Update: Added in Sunday’s updates.
Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading to the 3DS eShop. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.
Here’s what’s on tap for the week of May 22:
May 22
– 11 Nikki panels
– 1 Monster Hunter panel
– 5 amiibo panels
– 3 systems / cartridges panels
– 10 Zelda panels
– Thank you badges until June 1
– 1 free play
Many indie games were playable at BitSummit in Japan last weekend. Among them was Research and Destroy, a real-time strategy game from Implausible Industries.
Site contributor iYakku asked the team about a Switch version while the game was being displayed. It’s running on Unreal Engine 4, meaning they can bring it to any console they want so long as their publisher allows for it. The game is only running on PC at the moment, but the developers at Implausible Industries have console experience, so that’s their target – including Switch.
You can get a feel for Research and Destroy with the gameplay video below. We’re told that it’s inspired by titles such as XCOM and Valkyria Chronicles.
A new report from Financial Times claims that Nintendo is increasing production of Switch. The outlet’s report is based on information obtained from “people close to the company”. With demand not being met and consumers becoming frustrated, production is apparently seeing a boost.
Financial Times says Nintendo “is now targeting Switch hardware production of 18m units for the 12 months ending March 2018.” Nintendo previously set a forecast of ten million units for the current financial year.
For its part, Nintendo is denying an increase of Switch’s production “to that level”. Since its forecast has already been determined, it would be unlikely for the company to come out any say anything official to Financial Times.
Anonymous;Code is in development for Switch, Mages announced at the Chiyo-St. Live 2017 –Genesis- event in Japan today. It joins the previously-confirmed PlayStation 4 and PS Vita versions.
Anonymous;Code, a visual novel game, follows the story of the holy war of hackers. This will be the first entry from the Science Adventure series to find its way to a Nintendo platform.
The first trailer for Netflix’s Castlevania animated series aired this week. If that wasn’t enough, we also found out that the show begins on July 7.
In Japan, the news was accompanied with a new piece of art, which we have above. Does it look familiar? Take a look at this key art for the first Castlevania:
Disgaea 5 Complete arrived on Switch in the west this week. On its official store, NIS America has been offering a special version of the game. Have a look at the Disgaea 5 Complete Limited Edition below.
Several screenshots are in showing off the newly-announced Switch version of Monster Hunter XX. Take a look at the images below.
Tying in with the launch of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, French site Jeuxvideo spoke with three of the game’s developers. They are as follows:
– Masahiro Higuchi (Intelligent Systems), producer on Fire Emblem Echoes, Heroes and Fates
– Hitoshi Yamagami (Nintendo), producer on Fire Emblem Echoes, Fates and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
– Kenta Nakanishi (Nintendo), director on Fire Emblem Echoes
One portion of the interview touched on how Fire Emblem never ended up on Wii U, and the series has had a focus on 3DS over the past few years. Yamagami explained that the series has a “long history of home console games,” and it’s not primarily considered a handheld franchise. Nakanishi chimed in by saying Fire Emblem Switch will allow for something “completely different” while “breathing life into our characters like never before.”
Here’s the full excerpt:
