Update: These have also been announced for Japan. Japan’s bundle comes with the new Joy-Con colors and stickers.
At the end of today’s ARMS Direct, some special Splatoon 2-themed items were announced for Europe. First up is the Splatoon 2 Switch bundle, pictured above. A Splatoon 2 Switch Pro Controller and carrying case are on the way. Finally, Neon Green and Neon Pink Joy-Con controllers are on the way.
The complete ARMS Direct is now available for viewing. We’ve gone ahead and attached the different versions of the presentation below.
As shown in today’s ARMS Direct, Nintendo has prepared a new trailer focusing on the single-player campaign in Splatoon 2. Watch it below.
Today’s ARMS Direct will be kicking off in about an hour from now. The presentation should go live at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe. Along with new information on ARMS, Nintendo will debut a new Splatoon 2 trailer.
You can watch today’s broadcast as it happens below. We’ll also be adding in information that comes in as a live blog after the video embed attached to this post.
– Weight and attributes factor into the arms you choose
– Heavy arms: slow but strong
– Multi-hit arms: successive hits deal less damage
– Choose whether to dodge a punch or block it with your own
– 7 types of attribute types
– Fire, electric, wind, ice, stun, explosion, blind
– Different arms have different attributes
NIS America announced Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle Limited Edition for Switch earlier today. Along with a standard release, a special edition will also be offered.
The Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle Limited Edition contains a copy of the game, hardcover art book, 1-disc original soundtrack, set of nine magnets, and collector’s box with exclusive art. Pricing is set at $49.99.
Pre-orders for the Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle Limited Edition are open here.
Famitsu has new coverage of Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology this week with a two-page article. Two elements in particular are covered: the Sub History and Prison of Time. Read up on the details below, courtesy of RPGSite.
Sub History
– Access Sub History straight away in Perfect Mode
– Nemesia also shows up at the story prologue
– Newcomers to Radiant Historia are recommended to choose the Append Mode, where Nemesia doesn’t show up at prologue and the Sub History would be accessible only after the first two histories have been cleared
– Two new episodes from Sub History introduced (see below)
“The Saint Speaks”
– Nemesia has been searching for a material called Artifact to prevent the continent from turning into a desert
– When she visits the Alistel city, the founder and ruler of Alistel, Prophet Noah is giving a speech
– However there are rumors that people who plan to assassinate him have slipped in
“The Promise Crosses Over Time”
– Looking for the Artifact which is the key in stopping the desertification of the continent, Stocke and Nemesia visit Granorg, the world of possibilities
– Searching for a certain pendant while gathering information
Prison of Time
– New extra dungeon
– Access it after reaching a certain point in the game
– Available once an event with the guide of Historia, Lippti, is triggered
– Dungeon is a dangerous place with strong enemies
– Items cannot be used here
– Beating enemies in the Prison of Time will reward Moment
– This is a special currency that is only usable at this location
– Collect Moments and speak with the Time Jailer to trade with precious items that cannot be bought in ordinary shops
– There are items that can only be obtained with Moment trade, such as the Secret Scroll that allows characters to learn Support Skills, which are also new to this game
A special Nintendo Direct is being hosted in just a couple of hours from now to highlight ARMS. Yet ahead of that, a leak has come in showing new characters. Head past the break if that’s something you’re interested in seeing.
If you thought Konami would be slowing down on its TurboGrafx-16 games for the Wii U Virtual Console, think again. We do know that Blazing Stars is scheduled for tomorrow in North America. Six games have now been rated by the ESRB as well.
Neutopia II, Bonk III, Air Zonk, Alien Crush, Devil’s Crush, and Soldier Blade have classifications. It’s unclear when they were added to the ESRB site, but it seems to have taken place recently. We should be seeing these games on the Wii U eShop in the months ahead.
Following up on the comments Ubisoft made about Switch during its financial call yesterday, we now have the full statements made by CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Alain Martinez.
The first remarks are from Guillemot. Speaking about Switch generally during during Ubisoft’s opening, he said:
“… And on top of this, as we have said for quite some time now, we will be delivering some great games for the Switch. The platform’s launch is going incredibly well and we believe the Switch has the potential to reach wide audience. As you know, Ubisoft has been the leading third-party publisher on Nintendo’s console over the past 10 years, and we intend to maintain that position.”
Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez later tackled a question during the Q&A portion of the call. He shared the following about the system:
“… we have new guidance on the Switch. We have one new game not announced and we have also Just Dance that is coming on the machines plus one or two others.”
