that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle exists, look no further than a classification from Brazil. The game was officially rated and added in a listing today. Ubisoft is also listed as its producer, further indicating that Nintendo will not be publishing.
Earlier this week, Darksiders Warmasted Edition released on the Wii U, a port of the remastered game that came out last year. Nintendo World Report TV has posted a video showing a comparison between the Wii U, Xbox 360, & Xbox One versions of Darksiders.
Check out the video below to see the comparison between the three versions of the game.
Switch has managed to boost Best Buy’s sales. According to a Bloomberg report, demand for the console “helped the retailer post a surprise sales gain” in Q1.
Best Buy isn’t the only retailer benefiting from the launch of Switch. Target said last week that its electronics sales “leapt forward” thanks to the console.
IGN is giving us a good look at Rime with 19 minutes of footage. Take a look at the site’s full video below.
Rime’s initial release is taking place tomorrow, so Tequila Works and Grey Box have put out a new launch trailer. Check out the video below.
Note that Rime won’t be out on Switch this week. It’ll be coming out a little bit later on, though we don’t have a specific release date just yet.
Pokemon developer Game Freak is hiring, and the company has put out an official job listing. What we know is that the company is looking to bring in a programmer who will be involved with some sort of RPG on 3DS. No further details are included in the listing, so we can only speculate as to what the project is about.
Rising Star Games is partnering with Bitmap Bureau to bring Ninja Shodown to Switch. The game will be released later this year, the two sides announced today.
We have the news with this message sent out on Twitter:
Hyped to be working once again with the brilliant minds @BitmapBureau! #NinjaShodown is coming to #Switch/#XboxOne/#PS4/#Steam #COWABUNGA! pic.twitter.com/rsp0vCqfdb
— RSG Team (@RisingStarGames) May 25, 2017
Here’s what you need to know about Ninja Shodown:
